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FilmWatch Weekly: ‘H Is for Hawk,’ ‘Magellan,’ ‘Atropia,’ and more

Also this week: the surreal romcom "Two Sleepy People" and the documentary "Mr. Nobody Against Putin."

‘Classroom 4’: Director Eden Wurmfeld and subject Reiko Hillyer discuss their Oscar-shortlisted doc about a Lewis & Clark class taught in a prison

January 20, 2026Marc Mohan

The documentary, which was also nominated for a Critic’s Choice Award, is available to stream for free on the PBS website and app.

FilmWatch Weekly: ‘The Testament of Ann Lee,’ Gus Van Sant’s ‘Dead Man’s Wire,’ and more

January 15, 2026Marc Mohan

Plus: "Night Patrol," Ralph Fiennes in "The Choral," and the documentary "Rainier: A Beer Odyssey."

FilmWatch Weekly: Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Father Mother Sister Brother,’ Palestinian drama ‘All That’s Left of You,’ and more

January 8, 2026Marc Mohan

Also this week: Lucy Liu in "Rosemead," and the Portland Art Museum's Whitsell Auditorium reopens after a lengthy renovation.

FilmWatch Weekly: ‘No Other Choice,’ ‘Resurrection,’ ‘The Plague,’ and more

January 1, 2026Marc Mohan

2026 starts off strong with new films from Park Chan-wook and Chinese director Bi Gan.

FilmWatch Weekly: The Best Films of 2025

December 24, 2025Marc Mohan

Marc Mohan shares his picks for this year's best movies.

FilmWatch Weekly: A holiday buffet of ‘Marty Supreme,’ ‘The Housemaid,’ and ‘Song Sung Blue,’ plus more

December 18, 2025Marc Mohan

This week at the movies, four new films stand out among the usual roster of holiday cash cows.

FilmWatch Weekly: ‘The Secret Agent,’ ‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Dust Bunny’ and more

December 11, 2025Marc Mohan

Plus: Paolo Sorrentino's "La grazia" and the rarely-seen documentary "Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes."

FilmWatch Weekly: ‘Over the Kitchen Table,’ ‘Fackham Hall,’ ‘100 Nights of Hero,’ and more

December 4, 2025Marc Mohan

This week, an Oregon filmmaker tells the story of how her mother helped build the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and "Downton Abbey" and its ilk get an "Airplane"-style parody in "Fackham Hall."

FilmWatch Weekly: ‘Eternity’ with Miles Teller, ‘Rebuilding’ with Josh O’Connor, and more

November 26, 2025Marc Mohan

Also this week: Benedict Cumberbatch plays a grieving widower in "The Thing with Feathers," and "WTO/99" chronicles the Battle of Seattle.

Best Christmas ever! North Bend’s Liberty Theatre completes 10-year-restoration just in time for holiday shows

November 25, 2025Lori Tobias

The Little Theatre on the Bay presents a double-header of Christmas plays, followed by its ‘Little Ole Christmas Opry,’ in the renovated 1924 theater.

FilmWatch Weekly: ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,’ ‘Nuremberg,’ ‘Wicked: For Good,’ and more

November 20, 2025Marc Mohan

In a slow week for big releases, a few under-the-radar movies get a turn in the spotlight before Thanksgiving weekend.

FilmWatch Weekly: Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’ and Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value,’ plus much more

November 13, 2025Marc Mohan

Also this week: the charmless "Now You See Me: Now You Don't," Edgar Wright's "The Running Man," and Nicolas Cage in the Gnostic horror film "The Carpenter's Son."

FilmWatch Weekly: Jennifer Lawrence in ‘Die, My Love,’ Sydney Sweeney in ‘Christy,’ Predators in ‘Predator: Badlands,’ and more

November 6, 2025Marc Mohan

Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, and LaKeith Stanfield, Lynne Ramsay's first feature film since 2017 depicts a woman's frenzied descent into psychosis.

2025 Bend Film Festival: A cinematic cornucopia over five days features Oscar candidates, copious shorts, Indigenous stories, and more

November 4, 2025Marc Mohan

Oregon's most prominent film festival returned for its 22nd year with panel discussions, social events, and more than 100 movies from around the globe.

