The Minnesota Movie Digest: Issue No. 169

The Minnesota Movie Digest: Five Nights at Marty Supreme’s

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

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Matt Clark – Kino Ventura

Matt has assembled a Top 10 Hardboiled Crime List for 2025. A selection of his favorite and somewhat underseen hustles, heists, and hits for the year.

Brian Eggert – Deep Focus Review

On Deep Focus Review, Brian reviewed Marty Supreme and 100 Nights of Hero. And he reviewed No Other Choice exclusively for his Patreon subscribers.

Brian also made a few appearances on local radio, TV, and streaming platforms this week:

Dallas Fisher – Dallas Goes To The Movies

Not a whole lot to report this week, but I do want to share my thoughts on Marty Supreme now that the embargo has been lifted.

You can read my thoughts here.

Or watch them here.

Plenty more end-of-year lists and FYC coverage to come before year’s end, so keep an eye out!

Hunter Friesen – The Cinema Dispatch

At The Cinema Dispatch, Hunter reviewed Marty Supreme, Fackham Hall, and La Grazia. His review for Jay Kelly was published in the Eden Prairie Local News and Woodbury News Net.

He also posted his predictions for who will be nominated for the 83rd Golden Globe Awards.

Jakob Kolness – JakobTalksFilm

Over at JakobTalksFilm, it’s a Netflix Review Round-Up with takes on Clint Bentley’s “Train Dreams”, Rian Johnson’s third Knives Out entry “Wake Up Dead Man”, Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly”, and Shih-Ching Tsou’s directorial debut “Left-Handed Girl”!

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

Catherine Krummey – Veg Out Recipes

Catherine has one new review on The Feed: “Loot” (Season 3).

She also continued this year’s FYC Friday series with quick thoughts on movies including “Hamnet,” “All That’s Left of You,” “No Other Choice,” and more.

She also published a FYC Friday 2025 list on Letterboxd to track all of the movies she’s covered so far this awards season.

Ruth Maramis – FlixChatter

Connect with FlixChatter on Letterboxd and social media » Instagram | Twitter | Bluesky

Paul McGuire Grimes – Paul’s Trip to the Movies

Paul is back with some new reviews and interviews as we are fully into the end-of-the-year award season!

Follow Paul on Social Media @PAULSMOVIETRIP, Letterboxd, and Patreon

Mark McPherson – Movies With Mark

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