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While that kitten is a BABY, it is not THE baby in Sorry, Baby.
There is a sacred captivation present in the Pacific Northwest felt by many of those who call this corner of the world home: The powerful vastness of landscape, the diversity of the region’s flora and fauna, and the evergreen presence of water. It’s the birds of the Pacific Northwest that have captured the heart and […]
It’s no secret that Portland is a film town. We’re lucky to have a constellation of independent cinemas and DIY programmers keeping the big screens weird, smart, and surprising. But too often, the most interesting films disappear beneath a steaming pile of streaming services and endless reboots. Second Run Portland is a new film column […]
When Sincaola said “execrable” we knew it was on.
The longest-running weekly showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in the world still happens every Saturday night at Clinton Street Theater. 50 years after the campy horror musical’s release—and 47 years after the theater began showing it—Rocky Horror remains more than just a cult classic. It’s a rite of passage, a sanctuary, and a […]
The films at Portland Horror Film Festival are powered by fake blood, hard work, and sincerity.
Chinese writer-director Jia Zhangke is one of cinema’s truly great Wife Guys.
Pavement has always been a band of uneven proportions. Forever on the precipice of the big time, the group never appeared to try hard enough, to want to be understood enough, and their creative output—off-kilter indie rock that sounded both revolutionary and unintentional—was always a little too much. They helped define a decade of independent […]
Speaking onstage at the Hollywood Theatre, Mississippi Records co-founder Eric Isaacson recalled hearing the sound of Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan digging through boxes, searching for a recording made 20 years ago. Isaacson had called him to gauge interest in releasing the band’s score for Kelly Reichardt’s Oregon-made 2006 micro-budget masterpiece Old Joy on vinyl. “If […]
Modern life is a cage, masculinity is in crisis, Friendship is very much like I Think You Should Leave.
From 2019 to late 2023, Björk toured her immersive audio-visual concert experience Cornucopia around the world. The concerts clocked in at almost two hours, with the Icelandic goddess singing and dancing onstage the entire show. Sadly, the Pacific Northwest wasn’t a stop on the tour, but there’s now another way to experience the abundant splendor […]
Did someone order a sexy wraith?
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