FilmWatch Weekly: ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ and ‘Problemista’ showcase unique visions
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.”
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.”
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.
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.
Also this week: Mads Mikkelsen in “The Promised Land” and the documentaries “Dario Argento Panico” and “In the Dirt.”
A fictionalized film adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s best-selling book “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” falls short of its ambitions. Plus: where to watch every Oscar-nominated film before the awards show.
This week, director Jonathan Glazer provides a stark reminder of the banality of genocide, and Anthony Hopkins stars as the father of psychoanalysis opposite Matthew Goode’s C. S. Lewis.
Also this week: Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan in “Foe,” three Heisei-era Gamera films at Cinemagic, and Lakeith Stanfield in “The Book of Clarence.”
2024 kicks off with a French farce, a biting satire starring Jeffrey Wright, and a new film by Hirokazu Kore-eda.
Three new films from directors Michael Mann, Blitz Bazawule, and George Clooney round out the year with more whimper than bang.
Also this week: the Hollywood Theatre’s year-end 70 mm extravaganza, and some joyful holiday favorites including “White Christmas,” “Elf,” and “Eyes Wide Shut.”
From Pasolini to Jackie Chan to Werner Herzog’s memoirs, here’s a picture-perfect assortment of gift ideas sure to please even the most discerning movie lover.
Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo give superb performances in the new film by Yorogs Lanthimos, plus the latest from Aki Kaurismäki and Portland filmmaker Irene Taylor.
This week at the movies: Bradley Cooper is Leonard Bernstein, Ottessa Moshfegh’s debut novel comes to the silver screen, plus documentaries, the return of Hayao Miyazaki, and a few holiday favorites.
For 10 years, Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett have presented curated selections from lost or discarded VHS tapes to sold-out crowds. They share their latest highlights this weekend at the Hollywood Theatre.
Nicolas Cage plays a biology professor who starts appearing in people’s dreams, Barry Keoghan stars in Emerald Fennell’s sophomore feature, and Joaquin Phoenix is Napoleon in Ridley Scott’s latest historical epic.
Portland-based director Todd Haynes’ latest feature is an elusive melodrama with strong performances from Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore.
Paul Giamatti stars in Alexander Payne’s nostalgic nod to the films of Hal Ashby, and the fate of the universe is at stake again in the MCU’s latest installment.
Plus: Annette Bening and Jodie Foster in “Nyad,” Jessie Buckley and Jeremy Allen White in “Fingernails,” and William Friedkin’s posthumous final film, “The Caine Mutiny Court Martial.”
Also screening: Steven Soderbergh’s “Divinity” and a slew of frightful flicks for the end of October.
Also this week: Errol Morris’s “The Pigeon Tunnel,” Signe Baumane’s “My Love Affair with Marriage,” and the Astoria International Film Festival.
A new documentary about Joan Baez offers an intimate view of the singer and counterculture icon toward the end of an astonishing career.
Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick brush up against the rough inhabitants of the Australian outback; Marisa Tomei inspires Peter Dinklage to finish his opera; plus, the world premiere of a documentary about sticker art.
Also opening: Chloe Dumont’s debut feature “Fair Play,” “Flora and Son,” and Gareth Edwards’ “Creator.”
Also this week: “Radical Wolfe” pays tribute to an iconic New Journalist, and a hungry Hindu demon haunts a group of teens in “It Lives Inside.”
“Mutt,” the first feature film by director Vuk Lungulov-Klotz, follows a trans man in New York over the course of two days.
With a new 4K restoration, Godard’s 1963 indictment of the post-studio era is worth revisiting 60 years later, when Hollywood once again finds itself at a crossroads.
Director Maite Alberdi’s documentary chronicles the plight of a Chilean journalist with Alzheimer’s and his caregiving wife.
Also opening: “Aurora’s Sunrise,” “Bank of Dave,” “The Elephant 6 Recording Co.,” and “Ignore Heroes – The True Sounds of Liberty.”
Plus: “Landscape with Invisible Hand,” the films of animator Ishu Patel, and Pietro Marcello’s “Scarlet.”
Jeff Rutherford’s first feature captures the quiet melancholy of a father and son amid the stark landscape of Central Oregon.
Park, known for his roles in the MCU and the sitcom “Fresh Off the Boat,” makes his feature directing debut with an amusing if somewhat conventional dramedy.
In the German writer-director’s latest film, four characters find themselves together in a vacation house as a forest fire rages nearby.
Christopher Nolan’s latest seems unlikely to bomb. Also this week: “Lone Wolf and Cub” and a glimpse of 1970s Portland in the short films of Tim Smith.
This week at the movies: “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1” is a heart-pounding success, Manuela Martelli makes her feature directing debut with “Chile ’76”, and “The Wicker Man” turns 50.
Plus: Church of Film presents “Visitor to a Museum,” and a big shark attacks New Orleans in Tommy Wiseau’s “Big Shark.”
Also screening: Five films by John Carpenter, the documentary “Every Body,” and 35mm prints of “Rear Window” and “Aliens.”
The newest dioramic metafiction from Wes Anderson opens alongside free screenings of “THX-1138,” “Jaws,” and other titles at Portland’s Living Room Theaters.
This week’s cinematic highlights include the filmmaking debut of playwright Celine Song and the story of a closeted high school gym teacher set against the grim backdrop of Margaret Thatcher’s England.
Plus: The Understory Northwest Film Fest presents short films from three PNW directors, Edgar Wright’s “Cornetto” trilogy at Cinemagic, and other flicks from “Ghostbusters” to “The Palm Beach Story.”
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.
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