Chance Solem-Pfeifer

Chance Solem-Pfeifer

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Chance Solem-Pfeifer writes about film, music, books and boxing. He's the host of the genre-hopping movie podcast Be Reel, Guys.

Stop Calling Imani Denae Awkward

“I’ve never felt awkward. I’ve always just felt like me.”

By Chance Solem-Pfeifer●

When Madonna Corrupted Willem Dafoe in Portland

A look back in bafflement at the ludicrous ‘90s PDX thriller “Body of Evidence.”

By Chance Solem-Pfeifer●

Get Your Reps In: “Coal Miner’s Daughter” Is One of the Best Musical Biopics

What to see at Portland’s repertory theaters.

By Chance Solem-Pfeifer●

Get Your Reps In: “Black Narcissus” Is Peak Powell and Pressburger

What to see at Portland’s repertory theaters.

By Chance Solem-Pfeifer●

And the Nominees Should Be....

On Jan. 24, the Oscar nominations will be announced. Here’s who and what WW’s film critics would pick if they ran the Academy.

By Bennett Campbell Ferguson and Chance Solem-Pfeifer●

Get Your Reps In: The Clinton Street Theater’s Sound & Color Series Continues With “The Young Girls of Rochefort”

What to see at Portland’s repertory theaters.

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Get Your Reps In: Don’t Talk to “Strangers on a Train”

What to see at Portland’s repertory theaters.

By Chance Solem-Pfeifer●

The 2022 CSP Movie Awards

Honoring the year’s best, boldest and strangest, one category at a time.

By Chance Solem-Pfeifer●

Get Your Reps In: “GoldenEye” Remains Pierce Brosnan’s Best Bond Film

What to see at Portland’s repertory theaters.

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Get Your Reps In: “Dial Code Santa Claus” Is Coming to Town

What to see at Portland’s repertory theaters.

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Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Nataki Garrett Explains Why Racism and Death Threats Won’t Stop Her From Creating

“I can’t afford to compartmentalize. I woke up one morning, and the paradigm that I lived in shifted.”

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Brian J. Ferriso Continues to Be a Fearless Captain for the Portland Art Museum

“He’s a most thoughtful person and understands well the balance of what it takes to bring people in the door and reasonably fund turning the lights on.”

By Chance Solem-Pfeifer●

David F. Walker’s Second Act Has Changed Comics

“He’s almost like his own writing experiment.”

By Chance Solem-Pfeifer●

Steven Spielberg Evokes the Essence of His Childhood in “The Fabelmans”

After decades of delays, the legendary director finally tells his own story.

By Chance Solem-Pfeifer●

How Animation Supervisors Malcolm Lamont and Jeff Riley Helped Create “Wendell & Wild”

The Milwaukie-made stop-motion film is now playing at the Hollywood Theatre and streaming on Netflix.

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