Medora: Empress of the Badlands

I can't believe how rancid the politics of this film were. Yes, Marquis de Mores gets a sort of comeuppance in the end, but for the first three quarters of the film you're expected to root for him, and in the last you're expected to at least be sympathetic to him as a…

CSFinley

Fargo Film Festival 2026 A classic North Dakota tale that really finds its groove as a film in the second half. Bit of a slog getting there, but there's a lot to enjoy from all departments — especially its cinematography, which makes you stop for a second and remember why…

Nate Manning

I need y'all to know that Theodore Roosevelt's cameo is him shooting the Marquis' prey, shouting "Bully!" and scampering into the trees. 😂

Shelby

Small-budget indie films know what is up. I can't claim to be the most objective reviewer of this film with the amount of people I know who worked on it, but I'll do my best. I really enjoyed watching this film overall; it was stunning, showing the beauty of the North…

Jonthom003

Does the filmmaker want us to feel bad for this dude who went on to become a GIANT NAZI???? Literally first thing that comes up when you look him up.

Dr_Ferguson

Reviewing this is like therapy to me… This is a local movie, I’ll get to that in a second. So let’s start on what I thought abt it. I was very surprised on how good it actually was for a local film, especially the cinematography. The acting wasn’t fantastic but it was a lot…

sus_Jake

Why do the French have such an unserious accent??

cauy

Great movie, great acting. My one question: where are all the Germans? Other than that historical oversight, excellently made.

Dithyrambas

A well structured tragedy of marriage with a complicated and effectively unsatisfying ending. You can feel all of the love which went into making it, from every department, and the performances were fantastic. The massive scale of this movie is so hard to pull off well on a…

bella nicole