‘Arts’ Archives
Janet Planet
from the series Movie Corner A24 Films, Compliments of the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival By Howard McQuitter II Howard McQuitter II Annie Baker won the Pulitzer Prize for writing The Flick and her directing debut film is Janet Planet. I will regretfully say, watching Janet Planet is more than a challenge and uncompelling to say the least.I can also comment that the film takes place in a picturesque New England in 1991, when a single mother, Janet (Julianne Nicholson) and her very manipulative, eleven-year-old daughter, Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) live in a cabin. Lacy is not enjoying summer camp so she tells her mother if she doesn’t come and get her, she will kill herself. The girl has already lied to the camp leaders by saying her mother’s boyfriend had been in a car accident and is dying. A24 As for Janet, she seems to go through three transitory relationships. First, she has a slow-witted, weird boyfriend, Wayne (Will Patton) who looks like he [...]
Seen Around Town August ’24
After weeks of rain, the sun and warmth finally showed up on Thursday July 11, just in time for a joint-open house held by the Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI) and the American Indian Community Development Corporation (AICDC). Attendees came out to enjoy food and conversation, topped off by fabulous tunes from local artist Downtown Jada Brown - summer has arrived! PHOTOS: Laura Hulscher Patrick Cabello Hansel, reading some of his poetry in Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery at the Fourth Annual Jazz and Poetry Festival on June 29, 2024 with other y members of the Not Yet Dead Poets Society whose work appears in “The Nations Underground: Writing With Our Ancestors.” It was beautiful poetry on a beautiful day. PHOTO: Courtesy Sue Hunter Weir
