A Fading Echo
The new Scream is competent, scary — and barely memorable
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
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Love in the ’70s
Licorice Pizza enthralls, confounds and restores
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
Periwinkle and Denim
Two kids from Eugene make their film debut alongside Hollywood stars
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
Man on the Run
Roadrunner is an honest profile of chef and traveler Anthony Bourdain
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
Lights, Thunder, Action
Local director shoots genre-bending short film in Eugene
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
The Possible Dream
In the Heights is a generational answer to West Side Story
Let me get this out of the way: I love West Side Story. Since the first time I saw the movie as a teen after … Continue reading
Eugene-based Heritage Broadcasting Service
The vault is open to smart, educational films at the Eugene-based Heritage Broadcasting Service, “our answer to Netflix,” says an HBS press release. Upward of … Continue reading
Everything And Net
Locally produced film about high school in Alaska makes debut at California film festival
With the NBA season in full swing and March Madness winding down to the Final Four, basketball is on the minds of many people right … Continue reading
Connecting Through Culture
The DisOrient Asian American Film Festival screens virtually from March 19-28
The 16th annual DisOrient Asian American Film Festival almost didn’t happen this year. Last year’s festival, which screened March 10-15, narrowly became one of the … Continue reading
The Maxie Movie
Locally produced feature film wins several awards at Swedish film festival
Telling a gently unfolding story of two unhoused teenage lovers living with drug addiction on the streets of Eugene, the locally produced feature film Maxie … Continue reading