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Faculty Lecturer, Department of Writing Studies, University of Minnesota | Adjunct Professor, Music & Film Studies, University of St. Thomas | Cult Film Collective
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Our Nobohiku Obayashi series continues with SCHOOL IN THE CROSSHAIRS, still playing tonight and tomorrow. Chris Polley writes about the whimsy and wonder of School in the Crosshairs.
www.perisphere.org/2025/11/16/a...
www.perisphere.org/2025/11/16/a...
Anti-Fascist, All Fun: Disobedient Whimsy in Nobuhiko Ôbayashi’s School in the Crosshairs – Perisphere
|Chris Polley| Sometimes this place feels like a prison” is a sentiment I hear at least once every few years as a public school teacher—from students, yes, but also at least twice from fellow teachers...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Our Nobohiku Obayashi series continues with SCHOOL IN THE CROSSHAIRS, still playing tonight and tomorrow. Chris Polley writes about the whimsy and wonder of School in the Crosshairs.
www.perisphere.org/2025/11/16/a...
www.perisphere.org/2025/11/16/a...
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Laura Orestano designed this poster for our upcoming series SHARON STONE DOESN’T CARE WHAT YOU THINK, starting in December. Tickets available now at www.trylon.org/film-series/...
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Laura Orestano designed this poster for our upcoming series SHARON STONE DOESN’T CARE WHAT YOU THINK, starting in December. Tickets available now at www.trylon.org/film-series/...
Fantastic film, with a wildly unexpected ending! Subsequent code-era audiences got robbed of quality, “amoral” storytelling for so many years.
You can still catch the incredible THREE ON A MATCH tomorrow at 1pm on glorious 35mm. Tickets at www.trylon.org/film/three-o...
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Fantastic film, with a wildly unexpected ending! Subsequent code-era audiences got robbed of quality, “amoral” storytelling for so many years.
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You can still catch the incredible THREE ON A MATCH tomorrow at 1pm on glorious 35mm. Tickets at www.trylon.org/film/three-o...
November 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
You can still catch the incredible THREE ON A MATCH tomorrow at 1pm on glorious 35mm. Tickets at www.trylon.org/film/three-o...
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Starting TONIGHT! Grab your tickets now here: www.trylon.org/film-series/...
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Starting TONIGHT! Grab your tickets now here: www.trylon.org/film-series/...
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Our 11x17 online poster store is back, and with many recent (and upcoming) designs now included! Maybe you could buy a poster or two to help us test the new system? Ten bucks each, plus a flat five dollars to ship any quantity. ko-fi.com/tryloncinema...
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Our 11x17 online poster store is back, and with many recent (and upcoming) designs now included! Maybe you could buy a poster or two to help us test the new system? Ten bucks each, plus a flat five dollars to ship any quantity. ko-fi.com/tryloncinema...
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Andrew Madetzke designed these incredible silk screened posters our upcoming 35mm Kung Fu Double Feature at the @trylon.org - we will have a very limited number for sale in the lobby in between shows.
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Andrew Madetzke designed these incredible silk screened posters our upcoming 35mm Kung Fu Double Feature at the @trylon.org - we will have a very limited number for sale in the lobby in between shows.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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This weekend we’re bringing in Dan Halsted, film collector and programmer and he’s bringing his 35mm prints of THE MYSTERY OF CHESSBOXING and SHAOLIN VS LAMA. Don’t miss the rare chance to see these ultra rare prints. Tickets on sale now at www.trylon.org/film-series/...
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This weekend we’re bringing in Dan Halsted, film collector and programmer and he’s bringing his 35mm prints of THE MYSTERY OF CHESSBOXING and SHAOLIN VS LAMA. Don’t miss the rare chance to see these ultra rare prints. Tickets on sale now at www.trylon.org/film-series/...
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THREE ON A MATCH plays on 35mm Saturday and Sunday with Hollywood Babylon host Chantell Halsted introducing. Grab your tickets now at www.trylon.org/film/three-o...
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
THREE ON A MATCH plays on 35mm Saturday and Sunday with Hollywood Babylon host Chantell Halsted introducing. Grab your tickets now at www.trylon.org/film/three-o...
Where else will you get Richard Pryor, Isaac Hayes, and Mavis Staples all on the big screen on the same night? Nowhere, that’s where!
Tickets now on sale for the next film in our quarterly series at the @trylon.org!
Thursday, Jan. 29, 7 PM
www.trylon.org/film/wattstax/
Thursday, Jan. 29, 7 PM
www.trylon.org/film/wattstax/
Wattstax
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November 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Where else will you get Richard Pryor, Isaac Hayes, and Mavis Staples all on the big screen on the same night? Nowhere, that’s where!
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James Lehmann and Amelia Foster designed this fabulous poster for our upcoming weekend dedicated to Tom Waits. Promotional support provided by Sound Unseen. Tickets at www.trylon.org/film-series/...
