The Alliance Lately: Issue No. 85

It’s late October and that means two things: the Twin Cities Film Festival is taking place and horror movies are being watched.

Both have been a focal point for MNFCA members, who’ve reviewed films shown at TCFF, such as “The Holdovers,” and have written about horror flicks new and old. They’ve also been keeping up with the latest releases.

Check out what the Alliance has been up to lately.

Joe Botten

At his site, Botten reviewed 2023 releases “Dear David,” “Dark Harvest,” “The Burial,” “Goosebumps,” “Night of the Hunted,” “Dicks: The Musical,” “Pain Hustlers,” “Nyad” and “When Evil Lurks.”

Continuing his 31 Days to Scare series, he also wrote about 1972’s “Horror Express,” “The House by the Cemetery” and “The Howling” from 1981, 1982’s “Swamp Thing,” 1988’s “Door,” 1990’s “The Guardian,” 1991’s “Sleeping with the Enemy,” “House on Haunted Hill” and “Stir of the Echoes” from 1999, 2008’s “The Strangers” and 2022’s “Who Invited Them.

Eli Brau

At A Cinephile’s Corner, Brau reviewed the new film “The Caine Mutiny Court Martial,” as well as 1999’s “Fight Club” and 2018’s “The Favourite.”

Brian Eggert

On Deep Focus Review, Eggert reviewed new movies “Dark Harvest,” “Dicks: The Musical,” “Saw X,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “When Evil Lurks,” “The Holdovers,” “Foe” and “The Killer.” He also wrote two recap pieces about the Twin Cities Film Festival, see Part 1 and 2.

Additionally, he reviewed 2010’s “A Horrible Way to Die,” 2014’s “Creep” and 2017’s “Creep 2.”

Hunter Friesen

At Cinema Dispatch, Friesen reviewed “The Burial,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Nyad,” “All of Us Strangers,” “Pain Hustlers,” “Foe” and “The Killer.” He also wrote an update on the awards race and ranked his top 10 Martin Scorsese films.

Jay Gabler

For the Duluth News Tribune, Gabler wrote about “Abroad,” a film made in Minnesota along the north shore of Lake Superior that’s screening at the Twin Cities Film Festival. He published another piece about “Opposable Thumbs,” a new book about the history of Siskel and Ebert.

Kyle Goethe

At his site, Goethe continued his 31 Days of Horror series with reviews of 1903’s “The Infernal Cauldron,” 1959’s “The Tingler,” 1991’s “Body Parts” and 2021’s “The Addams Family 2,” as well as “Talk to Me” and “Bodies Bodies Bodies” from 2022.

He was also joined by fellow MNFCA member Nicholas Palodichuk on the series Kyle and Nick on Film to talk about 1943’s “I Walked with a Zombie” and  1982’s “Megaforce,” as well as “Pumpkinhead,” “Monkey Shines” and “Child’s Play” from 1988.

As part of the series, Goethe also reviewed 1993’s “Needful Things” and 2007’s “The Washingtonians,” while Palodichuk discussed 1991’s “Rush” and 1992’s “Light Sleeper.”

Paul McGuire Grimes

For his series Paul’s Trip to the Movies, Grimes reviewed new releases “The Burial,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Nyad” and “The Holdovers.” He also appeared on the Twin Cities ABC affiliate KSTP to talk movies with the hosts of Twin Cities Live on Oct. 13 and 20.

Matt Hambidge

At News From the Couch, Hambidge reviewed Martin Scorsese’s “Killer of the Flower Moon.”

Danny Haslach

Haslach’s podcast FilmBird had a new episode centered on horror movies for the Halloween season.

Matthew Liedke

At his site, Liedke reviewed new films “No One Will Save You,” “The Holdovers” and “Killers of the Flower Moon.”

Ruth Maramis

On FlixChatter, Maramis reviewed 2023 releases “Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret” and “Asteroid City.” She also wrote several pieces about the Twin Cities Film Festival, including a recap of the opening night and a review of the indie film made in Minnesota “Abroad.”

She also wrote several columns about documentaries screened at TCFF, one about “Still Working 9 to 5” and “Greener Pastures,” another on “Mom & Dad’s Nipple Factory” and “Black Barbie,” plus a third on “A Binding Truth.”

Mark McPherson

At his site, McPherson reviewed new films “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “The Holdovers,” “Five Nights at Freddy’s” and “V/H/S/85.” He also produced video review on the film “A Thousand and One.”

Nicholas Palodichuk

On the St. Paul Filmcast, Palodichuk interviewed filmmaker and actress Sara Aktinson.