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Cube Critics

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Cube Critics
MPR News

Weekly art and culture chats with MPR News' Jacob Aloi, Alex V. Cipolle, Max Sparber, Aron Woldeslassie and guests.

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Cube Critics Laugh and weep with "Emma" and "Ordinary Love"

This week Cube Critics Marcheta Fornoff and Euan Kerr take in a comedy of manners and an old-fashioned weepy in the forms of “Emma”, the latest adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, and “Ordinary Love” about a middle-aged couple facing cancer together in Northern Ireland.
by Euan Kerr and Marcheta Fornoff

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Cube Critics Discuss "Beanpole" and "Olympic Dreams"

A Russian story of two women experiencing post-war recovery in “Beanpole” and an Olympic cross-country skier and a volunteer dentist look for love very awkwardly in the Athletes Village at the South Korea Winter Games in “Olympic Dreams.” Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Marcheta Fornoff explain why both movies are worth seeing.
by Euan Kerr and Marcheta Fornoff

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Cube Critics talk Bong Joon-ho, 'Downhill' and 'The Assistant'

This week we have a director who makes films about dysfunctional families, a movie about a dysfunctional family on vacation, and a woman working in a horribly dysfunctional company. Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Marcheta Fornoff fearlessly face all this disarray and discuss it.

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Cube Critics talk Birds of Prey, Traitors, and Oscars

Is the new Harlequin movie “Birds of Prey” better than “Suicide Squad”? What about the new Italian mob movie “The Traitor”? Which is more violent? And what will win the best picture Oscar this weekend? Cube Critics Marcheta Fornoff and Euan Kerr discuss…
by Euan Kerr and Marcheta Fornoff

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Cube Critics See the 2020 Oscar-nominated animated shorts and "Citizen K"

Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Nancy Yang delve into the wonders of modern animation with the 2020 Oscar-nominated animated shorts and the intricacies of the last 35 years of Russian history through the lens of Alex Gibney with “Citizen K.”

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Cube Critics list their four film faves of 2019

There have been a lot of great movies released in 2019, and in this episode Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Marcheta Fornoff fearlessly list their four favorite films of the year. Now we just have to wait to see if the Academy agrees.....

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