To finish off the year, I asked a number of folks here at the Walker to list their top three films of 2007. Enjoy. Happy New Year! Look for more blogging in 2008. 3. Superbad (Greg Mottola) -Jonah Hill’s performance is a rare thing in comedy, teen or otherwise: suffused with anger. *Runner up: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (Dave Willis) -Why was this made, and why did it make me laugh…

has arrived in Minneapolis. In the brief conversations I’ve had with him, it’s immediately apparent that the dialogue will prove to be insightful, interesting, and likely funny. A visit to the US is quite exceptional for him as he rarely allows himself to be pried away from his work, and I can’t urge you enough to take advantage of an opportunity to hear him speak about his work. Even if you are not…

Regis Dialogue honoree Ang Lee once again took the top prize at the Venice Film Festival for his latest film Lust, Caution. Congratulations to Ang Lee, James Schamus (co-writer, procucer), and Minneapolis’ own William Pohlad, whose company, River Road Entertainment co-produced the new film. Click here to view the Regis Dialogue with Ang Lee and James Schamus.

With films characterized as remarkable, mesmerizing, and devastating–not to mention, in the case of Satantango, a bona-fide masterpiece–Béla Tarr’s upcoming Regis Dialogue and Retrospective (September 14–October 21) is sure to be an extraordinary experience. For a sneak peek into the mind of the master, here is film critic Howard Feinstein’s Regis essay on Béla Tarr. Feinstein will be interviewing Tarr…

Due to inclement weather tonight’s event has been relocated to the Walker Cinema. Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective will begin at 7pm, and Magnificent Obsession will begin at 8:30pm. As seating is limited, the performance and film will be ticketed separately. Free tickets to the performance and/or the film will be available from the Bazinet lobby desk starting at 6:30 pm.

Two more film directors die and I raise my ugly blog-head like the grim reaper. However, in light of last week’s local events it seemed trivial to eulogize two directors. As a result this post comes almost a week after the passing of Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni, (which is, at this point, not news) but only five days after the shocking collapse of the 35W bridge. Like most people that live…

Sheryl Mousley of the Walker Art Center (left), actor Bud Cort, and Al Milgrom of Minnesota Film Arts, at the Karlovy Vary film festival on July 4. Bud Cort was there for a screening of the 1971 film Harold and Maude, directed by 70s great Hal Ashby. At the Variety post-screening party, Cort approached Mousley and Milgrom to acknowledge the Minneapolis film audience that sustained Harold and Maude‘s…

Edward Yang, award winning Taiwanese director, died today from complications from colon cancer. Best known for his film Yi Yi (A One and a Two…) 2000, which won best director at the Cannes Film Festival, Yang was a member of the so-called Taiwanese New New Wave film movement along with Ang Lee and Hou Hsiao-hsien. Yang was born in Shanghai, but moved to Taiwan during the civil war and later moved to the…

Here are a couple shots taken by our photographer Cameron Wittig in the Walker Cinema during the Regis Dialogue with Michel Gondry and Jonathan Rosenbaum.