The past year pushed many of us inside, pulling cinephiles such as myself away from the strange comfort of air-conditioned, butter-scented, sticky movie theaters and mediocre new blockbusters; exchanging such…
Six films to catch at this year’s Portland International Film Festival
With March arriving, we approach yet another year of the Portland International Film Festival. This year’s lineup contains a slate of foreign releases, regional premieres, as well as a handful…
2019’s most underrated films
2019 was a year of great cinema for all audiences. Avengers: Endgame ($858.3 million United States domestic) crushed the box office. Director Bong Joon-ho’s film Parasite ($44.3 million U.S….
Valentine’s Day Movies
Four perfect movies for your last minute Valentine’s Day date
Events Calendar Jan. 21–27
Tue, Jan. 21 Art Donna Gottchalk: Brave, Beautiful Outlaws Blue Sky Gallery 122 NW 8th Ave. Noon–5 p.m. Free The first exhibition of a collection of Donna Gottschalk’s prints….
Tourism is affecting Scottish economy, environment
New concerns have arisen that tourism, a main force in the Scottish economy, may have unintended consequences on the country and environment, according to the Scottish Tourism Alliance. New statistics…
Situational Significance Episode 3: “Defining Cinema” Part 2
This week on Situational Significance we revisit cinema and how we define it in Part 2 of Defining Cinema. We are joined by Alyssa Roherenbeck, whose latest feature film “Here…
Taranti-NO
Quentin Tarantino has gotten away with too much. The director glorifies violence against women and people of color, makes an industry out of movies centered on violence toward minority groups…
Garbage Day
I’ll go on record and say I’m not the world’s biggest Jean-Claude Van Damme fan. In the hallowed pantheon of late 20th-century action stars, I’d quickly take him over Stallone…
Garbage Day
Despite making one of the greatest action movies of all time, Commando’s director, Mark Lester, isn’t often talked about. Despite making a major landmark in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s career, Lester hasn’t…
Garbage Day
The best film about hippies is David Durston’s 1970 freak-out film I Drink Your Blood. Its bloody tale of violence and revenge is 100% medically and sociologically accurate, offering only…