Eugene Weekly

One of my favorite films of this past year was Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza, an endearing vision of young, star-crossed love that is so … Continue reading →

Short films, like short stories, are an exercise in economy and punch. They are measured in minutes, not hours, stripping away all the excelsior and … Continue reading →

The recipe for comedy is to start with a true story, and for director Blake Laitner, 35, when he started working on the screenplay for … Continue reading →

As a lifelong lover of movies, I’ve been blessed to experience now and again what I can only describe as a divine convergence — that … Continue reading →

I had no idea I’d been waiting my entire adult life for the absurd and exhilarating spectacle of Sean Penn and Tom Waits chewing up the … Continue reading →

One afternoon in the summer of 2018, a nervous Amelia Borgerding and Parker Pascoe-Sheppard approached writer and director Sabrina Doyle in an ice cream shop … Continue reading →

After watching Roadrunner, a new documentary about chef and travel journalist Anthony Bourdain, I think about my two-month stay in Pakistan.  During 2016, I was … Continue reading →

Kitsann Means’ first memory is of red vinyl.  She had fallen asleep pressed against the curve of a casino restaurant booth in Reno, Nevada. Means … Continue reading →