The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made with Friends
byWhen Greg Sestero spoke at Cinema 21 on Dec. 8, he told the audience that a review of the very first Portland screening of…
Arts & Culture
The Princess Without a Voice
byOn paper, “The Shape of Water” sounds like a chaotic and inexplicable fever dream: a woman (Sally Hawkins) who is unable to speak and…
The Rebellion Against Sci-Fi Precedent
by“Star Wars” is a huge influential American movie franchise, reaching audiences across the world. The new movies have been wildly successful, building on the…
Chicken Soup for the Book Nerd’s Soul: A Dispatch From Wordstock—Portland’s Very Own Book Festival
byOregon’s largest city is a publishing hub and touts a city-block-sized bookstore a premier attraction. In other words, Wordstock belongs here. “It would be weird…
Animating Life
byThroughout 2017, the Portland Art Museum has offered engaging and exciting exhibits from Andy Warhol to Rodin. Now that the year is wrapping up, the…
Farewell Hef
byThe founder of Playboy died of natural causes in his home, the Playboy Mansion, on September 27, 2017 at the age of 91. Hefner’s…
So Crazy It Just Might Work: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Unlikely Renewal
by“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” is in trouble. Between its intentional, yet unfortunate—especially in the eyes of the socially conscious audience to which it is aimed—title, the…
The 25th Anniversary of Def Comedy Jam
by“There’s a fucking white supremacist starter kit at Target…It’s real right now.” Stand-up comedian, Dave Chappelle, slammed Trump-era racism from the stage of the…
Just Eat It
byForty percent of food grown or raised in the US—one-third globally—is not eaten. Households account for 15 to 25 percent of that waste. “Wasting…
Wonder Woman: A Review
bySince its announcement, “Wonder Woman” has had a continuous uphill battle ahead of its release. Some viewers see little hope in Warner Brothers’ DC…