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Movies to see this week: 'High Fidelity' with John Cusack, 'Dogma,' 'Rogue One'
Movies to see this week: 'High Fidelity' with John Cusack, 'Dogma,' 'Rogue One' originally appeared on Bring Me The News.
How did this get released? Why did this disappear? And how the hell did this get made?
These are all valid questions to ask of some of the repertory movies hitting movie theaters this week. (That'd be, from my point of view, The People's Joker, Dogma, and Threads, respectively.)
However, those are far from the only alluring movies out there this week. The Queenie Von Curves-curated Pride series at The Parkway starts this week, and John Cusack is in town to talk about High Fidelity on its 25th anniversary.
Scroll onward for details on those and other movies playing around the Twin Cities this week.
Thursday, June 5, at Grandview Theatres
It's a miracle The People's Joker even got made. It's a parody of a coming-of-age superhero movie starring writer and director Vera Drew as a closeted trans girl trying to make a name as a comedian in Gotham City.
It's a psychedelic, strange, funny, surprisingly personal movie that managed to be released despite its use of DC characters. While Drew is the star, it also has a litany of comedic cameos from the likes of Tim Heidecker, Bob Odenkirk, Maria Bamford, and Scott Aukerman. 1830 Grand Ave., St. Paul ($14.44)
Thursday, June 5–Wednesday, June 11, at various theaters (full details below)
Director Kevin Smith passed through the Twin Cities suburbs earlier this year for a screening of Dogma, a beloved but (until now) hard-to-see movie in Smith's catalog.
It had been caught in limbo through a winding series of events that involved producer Harvey Weinstein, who eventually sold off the rights. While the film had a DVD release at one point, it hasn't been in theaters or on streaming, so it's been a big return for the movie that stars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck as a pair of fallen angels who've found a loophole that could get them back into heaven.
Bethany (Linda Fiorentino) is tasked by a surly angel (Alan Rickman) to stop their inglorious return. She's given a pair of "prophets" in the form of Jay and Silent Bob (Smith and Jason Mewes), and a litany of cameos that includes Chris Rock, George Carlin, Alanis Morissette, Janeane Garofalo, Salma Hayek, and Jason Lee.
Friday, June 6, at Uptown Theater
With apologies to Empire Records and celebrants of Rex Manning Day, High Fidelity may be the greatest movie about a record store ever made. The adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel follows the tormented love life of Rob (John Cusack) and the lovable, aloof employees of his record store. It's a time capsule for the way record stores once were. Cusack will be on hand to celebrate the movie's 25th anniversary and maybe fire off a couple of his own top-five lists.
Head to your favorite record store afterwards when you've been convinced to buy a copy of The Beta Band's The Three E.P.s. 2900 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis ($91–$277)
Friday, June 6–Tuesday, June 10, at The Trylon Cinema
Even as the Star Wars universe exploded with movies and shows after its release, Rogue One may be the most atypical and thematically interesting among the onslaught of stories from a galaxy far, far away. (Though, more recently, Andor has continued that legacy.)
Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) is recruited into the resistance because her kidnapped father (Mads Mikkelsen) has designed the Empire's planet-ending weapon. Though, he's secretly given it a weakness that could be exposed.
A ragtag group of freedom fighters — including Diego Luna, Donnie Yen, Riz Ahmed, and Wen Jiang — have to execute an ill-advised heist to get plans for the Death Star back to the Rebellion. It fills in gaps from the original trilogy and manages to be a dark, tense movie, even though viewers of the original movies know, more or less, where things will wind up. 2820 E 33rd St., Minneapolis ($8)
Saturday, June 7–Sunday, June 8, at The Trylon Cinema
The Trylon and the American Cinematheque are not messing around with their "Bleak Week" programming. It's described as a series that explores "the darkest sides of humanity." Threads is as advertised. There are plenty of grim films about nuclear warfare, but Threads somehow makes movies like Oppenheimer, War Games, and I Live in Fear look like pleasant diversions.
