Movies to see this week: '42,' 'Do the Right Thing,' 'Blue Velvet'
There's also the continuation of The Film Noir Festival, a bevy of Black History Month screenings, and more David Lynch.
Here are movies you shouldn't miss at Twin Cities theaters this week.
Sunday, Feb. 23 at Oakdale Cinema and West End Cinema
Spike Lee's classic is part of Marcus Theatres' series of Black History Month screenings. Though you don't really need an excuse to see what's probably Lee's best film. He wrote, directed, and stars in movie about rising tensions in Brooklyn's Bed-Stuy neighborhood on a smolderingly hot day. The bigotry endured by residents simmers until it hits a violent boil. 5677 Hadley Ave. N, Oakdale; 1625 West End Blvd., St. Louis Park ($8.42)
Thursday, Feb. 20 at Emagine Willow Creek, and Monday, Feb. 24 at Heights Theater
There are a lot of David Lynch films hitting screens this month as fans celebrate his incredible life. Lynch died in January, but his legacy is clearly alive and well. (Wild at Heart will also screen this week at the Grandview Theatre.)
While the plot may be more straightforward than some of his films, Blue Velvet isn't an easy watch. Kyle MacLachlan stars as a young man who can't resist prodding around the mystery behind a severed ear he finds in a field. While he's falling in love with Sandy (Laura Dern), he's become infatuated with Dorothy (Isabella Rossellini), an older singer tied up with the dangerous gangster Frank (Dennis Hopper). It sounds like a noir, but it's much, much darker than that. 9900 Shelard Pkwy, Plymouth ($11.60); 3951 Central Ave. NE, Columbia Heights (sold out)
Thursday, Feb. 20 at Heights Theater
The Film Noir Fetival continues this week as Bart (John Dahl) and Annie (Peggy Cummins) showcase their love of guns, money, and thrills. Its famous three-minute single shot of a heist was shot in at a real bank with real locals who had no idea that a movie was being made. 3951 Central Ave. NE, Columbia Heights ($12.75)
Monday, Feb. 24 at Bloomington 13 at Mall of America
You can certainly make the case that 42 is a little conventional, a little flat. That'd be fair. It's also fair to say that the straightforward biopic formula works just fine for the movie about Jackie Robinson breaking through into Major League Baseball. It is, you may have heard, a pretty remarkable story and Robinson was a pretty remarkable human being. The movie maybe undersells how hard it was for Robinson, who faced racist hate in the streets, from fans in the stands, from the management of other teams, from the hotels and restaurants where his team ate and slept, from opponents who could try to bean him when he was at the plate, and even from his own teammates. It's one of the many remarkable performances given by Chadwick Boseman, who is excellent as Robinson. 401 South Ave., Bloomington ($5)
Monday, Feb. 24 at Emagine Willow Creek
Song Kang-ho, one of South Korea's most celebrated actors with a talent for bringing humor to serious stories, reunited with director Park Chan-wook for this atypical vampire story. (They worked together in Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, the underrated follow-up to Park's classic, Oldboy.)
