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The analog film collection of the late Dennis Nyback moves to the basement of a Southeast Portland community center, where a crew of dedicated cinephiles takes on the monumental task of cataloguing its over 5,000 titles.
March 13, 2025Marc Mohan
An uneventful week for new releases is led by two star-studded but pointless comedies, but a Blu-ray collection of unheralded films noir from Kino Lorber offers a silver lining.
March 8, 2025David Bates
About 1,600 tickets were sold for the recent independent film festival, which instead of superheroes and explosions, offers an expansive view of what it’s like to be a human in this world.
March 6, 2025Marc Mohan
The "Parasite" director follows his 2019 Best Picture win with a big-budget sci-fi satire starring Robert Pattinson.
March 1, 2025Martha Ullman West
A new film delves into the life and continuing inspiration of the international modern dance pioneer and co-founder of the Columbia Gorge's Maryhill Museum of Art.
February 27, 2025Marc Mohan
Also this week: the star-studded "Riff Raff," Italian filmmaker Maura Delpero's Alpine drama "Vermiglio," and the crypto-thriller "Cold Wallet."
February 24, 2025David Bates
The festival provides access to independent storytellers and voices from around the world in categories that include environmental, Native American, animation, local filmmakers, horror, and documentary.
February 20, 2025Marc Mohan
Horror meets slapstick comedy in a new adaptation of a story by Stephen King about a homicidal toy monkey.
February 13, 2025Marc Mohan
Also this week: Senegalese director Moussa Sène Absa at the Cascade Festival of African Films, the underwhelming "You, Me & Her," and the straight-to-streaming embarrassment "The Gorge."
February 6, 2025Marc Mohan
This year's Best Picture contenders return to theaters this month, while most other nominees are available to stream or rent on demand.
January 30, 2025Marc Mohan
Three newly released international features grapple with themes of corruption and the rule of law. Also this week: the sci-fi fable "Love Me," the 35th Cascade Festival of African Films, and more.
January 23, 2025Marc Mohan
Director RaMell Ross's adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer-winning novel is ambitious and effective; plus, Portland documentarian Jan Haaken's "The Palestine Exception," the anime film "The Colors Within," and more.
January 22, 2025Lori Tobias
The Jan. 24-25 festival aims to raise awareness about challenges facing the ocean while fostering hope in viewers.
January 20, 2025Brian Libby
In the wake of his death, remembering a 2001 interview at the Los Angeles home of the iconic filmmaker of "Twin Peaks" and "Mulholland Drive," and its ongoing inspiration.
January 16, 2025Marc Mohan
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof's "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" is Germany's submission for Best International Feature Film. Also this week: Mike Leigh's first film in six years, a singing simian, and more.
January 8, 2025Marc Mohan
Also this week: The Sonics get the documentary treatment, plus Godardian musings in "It's Not Me," and Pablo Escobar's hippos roam the Colombian jungles in "Pepe."
January 2, 2025Marc Mohan
This week at the movies: a new, three-hour adaptation of the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas, plus supernatural hauntings in "The Damned," and Palestine's submission for Best International Feature Film.
December 29, 2024Marc Mohan
Marc Mohan shares his picks for this year's ten best films.
December 19, 2024Marc Mohan
Also this week: this year's Grand Prix winner "All We Imagine as Light," plus Barry Jenkins's "The Fire Inside," and Clint Eastwood's "Juror #2" streaming on Max.
December 12, 2024Marc Mohan
"The Act of Killing" director Joshua Oppenheimer follows a pair of award-winning documentaries with a post-apocalyptic musical allegory set in an underground bunker.
December 5, 2024Marc Mohan
Also this week: Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche as Odysseus and Penelope in "The Return," plus the animated animal adventure "Flow," and much more.
November 30, 2024Allison Barr
Joyce and Ray Tsang's film & video company grows roots in Oregon as it works around the world – and makes Emmy-winning videos for the Super Bowl.
November 27, 2024Marc Mohan
Angelina Jolie brings majesty and gravitas to the role of Maria Callas in director Pablo Larraín's biopic about the legendary soprano.
After a successful run on the festival circuit, writer-director H. Nelson Tracey' debut feature screens Monday, December 2, at Portland's Hollywood Theatre.
November 21, 2024Marc Mohan
Ridley Scott's sequel to his 2000 sword-and-sandal epic doesn't tread any new ground, but it still delivers a lavishly gory spectacle worthy of the big screen.
November 13, 2024Marc Mohan
Plus: a tour through the films of the Master of Suspense in "My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock," and the Daisy Ridley thriller "Magpie."
November 7, 2024Marc Mohan
Also this week: Jérémy Clapin's sci-fi fable "Meanwhile on Earth," Tyler Taormina's "Christmas Eve in Miller's Point," and much more.
October 30, 2024Marc Mohan
In a genre-defying musical comedy film from Jacques Audiard, Karla Sofía Gascón plays a drug cartel kingpin who fakes her own death to obtain gender confirmation surgery.
October 26, 2024Brian Libby
With hundreds of photographs and video shots taken over years, a former software engineer found his inner artist.
October 24, 2024Marc Mohan
Go beyond the box office with these Halloween highlights from Oregon's independent movie theaters.
