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The Alliance Lately: Your Monster is A Real Pain

Welcome to The Alliance Lately, the official newsletter from the Minnesota Film Critics Alliance (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 Alliance Lately 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 Alliance Lately.

Heading into Halloween week, The MN Movie Man’s 31 Days to Scare is pulling out the big frights. Hope you have your mad monster party selections ready to go! If you don’t, check out some ideas here!

For new releases, Joe has reviews of Your Monster (a film he first saw back in January at its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival), I Will Never Leave You Alone, and two films that played at the Twin Cities Film Festival and are out now, Don’t Move and Magpie.

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Matt Clark

Matt attended his favorite horror movie mini-thon: The Super Spook Show Spectacular!

Brian covered the new release Your Monster. He also wrote about Conclave, Magpie, Unstoppable, Nightbitch, and A Real Pain for the Twin Cities Film Fest.

For his Patreon subscribers, Brian continued his coverage of Netflix’s 2021 Fear Street trilogy with Part Two: 1978 and Part Three: 1666 for his month of exclusive horror reviews.

Catherine Krummey

Catherine paired the cult favorite 2013-2015 TV show “Hannibal” with beet burgers on Veg Out. Plus, she has a new review of “Conclave” on The Feed and she also published a Twin Cities Film Fest recap. Additionally, the “Demons & Monsters & Creatures, OH MY!” series she is co-hosting continued with more scary season films and shows.

The Alliance Lately: Smile 2 the Woman of the Hour on your way to the Conclave

Welcome to The Alliance Lately, the official newsletter from the Minnesota Film Critics Alliance (MNFCA)!

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

And now…The Alliance Lately.

Joe Botten (The MN Movie Man)

Joe has been keeping his 31 Days to Scare going and has something for all walks of horror fans. Check it out and bookmark it as we get closer to Halloween.

On The MN Movie Man, Joe has reviews of new releases Smile 2, Woman of the Hour, and MadS. He’s also playing catch-up on titles that have been dropping over the last few weeks: Seeking Mavis Beacon, Will & Harper, Things Will Be Different, The Radleys, The Outrun, It’s What’s Inside, Blink, and Hoard.

Brian Eggert (Deep Focus Review)

Brian covered the new releases Smile 2 and MadS. He also previewed the Twin Cities Film Fest and, from the festival, wrote about On Becoming a Guinea Fowl.

For his Patreon subscribers, Brian continued his month of exclusive horror reviews with his takes on Terrifier 3 and Netflix’s Fear Street Part One: 1994 (2021).

Brian also appeared on KARE 11 on Saturday, October 19, to share some fall movie recommendations and talk about his favorite horror movie.