Movie Reviews & Stories The greatest thing about most film festivals with "underground" in their name is that they include films you're not likely to see anywhere else—stuff so far out on the fringes that they'll proba ... More
Cream Puff
Portland Underground Film Fest shows the best of the wierd.
Movie Reviews & Stories The greatest thing about most film festivals with "underground" in their name is that they include films you're not likely to see anywhere else—stuff so far out on the fringes that they'll proba ... More
Pull Up A Chair
Sit back and enjoy indie hit The Puffy Chair.
Movie Reviews & Stories There was a time, before they became the poster children for independent film, that directors like Spike Lee, Kevin Smith, Richard Linklater and Quentin Tarantino were just a bunch of guys struggling ... More
Winter Soldier and Purlie Victorious
DVD & TV Not sure what to watch on DVD this week? You could check out the special edition of Smokey and the Bandit, or maybe the unrated director's cut of The Boondock Saints. Or maybe you could watch somethin ... More
When Good Guys Go Bad
Everyone's favorite mutant superheroes face the most nefarious arch-nemesis imaginable—a hack director with no talent.
Movie Reviews & Stories The good news is that, given that it was directed by Brett Ratner, X-Men: The Last Stand is not nearly as bad as it could have been. The bad news is that the latest installment in the X-Men franchise ... More
The Seven-Ups
DVD & TV More often than not, I wonder who decides what films get released on DVD. With recent theatrical releases, of course, it's obvious. Cheaper by the Dozen 2 was just in theaters a few months ago, and, t ... More
The Da Vinci Code
Movie Reviews & Stories Millions and millions and millions of people have read Dan Brown's pulpy thriller The Da Vinci Code, making the film adaptation one of the most hyped and anticipated movies of the year. Personally, I ... More
Men Of Honor
One of the best films of the year, Mountain Patrol: Kekexili is a universal tale of justice in a morally ambiguous world.
Movie Reviews & Stories If director Chuan Lu's film Mountain Patrol: Kekexili had been released last year, as was planned, it would have been one of the five best films of 2005. As it stands, almost halfway into 2006, it's t ... More
Same Old Stuff
DVD & TV Unrated! Extended cut! Better than ever!Better than ever?This week marks the release of Crimson Tide, Enemy of the State and Con Air—all of which are now available as unrated extended cuts. The ... More
The Harder They Come
DVD & TV Stuart Samuels' documentary Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream screens this weekend at the Northwest Film Center, offering insights into the history surrounding six cult classics (see ... More
Rewriting History
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America looks at history from a slightly different perspective.
Movie Reviews & Stories For some, it will be difficult to know when to laugh during C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America, Kevin Willmott's sharp political satire. Masking its biting humor behind so much serious tenor, C ... More
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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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