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To Rome With Love

All Holiday Roads lead to Rome.


Movie Reviews & Stories
In To Rome With Love, the latest stop on Woody Allen’s prolonged European vacation, there’s a recurring reference to “Ozymandias melancholia,” a made-up condition in which being among the    More
 
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

The Modern Man: Out of Sight


Bar Reviews
“Make me look like George Clooney.” It takes some gall to demand that of a barber, but I figure the stylists at Portland barbershop/bar The Modern Man (5018 NE 22nd Ave., 284-6008, themodernma   More
 
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

Brew Views: The Conversation

The walls have ears.


Brew Views
Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation was a relatively small and quiet character study released between the twin behemoths of The Godfather parts I and II. As a result, the film was overshadowed   More
 
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

Q&A: Ron Funches

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Arts & Books
All good things, it seems, must eventually move to Hollywood: Ron Funches, one of Portland's best standup comics, is taking his talents to Los Angeles next month. Originally from the South Side of Chicago, the 29-year-old comedian relocated to Oregon to escape persecution for being "the only brother on the block into bumping Alanis Morr...   More
 
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 by MATTHEW SINGER

No Guts, No Glory Holes

The Portland Underground Film Festival cleans itself up.


Movie Reviews & Stories
In the early 2000s, former Clinton Street Theater owner Seth Sonstein founded the Portland Underground Film Festival. His mission...   More
 
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER, CHRIS STAMM

Magic Mike

Steven Soderbergh’s thong song.


Movie Reviews & Stories
Odds were that Steven Soderbergh’s career of genre hopscotching would eventually land on a male stripper movie. Taking bits from Midnight Cowboy, Boogie Nights and, strangely, Coyote Ugly, the   More
 
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

The Younger Games

Pixar takes a step back with Brave.


Movie Reviews & Stories
Can it really be true that through a dozen films, Pixar—the North American animation titan celebrated for its multilayered storytelling and uncommonly complex characters—declined to come up wi   More
 
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

Surviving Progress

Spoiler alert: We’re all screwed.


Movie Reviews & Stories
Surviving Progress, Mathieu Roy and Harold Crook’s harangue against modern civilization, is Seeking a Friend for the End of the World for those who prefer their pre-apocalypse movies aggressively    More
 
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

Primer: The Men


Music Stories
Formed: 2008 in New York City.  Sounds like: Our Band Could Be Your Life come to life, standing on a Brooklyn street corner circa 2012 and wondering aloud why everything is so goddamned quie   More
 
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER

Summer Guide 2012: Grow Your Own

Marisha Auerbach is growing all of her own produce—in a typical yard.


Featured Stories
Abundance is the spice of Marisha Auerbach’s life. As she guides me through the deliberately plotted pathways of her backyard garden on a cautiously sunny Saturday afternoon, dressed in pink o   More
 
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 MATTHEW SINGER
 

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