Board of Directors
Hunter Friesen
President
Hunter owns and operates The Cinema Dispatch. He’s also the film critic for the Eden Prairie Local News and the Woodbury News Net. His work has taken him around the globe, covering the Cannes and Toronto International Film Festivals, as well as the local ones.
Tyler Strandberg
Vice President
Strandberg, a Minneapolis resident, writes about film on his website Key Frame Reframe, as well as Cinefied. His work is also featured on sites such as InSession Film, Awards Radar, and Next Best Picture. He’s also on Letterboxd.
Barrett Goetz
Director of Operations
Lifelong Minnesotan and movie fanatic. U of M alum. Husband, father of two, digital marketer at Target by trade. Cinephile and Star Wars/comic-book nerd. South Minneapolis resident. Vikings, T-Wolves, and Gophers fan. Founder and critic at The Screen Mash.
Members
Joe Botten
A resident of Bloomington, Joe is a staff writer at Loud & Clear Reviews and explores everything from the latest Hollywood blockbusters to hidden indie gems on his side, The MN Movie Man. He also loves a marathon… film festival. Find him and say hello on Instagram & Letterboxd.
Eli Brau
Eli is the chief film critic and founder of Cinephile Corner. Based in Golden Valley, he is responsible for writing many of the site’s movie reviews. He is also on Letterboxd.
Matt Clark
A Minneapolis film aficionado and owner of the blog Kino Ventura, Matt dedicates his leisure time to watching movies, penning reviews, savoring coffee, cycling, managing his cats, and bragging about the vibrant local movie scene to all who are interested.
Brian Eggert
Brian Eggert writes movie reviews and critical essays on his site, Deep Focus Review. He also appears regularly on KARE 11 Saturdays and is a co-host of The CineFiles on KARE 11+.
Dallas Fisher
Dallas loves showing everything the movie scene has to offer. He posts videos and reviews on his website. He’s also an ambassador for the Emagine theater chain and plans to visit every theater in Minnesota.
Jay Gabler
Jay Gabler is the arts and entertainment reporter, as well as a film critic, for the Duluth News Tribune. His work is also featured on the site he co-founded, The Tangential. He’s also on Letterboxd.
Kyle Goethe
Goethe, who lives in Coon Rapids, writes about movies at Goat Film Reviews. He’s also co-host of the YouTube series Kyle and Nick on Film and on Letterboxd.
Matt Hambidge
Hambidge, an Edina resident, is a writer and former podcast host. He pens reviews on his site Break Time Reviews, and FandomWire. He is also on Letterboxd.
Zach Hammill
Zach is a lifelong cinephile and, as a screenwriter, filmmaker, video editor, and teacher himself, knows how hard it is to make one, and aims to be a voice of fairness and positivity when it comes to writing and talking about film. Zach writes film reviews, which appear on social media and on his website.
Jason Hemming
Jason is the writer, host, and editor of Cinema Recall, a podcast for movie lovers that covers everything from the multiplex to the art house.
Eric Houston
Houston is a resident of Blaine and produces content about film for North Metro TV via YouTube.
C.B. Jacobson
Jacobson is an Annandale native who makes independent films at Buddy Puddle Productions. He writes about movies at his Substack and for the Monticello Times.
Chaz Kangas
Kangas calls the North Loop of Minneapolis home, covering film for The Los Angeles Times and Bring Me the News, among others. He’s the host of MSP Film Society’s Midnight Mayhem on the first Saturday of every month and posts reviews on his YouTube channel.
Jakob Kolness
Jakob Kolness is an MSUM film graduate, a self-published author, filmmaker, and posts reviews and other film-related content on his site JakobTalksFilm. He currently resides in Moorhead. All social media is @jakobkolness.
Catherine Krummey
Catherine, a.k.a. Cat, is an award-winning communicator with two decades of professional experience in journalism, marketing, communications, and social media. For Veg Out, she pairs her lifelong love of pop culture (especially movies) with her vegan spin on classic comfort food.
Tim Lammers
Tim Lammers has been reporting on movies since 1992, and is a Forbes.com contributor and reviews movies weekly on WCCO-AM, The Tom Barnard Show, WJON-AM, and KLZZ-FM. He is also a longtime member of the film branch of the Critics’ Choice Association.
Erik Larson
Erik Larson has lived his whole life in the Twin Cities area. He currently attends Hamline University and works there as the resident Film Critic at their newspaper, the Hamline Oracle.
Brad Lenz
A marketer at Best Buy and the lively co-host, producer, and critic at The Screen Mash. Brad is a lifelong cinephile who brings his passion for movies to life.
Matthew Liedke
Matthew Liedke, a resident of Shoreview, has been writing reviews on his website since 2008. Liedke also has nearly 15 years of experience in print journalism and currently works as a writer for a Twin Cities-based business magazine.
Ruth Maramis
Ruth is an Indonesian-born, Twin Cities-based film enthusiast. She’s the founder of FlixChatter blog, which covers film reviews, commentary, and interviews with filmmakers/talents from all over the world. She’s also an award-winning filmmaker.
Paul McGuire Grimes
Paul is a film critic and entertainment reporter at Paul’s Trip to the Movies, who has interviewed some of the biggest names in Hollywood. He appears on KSTP-TV, My Talk 107.1, Fox9 Good Day, and is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. He is also a member of the Critics’ Choice Association and GALECA and has hosted curated film screenings with Emagine Theaters and the Trylon Cinema.
Mark McPherson
McPherson, who lives in St. Louis Park, produces film content for his site, Movies With Mark, and on YouTube. He’s also a contributor at BagoGames, Twin Cities Geek, and Film Inquiry.
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf is a film critic covering theatrical, streaming, and home entertainment releases. His work can be found at Blu-ray.com and brianorndorf.com.
Nicholas Palodichuk
Palodichuk hosts the St. Paul Filmcast and is the co-host of Kyle and Nick on Film. He lives in the state’s capital, St. Paul.
Niles Schwartz
Niles has been producing content about movies for 18 years. He writes essays and deep-dive criticism on his Substack and for The Point Magazine.
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