Belle and Sebastian (willamette week) B+ [FRANCE] To a very specific generation—late Gen-X’ers and early Millennials—the duo of Belle …
When women had wings (willamette week) I do not go willingly into that uncanny valley, and I do not slap on …
Pia Zadora ruins everything. (willamette week) When alums from TV’s Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling reunite in a Vegas hotel more than …
Sisters and brothers should help each other. (willamette week) Do not be turned off by the following descriptors: Kickstarter project. Eighty-minute …
Battling AIDS beyond the ribbon. (willamette week) “Ninety-three through ’95 were the worst years,” says longtime AIDS activist David Barr near …
Everyday I Write the Book (And It Sucks) (willamette week) Bradley Cooper has played a convincing author in the past. In …
Empire State of relationship drama. (willamette week) It’s a disservice to judge 2 Days in New York by the same standards …
When the 1 percent defaults. (willamette week) Meet Jackie Siegel. Half Miss Havisham, half Stifler’s mom, she presides—in a state of …
(willamette week) The business of rebounding is messy. Unfortunately, so is this script. Co-screenwriter Zoe Lister Jones, it seems, is using …
Love in the time of apocalypse. (willamette week) In a world where the Armageddon plan of attack didn’t work and the …
A movie with great buzz. Am I right, ladies?! (willamette week) It is absolutely true that many Victorian-era doctors would masturbate …
Mumbling through time. (willamette week) There is something heartbreakingly true in witnessing a wizened writer in his mid-30s demand of an …
A little bit country, a little bit glam rock. (willamette week) It’s fitting that the flagship offering of the sixth annual …
The blonde leading the blind. (willamette week) Tract houses and taupe shag carpeting: For the tight few opening minutes of Sound …
(willamette week) Using a ’70s horror aesthetic, this flick takes us back to a time when handheld cameras and uneven audio …
The last British virgin. (willamette week) The accusations of Wes Anderson-ry will surface just after the opening credits, so it’s best …
Born many ways: Pandrogyny, art porn and the son of Cher at the Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival. Arias …
(willamette week) Awkward pauses and uneven film quality? These are hallmarks of any flick making the transition from film school assignment …
(willamette week) One Hurricane Katrina statistic that often goes unmentioned is how many filmmakers flocked to the aftermath, looking to tap …
(willamette week) Steve Coogan is the master of center-stage asshattery. In his popular British series Knowing Me, Knowing You…with Alan Partridge, …
The English Surgeon (willamette week) [GREAT BRITAIN] With a John Cleese patois and unchecked altruism, London-based neurosurgeon Henry Marsh regularly …
(willamette week) At first blush, Francis Ford Coppola appears to be having a late midlife crisis. Using his wine money to …
(ventura county reporter) Charles Ferguson’s No End in Sight is worth watching, if only for the intense (but separately filmed) argument …
(ventura county reporter) It’s fitting that John Larsen is listed as one of 14 contributors to the DVD & Video Guide …
(ventura county reporter) Although listed as a “narrative feature,” we are never completely sure that the mysterious hole at the center …