‘Arts’ Archives
Movie corner: Timely take on immigration
By HOWARD McQUITTER II oldschoolmovies.wordpress.com howardmcquitter68@gmail.com “The Deposit” (2019) ****1/2 Askja Films Drama Here again, I”™m reporting from the 38th Minneapolis-St. Paul Inter-national Film Festival with another gem of a film only this time it”™s from Iceland. What”™s exciting, too, is the director is on site to take Q&A, and her name Asthildur jartansdottir. Gisella (Elma Lisa Gunnarsdottir) is in a real economic straits after losing her journalism job and her investments with her former boyfriend failed to pay off. And to be expected she begins to panic as bills start to pile up with the possibility she may lose the nice house she acquired from her grandparents. Then Gisella goes to the computer looking for immigrants to rent her two empty rooms. She finds three illegal immigrants living under a slumlord in a seedy part of town and convinces them to move into her house. Two women Maria [...]
WE ARE 2065
South Minneapolis painter Joanna Hallstrom explores how the United States will be 54% People of Color by 2065 in portraits of 16 local students PHOTOS COURTESY OF JOANNA HALLSTROMAshre, 9, (at left) and Diane, 7, talk about their experiences of school, family and growing up. These hundreds of hours of audio were then cut down to about 20 minutes that play in the exhibit as viewers look at the 16 portraits and hear stories of those featured within it. By Tesha M. Christensen 2065 Painter Joanna Hallstrom The year the USA will become 54% People of Color (according to Pew Research Center projections). South Minneapolis artist Joanna Hallstrom has painted 16 oil portraits of Minnesota students who will be living this change. “We are a changing nation and our faces are changing. My motivation for this portrait study is to offer a small, hopeful glimpse into our future and to show who we will be in 46 years””honoring those who have traveled far, worked [...]
Movie corner Bold whodunit from Denmark
By HOWARD McQUITTER II oldschoolmovies.wordpress.com howardmcquitter68@gmail.com “The Purity of Vengeance” (2019) ***** 5 of 5 stars  This month I”'m attending the 38th Minneapolis- St. Paul International Film Festival for about the 14th year (not necessarily in consecutive order) and for the third year (consecutively) as press (once I did press back in the days of Oak Street Cinema). This year the festival has brought to the Twin Cities more than 250 films from 75 countries. One of the films that catches my eye is a brilliant thriller/crime/ drama from Denmark called “The Purity of Vengeance” directed by Christopher Boe. Simply put, the film is as bold as it is smart marked by whodunit and why. To date, “The Purity of Vengeance” is the highest- grossing film in Denmark, but unlike so many American films of similar genre that put too much heat in the violence blocking out any feasible plot(s) the movie just [...]
