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Dinosaurs Deserve So Much Better Than Jurassic World Rebirth
The seventh entry in this never-ending franchise struggles to unearth any fossilized remains of awe or fun from Steven Spielberg’s first Jurassic film.
Caught by the Tides Captures 22 Years of Filmmaking Into Two Sumptuous, Sweeping Hours
Chinese writer-director Jia Zhangke is one of cinema’s truly great Wife Guys.
Pavements Is Not Just A Pavement Movie, It’s All Pavement Movies
Biopic, doc, concert, museum, musical—Alex Ross Perry's documentary contains five views of the '90s rock band winding around one another.
Friendship Thrives in This Golden Age of Pathetic Men
Andrew deYoung taps into Tim Robinson’s vein of flailing white guy chaos for a familiar but funny phantasmagoria of adult social interaction.
Keep Portland Reel Weird
Your guide to the city’s independent movie theaters.
Film Review: Warfare Ups the Ante of Horror in War Films
Alex Garland and former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza make us wonder: Can a war film ever actually be anti-war?
French Documentary Direct Action Keeps Focus Off Activist Faces
Portlanders can see the defiant, slow media movie at Clinton Street with co-director Ben Russell in attendance.
The Monkey Is a Comedy About Horror Film Body Counts
The new work from Longlegs director Osgood Perkins helps us laugh at the meaninglessness of life.
Hong Kong Action Star Donnie Yen Seeks Justice (and a Fight Every 25-30 Minutes) in The Prosecutor
Cop-lawyers, brutal brawls, can't lose.
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.
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.
The Mercury's Favorite Movies of 2024
Film Critic Dom Sinacola on his 10 favorite features of 2024 and where you can watch them.
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.
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.
Season’s Reelings:
Your 2024 Holiday Movie Guide
Spend time NOT talking to family with our preview
of the holidays’ most-hyped new releases.
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.
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.
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