The made-for-TV movie plays like a documentary of nuclear annihilation while also having fictional narrative threads that show the devastation that families go through during this nuclear winter. It's not just your usual cautionary tale. It goes from a jolly couple in Sheffield to protests to the private fears of citizens to hiding in bomb shelters to eating animals found dead to stillbirths with shocking quickness and clarity. 2820 E 33rd St., Minneapolis ($8)
Tuesday, June 10, at The Parkway Theater
The Parkway Theater invited Queenie von Curves to curate a series of films for Pride Month, and it starts off with But I'm a Cheerleader.
Actually, it starts with a burlesque/drag show hosted by Von Curves before each movie in the series. Then, it's But I'm a Cheerleader, where Megan (Natasha Lyonne) gets sent to a camp by her tightly wound parents, who suspect that she might be a lesbian. The movie also stars Clea DuVall, Michelle Williams, and RuPaul. 4814 Chicago Ave., Minneapolis ($12)More movies playing this week in the Twin Cities:
June 4: Tape Freaks at The Trylon Cinema
June 4: Grease (1978) at Emagine Eagan, Emagine Lakeville, Emagine White Bear, and Emagine Willow Creek
June 4: Los Zafiros: Music From the Edge of Time (2003) at The Main Cinema, part of the Minnesota Cuban Film Festival
June 4: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) at Mann Edina Theatres
June 4: Insurgent Transmissions: Queer Cinema for Palestine at Bryant Lake Bowl
June 4: Footloose (2011) at The Commons in Minneapolis (free)
June 4–5: The Asylum's Ballerina Assassin (2025) at The Trylon Cinema
June 4 and 10: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014) at Alamo Drafthouse
June 5: Purple Rain (1984) at The Parkway Theater
June 5: The People's Joker (2022) at Grandview Theatres
June 5: Days of Wine and Roses (1962) at Heights Theater
June 5: Shivers (1975) at Emagine Willow Creek
June 5: Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) at Brackett Field Park in Minneapolis (free)
June 5: Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) at Capri Theater
June 5–7: Clue (1985) at Riverview Theater
June 5 and 8: Dogma (1999) at B&B Theatres Mall of America, Oakdale Cinema, Parkwood Cinema, Southbridge Crossing Cinema, and West End Cinema
June 5–8: Dogma (1999) at AMC Southdale, Emagine Eagan, Emagine Lakeville, Emagine White Bear, and Emagine Willow Creek
June 5–11: Dogma (1999) at Alamo Drafthouse
June 6: The Garfield Movie (2024) at Webber Park in Minneapolis (free)
June 6: An Evening with John Cusack + High Fidelity (2000) at Uptown Theater
June 6: Scream It Off Screen at The Parkway Theater
June 6–10: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) at The Trylon Cinema
June 6: The Sweet Hereafter (1997) at The Trylon Cinema
June 7: Forrest Gump (1994) at Lake Harriet Bandshell in Minneapolis (free)
June 7: The Craft (1996) at The Main Cinema
June 7, 11, and 22: Dinner in America (2020) at Grandview Theatres
June 7–12: The Wild Robot (2024) at St. Michael Cinema
June 7: Come and See (1985) at The Trylon Cinema
June 7 and 11: Brokeback Mountain (2005) at Alamo Drafthouse
June 7 and 10: Dogra Magra (1988) at The Trylon Cinema
June 7–8: Threads (1984) at The Trylon Cinema
June 8: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) at Roxy's Cabaret
June 8: Tangerine (2015) at Emagine Willow Creek
June 8: Twilight (2008) at Emagine Eagan, Emagine Lakeville, Emagine White Bear, and Emagine Willow Creek
June 8–12: Despicable Me 4 (2024) at Oakdale Cinema, Parkwood Cinema, Rosemount Cinema, Southbridge Crossing Cinema, and West End Cinema
June 8 and 12: Happy Together (1997) at Grandview Theatres
June 9: Natural Enemies (1979) at The Trylon Cinema
June 9: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) at Emagine Willow Creek
June 9–14: The Land Before Time (1988) at Riverview Theater
June 10: But I'm a Cheerleader (1999) at The Parkway Theater
June 10: Unfriended: Dark Web (2018) at Alamo Drafthouse
June 10: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) at Bottineau Park in Minneapolis (free)
June 10–12: The Bad Guys (2022) at B&B Theatres Mall of AmericaThis story was originally reported by Bring Me The News on Jun 5, 2025, where it first appeared.
