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• Chan Poling performs in the Maud Moon Weyerhauser studio
  Minneapolis native Chan Poling has been in the business of entertaining since 1977. Jeremy Messersmith, the Laurels Quartet and Brian Roessler join Chan to perform some of his favorite film themes. Film-music expert Andy Trudeau will also join us to discuss some familiar cinematic scores.Midmorning, May 20, 2011
• The Cube Critics talk about vampires and pirates
  Arts reporter Euan Kerr works in the cubicle next to Stephanie Curtis, the Movie Maven, at Minnesota Public Radio News. They spend a lot of time chatting about films. Today, vampires, pirates and beavers are conversational highlights on Cube Critics.May 18, 2011
• Director considers the Western through different eyes
  In her new film "Meek's Cutoff," director Kelly Reichardt creates a very different kind of Western. Reichardt is celebrated for making thought-provoking work which raises more questions than it answers. "Meeks Cutoff" follows families on the Oregon trail who get lost in the desert.May 6, 2011
• Movie Maven: "Meeks Cutoff" is riveting, "Something Borrowed" is boring
  Each Friday at 8:30 am, MPR's Movie Maven Stephanie Curtis talks with The Current's Steve Seel and Jill Riley about the cinematic highlights of the upcoming weekend.May 6, 2011
• Local film is literally 'Stuck Between Stations'
  The 2011 Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival wraps Thursday night with a local film that's causing a lot of buzz. "Stuck Between Stations" is set in Minneapolis, written and directed by Minneapolitans, and made by an overwhelmingly Minnesota crew.May 4, 2011
• 14-year-old filmmaker recounts the trauma of 9/11
  The eighth-grader's look at the 9/11 he and fellow students experienced gets its debut screening Saturday at the Tribeca Film Festival's Family Festival.April 30, 2011
• Movie Maven: Local film, "Stuck Between Stations", is magical
  Every Friday, MPR Movie Maven Stephanie Curtis talks to The Current's Steve Seel and Jill Riley about new movies.April 29, 2011
• Cube Critics talk about teen movie fans
  Stephanie Curtis, MPR's Movie Maven, and arts reporter Euan Kerr work in adjoining cubes in the Minnesota Public Radio newsroom, where they share their latest multiplex and art house adventures. In this installment of Cube Critics, they talk about turning prepubescent teens into cinephiles.April 28, 2011
• 'Supersize Me' filmmaker sells out with a smile
  Morgan Spurlock wants to sell you something. Actually many things. The maverick filmmaker who ate nothing but fast food for a month for his movie, "Supersize Me," has now turned his attention to product placement in films.April 27, 2011
• Dashing war documentarian killed in Libya
  Tim Hetherington lived to bring the viewer painfully close to the raw and terrible truths of battle. That's how he died on Wednesday.April 20, 2011
• British production treats the heist as interactive art
  Several hundred people are expected to try to rob a Minneapolis bank this weekend. It's not a crime spree. In fact, it's all in the name of art. MPR's Euan Kerr got a sneak preview.April 15, 2011
• Film fest bigger than ever -- and more Minnesotan
  The annual Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival launches Wednesday night, with more than 200 movies from all over the world -- including quite a few from our own backyard.April 13, 2011
• Sidney Lumet, acclaimed movie director, dies
  Sidney Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as "Network," "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon" and "12 Angry Men," has died. He was 86.April 9, 2011
• Cube Critics
  As cube mates at Minnesota Public Radio News, arts reporter Euan Kerr and the Movie Maven Stephanie Curtis spend more time than they probably should engaged in cinema small talk. Today, it's box office receipts and mainstream movie gems on Cube Critics.March 31, 2011
• Tom McCarthy's own past inspired 'Win Win'
  Tom McCarthy, director of "Win Win," which opens in Minnesota this week, said the film grew out of a conversation about wrestling with an old friend.March 31, 2011

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