The documentary Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America may be the most personal work Jeff Robinson has ever been a part of. Originally premiering at SXSW, it is a film that draws on Robinson’s long history of studying law and racial justice in America. Until April of 2021, Robinson served as the […]
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Jasmin Savoy Brown Interview: The Yellowjackets Star Got Her Start in Portland, Under A Bloody Grimm Tree
Jasmin Savoy Brown as Teen Taissa on Yellowjackets. Kailey Schwerman At this cultural crash sight of a moment, Jasmin Savoy Brown is arguably best known for going full HAM on a wolf who dared to attack her girlfriend—after she and the rest of her high school soccer team became stranded in the Canadian Rockies—on the […]
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Calling All Filmmakers (and Stoners): Submissions are Now Open for the 2022 SPLIFF Film Fest!
Dear lovers of film and stoner culture: Have we got a film fest for YOU! Submissions are now being accepted (due March 4) for the 4th Annual SPLIFF Film Festival—the Mercury’s one-of-a-kind short movie festival made by stoners for stoners! What do you like to watch when you’re stoned? Well, SPLIFF is looking for original […]
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Review: Pam & Tommy May Be Fun to Watch… But You Still Might Feel Bad
Pam & Tommy relives the famous sex tape scandal… and reminds us that maybe we were part of the problem? Hulu With the tagline “The Greatest Love Story Ever Sold,” you could kinda think that the new Hulu series Pam & Tommy, about model/TV star Pamela Anderson and rocker Tommy Lee, would focus on their […]
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Film Review: Drive My Car Deserves All the Praise
Don’t walk… run (or drive) to see Drive My Car. Drive My Car © DR It has been awarded the top prize by Los Angeles, New York, and the National Society of Film Critics. It was named one of the best films of 2021 by the Seattle Film Critics Society and is Japan’s entry to […]
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Scream (2022) Review: A Horror Film About Horror Films About Horror Films
“Weird… what’s this knife doing here?” Courtesy Paramount Pictures Scream and its sequels have always felt like those “Learn Conversational French” videos, where you learn a language by watching stilted interactions between people who speak in the simplest of sentences (“j’adore les blue jeans”), except that in Scream, the language you’re learning is that of […]
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Film Review: The 355 Is a Bummer (With a Really Good Cast)
Good cast. Baaaaaad movie. The 355 The worst thing a film can do is squander what it’s got going for it. In The 355, a blockbuster espionage action-thriller (now showing in theaters), it has two solid things at play: its strong ensemble cast and an interesting musical composition. Those two things should be enough to […]
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Calling All Filmmakers (and Stoners): Submissions are Now Open for the 2022 SPLIFF Film Fest!
Dear lovers of film and stoner culture: Have we got a film fest for YOU! Submissions are now being accepted (due March 4) for the 4th Annual SPLIFF Film Festival—the Mercury’s one-of-a-kind short movie festival made by stoners for stoners! What do you like to watch when you’re stoned? Well, SPLIFF is looking for original […]
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The Mercury’s Favorite TV Shows of 2021!
2021 was another great year for binge-watching. These were the shows our Mercury culture writers neglected all our adult responsibilities for. Squid Game Season 1 What’s left to say about Squid Game that hasn’t already been said? This Korean Netflix drama’s first season was unlike anything I’d ever watched before, using a series of games […]
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The Matrix Resurrections Review: How Dare They?
Mom, Dad, what did you do? WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. AND VILLAGE ROADSHOW FILMS NORTH AMERICA INC. I spent the first ten minutes of The Matrix Resurrections grinning like a delighted madman, a feeling that barely waned for the entirety of this fantastically worthy successor to the original trilogy. The answers to your most immediate […]
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Get Stoned and See a Movie This Holiday Season
CAMPY DRAPER I can’t remember the first time I went to the movies with family members on Christmas. But I can tell you that every time I do it, I become more convinced that it’s the move for the holidays. After opening presents Christmas morning, everyone puts on the cozy socks and itchy scarves they […]
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FREE TICKETS TUESDAY: Enter to Win Tix to See HAIM, Wand, and the All-New HUMP!
It’s time to get out in the world again and see some shows! And the Mercury is here to help with FREE TICKETS TUESDAY—our way of saying thanks to our great readers and spread the word about some fantastic upcoming performances! (Psst… if you want to say thanks to the Mercury, please consider making a […]