November 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
James Lehmann and Amelia Foster designed this fabulous poster for our upcoming weekend dedicated to Tom Waits. Promotional support provided by Sound Unseen. Tickets at www.trylon.org/film-series/...
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Tonight's the night!
7th HEAVEN, with live accompaniment by The Poor Nobodys, at the beautiful Heights Theater at 7:30 PM!
heightstheater.com
7th HEAVEN, with live accompaniment by The Poor Nobodys, at the beautiful Heights Theater at 7:30 PM!
heightstheater.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Tonight's the night!
7th HEAVEN, with live accompaniment by The Poor Nobodys, at the beautiful Heights Theater at 7:30 PM!
heightstheater.com
7th HEAVEN, with live accompaniment by The Poor Nobodys, at the beautiful Heights Theater at 7:30 PM!
heightstheater.com
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NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER plays this weekend. Lucas Hardwick discusses the exciting and delicious history of apple research at UMN.
www.perisphere.org/2025/10/31/a...
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A Juggler, an Apple Farmer, and a Psychotic Slumlord walk into a bar in a Bankrupt City… – Perisphere
|Lucas Hardwick| In the hierarchy of entertainment juggling is somewhere between miming and magic outranking puppet shows but only slightly less compelling than street buskers (depending on what the b...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER plays this weekend. Lucas Hardwick discusses the exciting and delicious history of apple research at UMN.
www.perisphere.org/2025/10/31/a...
www.perisphere.org/2025/10/31/a...
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NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER begins Friday. This grimy exploitation rarity was last released in a censored version on VHS and has only been shown on poor 35mm prints since. Night Of The Juggler has now been rescued from obscurity and gloriously restored in 4K! www.trylon.org/film/night-o...
November 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER begins Friday. This grimy exploitation rarity was last released in a censored version on VHS and has only been shown on poor 35mm prints since. Night Of The Juggler has now been rescued from obscurity and gloriously restored in 4K! www.trylon.org/film/night-o...
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His prescription for these divided times? "You have to make people laugh, then they'll listen, and then you have sex with 'em," Waters says ahead of his Parkway Theater show.
RacketCast, Ep. 37: The Parkway Pervert Feat. John Waters - Racket
His prescription for these divided times? 'You have to make people laugh, then they'll listen, and then you have sex with 'em.'
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October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
His prescription for these divided times? "You have to make people laugh, then they'll listen, and then you have sex with 'em," Waters says ahead of his Parkway Theater show.
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More than 440,000 Minnesotans rely on SNAP. Here are a few ways to help! mspmag.com/arts-and-cul...
How to Help Fill the SNAP Gap
Hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans are in danger of losing benefits this November because of the government shutdown.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
More than 440,000 Minnesotans rely on SNAP. Here are a few ways to help! mspmag.com/arts-and-cul...
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You thought you were out of the game. You thought you’d retired. My monster chasing days are in the past, you said, even going as far as to swear on a Bible.
This Weekend, Go See the Majesty of the Leaves Changing on The Driftless Bluffs (While Secretly Hunting for Pepie the Lake Pepin Monster) - Racket
A Twin Cities weekender/amateur cryptozoologist's guide to exploring autumn on The Great River Road, because sure, you’re here for the leaves—but really you’re here to find Pepie.
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October 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
You thought you were out of the game. You thought you’d retired. My monster chasing days are in the past, you said, even going as far as to swear on a Bible.
The true heads
And that’s a wrap on another great Horrorthon. See you creeps next year!
October 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The true heads
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Our series, NIXONLAND: HORROR IN THE VIETNAM ERA comes to a close with THE EXORCIST, starting Sunday. For our blog, Perisphere, Harry Mackin writes how the film invites us to consider spirituality as call to transformative action.
www.perisphere.org/2025/10/17/f...
www.perisphere.org/2025/10/17/f...
Fear in a Handful of Dust: Hell, Faith, and Will in The Exorcist – Perisphere
|Harry Mackin| The Exorcist knows you're afraid of it from the moment it begins. Well before its disturbing supernatural plot starts in earnest, you can feel the malice Friedkin imbues into every shot...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Our series, NIXONLAND: HORROR IN THE VIETNAM ERA comes to a close with THE EXORCIST, starting Sunday. For our blog, Perisphere, Harry Mackin writes how the film invites us to consider spirituality as call to transformative action.
www.perisphere.org/2025/10/17/f...
www.perisphere.org/2025/10/17/f...
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Do you feel like Rosemary's Baby sold out way too fast?
Don't worry, we've added an 8:45 show this Wednesday. www.trylon.org/film/rosemar...
Don't worry, we've added an 8:45 show this Wednesday. www.trylon.org/film/rosemar...
Rosemary’s Baby in 35mm
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October 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Do you feel like Rosemary's Baby sold out way too fast?
Don't worry, we've added an 8:45 show this Wednesday. www.trylon.org/film/rosemar...
Don't worry, we've added an 8:45 show this Wednesday. www.trylon.org/film/rosemar...