Movie Reviews & Stories You were a liberal arts major. You fell in love with a girl you barely knew. She had big, lachrymose eyes that were slightly sleepy from late nights with Foucault (or so you imagined). When you made h ...   More

Movie Reviews & Stories George A. Romero, one of the least subtle filmmakers of our time, once derided “torture porn” for “lacking metaphor,” which is tantamount to beating your dog for failing at cal ...   More

News New Line Cinema held off screenings of A Nightmare on Elm Street until yesterday, after press deadlines. But we've been up all night thinking about it.

A Nightmare on Elm Street

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Movie Reviews & Stories The outrageously grim Red Riding trilogy is, on its surface, a turbid crime epic of noirish involution and whodunit suspense, but look at that sinisterly clipped title again, for it betrays the basic ...   More

Books The sentences in Mark Gluth’s debut novella are short. Like this. All of them. The title is a tip-off: “Kroftis.” That’s an anagram for Kristof. Writer Agota Kristof, that is. ...   More

Food Reviews & Stories This St. Johns breakfast favorite is the rare greasy spoon that knows what it does well—omelettes—and doesn’t feel the need to pad the menu with anything the kitchen hasn’t perfected. Sure, there’s a Brie scramble ($8) and your basic two-egg deal ($6.50), but the Bacavo   More

Food Reviews & Stories From April through September, this hot dog joint dishes up the most delicious schadenfreude in town: Cubs games in HD. But the food here, unlike a certain ball club, will still be around in the post-season. The Chicago Red Hot ($3.50) is a classic dog piled high with the stadium works, while the Sol   More

Food Reviews & Stories The owner sidles up with a heartfelt hello. You tear into your Frisbee-sized pita as a rush of steam escapes the pocket of hot bread and rises into the air above the table. The vegetarian mezza platter ($9.50) does right by your old favorites—creamy hummus, crisp falafel—before the fatay   More

Food Reviews & Stories Prices jumped a buck or two with this animal-free-food restaurant’s move to tonier digs off Northeast Broadway, but the extra cheddar (don’t worry, it’s vegan) is worth it: The ludicrously cramped seating and infuriatingly toned yoga bodies didn’t hop the river with Blossomin   More

Food Reviews & Stories Service at this capacious soup outpost is perfunctory and brusque at best, and the wash of bright white light is not ideal for a meal that requires slurping, but Pho Hung’s beef broth is among the heartiest in Portland. Various combinations of tripe, steak, tendon, brisket and flank are availa   More