While I do not believe astrology is real, I believe that astrology is usually right. Holding these two ideas in constant tension is how I get through any given Portland dinner party. And I know that there are at least 12 zodiac signs, which pairs well with the dozen or so local film festivals scattered […]
Ben Coleman
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Posted inFall Arts 2023
An Astrological Guide to Portland’s Film Festival Scene
Let the stars in the sky be your guide to the screen.
While I do not believe astrology is real, I believe that astrology is usually right. Holding these two ideas in constant tension is how I get through any given Portland dinner party. And I know that there are at least 12 zodiac signs, which pairs well with the dozen or so local film festivals scattered […]
Posted inComics
An LA Comics Fest Comes to Create Permanent Damage in Portland
Floating World hosts the grimy indie comics fair in Lloyd Center’s old Ulta Beauty salon.
If you like your comics filled with indie grime, you’ll want to get over to the former Ulta Beauty Salon in the Lloyd Center this weekend for Permanent Damage PDX. If you like your cartoons the same, Clinton Street screens such shorts the night before.
Floating World’s Jason Leivian partnered up with festival organizer Keenan Keller to bring LA’s Permanent Damage show to Portland’s vaporwave home base. Comic books? In the mall?
Posted inMovies & TV
The Agony and Ecstasy of the Portland 48-Hour Film Project
What’s fun about making a short film, in an extreme time crunch, on no sleep?
What’s fun about making a short film, in an extreme time crunch, on no sleep? Read this fun Ben Coleman rundown of film fest
48-Hour Film Project is like Tough Mudder but movie
Posted inSay Nice Things About Portland
Say Nice Things About… Portland’s Pop Culture Culture!
The dream of the ‘90s (and ‘80s, and early aughts) is alive in Portland.
[Welcome to our “Say Nice Things About Portland” guide to the city! Did you know that this feature package is also in PRINT?? That’s right, this is our first print product since the start of the pandemic, and we’re psyched to produce a lot more. Find the “Say Nice Things” guide in over 500 locations […]
Posted inFood and Drink
An Ode to the Reuben, the Perfect Holiday Sandwich
The common wisdom is that Goose Hollow Inn has the best Reuben in Portland. Ben Coleman Hanukkah is out there, somewhere, hidden within the last few months of the year by the ancient designs of an unknowable lunar calendar. I have been Jewish all my life and never once known when Hanukkah is, or will […]
Posted inHoliday Food & Drink Guide
Your Quarantine Guide to Hanukkah Takeout
Amy Frazier [Here’s another great article from our 2020 Holiday Food & Drink Guide! Check the rest out here to make your holidays extra festive!—eds.] We’re all staying in for Hanukkah this year, right? Thanks to, you know… everything… it’s not a great time for communal gatherings, much less between two and eight of them […]
Posted inHoliday Food & Drink Guide
Your Quarantine Guide to Hanukkah Takeout
We’re all staying in for Hanukkah this year, right? Thanks to, you know… everything… it’s not a great time for communal gatherings, much less between two and eight of them in rapid fire. You know how we’re always like “I never know when Hanukkah is”? Let’s hold on to that energy for like… another six […]
Posted inMovies & TV
Film Review: Holding Out for Ryûhei Kitamura’s The Doorman
Ruby Rose in The Doorman Lionsgate I discovered Ryûhei Kitamura’s Versus flipping through DVDs in the back of Just Be Toys, an Old Town import boutique that used to be in the Compound PDX gallery space. It was 2003 and on the second level above the giant Gundams and $500 sneakers there was this aisle […]
Posted inMovies & TV
“I Could Be the King of LaserDiscs”: In a Suburban Portland Garage, LaserDiscs Reign
BACKGROUND BY SWILLKLITCH / GETTY IMAGES “I always wanted to be the king of something,” says Chuck Legg. “I would have been the king of Lionel trains, but I didn’t have enough money. I was too late in life, and the stuff was gone. I came to the conclusion, ‘You know, hey, I could be […]
Posted inMovies & TV
Portland’s King of LaserDiscs Reflects on an Old but Beloved Technology
He’s also happy to sell you a LaserDisc of Dances with Wolves.
Posted inMovies & TV
The Blood-Splattered Zombieland: Double Tap Is a Comedy Sequel That Actually Works
Jessica Miglio The problem with comedy sequels is that it’s hard to tell the same joke years later, but funnier. Despite the ravages of time and changing tastes, filmmakers must suplex the lightning back into that bottle, hoping everyone’s down for another helping of that one bit everyone quoted in college, except now with too […]