Food Reviews & Stories Known for its kitschy sports pennants and decorative plates, this old-school Pearl District diner serves up hearty fare for a day of gallery-hopping or navel-gazing. Try the Turnpike sandwich ($7.75), a BLT jazzed up with avocado. An old-fashioned milkshake ($3.75) comes in a traditional silver cani More
Cheap Eats 2005
Food Reviews & Stories Known for its kitschy sports pennants and decorative plates, this old-school Pearl District diner serves up hearty fare for a day of gallery-hopping or navel-gazing. Try the Turnpike sandwich ($7.75), a BLT jazzed up with avocado. An old-fashioned milkshake ($3.75) comes in a traditional silver cani More
Cheap Eats 2005
Food Reviews & Stories The dinner menu at J&M was, unfortunately, a fleeting venture, but this Southeast Portland mainstay still cooks up a fabulous breakfast. The housemade sausage in the chorizo scramble ($6.95) is pungent and delicious. Eat healthy and love it with homemade granola ($3.50). The exquisite J&M pl More
Le Samouraï
Director Jean-Pierre Melville amd actor Alain Delon make a killing.
DVD & TV Eight years after theatrical re-release, Jean-Pierre Melville's 1967 masterpiece has finally, mercifully, been released on DVD. If that sounds reverential, it's because this movie, and the watching of ... More
Revenge and Redemption
With the final episode in his trilogy of Star Wars prequels, Revenge of the Sith, George Lucas finally gets it right.
Movie Reviews & Stories It started with 10 simple words-"Vader was seduced by the Dark Side of the Force." In George Lucas' original Star Wars, Alec Guinness' aging Obi-Wan Kenobi gives Luke Skywalker only the faintest hint ... More
Subversion with a Smile
The Portland Documentary and eXperimental Film Festival returns with a lineup of tightrope walkers, View-Masters and misdemeanors.
Movie Reviews & Stories Nine years ago, Matt McCormick launched the Peripheral Produce screening series by showing hand-picked experimental films in various Portland punk music clubs. That DIY filmmaking attitude is still pa ... More
Cheap Eats 2005
Food Reviews & Stories Cheap-eats aficionados know the way to eat well on a budget at this longtime downtown Indian cuisine destination is the lunchtime buffet ($6.95), which always includes three chicken or lamb dishes, three vegetarian dishes, and appetizers like samosa and naan bread. You can also order off the menu fo More
Cheap Eats 2005
Food Reviews & Stories An unassuming North Portland storefront is home to this modest but delicious French cafe, serving pastries and Stumptown coffee at breakfast with an array of sandwiches and soups at lunch. Buttery, oversized scones ($2.25) start the day right, but stick around for a grilled panini sandwich with brie More
Top Gun: Special Collector's Edition
DVD & TV It's not cool for film critics to like Top Gun. After all, the movie represents Hollywood's exasperating preference for testosterone-heavy cliché-fests with frenzied editing and lowest-common-d ... More
Designing Tom Potter
Will the new mayor put his stamp on Portland architecture?
News When former Mayor Vera Katz stepped down from City Hall last month, architects and designers lost an ally. "People complained about her all the while during her tenure," says architect and former plan ... More
The Films of Joanna Priestley
DVD & TV Portland has long been a Mecca for animators, and one of the most prolific and gifted is Joanna Priestley, whose work is now collected on two DVDs: Fighting Gravity and Relative Orbits.Both the newest ... More
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Portland's favorite kiddie show host is dead, but not forgotten. When Camels Cry
Blending drama and documentary, The Story of the Weeping Camel captures an ancient Gobi Desert ritual. Requiem for St. Francis
Old hotels are disappearing from Portland--the latest victim was a well-known landmark. Hidden Treasures
Robert Oshatz designs some of Portland's most intriguing buildings--if you can find them. What Price Donuts?
Krispy Kreme's first donut franchise in Portland may demolish a beloved restaurant. Something Up Their Sleeve
An unheralded moviemaking trio gives Portland film a dose of magic. Our Boy Ellroy
James Ellroy releases the second book in a trilogy that slits open the underbelly of '60s iAmerica Tough Pill to Swallow
Maria Full of Grace is a simple human story surrounded by political controversy. Design of the Times
Bart King's new book shows where Portland architecture has been -- but where is it going? Gehry Gone?
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