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North by North International Film Festival announces wide-ranging lineup

The five-day festival will feature over 80 films of various lengths, including some shot in the Northland.

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Duluth celebrates as mayor declares Daniel Durant Day

The actor, a star of Academy Award Best Picture winner "CODA," returned home to an exuberant celebration and a mayoral declaration at the DECC on Monday.

April 05, 2022 09:56 AM

Six people on the red carpet at the Academy Awards: three men in tuxedos flanking three women in gowns, two red and one silver-glitter

Arts and Entertainment

Duluth actor Daniel Durant on 'CODA' and 'Best Picture' win

"The world is changing," Durant said about the rising representation of the Deaf community onscreen.

March 29, 2022 08:36 AM

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Arts and Entertainment

Duluth's Daniel Durant, cast of Oscar-nominated 'CODA' welcomed to White House

The cast of the Best Picture contender met with first lady Jill Biden and President Joe Biden in the Oval Office.

March 25, 2022 09:48 AM

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Ukrainian movie 'The Guide' to premiere Friday, March 18 at Detroit Lakes' Washington Square Cinema 7

The 2014 Ukrainian film "The Guide" will have its premiere at Detroit Lakes' Washington Square Cinema 7 this Friday, March 18, with additional screenings throughout the week. Proceeds from the film will benefit the Ukraine Relief Fund.

March 14, 2022 04:27 PM

By Vicki Gerdes

National

Oscar nominations led by ‘Power of the Dog,’ ‘Dune’ and ‘West Side Story’

The 94th Academy Awards will be held March 27 at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood and televised live on ABC.

February 08, 2022 09:14 AM

By Josh Rottenberg / Los Angeles Times

Book vs. movie comparisons spark discussion

The "book vs. movie" debate about which is better — reading the original book, or the movie upon which it is based, or vice versa — has raged ever since the first film was adapted from a novel.

January 17, 2022 06:00 AM

By Paul Kevorkian / Detroit Lakes Public Library

Detroit Lakes library to screen 'Singin' in the Rain' this Thursday

The Detroit Lakes Public Library will be hosting its third installment of "Movie Musicals Through the Decades" this Thursday, Dec. 16, with a 2 p.m. screening of the MGM classic "Singin' in the Rain," starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor. The screening is free and open to the public.

December 14, 2021 06:00 AM

By Detroit Lakes Public Library

Columns

The light of doggy movie star Rosebud still shines brightly on our North Dakota farm

The most wonderful part of Ellen's 2008 wish from Make-A-Wish North Dakota was that it didn’t end with our return to our Larimore, North Dakota, farm. Anna, who knew that Ellen and Rosebud had bonded on the Santa Buddies movie set, gave her Rosebud and arranged to have the puppy flown to Winnipeg on Dec. 17.

December 13, 2021 05:00 AM

By Ann Bailey

Arts and Entertainment

Alec Baldwin fires prop gun on movie set, killing cinematographer

The sheriff's office says the investigation remains "open and active."

October 22, 2021 07:49 AM

By Bhargav Acharya and Alexandra Ulmer / Reuters

Arts and Entertainment

Intrepid Adventure Film Festival set for July 30 at Detroit Lakes Pavilion

A new event has been scheduled for Friday, July 30 at the Detroit Lakes Pavilion, in conjunction with the community's Sesquicentennial (i.e., 150th) Birthday Celebration. The Intrepid Adventure Film Festival will include screenings of a series of short, adventure-related films and panel discussions with the filmmakers and actors inside the Pavilion, along with concessions, bar service and live music from October Road on the adjacent City Beach.

July 19, 2021 04:00 PM

By Vicki Gerdes

Arts and Entertainment

Book review: Ah, jeez, ‘Fargo’ filmmakers really don’t like Minnesota

Todd Melby looks at an iconic movie in his book “A Lot Can Happen in the Middle of Nowhere: The Untold Story of the Making of ‘Fargo.’”

May 12, 2021 02:00 PM

By Chuck Frederick

Arts and Entertainment

It's the 25th anniversary of the movie 'Fargo' ... don'tcha know?

For the past 25 years, anybody from Fargo who has traveled anywhere has probably gotten the same question. “You’re from Fargo? Do people really talk like they do in the movie?” As “Fargo” celebrates the anniversary of its release, city arts and business leaders look back on what it’s all meant.

March 08, 2021 05:00 PM

By Tracy Briggs