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Status Updatenew

Twenty-five random things about The Social Network.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
09-29-2010 |
Movies
Tags: David Fincher, The Social Network
Petite Movies With Hearts Big Enough for Oscarnew
For all their brevity, the short films nominated this year for the Oscar carry as much invention and feeling as any feature-length movie from last year.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
02-04-2009 |
Movies
Laika Launches 'Coraline,' and Its Creators Wonder: What Now?new
There are fewer than 1,000 people in the world who specialize in stop-motion animation. Many of the 30 animators who worked on Coraline, as well as the more than 250 technicians and designers who labored alongside them, came to Portland with the hope that Laika represented something more stable.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
02-04-2009 |
Movies
Discovering the Bbest of Pica's 2008 TBA Fest.new
Here are our top TBA picks, organized thematically.
Willamette Week |
Staff |
09-03-2008 |
Movies
Tags: film festivals
A Refresher Course in the Ladies of 'Sex and the City'new

For crying out loud. It's been a decade since those four Man-hungry-hattanites strutted, sipped and slutted their way into our hearts forever. But do you remember where we left them?
Willamette Week |
Sara Moskowitz |
05-28-2008 |
Movies
Love Him or Hate Him, D.K. Holm Needs Your Helpnew

Recently, film critic Holm was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, for which he has begun chemotherapy and is scheduled for surgery.
Willamette Week |
David Walker |
04-23-2008 |
Movies
Portland International Film Fest Saves the Best for Lastnew
The final weekend of the whirlwind globe-hopping that is the PIFF offers fresh and juicy material from people you've actually heard of before.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
02-20-2008 |
Movies
Portland International Film Festival Goes On and Onnew
If the first week of the Portland International Film Festival was an immersion into polyglot cinema, the second week is a deluge -- 47 separate films screen over the next seven days.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
02-13-2008 |
Movies
Let’s Get Lostnew
Finding your bearings at the Portland International Film Festival.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
02-06-2008 |
Movies
A QDoc Is Bornnew
With the first queer documentary film festival in the nation, Portland's queer cinema is about to get real.
Willamette Week |
Wayne Bund |
05-31-2007 |
Movies
The Parsons Projectnew
How a family of berry-farming firefighters from Sauvie Island ended up becoming Gus Van Sant's latest muses.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
05-16-2007 |
Movies
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park
The Flicker-Down Effectnew
Hollywood's biz and buzz come a-calling for Portland's film professionals.
Willamette Week |
James Boyda |
01-24-2007 |
Movies
That's Not Entertainment!new
The best movie of 2006 was all but unwatchable -- so were most of the others.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
12-28-2006 |
Movies
Robert Altman, 1925-2006new
Altman will be missed, but more importantly, he will be appreciated.
Willamette Week |
David Walker |
11-22-2006 |
Movies