Day Streamers
Virtual music festival raises funds for WOW Hall
Local live music returns to Eugene this weekend, in a way, with WOW! What a Stream!, a free two-day live streaming music festival and fundraiser … Continue reading
Film Archive
Killer Style
A hollow man forges a new identity in the French horror comedy Deerskin
A ghastly emptiness lies at the center of Deerskin, the latest film by French director Quentin Dupieux. That emptiness signals not fillable blank space but a … Continue reading
A Gem Shines Brighter
The 17th edition of the Archaeology Film Festival kicks off, online, May 13
It has been a precious commodity for Eugene the past 16 years. Now the Archaeology Channel International Film Festival, Lane County’s longest running film festival, … Continue reading
A Quiet, Meaningful Story in ‘Saint Frances’
Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson bring honesty to a simple film
For weeks, if you’d asked me what I’ve seen and recommended recently, I would’ve had just two answers: the Netflix series Lost in Space, because … Continue reading
No Virgin Mary
Writer/actor Kelly O'Sullivan shines as one mess of a nanny in Saint Frances
We’ve been seeing a lot of this in cinema lately: A young or at least youngish woman, a millennial or cusping thereabouts, intelligent but adrift, … Continue reading
A Skatepark Grows in Jordan
New documentary by Springfield native looks at how skateboarding brings people together in the Middle East
Skateboarding has changed a lot since I was trying to land kickflips and running away from security guards in junior high school. The scene is … Continue reading
Who You Gonna Ball?
A pair of ghostbusters get busy in Irish horror comedy Extra Ordinary
Irish humor strikes my ingrained American sensibilities in a strange way, and I like it. Whereas British comedy is mannered even in its absurdity (see … Continue reading
Tiger-Striped Train Wreck
Tiger King provides a connection in a time we need it most
The first few seconds of the Netflix show Tiger King was the first time I had ever heard the name Joe Exotic — which baffled me. … Continue reading
A Train Wreck, But…
For a few hours, Tiger King rescued me from panic
Here we were, a quarantined America more than ready for some form of entertainment. Then, boom! Blindsided by Tiger King — or perhaps it was … Continue reading
Gender Bender
Hulu’s High Fidelity for a new generation casts the lead as a woman
Adapted from the Nick Hornby book of the same name, High Fidelity found success as a film 20 years ago featuring John Cusack as Rob, … Continue reading