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• Filmmakers create a genre unknown in France
  Unlike the U.S., France has no tradition of prison movies. So recently when a film opened in French cinemas about a young man trying to survive in a brutal Paris prison it electrified audiences. Now Minnesota audiences can see the movie, called "A Prophet," when it opens this weekend.March 11, 2010
• Twin Cities Arab Film Festival keeps building
  This week the small but vibrant Arab community in the Twin Cities celebrates Arabic culture through film. Between tomorrow and Sunday 28 movies from around the world will screen at the sixth Twin Cities Arab Film Festival.March 10, 2010
• Japan defends dolphin hunt in Oscar-winning 'Cove'
  The Japanese fishing village featured in "The Cove," which won an Oscar for best documentary, defended its practice of hunting dolphins Monday as a part of a long tradition.March 8, 2010
• Bigelow pioneers Oscars with `Hurt Locker' win
  The Iraq War drama "The Hurt Locker" won best picture and five other prizes Sunday at the Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow.March 8, 2010
• Stars gather in Twin Cities to make feature film
  The stars of "The Convincer," a feature film being shot around the Twin Cities, say they are enjoying working with a complicated script.March 5, 2010
• The Movie Maven's Oscar preview
  Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins said that winning one of the statuettes doesn't really change your life. As he put it, "you're still mortal." That said, a lot of actors, directors and producers are holding their breath and hoping they hear their name after the phrase: The Oscar goes to...March 5, 2010
• The art of the visual metaphor
  When it comes to defining Ellen Kuras it's simplest just to call her a filmmaker. But she's known for many things in the industry: she's a sought after director of photography, and has worked on movies by Spike Lee, Michel Gondry, and Harold Ramis. She is also an Oscar nominated documentary director. She is in Minnesota to talk about her work, and her skills at visual story-telling.February 19, 2010
• Mpls theater honors vets on Iwo Jima anniversary
  Minnesota veterans who fought at Iwo Jima will share their stories at a screening of the Clint Eastwood film "Flag of Our Fathers" at a south Minneapolis theater this weekend.February 19, 2010
• Director says themes in Noel Coward's 'Brief Encounter' remain timeless
  It's been 70 years since Noel Coward's movie "Brief Encounter" became an international sensation, but the director of an acclaimed new theatrical adaptation says the story has lost none of its emotional punch. The production by the British Kneehigh Theater opens at the Guthrie in Minneapolis this weekend.February 10, 2010
• 'Avatar,' 'The Hurt Locker' lead Oscar nominations
  The science-fiction sensation "Avatar" and the war-on-terror thriller "The Hurt Locker" lead the Academy Awards with nine nominations each, including best picture and director for James Cameron and ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow.February 2, 2010
• 'Crazy Heart' director got a start in Minnesota
  This weekend Minnesota audiences will get to see "Crazy Heart" a new movie about an aging country musician teetering on the edge of self-destruction, and director Scott Cooper says part of the success of "Crazy Heart" may lie in the Twin Cities.January 15, 2010
• Vets mark 65th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge
  This week marks the 65th anniversary of the start of Battle of the Bulge. It was the huge offensive mounted by the German High Command in the waning days of World War II. Some 19,000 U.S. troops died in the battle which was fought in the depths of one of the worst winters in years in Europe.December 18, 2009
• Psycho's impact on the movies
  Ask most people, particularly those over 40, about the most frightening movie moment ever and they'll respond with the shower scene from Psycho. When Janet Leigh met her famous screen death nearly 50 years ago, a new age in movie violence began. A new book puts Alfred Hitchcock's iconic film in cultural perspective.Midmorning, December 17, 2009
• Found Footage guys find more footage
  Former Twin Citians Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett spend their days combing through old VHS tapes found in thrift stores, garage sales, and even dumpsters. They use them to create "The Found Footage Festival."December 10, 2009
• The pressures of being a Disney animator
  This weekend Walt Disney's "The Princess and the Frog" opens across the country. It's a musical, and it's the first Disney animated feature to have an African-American heroine. Two of the lead animators on the film dropped by the MPR studios recently to talk about the joys and the challenges of their work.December 9, 2009

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