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Rob Nelson

Rob Nelson is a member of the National Society of Film Critics. His writing has appeared in Variety and the Village Voice.

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Fall film (p)reviews, with critical help from Toronto

By Rob Nelson | 09/19/08
Film writer Rob Nelson offers a comprehensive guide to the films you won't want to miss (hint: one involves a wedding) and other movies to put on your calendar.
Arts & Culture

Milgrom's progress at the Toronto film fest

By Rob Nelson | 09/12/08
By Rob Nelson | Friday, Sept. 12, 2008 TORONTO — A chance encounter with the driving force of the Minneapolis-St.
Arts & Culture

Coen brothers tell press to burn after screening

By Rob Nelson | 09/08/08
Joel Coen — the talkative one of the writer-directors by comparison — offers a grand total of three comments from the stage after "Burn After Reading" is shown: "Thank you very much. Thank you for having us here this evening.
Arts & Culture

Well-timed 'protest' fest offers visual notes from Underground

By Rob Nelson | 08/29/08
Across the river from where "artists" of one sort or another are clogging streets for the RNC is an underground movement designed to empower those who've been disenfranchised from the conventional system.
Arts & Culture

Kennedy's 'White House' salutes first lady of the press

By Rob Nelson | 08/15/08
Documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy's "Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House" is fascinating as a measure of how White House press coverage has changed over the decades.
Arts & Culture

Get up, stand up for Parkway's Pan African docs

By Rob Nelson | 08/08/08
The cause of unity is being celebrated in myriad ways on Sunday at the Parkway Theater, as the current Twin Cities Pan African Festival — saluting the African diaspora as well as the cities' many African communities — brings together a trio of docum
Arts & Culture

Minnesota-born TV journalist documents the 'other 9/11' in 'The Judge and the General'

By Rob Nelson | 07/23/08
In the homeland-security era, news stories that don't immediately appear to hit "close to home" can pose a threat to U.S. media gatekeepers. Read more... By Rob Nelson
Arts & Culture

Zoo's IMAX projectionist shines light on dark 'Knight'

By Rob Nelson | 07/17/08
Rodney Johnson sees "The Dark Knight" as a milestone in giant-screen history because of the half-dozen scenes that were actually shot on pricey 70mm IMAX celluloid.
Arts & Culture

John Koch's Cinema Revolution will not be televised -- but it begs to be seen

By Rob Nelson | 06/27/08
Earlier this week at the Ritz Theater, where Minneapolis video-store owner John Koch premiered his darkly comic directorial feature debut "Je Ne Sais Quoi" to a near-sellout crowd, persistent applause after this first of 12 screenings compelled the
Arts & Culture

This summer's reel attractions start with 'Solstice' fest

By Rob Nelson | 06/19/08
The third-annual Solstice Film Festival in St. Paul will occur over three days in the revitalized Galtier Plaza multiplex.