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Interview: David Cronenberg
David Cronenberg is infamous for his unique style of horror filmmaking. His films–among them The Fly, Naked Lunch, and Dead Ringers–gaze with icy formalism on worlds where biology has gone mad. They’re...
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Interview: Tony Hillerman
New Mexican mystery novelist Tony Hillerman has been the unofficial cultural ambassador of the Navajo Nation for more than 30 years. His Indian detectives, Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, have introduced...
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Blessings in Disguise: The Central Standard and Sound Unseen Film Festivals
Independent cinema is a bigger growth industry than you might think. A decade ago, there were maybe a hundred film festivals worldwide showcasing foreign films, documentaries, and low-budget fare. Now...
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“Hubert Humphrey Was a Vampire!”
“So you’re telling me,” I ask the Pope of Witches, “that Hubert Humphrey was a vampire?” “Yes, he actually was. Hubert was a very interesting person.” So says Carl Llewellyn Weschcke. We are sitting in...
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The Sharpie Marathon
At one table, two devils wandered through a postapocalyptic wasteland. At the other end of the room, a boy and girl passionately embraced, but tragically, she turned into a robotic killing machine and...
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Mock & Roll: At the Minneapolis regional of the Air Guitar World Championship
There is a rock god on stage at the Triple Rock Social Club bestriding the speakers like a colossus, his Loverboy T-shirt sacrificed to a Dionysian frenzy, his tongue out and waggling, his fingers...
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Straight Talk: Alan Sparhawk of Low
The saying goes that slow and steady wins the race. If so, give Low the gold. This Duluth indie-rock trio—guitarist Alan Sparhawk, his wife Mimi Parker on drums, and bassist Zak Sally—have become...
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Getting Away to It All: Storyteller Jim Stowell
Jim Stowell will literally go halfway around the world just to get a good story. A prominent force in the local theater community for thirty-five years, the actor and playwright has developed a...
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