Board of Directors
Hunter Friesen
President
A resident of Shakopee, Minn., operates and writes for the site Cinema Dispatch. He’s also a commentator for the League of Cinephiles YouTube channel, as well as a contributor to Buffed Film Buffs and the awards site Next Best Picture.
Tyler Strandberg
Vice President
Strandberg, a Minneapolis resident, writes about film at Loud and Clear, as well as Cinefied. His work is also featured on sites such as InSession Film, Awards Radar and Next Best Picture. He’s also on Letterboxd.
Joe Botten
Secretary
Joe Botten is a resident of Bloomington, Minn., and reviews films at his site Joe the MN Movie Man.
Members
Eli Brau
Member
Eli Brau is a student at Minnesota State University, Mankato and reviews films at his site, A Cinephile’s Corner. He’s also on Letterboxd.
Brian Eggert
Member
Brian Eggert writes movie reviews and critical essays on his site, Deep Focus Review. He also appears regularly on KARE 11 Saturday.Â
Kelly Florence
Member
Florence, a Duluth, Minn., resident, is part of the Horror Rewind podcast team and an author.
Jay Gabler
Member
Jay Gabler is the arts and entertainment reporter, as well as a film critic, for the Duluth News Tribune. His work is also featured on the site he co-founded, The Tangential. He’s also on Letterboxd.
Kyle Goethe
Member
Goethe, who lives in Plymouth, Minn., writes about movies at Goat Film Reviews. He’s also co-host of the YouTube series Kyle and Nick on Film.
Paul McGuire Grimes
Member
Paul produces video reviews for his series Paul’s Trip to the Movies. Grimes is also a contributor to Twin Cities Live, My Talk 107.1 and WCCO Radio.
Meg Hafdahl
Member
Hafdahl, a resident of Rochester, Minn., is one of the hosts for the Horror Rewind podcast. She’s also an author.
Matt Hambidge
Member
Hambidge, an Edina resident, is both a writer and a podcast host. He pens reviews on his site News From the Couch and FandomWire.
Danny Haslach
Member
Haslach is a resident of St. Paul and a podcast host. He discusses movies and more on the FilmBird podcast. He’s also on Letterboxd.
Eric Houston
Member
Houston is a resident of Blaine, Minn., and produces content about film for North Metro TV via YouTube.
Chaz Kangas
Member
Kangas calls the North Loop of Minneapolis home, covering film for The Los Angeles Time and Bring Me the News, among others. He’s the host of MSP Film Society’s Midnight Mayhem the first Saturday of every month and posts reviews on his YouTube channel.
Melinda Lavine
Member
Lavine is a features reporter for the Duluth New Tribune and lives in the Twin Ports area. As part of her work with the Tribune, Lavine writes film reviews.
Frank Lee
Member
Lee lives in Brainerd, Minn., and works for its newspaper the Dispatch. There, he writes film reviews for residents of Brainerd and the neighboring city of Baxter.
Matthew Liedke
Member
Liedke lives in Arden Hills, Minn., and writes about movies for his site Matthew Liedke on Film.
Ruth Maramis
Member
Maramis, who lives in the Twin Cities, is a critic at the site FlixChatter and a filmmaker.
Mark McPherson
Member
McPherson, who lives in St. Louis Park, Minn., produces film content for his site Movies with Mark and on YouTube. He’s also a contributor at BagoGames, Twin Cities Geek and Film Inquiry.
Nicholas Palodichuk
Member
Palodichuk hosts the St. Paul Filmcast and is the co-host of Kyle and Nick on Film. He lives in the state’s capital, St. Paul.
Frank Stanko
Member
Stanko lives in the city of Wahpeton, N.D., which borders Minnesota. He writes about film and more for the community’s newspaper, the Wahpeton-Breckenridge Daily News and also reviews movies at The Pop Culturists.