The Minnesota Movie Digest: Issue No. 156

The Minnesota Movie Digest: Caught Stealing Roses

Welcome to The Minnesota Movie Digest, the official newsletter from the Minnesota Film Critics Association (MNFCA)!

The MNFCA is a collective of individuals dedicated to celebrating and critically examining the art of film. In this recurring publication, we’ll share a selection of insightful film reviews, absorbing essays, and interviews with film professionals.

Each issue of The Minnesota Movie Digest features a diverse array of perspectives and content. Our members have shared their most recent work with us, covering the latest releases and revisiting classic films that dissect the craft of filmmaking. Explore the links below and get a front-row seat to critically examine the art of film.

Check out the MNFCA Members page to meet our all-star lineup.

And now… The Minnesota Movie Digest.

Joe Botten – The MN Movie Man

Before heading out (or is it uuuuut???) to Canada for TIFF, The MN Movie Man published a number of reviews for new releases that you’ll want to check out. Check out write-ups for Caught Stealing, The Roses, Griffin in Summer, Lurker, Pools, The Toxic Avenger (2023), The Thursday Murder Club, Somnium, and A Little Prayer.

Keep your eyes out on Loud & Clear Reviews for an early look at Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, coming on Wednesday 🙂

Be sure to follow The MN Movie Man on Instagram, Letterboxd, TikTok, and Facebook for his weekly early looks at upcoming films and other updates between newsletters!

Brian Eggert – Deep Focus Review

On Deep Focus Review, Brian reviewed The Roses, Caught Stealing, The Balconettes, Row, Honey Don’t, and Eden.

Brian also appeared on the latest episode of The CineFiles on the KARE 11+ app. He and critic Jamie Rogers discuss three films: Highest 2 Lowest, Weapons, and The Great Dictator (1940).

Finally, check out the announcement about Imprint, the physical media label of Via Vision Entertainment, which will be releasing a new 4K edition of Philip Kaufman’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) in October, featuring Brian’s essay about the film in the booklet.

Dallas Fisher – Dallas Goes To The Movies

Tons of new content on my website from the past few weeks.

Brand new review of Caught Stealing, which I’ve seen twice already.

Plus, reviews for The Thursday Murder Club, Honey, Don’t!, and The Map That Leads to You.

You can also read a half dozen or so short reviews in my Cinema Catch-Up Corner for August.

Follow me on YouTube, where you can watch my newest episode of Tales From the Theater, where I talk about movie-going experiences from my European vacation and beyond.

Jay Gabler – Duluth News Tribune

For The Tangential, Jay reviewed Hot Milk.

Kyle Goethe – Goat Film Reviews

Over at the GOAT Film Reviews site this week, you can find a new review for Jay Roach’s The Roses, now in theaters!

Zach Hammill – Movie Friend

Review for Caught Stealing

Jason Hemming – Cinema Recall

The Vern reviews Caught Stealing.

Nick from The St.Paul Filmcast joins The Vern to discuss The Florida Project in this exclusive sneak peek. Coming this month, it’s Sean Baker September.

Jaws celebrates its 50th anniversary, so The Vern brings on his friend Robb from Reels of Justice to talk about it. Stay to the end to hear an audio drama recreation of the famous Quint Speech from the movie.

Eric Houston – North Metro TV

Movie Man Eric is charmed by Uptown Girls!

Jakob Kolness – JakobTalksFilm

Over at JakobTalksFilm, Jakob has a review for A24’s re-release of the Chinese box-office phenomenon Ne Zha 2!

Be sure to follow him on Twitter, BluSky, and Letterboxd!

Catherine Krummey – Veg Out Recipes

Catherine has 3 new reviews on The Feed: “The Roses,” “Caught Stealing,” and “The Map That Leads to You.” She also has two new auteur lists on Letterboxd: The Films of Darren Aronofsky and The Films of Lasse Hallström.

Ruth Maramis – FlixChatter

Ruth at FlixChatter posted reviews of two recent releases:

THE ROSES (2025) – Colman & Cumberbatch make for a fun & feisty pair in this dark comedy about a marital breakdown

THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB – Netflix’s witty, lighthearted murder mystery makes great use of its stellar British cast

Plus, one of her site’s contributors, Vince Caro, reviewed HONEY DON’T –
Smart, sexy, quirky… Ethan Coen’s neo-noir comedy has the makings of a future cult classic.

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