MSPIFF 2015: If you’ve got some pre-teens or teens in your house, they might enjoy this mild thriller about a young boy who discovers a camera with a usb stick attached to it. Upon loading of the usb stick onto his computer,

MSPIFF 2015: The audience just sat very quietly after the credits rolled. My mouth was slightly agape. So, yeah, this is a pretty damn good documentary. The subject, a wild-eyed free spirit theater artist with radiation in his veins,

MSPIFF 2015: This Russian movie about a lowly caretaker/plumber takes a darkly comedic premise about the levels of corruption in small-town Soviet politics and the quite-literally crumbling infrastructure of poverty-stricken people and plays it pretty str

MPSIFF 2015: Two street-wise teens wander the low-income parts of their Columbian city, practicing their art and graffiti against the background of tense political elections and police actions. Great stuff about boys wandering around, forming their own th

MSPIFF 2015: This is a whimsical version of Amelie set in Japan starring a young woman named Amelie (based on the story written by Amelie Nothumb). It isn't a remake, but more a feel-alike with innocence and quirkiness abound.

MPSIFF 2015: This is Jeremy's pick as the Best of the Fest already. Shot in a single-take over two hours (truly, no editing trickery ala Rope or Birdman), this story about a young woman innocently falling in with a group of low-level street thugs is taut,

MSPIFF 2015: This doc from first-timer Julia Huffman was filmed in northern Minnesota and features a lot of great visuals, including the beloved work of photographer Jim Brandenburg. Following the delisting of the wolf from the endangered species list and

MPSIFF 2015: This charming adaptation of the novel by Cécile Aubry takes place in the French Alps during WW II while local townsfolk are helping the Jews escape the Germans. Young kids won't, of course, feel the weight of that history, but will get the

MSPIFF 2015: Hey, Kristen Stewart can act! I had written her off after seeing the Twilight movies, but I think she does have some potential and she holds her own with Juliette Binoche. I also really like seeing Chloe Grace Moretz as a Hollywood starlet. A

MSPIFF 2015: A noir-ish washed-up detective on the hunt of a possible serial killer story from northern China. Some great scenes, including a very realistic shoot-out (no big hero Hollywood moments), and some nice suspense, but it felt like it went on 20