Movies to see this week: 'Natural Born Killers,' 'Titane,' Italian Film Fest

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27-02-2025

The Italian Film Fest is getting underway at The Main Cinema, the Film Noir Festival at the Heights Theater continues, and lots of offbeat films dot the calendar this week.
Here are the repertory films you can catch around the Twin Cities this week.
Thursday, Feb. 27 at Emagine Willow Creek
Sailor (Nic Cage) and Lula (Laura Dern) are on the run from Lula's mother (Diane Ladd), who doesn't approve of their relationship, and a rogue's gallery of Lynchian characters standing in the way of their doomed romance. (That includes Isabella Rossellini, Crispin Glover, Willem Dafoe, Harry Dean Stanton, and Grace Zabriskie.)
Emagine is hosting another film in the parade of David Lynch screenings that started after his death last month. It may not have the stature of Lynch's most beloved films, but he didn't really make duds.
Thursday, Feb. 27 and Monday, Feb. 2 at Grandview Theatre
Natural Born Killers, co-written by Quentin Tarantino, is unique in Oliver Stone's filmography. Not because it's immensely violent or controversial (at least at the time of it's release), but because it's stylish in a way that isn't typical of his movies. (Plus, there's no JFK conspiracy in it.)
Mickey (Woody Harrelson) and Mallory (Juliette Lewis) are a sort of hyperviolent Bonnie and Clyde rampaging across the country, killing and committing crimes that turn them into media darlings. It's a critique of media sensationalism that has arguably become closer to the mark with age, even if it's been critiqued itself for sensationalizing violence.
Thursday, Feb. 27 at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Mia is screening Martin Scorsese's episodic epic, based on the life of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, who, as he ages, reckons the persecution of the Tibetan people under Chinese rule.
It stars Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, a grandnephew of the Dalai Lama. The Disney-released film, unsurprisingly, was the subject of pushback from the Chinese government before it was even released. Disney, of course, caved to economic forces and helped bury it on its release. Despite four Oscar nominations, which included recognition for Philip Glass' great score and outstanding cinematography from Coen Bros. regular Roger Deakins, it's one of the less-discussed of Scorsese's movies, and that's too bad.
It pairs nicely with the museum's recent opening of its Tibetan Shrine Room, so make some time to visit the new permanent exhibit.
Sunday, Mar. 2 at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival
The Italian Film Festival gets underway at The Main Cinema this week. It's bringing in a parade of contemporary and classic Italian films.
Among those is Il Postino, a film that doesn't often get a spotlight more than 30 years after its release. (Though it got plenty of attention when it was released and nominated for Best Picture at the 1996 Oscars.) Massimo Troisi, who got a posthumous Oscar nomination for the role, plays a postman who falls in love with poetry while delivering mail to the poet Pablo Neruda. His relationship with the legendary Chilean poet helps with his attempts to court the woman of his dreams.
Monday, Mar. 3 at Alamo Drafthouse
If you didn't find enough visual madness and narrative oddity with Lynch earlier in the week, director Julia Ducournau is here for you.
Agathe Rousselle stars as a violent go-go dancer with a fetish for cars following an accident that left her with a unique titanium implant. Her story collides with a spate of unexplained murders and Vincent, who is mysteriously reunited with his son 10 years after he went missing. It's visually wild, complex, and delightful if you're able to let go and let yourself be taken for the ride.Movies screening in the Twin Cities this week:
Feb. 27: Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) at AMC Southdale and AMC Coon Rapids
Feb.27: Babe: Pig in the City (1998) at Emagine Eagan, Emagine East Bethel, Emagine Lakeville, Emagine White Bear, and Emagine Willow Creek
Feb. 27: 20 Years in the Crypt: Embedded on Tour with Dead Moon at Cloudland Theater
Feb. 27: 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Documentary at The Main Cinema
Feb. 27: 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Live Action at Landmark Lagoon
Feb. 27: 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Animation at The Main Cinema and Landmark Lagoon
Feb. 27: Duel (1971) at The Heights Theater, part of the Film Noir Festival
Feb. 27: The Princess Bride (1987) at The Parkway Theater
Feb. 27: Moonlight (2016) at CMX Odyssey IMAX, AMC Eden Prairie, AMC Rosedale, and AMC Southdale
Feb. 27: Il Tempo Che Ci Vuole (2024) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival
Feb. 28–Mar. 4: Beethoven (1992) at Emagine Eagan, Emagine East Bethel, Emagine Lakeville, Emagine White Bear, and Emagine Willow Creek
Feb. 28–Mar. 4: Oppenheimer (2023) at AMC Southdale
Feb. 28: Semidei (2023) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival
Feb. 28: Tutto Quello Che Vuoi (2017) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival
Feb. 28: Un Altro Ferragosto (2024) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival
Feb. 28–Mar. 4: Boogie Nights (1997) at The Trylon Cinema
Mar. 1: Leprechaun In the Hood (2000) at The Main Cinema
Mar. 1: Io la Conoscevo Bene (1965) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival
Mar. 1: Familia (2024) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival
Mar. 1: Ricomincio da Tre (1981) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival
Mar. 1: Nosferatu (1922) at Radiohead: Silent Synced at Emagine Willow Creek and Emagine Eagan
Mar. 1: C'é Ancora Domani (2023) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival
Mar. 1: Kids' Film Fair 2025 at The Walker Art Center
Mar. 1–2: Shrek (2001) at Emagine Eagan, Emagine Lakeville, Emagine White Bear, and Emagine Willow Creek
Mar. 1: Shrek (2001) movie party at Alamo Drafthouse
Mar. 1: Interstellar (2014) at Alamo Drafthouse
Mar. 2: Parasite (2019) at Alamo Drafthouse
Mar. 2: Just Mercy (2019) at Oakdale Cinema and West End Cinema
Mar. 2: Straight Outta Compton (2015) at Oakdale Cinema and West End Cinema
Mar. 2: Sei Fratelli (2024) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival
Mar. 2: El Paraiso (2023) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festival
Mar. 2: Gloria! (2024) at The Main Cinema, part of the Italian Film Festiva
Mar. 3: Pet Sematary (1989) at Emagine Willow Creek
Mar. 3: Marcus Mystery Movie at Oakdale Cinema, Parkwood Cinema, Rosemount Cinema, Southbridge Crossing Cinema, and West End Cinema
Mar. 4: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) at The Parkway Theater
Mar. 4: The Batman (2022) at Alamo Drafthouse
Mar. 4: The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025) at The Main Cinema