He stars as a priest who is infected with something that turns him into a vampire during a failed experiment. He becomes something terrifying, but desperately doesn't want to lose himself as his world begins to unravel. 9900 Shelard Pkwy, Plymouth ($11.60)
More movies playing this week:
Feb. 19: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) at Emagine Eagan, Emagine Lakeville, Emagine White Bear, and Emagine Willow Creek
Feb. 19: Carrie (1976) at Edina Theatre
Feb. 19: The Wedding Singer (1998) movie party at Alamo Drafthouse
Feb. 19: Kitty Mammas (2021) at Trylon Cinema
Feb. 19 and 23: Coming to America (1988) at Oakdale Cinema and West End Cinema
Feb. 19: The Princess Bride (1987) at Heights Theater
Feb. 19–26: 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Animation at Alamo Drafthouse
Feb. 19–25: 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Animation at Riverview Theater
Feb. 19–27: 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Animation at The Main Cinema and Landmark Lagoon
Feb. 19: 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Animation at Oakdale Cinema, Parkwood Cinema, Rosemount Cinema, Southbridge Crossing Cinema, and West End Cinema
Feb. 19–26: 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Documentary at Riverview Theater
Feb. 19–27: 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Documentary at The Main Cinema
Feb. 19–23 and 25–27: 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Live Action at Landmark Lagoon
Feb. 19–26: 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Live Action at Alamo Drafthouse
Feb. 20–21 and 23–25: 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Live Action at Riverview Theater
Feb. 20–27: 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Live Action at The Main Cinema
Feb. 20 and 26: 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Live Action at Oakdale Cinema, Parkwood Cinema, Rosemount Cinema, Southbridge Crossing Cinema, and West End Cinema
Feb. 20 and 23: Wild at Heart (1990) at Grandview Theatre
Feb. 20: Harold & Maude (1971) at The Parkway Theater
Feb. 20: Paradise (2023) at Trylon Cinema
Feb. 20: The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 (2011) at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (free)
Feb. 20: Babe (1995) at Emagine Willow Creek, Emagine Eagan, Emagine Lakeville, Emagine East Bethel, and Emagine White Bear
Feb. 20: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) at Emagine Willow Creek, Emagine East Bethel, Emagine Eagan, Emagine Lakeville, Emagine White Bear, St. Michael Cinema, Parkwood Cinema, and West End Cinema
Feb. 21: 2025 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation at Emagine Willow Creek and Emagine Eagan
Feb. 21–26: 2025 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation at Edina Theatre
Feb. 21–26: 2025 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action at Edina Theatre
Feb. 21–23: 2025 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Documentary at Edina Theatre
Feb. 21–23: America: Everything You've Ever Dreamed Of (1967-73) at Trylon Cinema
Feb. 21–25: Babe: Pig in the City (1998) at Emagine Eagan, Emagine East Bethel, Emagine Lakeville, Emagine White Bear, and Emagine Willow Creek
Feb. 21: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) at Emagine Willow Creek, Emagine Eagan, Emagine East Bethel, Emagine Lakeville, Emagine White Bear, St. Michael Cinema, Parkwood Cinema, and West End Cinema
Feb. 22: 13th (2016) at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (free)
Feb. 22: Cry-Baby (1990) at Alamo Drafthouse
Feb. 22: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) at Emagine Eagan, Emagine East Bethel, Emagine Lakeville, Emagine White Bear, St. Michael Cinema, Parkwood Cinema, and West End Cinema
Feb. 22: 2025 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Live Action at Emagine Eagan and Emagine Willow Creek
Feb. 23: Goodfellas (1990) at Emagine Eagan, Emagine Lakeville, Emagine White Bear, and Emagine Willow Creek
Feb. 23: Mascarpone (2021) at Emagine Willow Creek
Feb. 23: "Knew Love" at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (free)
Feb. 23: 2025 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Documentary at Emagine Eagan and Emagine Willow Creek
Feb. 23–25: The Lost Weekend (1945) in 35mm at The Trylon Cinema and Emagine Willow Creek
Feb. 23: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) at Emagine Eagan, Emagine East Bethel, Emagine Lakeville, Emagine White Bear, St. Michael Cinema, Parkwood Cinema, and West End Cinema
Feb. 23: The Phantom of the Opera (2004) movie party at Alamo Drafthouse
Feb. 24: 2025 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation at Emagine Eagan and Emagine Willow Creek
Feb. 24: The Social Network (2010) at Alamo Drafthouse
Feb. 24: Marcus Mystery Movie at Oakdale Cinema, Parkwood Cinema, Rosemount Cinema, Southbridge Crossing Cinema, and West End Cinema
Feb. 24: B&B Mystery Movie at Bloomington 13 at Mall of America
Feb. 25: Dolemite Is My Name (2019) at Alamo Drafthouse at Emagine Eagan and Emagine Willow Creek
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