The Cycle of Life The Bicycle Film Festival celebrates the superiority of two-wheeled transportation. September 2007 by Bill Snyder

The Ten-Second Auteur Ten Second Film Fest celebrates the bizarre, often accidental, artistry of the digital age. July 2007

Film in 48 In this month’s 48 Hour Film Project, local movie-making teams have only two days to create a four- to seven-minute film. June 2007

Minneapolis–St. Paul International Film Festival The twenty-fourth-and-a-half (due to the shortened schedule) annual Minneapolis–St. Paul International Film Festival will go on. Here are some tips for M–SPIFF newbies.  April 2007

Urban Explorers: Into the Darkness Twin Cities–based documentarian Melody Gilbert spent three years following a group of “urban explorers” into tunnels, abandoned buildings, and closed tourist attractions. The end result, an archaeological journey called Urban Explorers: Into the Darkness. March 2007

Between Here and Reality The Quay Brothers return with a beautifully fractured fantasy in The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes. January 2007

Hollywood Ending Brent Boyd looks to home for inspiration and lands his big-screen break. October 2006

See Jack Run Jack Kaeding portrays the young Augusten Burroughs in the new movie Running with Scissors. October 2006

Running with Scissors Running with Scissors is the $12 million Hollywood adaptation of Augusten Burroughs’s best-selling memoir of the same name. October 2006

Prairie Home Comes Home Robb Mitchell's insider account of the premiere for A Prairie Home Companion. May 2006

My Prairie Home Movie Tim Russell's diary about being on the set of A Prairie Home Companion. November 2005