‘Clint: The Man and The Movies’: Shawn Levy’s latest celebrity bio is his most successful yet

October 31, 2025Marc Mohan

The Portland author's 560-page biography of the Hollywood icon has received rave reviews in The New York Times and The New Yorker.

FilmWatch Weekly: Yorgos & Emma keep going with ‘Bugonia,’ Jafar Panahi’s Cannes-winning ‘It Was Only an Accident,’ and more

October 30, 2025Marc Mohan

Also this week: the Australian animated film "Lesbian Space Princess," Colin Farrell in "Ballad of a Small Player" on Netflix, and "Mr. Scorsese" on Apple TV.

‘Understand history, create empathy’: Telling the tale of Oregon’s Native American boarding schools

October 30, 2025Sydney Seymour

In the OPB documentary "Uncovering Boarding Schools" premiering Nov. 3, members of the Klamath Tribes of Southern Oregon uncover hidden stories and a legacy of resistance and resilience.

Brad Majors at 50: Barry Bostwick talks a half-century of ‘Rocky Horror’

October 26, 2025Marc Mohan

Bostwick, who starred as Brad, will be at a pre-Halloween screening of the enduring cult movie Oct. 27 at Portland's Schnitzer Hall, along with the Clinton Street Cabaret.

FilmWatch Weekly: Springsteen, ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘The Mastermind,’ ‘Blue Moon,’ and a whole lot more

October 23, 2025Marc Mohan

Plus: Portland's QDoc Film Festival, "Last Days," and the horror comedy "Queens of the Dead."

FilmWatch Weekly: ‘Urchin,’ ‘An Officer and a Spy,’ Hal Hartley’s ‘Where to Land,’ and much more

October 16, 2025Marc Mohan

Also this week: Coming of age in '70s and '80s San Francisco in "Fairyland," plus the documentaries "The Man Who Saves the World?" and "American Skyjacker," the madcap tale of a D. B. Cooper copycat.

FilmWatch Weekly: ‘Orwell: 2+2=5,’ ‘Tron: Ares,’ ‘A House of Dynamite,’ and more

October 9, 2025Marc Mohan

Filmmaker Raoul Peck's portrait of the author of "Nineteen Eighty-Four" and "Animal Farm" draws comparisons between Orwell's prescient social criticism and today's political climate.

FilmWatch Weekly: Dwayne Johnson in ‘The Smashing Machine,’ Daniel Day-Lewis in ‘Anemone,’ and a whole lot more

October 2, 2025Marc Mohan

Also this week: a dog's-eye view in "Good Boy," June Squibb in "Eleanor the Great," plus "Plainclothes" and the Venezuelan "Zafari."

FilmWatch Weekly: ‘One Battle After Another’ speaks to the moment, Emma Thompson kicks ass in ‘Dead of Winter,’ and more

September 25, 2025Marc Mohan

Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film, inspired by Thomas Pynchon's novel "Vineland," stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a freedom-fighting stoner trying to rescue his daughter from a Christofascist colonel played by Sean Penn.

‘Our Mr. Matsura’: Director Beth Harrington discusses her new documentary about a historic Japanese-American photographer

September 25, 2025Marc Mohan

The Emmy-winning filmmaker's portrait of an early-20th-century icon of Okanogan, WA screens Sunday, September 28 at Vancouver's Kiggins Theatre.

FilmWatch Weekly: ‘The History of Sound’ makes a powerful echo, plus a fall film festival frenzy takes hold

September 18, 2025Marc Mohan

A busy movie week includes four Portland film fests, including the 30th annual H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, plus documentaries spotlighting Kanye West, the making of Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis," and more.

Ashland Film Festival names a new director of programming, launches fall screenings

September 13, 2025Jim Flint

Aura Johnson, a festival staffer since 2012 with previous roles at Skywalker Sound, Zoetrope, and other major movie companies, takes over as the festival's programming chief.

FilmWatch Weekly: ‘Spinal Tap’ taps out and ‘The Long Walk’ is a dreary slog, but ‘The Baltimorons’ offers shaggy charm

September 11, 2025Marc Mohan

Also: "Democracy Noir" chronicles the rise of Hungary's far-right Fidesz Party, plus Jack Lemmon's Oscar-winning performance in "Save the Tiger" in a new Blu-ray release.

Portland filmmaker Rose Bond’s COVID-delayed ‘1968’ gets world premiere at Venice Film Festival: Q&A