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If there’s a singular disappointment about the documentary RBG, it’s that it’s a 97-minute movie rather than, say, a five-hour miniseries, the kind of television … Continue reading
Comic book movies have us surrounded and resisting is futile. Hell, even our president thinks he’s somewhat of a superhero. So naturally, that opens the … Continue reading
Director Chloé Zhao’s The Rider is unlike any American film I’ve seen. Its closest compatriot might be Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho (1991), … Continue reading
Just weeks before the state of Oregon legalized cannabis for recreational use, the documentary filmmaker Francesco Bussalai visited Eugene for the first time. His previous … Continue reading
When you’ve watched enough documentaries about musicians and performers, you begin to expect certain things from them. The beats grow familiar; the stories hum along … Continue reading
In a corner of Portland, lanky, coltish Charley (Charlie Plummer) gets up and goes for a run. On his way out, he picks up a … Continue reading
In 1976, a young director by the name of Martin Scorsese sent shockwaves across American culture with his fifth feature film, Taxi Driver, the nightmarish … Continue reading
I’m a huge fan of horror movies, and I think the biggest contributor to that fact is that they don’t really scare me. Some of … Continue reading
The places filmmaker Tom Huang would have liked to shoot his new film, Find Me, make up a laundry list of the West’s stunning locations: … Continue reading
The first third of director John Krasinki’s horror film A Quiet Place is smart and plenty creepy, but it had me wondering: Why all the … Continue reading