Alliance Lately: Issue No. 83

September has been a month with a mix of action holdovers from summer and horror movies ahead of October.

Plenty more is going on in the world of movies, though, than just “The Nun 2” and “Gran Turismo.” For example, the fall film festival season is getting underway. The MNFCA has been covering all of the above and much more.

Check out what the Alliance has been up to lately.

Eli Brau

At A Cinephile’s Corner, Brau reviewed 2023 films “BS High,” “Shazam: Fury of the Gods” and “You Are Not Invited to my Bat Mitzvah.”

Brian Eggert

For Deep Focus Review, Eggert reviewed new films “The Nun II,” “A Haunting in Venice,” “Birth/Rebirth,” “El Conde,” “Cassandro,” “It Lives Inside,” “Dumb Money” and “No One Will Save You.” He also reviewed 2011’s “Contagion” and wrote a column about issues at Rotten Tomatoes.

Hunter Friesen

On The Cinema Dispatch wrote three columns about films he’s watched at the Toronto International Film Festival. Find parts one, two and three. He also wrote an update on awards season. Plus, he reviewed new releases “The Boy and the Heron,” “Reptile,” “Dumb Money,” “Next Goal Wins,” “The Holdovers” and “Rustin.”

Kyle Goethe

For the series Kyle and Nick on Film, Goethe was joined by fellow MNFCA member Nicholas Palodichuk to review 1963’s “Shock Corridor,” 1983’s “Psycho II,” 1988’s “Dead Heat” and 2023’s “Gran Turismo.” Goethe also reviewed 1982’s “Visiting Hours” while Palodichuk discussed 1997’s “Keys to Tulsa.”

Paul McGuire Grimes

For his series Paul’s Trip to the Movies, Grimes reviewed “Sitting in Bars with Cake,” “A Haunting in Venice,” “A Million Miles Away.” He also appeared on ABC affiliate KSTP’s show Twin Cities Live to talk movies on Sept. 8 and 15.

Matt Hambidge

At the site FandomWire, Hambidge reviewed the new murder mystery film “A Haunting in Venice.”

Ruth Maramis

On FlixChatter, Maramis reviewed new releases “The Equalizer 3,” “Portrait of the Queen,” “A Haunting in Venice,” “The Saint of Second Chances” and “A Million Miles Away.” She also wrote a piece on eight films directed by actors screening at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Mark McPherson

At his site, McPherson reviewed new films “Gran Turismo,” “Aporia” and “A Haunting in Venice.” He also produced a video essay about why box office results don’t matter when looking at a film’s artistic value and wrote a column at his website about the repression of sex scenes in modern movies.

Nicholas Palodichuk

On the St. Paul Filmcast, Palodichuk was joined by actress, director, screenwriter and photographer Kara Hakanson in one episode and actor Ryan Maddux in another.