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In a new psychodrama, Sebastian Stan stars as an aspiring actor who undergoes treatment to cure his facial deformity. Plus, film festivals in Portland, Ashland, Bend, and La Grande.
A new dark comedy film featuring an ensemble cast of students from a Portland theater class premieres October 8th at the McMenamins Kennedy School Theater.
Francis Ford Coppola’s first studio film in more than two decades is an underdeveloped vanity project, albeit an entertaining and visually splendid one.
The Portland-born film festival will feature 27 films over three evenings of diverse screenings at PAM CUT’s Tomorrow Theater.
Three new movies put women actors front and center. Also this week: 1964’s “Nothing but a Man,” new Portland-made features, and “Burden of Dreams” restored in 4K.
Halloween creeps into September with three new horror flicks of varying quality. Also this week: the documentary “Join or Die,” plus pre-Code women screenwriters on the Criterion Channel.
A thriller from French-Canadian director Pascal Plante hits theaters this week alongside a supernatural comedy from New Zealand and some choice streaming picks.
The movie week shoots for outer space with a rarely seen gem from the maker of “Fantastic Planet” and other interstellar adventures. Also: Japanese film festival, singing the blues, more.
Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane strike up an unlikely friendship in writer-director Nathan Silver’s ninth feature film.
From Estacada to the Oscars, the irreverent independent filmmaker has been a father of animated invention. Now he’s back in Portland to show his newest, a cowboy film called “Slide.”
Martin Scorsese teaches a crash course on the films of Powell and Pressburger, plus a rare, intimate glimpse inside the Taliban in the wake of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Also this week: “A Matter of Life and Death” at Cinemagic, films from the Dennis Nyback archive, and the 1973 spaghetti Western “The Man Called Noon.”
Also this week: “Seven Samurai,” newly restored in 4K, plus Hong Kong horror comedy “The Seventh Curse” and Soviet sci-fi in “To the Stars the Hard Way.”
Also this week: psychic horror in “Oddity,” “Noir City: Portland” at the Hollywood Theatre, and a new documentary about the life of Faye Dunaway.
The “Czar of Noir” talks with Marc Mohan about film restoration, digital technogoloy, and Argentine and American noir ahead of a weekend of films at Portland’s Hollywood Theatre.
Also this week: thrill-seeking rooftoppers in “Skywalkers: A Love Story,” and the surreal, Soviet-era “Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel” at the Clinton Street Theater.
Mia Goth plays an adult film star of the ’80s in the final installment in horror auteur Ti West’s “X” trilogy.
The latest film from “Poor Things” director Yorgos Lanthimos is a darkly bizarre anthology featuring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons.
The Portland-based filmmaker’s first narrative feature screens Thursday, June 27, at the Tomorrow Theater.
Austin Butler and Tom Hardy star as members of a criminal motorcycle gang in “The Bikeriders,” the latest film from director Jeff Nichols.
Also this week: Jude Law as Henry VIII and Alicia Vikander as Katherine Parr in “Firebrand,” and the latest film from “Fists in the Pocket” director Marco Bellocchio.
The two-day event at The Vault drew entries from around the globe and raised funds for host Bag&Baggage Productions.
In a relatively uneventful week for theatrical releases, a few straight-to-streaming indie flicks are still worth a watch.
A new, 13,000-square-foot building will celebrate Oregon’s cinematic legacy, leaving the current site to focus on ‘The Goonies.’ The city will mark the 39th anniversary of the film’s release with Goonies Day on June 7.
Plus: Don Hertzfeldt’s “Me,” “In a Violent Nature,” and the 2024 Portland Horror Film Festival.
Anya Taylor-Joy hits the road to revenge in the latest installment in George Miller’s “Mad Max” saga.
Lundgren talks with Marc Mohan about his new film, creative independence, and Krzysztof Kieślowski ahead of a Wednesday night appearance at the Hollywood Theatre.
Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine star in writer-director Jane Schoenbrun’s surreal and nostalgic second feature.
Also this week: Harmony Korine’s “Aggro Dr1ft,” Ken Loach’s “The Old Oak,” and “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.”
Also this week: “Free Time,” “Golden Years,” sci-fi animation “Mars Express,” and more.
The YouTube series examines the stories of minor – but consequential – characters through a progressive and feminist lens.
Beautiful people play tennis beautifully in the latest film from Luca Guadagnino.
Plus: Guy Ritchie’s “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,” Anthony Mann’s “The Tin Star” on Blu-ray, and a few 4/20 highlights.
Kirsten Dunst is exceptional in Alex Garland’s emphatically non-partisan vision of a war-torn future America.
Portland filmmaker Lindstrom discusses his new work “Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill” and a career profiling “hard-hit people living hard-hitting lives.”
An obscenity-filled period comedy pits Olivia Colman against Jessie Buckley as friends-turned-archrivals whose feud stirs up controversy in a sleepy English village.
Plus: “Asphalt City,” “Lousy Carter,” and the latest Liam Neeson revenge fantasy “In the Land of Saints and Sinners.”
Five artists interpret the legendary creature in sculpture, paintings, film, and multi-media work in a show that goes beyond the popular-culture image of Bigfoot.
Also this week: a trio of Tarantino double features, OMSI’s 2024 Sci-Fi Film Fest, and a Middle Earth marathon at the Hollywood Theatre.
Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian star in a stylish neo-noir, plus the feature film debut of writer-director-star Julio Torres of HBO’s “Los Espookys.”
Plus: “Accidental Texan,” “Cabrini,” and “Kung Fu Panda 4.”
After its biggest and most successful year yet, the wine country film festival looks toward a bright and expansive future.
Timothée Chalamet rides a sandworm in the sequel to 2021’s “Dune,” and a 2022 documentary portrait of Alexei Navalny gets a theatrical release after his death.
Also this week: “Barbarella” remastered in 4K, and documentaries about the rise of Christian nationalism and the history of the Seattle Black Panther Party.
A bustling studio in close-in Southeast Portland is a magnet for makers of short films, music videos, commercials, and maybe even movies.
The 13th annual festival runs Feb. 23-25 with something for everyone — more than 100 films will be screened in 90-minute blocks.
Wim Wenders’ latest film, an Oscar-nominated fictional feature set in Tokyo, follows the day-to-day existence of an eccentric toilet cleaner.
Also screening this week: “Lisa Frankenstein,” “The Sweet East,” and the latest 3D documentary from Wim Wenders.
The remarkable and well-loved animator, who died Feb. 1 at 63, worked around the world and won an Oscar for “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” but was a Portlander through and through.
The stop-motion animation master, who won an Oscar for “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” was revered in Portland’s vibrant animation community.
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