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In addition to announcing the winners of the MNFCA awards, Minnesota critics were also busy the last two weeks reviewing plenty of new releases.
Pixar’s “Turning Red,” the new “Batman” and even some flicks shown at the South by Southwest Film Festival were under review recently. Check out what the Alliance has been up to lately.
For just over two weeks, members of the Minnesota Film Critics Alliance were busy voting to determine what the winners of the group’s second annual awards.
In the end, it was “Dune” earning the most wins, scoring awards in five categories. “The Power of the Dog” also had good a good showing, winning three awards including Best Picture.
See the full list of winners below.
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A mix of movies from various genres are in cinemas and on streaming platforms right now.
The romantic musical “Cyrano,” the adventure film “Uncharted,” the horror sequel “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and the superhero picture “The Batman.” All of those movies and much more were reviewed and discussed by MNFCA members.
Check out what the Alliance has been up to lately.
New releases from several genres have kept MNFCA members busy recently. Reviews have been published on films from the romcom “Marry Me” to the disaster epic “Moonfall.”
On top of reviews, members also conducted interviews with filmmakers and talked about the Academy Award nominations.
Here’s what the Alliance has been up to lately.
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The Minnesota Film Critics Alliance completed the nomination process over the last week for its second annual award honors.
Eligible films for this year’s awards included those released from March-December 2021. Movies released from January-February 2021 were made eligible in last year’s awards process because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Many films were submitted across all genres for the 16 award categories. In the end, “Dune” and “The Power of the Dog” tied for the most nominations, with each picture earning 11 selections.
Other movies receiving multiple nominations include “West Side Story” with eight, “Licorice Pizza” with five and “Nightmare Alley” with four.
The award winners will be announced March 6.
See the full list of nominees below.
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It was two weeks of variety for the Minnesota Critics, with content about foreign movies, the Sundance Film Festival and more getting published.
Late releases from 2021, as well as a few new 2022 pictures, were also written and talked about. Here’s what the Alliance has been up to lately.
The year 2021 is in the rear-view, but before letting it go, members of the Minnesota Film Critics Alliance had quite a bit to say.
From top 10s to top 20s, MNFCA members ranked their favorite films released in 2021, including plenty of honorable mentions along the way. A few even noted some of the worst 2021 had to offer in cinema.
Horror was back on the menu for the MNFCA recently with the release of the new “Scream.” The Ghostface slasher wasn’t the only flick under review, though, as plenty of other movies were discussed and written about.
Here’s what the Alliance has been up to lately.
It may be a new year, but members of the MNFCA aren’t quite finished with 2021 just yet.
Recently, members have been busy reviewing recent 2021 releases such as “Licorice Pizza,” “The Lost Daughter” and “Don’t Look Up.” Those and many more were reviewed and broken own by the MNFCA.
Here’s what’s been happening lately.
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” is dominating the box office right now ahead of Christmas and plenty of MNFCA members reviewed the new superhero flick.
That’s not all, though. Over the last two weeks, MNFCA members have reviewed “West Side Story, “Nightmare Alley” and much more.
Here’s what the Alliance has been up to as the 2021 comes to a close.
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