Dom Sinacola

Dom Sinacola

Dom Sinacola is a Portland-based writer and editor. He runs a blog about Werner Herzog movies, The Werner Herzblog, and he’s also on Letterboxd.

Recent Articles

Film Review: Wolf Man Can’t Teach an Old Dog New Tricks

Like he did with The Invisible Man, in 2020, director Leigh Whannell has tried to bring a Universal Studios monster into an all-too-common family dynamic.

The Brutalist Looms Large

Everything about Brady Corbet's new film is big—the scale, the runtime, the acclaim.

Culture Dec 30 1:00 PM

The Mercury's Favorite Culture Moments of 2024

Doing something stupid in Ladds, dressing up for the movies, and finding catharsis at live shows, et al.

Movies & TV Dec 25 2:00 PM

The Mercury's Favorite Movies of 2024 

Film Critic Dom Sinacola on his 10 favorite features of 2024 and where you can watch them.

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Movies & TV Dec 24 11:00 AM

A Complete Unknown Satisfies Only Your Lowest Expectations for a Bob Dylan Biopic

Director James Mangold’s latest bit of Oscar bait has the vibrancy and depth of a Wikipedia article.

Movies & TV Nov 21 1:50 PM

Gladiator II Is Just Gladiator With Jacked-up Howler Monkeys

Ridley Scott's long-awaited sequel could have examined the first film’s legacy and reimagined the warrior archetype. But nope.

Holiday Guide 2024 🎅 Nov 14 3:18 AM

Season’s Reelings:
Your 2024 Holiday Movie Guide

Spend time NOT talking to family with our preview
of the holidays’ most-hyped new releases.

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Movies & TV Sep 24 1:50 PM

Megalopolis is Francis Ford Coppola's Gloriously Dumb and Luminous Opus

When it's truly singing, the infectious film gestures at the passion and poetry that come from an artist with nothing left to prove.

Movies & TV May 7 4:09 PM

Evil Does Not Exist Is About Glamping and Other Forces Beyond Our Control

The new film from Drive My Car director Ryūsuke Hamaguchi strays from the clean conservationist message that would typically accompany such beautiful cinema of the natural world.

Movies & TV Apr 10 11:00 AM

The Beast Is a Sci-Fi Time-Traveling Romance Alive With the Anxiety of 2024

Bertrand Bonello crammed so much into this film that it threatens to tear at the seams, but Seydoux’s and MacKay’s chemistry holds it together.

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Movies & TV Feb 27 2:04 PM

Film Review: Hold Your Water, Dune: Part Two Is Worth the Wait

Denis Villeneuve crushes our senses beneath the magnificence of space opera scale and spectacle.

Music Feb 24 4:00 PM

Eliminating Disconnect with Vince Staples

It's Vince Staples' Portland, We're Just Living In It

Music Feb 17 5:00 PM

By Any Other Name: Cœur de Pirate's Roses

The Montreal Chamber Pop Singer Comes to America