It’s winter and things are bleak. The sun is MIA. Happy brain chemicals are at an annual low. ’Tis the season to hibernate, and great news: There’s a wealth of uplifting new TV that’ll keep you company without bumming you out! Broad City (Comedy Central, Hulu, iTunes, Amazon)It’s the end of an era: Broad City […]
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Ned Lannamann is a writer and editor in Portland, Oregon. He writes about film, music, TV, books, travel, tech, food, drink, outdoors, and other things.
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It’s Bleak Out There! Beat Your Winter Blues with Happy TV
Everything isn’t terrible!
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That’s (Free) Entertainment! Distract and Amuse Yourself for Almost Nothing
You don’t need to spend much to keep yourself entertained.
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This Year’s Academy Award Best Picture Nominees Are All Too Long
Christian Bale’s Dick Cheney ages approximately 75 kablillion years over the course of Best Picture nominee Vice. Not only are all the contenders for this year’s Best Picture Oscar too long, they’re almost all, weirdly, the same exact length. Please witness: Roma – 135 minutesA Star Is Born – 135 minutesBlacKkKlansman – 135 minutesBohemian Rhapsody […]
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Media News: Gannett Employees Laid Off, Bend Bulletin‘s Parent Files Bankruptcy, and More
Newspapers! Enjoy ’em while you’ve got ’em. artisteer/Getty Images [UPDATE: Ouch. Add 200 employees at BuzzFeed to today’s casualties. The New York Times reports that the internet news-‘n’-memes site has plans to lay off 15 percent of its workforce in an effort to reduce loss of revenue. Apparently these cuts have been in the works […]
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Widmer Brothers Brewing Has Closed Its On-Premises Pub
Widmer/Facebook Widmer Brothers Brewing, which as part of the Craft Brew Alliance is home to the largest brewery in Portland city limits, has closed its on-premises pub/tasting room. From Widmer’s Facebook page: We are sad to announce that the Widmer Brothers pub will close its doors to the public today. This was a very hard […]
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Three Episodes in, True Detective Appears to Be Good Again
HBO/Warrick Page You were right to be suspicious about the third season of True Detective. The second season of the HBO crime show was a catastrophic disaster that burned up all the goodwill the (mostly terrific) first season had earned. But this third season, judging from the three episodes that have aired so far, seems […]
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The Reel Music Fest Offers Movies for Your Ears
The Ballad of Shirley Collins Each year, the Northwest Film Center rounds up a slew of new and noteworthy music-related films for its Reel Music series—illustrating not just the power of documentary filmmaking as a tool to tell musicians’ stories, but also the ever-changing roles that sound and music play in today’s audiovisual narratives. With […]
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Pickathon Starlight Series, Episode 3: Wild Child
Peter Lovera I know it feels like January out there, but trust me, Pickathon season is just about to start heating up. The lineup announcement party takes place this weekend, and here to get you in the mood is the latest video from our Pickathon Starlight Series, in which we spotlight the nocturnal after-hours performances […]
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Movies for Your Ears: Northwest Film Center’s Reel Music Returns
The Northwest Film Center’s annual Reel Music series collects new and noteworthy music-related films.
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Space Force Is Coming… to Netflix
With fast foods chains dunking on our president and a shutdown that has no end in sight, 2019 is proving to be a topsy-turvy time in the ol’ US of A. Further proof? A new show from Netflix that’s leapfrogging off of one of many asinine ideas our moronic president’s been dumb enough to vocalize […]
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Sex Education Reinvents the Teen-Sex Comedy Genre
Emma Mackey and Asa Butterfield in Sex Education. Netflix You know what you’re in for with Sex Education right from the opening shot, which involves a fairly graphic sex scene between two teenagers. Look past all the hot ’n’ heavy humping, though, and you might notice the artistry of the composition itself, shot with a […]