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If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front cuts from dramatic media footage, including the burning of a $12-million ski resort at Vail, Colo., and the arson at the University of Washington Center for Urban Horticulture, to the streets of New York City, where activist and ecosaboteur Daniel McGowan was living in 2005. Continue reading
John Wayne, Audie Murphy, Tom Berenger, Sylvester Stallone — these were the “war heroes” in the movies I grew up watching. All of them portrayed brazen, fearless, patriotic characters in over-the-top flicks that defined the psyches of many American fighting men in service today, as well as Americans who’ve never seen war but love to watch war movies. Continue reading
Make It Stop Only you can stop audience abuse. By not going to this movie. by Molly Templeton Continue reading
The way I feel about running can be summed up in one tiny word: No. No, no, no; no to being sweaty and uncomfortable and having aching knees and feeling like I can’t breathe. (I blame high school gym class for all of this, by the by.) Continue reading
I can’t decide which gave me a bigger squee in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: the tinkling fairy fountain music from Zelda? Or Nega Scott’s super-resemblance to evil Link. Or maybe … no … yes … I CAN’T PICK! (You read and watch enough Scott Pilgrim, you’ll start being indecisive in all caps too, OK?) Continue reading
You could — and should — go see Winter’s Bone at the Bijou. But this weekend there’s an extra-special reason to get over to the theater: Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro’s incredible, whimsical, strange, dark and lovely The City of Lost Children is playing. Why? “Just a wild hair,” says the Bijou’s Louise Thomas. Works for me. Continue reading
The really, really, good (via everyone and their mother on Twitter): Continue reading
Via Portland Mercury via Towleroad via Buzzfeed via OH PLEASE MAKE IT STOP. Continue reading