Movies & TV
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Queer Is a Romance with a Dead Wife Problem
Director Luca Guadagino is out to make William Burroughs romantic. He mostly succeeds.
Director Luca Guadagino is out to make William Burroughs romantic. He mostly succeeds.
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.
Ridley Scott's long-awaited sequel could have examined the first film’s legacy and reimagined the warrior archetype. But nope.
Film Review: In Heretic and Don't Move Meek Heroines Fawn and Freeze
This fall, femmes find new ways to survive.
Season’s Reelings:
Your 2024 Holiday Movie Guide
Spend time NOT talking to family with our preview
of the holidays’ most-hyped new releases.
Spend time NOT talking to family with our preview
of the holidays’ most-hyped new releases.
Allee Willis: Creative Force, 'Dangerous Woman,' Songwriter Behind Friends Theme
A new documentary The World According to Allee Willis reveals your favorite artists’ favorite artist.
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.
Film Review: My Old Ass Is a Horny Teen Sex Comedy Meets Time Travel Tearjerker
It's Fall! So here's your pansexual Hallmark movie.
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.
New Life Is a Scrappy Portland-Shot Sci-Fi Horror That Tears Through the Soul
John Rosman’s fantastic feature debut marks him as an exciting new filmmaker.
The Hype About The People’s Joker Is Entirely Warranted
The hilarious debut feature from Vera Drew parodies comic book icons to tell a trans coming out story.
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.
Dev Patel's Directorial Debut Monkey Man Is a Paean to Visceral Movie Violence
And my god, it’s invigorating.
Film Review: Problemista Is a Bizarre, but Surprisingly Honest, Movie About US Immigration
The comedy genius behind Los Espookys and that SNL "Papyrus" sketch, Julio Torres' first feature is queer, surreal, and over the top.
Film Review: Love Lies Bleeding Is a Bold Newcomer to the Erotic Thriller Canon
Director Rose Glass’ second film tells the sleazy, sexy story of two star-crossed sapphic lovers.
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.
Film Review: In The Taste of Things Simple Pleasures Shine
Trần Anh Hùng’s portrait of 19th century French countryside haute cuisine sizzles with scintillating restraint.
Film Review: Todd Haynes' May December Is a Lifetime Movie With a Semiotics Degree
This holiday season, Julianne Moore gives us one of cinema's greatest lisps.
Should You Eat an Edible Before Seeing Priscilla?
Sofia Coppola's Priscilla Presley biopic is a great stoner flick. Hear me out.
See Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour as Big as You Can
The movie version of the exorbitantly-priced stadium show is an equalizer.
David Byrne Takes Over Tomorrow Theater's Opening Weekend
A look inside the renovated former adult movie house that Portland Art Museum turned into a 250-seat movie and performance venue.
Bottoms Is the Horny Gay Teen Comedy of My Dreams
Also worth noting: Former Seahawks running back—and Portland restaurateur—Marshawn Lynch is amazing in his supportive acting role.
Six Records for Rotation Before The Elephant 6 Recording Co.
C.B. Stockfleth's new documentary digs into the '90s music collective behind Neutral Milk Hotel, Of Montreal, and the Minders.
The Agony and Ecstasy of the Portland 48-Hour Film Project
What's fun about making a short film, in an extreme time crunch, on no sleep?
Barbenheimer: A Purely Scientific Review of Two Very Dissimilar Films
We compared Barbie and Oppenheimer on their reframing of iffy history, portrayal of the legal system, ken-ergy, and HORSES.
Clinton Street Theater's Hanabi Japanese Film Festival Celebrates Cult Cinema and Local Businesses
See Tampopo on the big screen, while snacking on goods from nearby Japanese convenience store Kashiwagi.
Director Celine Song Talks About Her Stunning Debut Film, Past Lives
We also chatted about cannibalism, memory, and what comes next.
What Does MoviePass 2.0 Mean for Local Theaters?
Local cinemas may not have agreed to be part of this reincarnated movie subscription service—but they're going along for the ride anyway.
Film Q & A: Wild Life Questions Conservation and Capitalism
The new documentary from the directors of Free Solo paints complicated portraits of former Patagonia and North Face executives Kris and Doug Tompkins.
Beau Is Afraid Is a Painting of a Panic Attack
Ari Aster releases history’s most unchill film on 4/20 .
