Calling all filmmakers, journalists, and amateur Nancy Drews! Do you have a great scoop? What about an interesting take? Is it time to scream your singular truth? Are you ready to give the world a reality check? Have you been working on a non-fiction story during the endless hours of quarantine? Well, get it on […]
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Review: Tuca & Bertie Returns for More Wild and Relatable Content in Season Two
Adult Swim Well ladies, our collective outrage/complaining/petitioning has finally paid off: After Netflix announced it was cancelling Tuca & Bertie in July 2019, a year later Adult Swim picked up the grown-up cartoon for a second season. Premiering on June 13, season two has more of the same genius, highly relatable, and surreal content featuring […]
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John Waters, Divine, and the Trinity of Trash
Amen Pink Flamingos Happy Pride Month, queers! Or as I’ve been thinking of it lately, happy Liberation Month. What’s the difference? Oh, just a little filth, crime, and shamelessness. I recently oozed my way through a rewatch of John Waters’ early films, a trinity of trash from the ’70s composed of the notorious movies Pink […]
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Soderbergh’s Team Claims They Didn’t Sweep Any Seattle Homeless Encampments for Their Big Hollywood Movie
Come back soon, Steven! STEVEN FERDMAN/GETTY [The following was originally published by our sister-wife at The Stranger in Seattle. Follow them for all the news happening up north!—eds.] Last week director Steven Soderbergh spent time dodging the Seattle sun to carry out his artistic vision for KIMI, an HBO Max production set in a rainy […]
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Q&A: Top Chef Portland’s Sara Hauman on Cooking Oregon Produce, the Joy of Eating Alone, and Bok Choy
Chef Sara Hauman on Top Chef Portland. David Moir/Bravo If you’ve been watching the current Top Chef season, filmed in Portland, then you might feel like you already know Sara Hauman, one of the season’s current front-runners. Hauman is head chef at the restaurant at Soter Vineyards, a winery in the Willamette Valley’s town of […]
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Portland Filmmaker Fundraises for Mother of Color: “How can our ancestors help us in this moment?”
Portland filmmaker Dawn Jones Redstone. Courtesy of Dawn Jones Redstone In Portland filmmaker Dawn Jones Redstone’s in-progress film Mother of Color, protagonist Noelia is a single mother trying to balance career ambitions with caring for her children in a society that doesn’t make things easy for working parents. In one scene, as she is faced […]
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Live Music & Films Slated for South Waterfront this Summer
A rendering of the Lot at Zidell Yards courtesy of Zidell yards The Lot at Zidell Yards—a new outdoor event space that neighbors OHSU’s buildings on the South waterfront—announced a full lineup of summer concerts and film screenings this morning. Planned musical acts include Ural Thomas & The Pain, Y La Bamba, and Federale, and […]
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Shrill Finds Its Footing in Third and Final Season
Allyson Riggs/Hulu There were a lot of things to like about the first two seasons of Shrill. From the start, the show had a winning and diverse cast led by Aidy Bryant, and funny dialogue peppered with zingers in the tone of Lindy West, the writer who penned the memoir Shrill and co-created the show. […]
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The Gay Magic of The Nanny
One of many sweaters I need to own The Nanny Let’s begin with my terrible confession: For decades, I’ve been wrong about The Nanny. (And also about Steve Urkel, but we’ll get to him later.) Long, long ago, when The Nanny was originally on the air, I considered myself more of a Frasier gay than […]
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Watch This Beautiful Short Film About the Future of Oregon Salmon for Earth Day
The Lostine River in Northeast Oregon. courtesy of Pacific Rivers The salmon population in Oregon has been on the decline for years, thanks in part to poor environmental stewardship. A new short documentary from Portland-based advocacy organization Pacific Rivers spotlights one effort to reverse that trend in Northeast Oregon. In its quick five-minute runtime, Lostine […]
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The Mercury’s Favorite Streaming Picks for 4/20
FIRST LOOK INTERNATIONAL Happy April 20, Portland! Holy observers who plan to get baked as hell today know that one of life’s simple joys is pairing pot with a trippy movie, hilarious TV show, or weird podcast. But in a cruel twist of irony, actually selecting something to watch or listen to can be a […]
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Review: Sasquatch Documentary is a Bait & Switch of the Best Kind
Sasquatch: Admittedly, those are some big feet. Hulu At first glance, the Mark and Jay Duplass-produced Sasquatch looks like a fun, nutty peek into the Bigfoot mythos of the Pacific Northwest—and elements of this are certainly included. However, in this fascinating documentary series, the hairy, titular character primarily serves as a vehicle to lure you […]