Movie Reviews & Stories Granted, I had high expectations. I read C.S. Lewis' Narnia books to pieces as a kid and had already seen the movie in my head a thousand times. And I never thought the film version (from Shrek direct ... More
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Movie Reviews & Stories Granted, I had high expectations. I read C.S. Lewis' Narnia books to pieces as a kid and had already seen the movie in my head a thousand times. And I never thought the film version (from Shrek direct ... More
Will To Sameness
The Conformist remains Bernardo Bertolucci's masterpiece.
Movie Reviews & Stories As gorgeous as it is chilling, director Bernard Bertolucci's The Conformist (1970) is a mind-blowing adaptation of Alberto Moravia's novel with, remarkably, an even better ending, more ambiguous than ... More
Ridin' The Rails:
The Great American Train Story
DVD & TV Ghost riders, veiled specters, love, God, murder and all that—the Man in Black can sure spook a gal. But sometimes Johnny Cash is scary in a whole different way. He was such a badass for so long ... More
Post-Punk 101
Lisa "Suckdog" Carver gives readers a crotch-eye view of the era she helped define.
Featured Stories Lisa Crystal Carver should wear a vagina-cam. Seriously—the things that woman's twat has witnessed! The noise-opera performer and post-punk writer has fooled around with some of the weirdest, co ... More
Burned Beyond Recognition
The Squid and the Whale reveals the destruction of an American family.
Movie Reviews & Stories If it's true what Leo Tolstoy said—that happy families are all alike but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way—we can all count ourselves lucky, because at least we're not unhappy ... More
Restaurant Guide 2005
Food Reviews & Stories Talk about class. The RingSide's been demonstrating the concept to the masses since 1944. Known for service as top-notch as its steaks—servers in tuxes, a time-capsule bartender who looks like Ed Sullivan—it's also a cool, dark haven from every aspect of West Burnside Street. Best of all More
Restaurant Guide 2005
Food Reviews & Stories Talk about class. The RingSide's been demonstrating the concept to the masses since 1944. Known for service as top-notch as its steaks—servers in tuxes, a time-capsule bartender who looks like Ed Sullivan—it's also a cool, dark haven from every aspect of West Burnside Street. Best of all More
Restaurant Guide 2005
Food Reviews & Stories The Takahashi is proof that optimism can be rewarded. From the outside, it looks like the last place you'd ever want to eat raw fish—a seedy storefront, gravel parking lot, crumbling mural. But those brave enough to step inside will find themselves in a small, dark, delightfully cluttered spac More
BRUTAL BEAUTY
In Lila Says, teenage tristesse is universal.
Movie Reviews & Stories It's the feel-good softcore porno film of the summer! Just kidding...sort of. Lila Says, the latest from Lebanese writer-director Ziad Doueiri, is indisputably erotic. And, despite some grim goings-on ... More
HAZZARDOUS WASTE
If you think a cheap Japanese car dressed up as the General Lee sounds ridiculous, wait'll you see Jessica Simpson trying to fill those Daisy Dukes.
Featured Stories Let's get a few things straight. I don't want the South to rise again. I've never been to a Civil War reenactment. I don't even know the words to "Dixie." But I did grow up in rural Colorado surrounde ... More
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The New Clinton Era
The Clinton Street Theater's new owner remains committed to making Portland a haven for independent cinema. Love 4 Sale
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Late-night laughs with a side of pizza. A Tavern By Any Other Name
Sunshine Tavern is neither sunny nor a tavern. Discuss. The kindness of strangeness
Author/musician Willy Vlautin checks into Motel Life. Food Cart Review: Kim Jong Grillin’
The New Clinton Era
The Clinton Street Theater's new owner remains committed to making Portland a haven for independent cinema. Love 4 Sale
VD ain't cheap. The Kevin Bacon (OSCAR) Game
Sure, a serial killer won last year. But will Oscar smile on a pedophile? Geek Love
Forget Scorsese and De Niro. Here come Film Geek's Westby and Malkasian. An Unguided Tour
Chuck Palahniuk's book on Portland could have been written from inside a Gray Line bus Buttered Up
Clementine Bistro is all about entertaining the regulars—fancy dinners, not so much.
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