Also this week: Northwest Children’s Theater screens family-friendly films at The Judy; plus, “Repo Man,” “Time Bandits,” “The Doom Generation,” and “Wild at Heart.”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus stars as a struggling author in Nicole Holofcener’s dramedy about a couple’s marital crisis.
The latest films from directors Andrea Pallaoro and Emanuele Crialese recast the traditional family melodrama into incisive portrayals of the trans experience.
Also screening this week: ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street,’ Jane Arden’s ‘The Other Side of Underneath,’ a double feature of ‘Ator: The Fighting Eagle’ and ‘Dead Heat,’ and all nine ‘Fast & Furious’ films.
In a busy week focused on European films, indie features and revivals, a probing Romanian movie about globalization and bias tops the bill.
A packed movie week offers a little something for everyone, from nightclub dancers and familial rivalries to psychosexual depravity and revenge porn.
The Portland-filmed fourth collaboration between director Kelly Reichardt and star Michelle Williams is a refreshingly naturalistic portrayal of artistic creation.
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon star as Nike’s vapid chairman and his savvy assistant in the entertaining origin story of the Air Jordan.
Everyone’s favorite tabletop role-playing game returns to the big screen for the first time in over a decade. It may be entertaining enough for the average moviegoer, but can it please the die-hard fans?
This week’s cinematic offerings include a Portland-made short film, the true story of an ambitious Ricardian, and a mumblecore horror flick.
A full week of film showings includes documentaries “The First Step,” “Atomic Bamboozle,” and “Paris Calligrammes”; the baseball comedy “Calvin Marshall”; plus “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and “Heat.”
This year’s festival offers in-person screenings March 10-12 in addition to virtual showings March 13-19.
Mia Hansen-Løve’s latest film screens alongside the eighth installment in the Rockyverse. Plus: Billy Wilder classics and films for Women’s History Month.
A drug-addled black bear begins its box office rampage this weekend, but a few alternatives exist for those of us who’d prefer a light smack to a smash hit.
Most of this year’s Oscar-nominated short films are available for streaming, but starting this weekend you can catch all of them in theaters.
Marisa Cohen and Peter Issac Alexander’s ten-episode series reimagines hundred-year-old science fiction stories in hand-drawn 2D animation.
Also screening this week: films for Black History Month, the stoner comedy ‘How High,’ and the new found-footage horror film ‘The Outwaters.’
M. Night Shyamalan’s latest high-concept horror flick hits theaters on Friday, and an Oscar nominee finally gets its Portland premiere.
Against all odds, censored Iranian master Jafar Panahi creates another captivating concoction of fact and fiction; Brandon Cronenberg’s third feature is a shocking indictment of the rich and powerful; and Bill Nighy sparkles in “Living,” but it’s no “Ikiru.”
Generationally speaking, what we’ve got here is failure to communicate. And “Everything Everywhere” scores big with the critics circle.
Also showing this week: Portland’s 10th EcoFilm Festival, Bollywood’s “RRR,” and the classic glories of Technicolor.
A pair of movies about women of low and high birth responding to repression; German and Japanese cinema at the Clinton; a flock of revivals: Welcome to 2023.
Marc Mohan picks his best movies of the year. To find out which ones make the list – and which is No. 1 – read on.
In “EO,” six donkeys in search of an auteur find the right one; “Babylon” discovers that Hollywood’s a den of iniquity.
On beyond “Avatar”: a pair of audacious debuts from Filipina and Danish/Iranian directors; big swings in a fat suit; and, yes, those otherworldly special effects.
A stellar adaptation of an “unfilmable” Dom Delillo novel leads a bonanza of big-screen openings, including a gay love story and a documentary on Nan Goldin’s war on OxyContin.
On beyond vengeful Santas: “Nanny” and “The Inspection” tell potent human tales, “Chatterley” is a handsome version of the novel, “Fawn” goes ancient Greek on the thriller format.
“Bones and All” revels in the sins of the flesh; Spielberg looks at anti-Semitism in America; Portlander Mark Gustafson co-directs “Pinocchio.”
Shades of Fellini: “Bardo” is decadent, indulgent, and well worth the ride; “The Menu” gleefully roasts the rich and clueless.
Without the late Chadwick Boseman, a quintet of fierce females leads the Marvel franchise into vivid new territory.
The festivals at the Hollywood Theatre and Cinema 21 provide a rainbow of stories about LGBTQ+ life.
An intriguing but not-too-dangerous apocalyptic tale, a saga of art behind bars, adventures on Mars, Lawrence returning to her indie roots, and one heaven of a sex scandal.
Portland director Dawn Jones Redstone’s debut feature film tells the tale of a woman balancing community activism and raising children.
With “Banshees,” the “In Bruges” team creates another winner; “Jane” brings pre-Roe issues to post-Roe times; Oregon-made animation; unflinching “Western Front”; trouble for trailer parks.
Blanchett does a star turn as a tough musical maestro in former Portlander Todd Field’s newest film, and Portland trio YACHT gets a documentary.
A CIA-tinged tale of danger and lust; Lebanon’s first all-female thrash metal band; a festival of 400-plus films, from Buffalo Soldiers to Storm Large.
A historical comic puzzle in a conundrum in an eccentric Christian Bale; a smart tense mystery; festivals from Lovecraft to the mountains.
“The First Step” looks at how daring to bargain across the aisle in polarized times got a criminal reform bill passed.
The showcase reels ’em in: About 100 regional, national, and international films from 1,600 submissions, available both in-person and virtually.
A charming gay romantic comedy tops the week; Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline team up smartly again.
Marilyn Monroe and David Bowie get unconventional biopics that are catnip for their fans; five Saturdays of Bogart; “Mighty Victoria” kick-starts Latin American film fest.
File this one under “to see”: Director J. Rick Castañeda and Portland-based composer Nick Jaina talk with Marc Mohan about their new film comedy.
A rigorous and revealing three-hour look at what’s made the movies the movies; the story of an irascible insider who helped shape a golden cinematic age.
The French director, who never stopped reinventing forms and challenging beliefs, changed the face of cinema, Marc Mohan writes.
A contemporary riff on Fassbinder, the private life of a classic suspense writer, and a host of good revivals: It’s a movie week for looking back.
With “Colors,” a rare chance to revisit three highlights of 20th century cinema (and wonder where the magic’s gone).
The live-theater company, which adapted to film when the pandemic hit, liked what happened and returns with a fresh quartet of topical films.
Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton play the genie-in-a-bottle game in George Miller’s newest; a documentary reveals a battle between cultures in the Amazon rainforest.
Hopes for revival after a beloved neighborhood movie house burns; a crime movie pays off; small gems to stream from student filmmakers.
The Portland Claymation studio founder and Oscar winner had big dreams – and lost them in a legal battle with the Knights.
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