Film Q & A: Kelly Reichardt's Showing Up Was Shot at the Oregon College of Art and Craft—After It Closed
The director shot her latest film in Portland, collaborating again with writer Jon Raymond and actress Michelle Williams.
Review: The Super Mario Bros. Movie Is a Dazzling Journey as Hollow as a Big, Green Pipe
While it may have exceptional CGI, Nintendo fans are dragged along on a mediocre journey.
Workers at Portland's Living Room Theaters Vote to Form an Independent Union
Following an unfair labor picket in January, the movie theater staff voted to form United Cinema Workers.
Somebody I Used to Know Is a Polyamory Bait Switch
Also swapping, Oregon plays Washington in this charming romantic comedy.
Audrey Hepburn Before the Death of the Rom-Com
Cinema 21 celebrates the romantic comedy with Hepburn films all February.
Portland EcoFilm Festival Reckons with Climate Crisis
Opening weekend takes us deep into the lives of people and animals on the front lines of a changing climate.
Living Room Theaters Employees Picket in Downtown Portland
Staff say they were told not to discuss a coworker's termination at work or outside of work.
The Mercury's Favorite Films of 2022
The cannibalism movie, the broke millennial gay Pride and Prejudice, and the instant Internet classic all made the list.
Film Review: Avatar: The Way of Water Is Peak Immersive Filmmaking
Will a post-pandemic audience be invested in a story from 13 years ago and, furthermore, devote three hours of their time for it?
It Took a Village (of Portland Animators) to Raise Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Our city is home to some of the world's most talented animation staff, and they're the ones who built Pinocchio's bones.
Film Review: I Am DB Cooper Crashes To Earth
In this dubious documentary, a man claims to be the mysterious plane hijacker who parachuted to unsolved infamy in 1971.
Hollywood Adds Encore Matinee of Susperia With Live Score by Claudio Simonetti's Goblin
The 1977 Italian horror film will be scored live by the latest incarnation of the prog band who wrote the original score.
John Waters Will Celebrate His 77th Birthday in Portland
Clinton Street Theater has planned a week of Waters' cult films in his honor.
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Dances With Darkness
Brilliant Portland-made animation, masterful narrative reworking, but could have gone harder on the fascism.
Don't Call Mother Of Color Magic Realism
The first feature film from Dawn Jones Redstone is as much about Portland (including a protest reenactment) as it is about ancestors and enchantment.
Building Towards TÁR
Portland-raised director Todd Field was best known, before now, for his acclaimed In the Bedroom.
Stop Motion Director Henry Selick Talks Wendell & Wild, Jordan Peele, and Portland Animation
Portland is where the talent is, Selick says.
Remembering Film Archivist and Former Clinton Street Theater Owner Dennis Nyback
The Mercury once described Nyback as "the P.T. Barnum of Cinema."
Film Review: Riotsville, U.S.A. Is a Surreal History Lesson on the Militarization of the US Police
Archival footage shows racism was at the core of how law enforcement responds to riots today.
Review: A New Documentary Shines Light on Abuse Within the Portland Thorns and Women's Soccer
Truth Be Told–The Fight For Women’s Professional Soccer focuses on former Thorns coach Paul Riley and other scandals that rocked the league.
Film Review: Vesper Is Superb Science Fiction
The makers of Vanishing Waves return with another beautifully bleak masterpiece.
Earth II Is Four Decades of Disaster Movies Recut Into Climate Change Reality
"Time and time again, climate change is reduced to just a tsunami or just a twister or whatever."
Queen Latifah's End of the Road Is a Horror Movie about MAGA Country
Don't be fooled by the Netflix misclassification—this is a zombie movie about Trumpers.
A Decade of the Portland Film Festival
Milestones be damned, PFF wants its own movie theater.
Portland Playhouse Returns to the Short, Local Films of Wonderland
Short films are where the filmmakers of tomorrow are being born.
For National Cinema Day SOME Portland Movie Theaters Will Offer $3 Admission
Are movie theaters that you like participating in this new, national tradition?
Sam Now Documents a Stunning Family Mystery
Half-Brothers Spend Decades Trailing a Mother's Unexpected Departure
Silence on the Set: Claims of Harassment and Assault Within Portland’s Film Community
Multiple women have spoken to the Mercury about being allegedly harassed by actor Christian Kane while working on Portland-area productions. Another said she was assaulted by actor Timothy Hutton following a production.
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