MSPIFF45 is back April 8-19! FlixChatter picks 25 international & Minnesota-connected films to watch this year.

One of the things I love most about spring in Minnesota isn't only the warmer weather but also the kickoff of the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival! MSPIFF is back this Wednesday, celebrating its 45th anniversary! From April 8-19, over 200 films will be screened at this year's festival, making it the biggest celebration …

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FlixChatter’s March 2026 Viewing Recap, Mini TV reviews of Bridgerton S4 + The Night Agent S3, and Movie(s) of the Month

Happy April, everyone!! 🌹 🪷 🌻 🌷 We've made it to Spring, woo hoo!! I know I said this every month, but March felt like a breeze. The weather has been a roller coaster! We got hit with a major snowstorm earlier this month, which took my hubby and me nearly an hour to shovel …

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FlixChatter Review: TOW (2025) – Rose Byrne does her best to elevate this uneven and sentimental tale of a woman facing homelessness

Rose Byrne seems to be on a roll playing overwhelmed or unraveling mothers in recent years. She plays a mother of three navigating a mid-life crisis in AppleTV+ series Platonic, and became a first-time Oscar nominee with If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. This time around, she takes on the role of a homeless …

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FlixChatter’s JANUARY 2026 Viewing Recap, Mini Reviews of The Wrecking Crew & Secret Mall Apartment, and Movie(s) of the Month

Welcome to the first Viewing Recap post of 2026! The first month of 2026 has come and gone, though unlike previous months, I feel like January seemed to have passed rather slowly. Unless you've been living under a rock, you've likely heard about what's happening in my home state of Minnesota 😔 Well, I've pretty …

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2025 Film-Watching Year in Review (via Letterboxd) + MNFCA Award Winners

Happy first weekend of 2026, everyone!! My hubby and I just kept it mellow as I'm still suffering from my arthritis flare-up in my left hand that makes it a bit difficult to do many activities. We just went to brunch at our favorite pancake place and accompanied hubby shopping for new glasses.  I'll start …

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FlixChatter’s NOVEMBER Viewing Recap, Mini Review of LOVE+WAR documentary, and Movie of the Month

Happy December, everyone! We're down to the last month of 2025, can you believe it??  To my American friends, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. It was nice to get four days off, though they went by too fast 😆 We finally got snow ❄️ this past Saturday, enough to be plowable and …

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FlixChatter Review: HIT MAN (2024) – A lively crime caper armed with charm and laughs

One of the most buzz-worthy movies out of Venice and TIFF is Hit Man, the latest movie from Richard Linklater starring Glen Powell. Apparently, it's Powell who found the idea for the movie in a 2001 Texas Monthly article about fake assassin Gary Johnson, written by Skip Hollandsworth. He brought it to Linklater, and he ended …

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