DVD & TV Even the most cynical of bastards-that would be me-wants to believe in true love. And no matter how much romantic entanglements with psychotic losers may sour our outlook, occassionally we still feel ... More
THE DARK ROMANCE DOUBLE FEATURE
DVD & TV Even the most cynical of bastards-that would be me-wants to believe in true love. And no matter how much romantic entanglements with psychotic losers may sour our outlook, occassionally we still feel ... More
THE SILENT LANGUAGE OF GUS VAN SANT
In Last Days, Portland's indie filmmaker reveals his own cinematic dialect.
Movie Reviews & Stories I'm finally beginning to understand Gus Van Sant. The Portland filmmaker is still an enigma, to be sure, but I'm starting to see enough pieces of his puzzle to get a grasp of the whole picture. Most i ... More
Required Viewing & Recommended Reading: Russ Meyer
DVD & TV There aren't too many filmmakers who could be called a brilliant auteur and a smut peddler in the same sentence. But that's exactly what Russ Meyer was-a signature filmmaker with a unique style that w ... More
FANTASTIC SNORE
Fantastic Four is many things, but fantastic isn't one of 'em.
Movie Reviews & Stories Based on the popular Marvel Comics series that helped usher in a new era of costumed superheroics five decades ago, Fantastic Four had the potential to be the best comic-book-turned-movie to make it t ... More
THE LEE MARVIN FOOT-TO-ASS DOUBLE FEATURE
DVD & TV Few tough guys could bring it to the screen the way Lee Marvin did. In the history of cinema, only a handful of actors have brought the type of steely intensity that Marvin seemed to effortlessly exud ... More
JULY'S SUMMER
Watching Miranda July's plunge into the hype-o-sphere with her film about everyone we know.
Movie Reviews & Stories Watching Me You and Everyone We Know in a makeshift movie theater during the Sundance Film Festival, there was no doubt we were all watching something special. The film had already had several screeni ... More
CHECK IT OUT: ROCKERS
DVD & TV Perry Henzell's 1972 film The Harder They Come will always be the quintessential reggae movie, forever tied to the music and culture of Jamaica. But if The Harder They Come introduced reggae on the bi ... More
BACK FROM THE GRAVE
In the real-deal movie event of the summer, George Romero returns to the world of zombies with Land of the Dead.
Movie Reviews & Stories Twenty years ago, my two best friends and I sneaked into the Avon Theatre in Stamford, Conn., to see Day of the Dead, the final installment in filmmaker George Romero's zombie trilogy. All of us were ... More
ZOMBIE MOVIES
DVD & TV After 20 long years, filmmaker George A. Romero returns to the zombie genre that he helped define with Land of the Dead (see story, page 55). With that in mind, it seems like a good idea for a Film Fe ... More
The Peter Fonda B-Movie Double Feature
DVD & TV Dirty Mary/Crazy Larry (1974) One of two cult classics starring Peter Fonda to be released on DVD this week, director John Hough's epic chase film has earned its place in film history for, among other ... More
Top Articles from David Walker
FACT OR FICTION?
The documentary Grizzly Man seems a bit too strange to be true. REQUIEM FOR THE LOVECHILD
Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story paints a portrait of Seattle's fallen legend. Remembering Ron O'Neal: 1937-2004
The Hustler In The Penthouse
Local film critic falls under the spell of The Last Playboy. Caged Fury
Local fighters like Eddie Dahlen duke it out in the growing world of mixed martial arts. HEAVY METAL Half-Life
Local legends Black 'N Blue return to prove that even 20 years later, rock and roll never dies. The Curse of Homer & Eddie
Bandits, the latest film release shot in Oregon, falls victim to a legendary curse. Written on the Wall
Local filmmaker Jimmy Bolton creates a moving portrait of urban isolation in The Graffiti Artist. Like a Rock
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson talks about race, rasslin' and his new movie, Walking Tall. Lackawanna Blues
The documentary Grizzly Man seems a bit too strange to be true. REQUIEM FOR THE LOVECHILD
Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story paints a portrait of Seattle's fallen legend. Remembering Ron O'Neal: 1937-2004
The Hustler In The Penthouse
Local film critic falls under the spell of The Last Playboy. Caged Fury
Local fighters like Eddie Dahlen duke it out in the growing world of mixed martial arts. HEAVY METAL Half-Life
Local legends Black 'N Blue return to prove that even 20 years later, rock and roll never dies. The Curse of Homer & Eddie
Bandits, the latest film release shot in Oregon, falls victim to a legendary curse. Written on the Wall
Local filmmaker Jimmy Bolton creates a moving portrait of urban isolation in The Graffiti Artist. Like a Rock
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson talks about race, rasslin' and his new movie, Walking Tall. Lackawanna Blues
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