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A Homemade Indiana Jones Movie is Exactly as Amazing as It Soundsnew
Long before Be Kind Rewind sparked a legion of fan films on YouTube, three Mississippi kids crafted what is now known as Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation, an amazing homemade replica of their favorite film.
Willamette Week |
Andy Davis |
04-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mark David Chapman Falls Victim to Character Assassinationnew
J.P. Schaefer's direction is ultimately a prime example of how cinema has been degraded since the glory days of Scorsese.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
04-09-2008 |
Reviews
Matt Mccormick's Bright Futurenew
Portland's next great director was out on the road somewhere between here and Las Vegas, doing what he does best -- filming clouds and abandoned motor lodges -- when he realized he was alone.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
04-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Soldier Boys Don't Crynew
Taxi to the Dark Side and Stop-Loss try to understand our troops -- the tortured and the torturers.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
03-26-2008 |
Reviews
David Gordon Green Loves a Good Mistakenew
As Green debuts Snow Angels, a small-town tragedy starring Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale, he's preparing for the August release of Pineapple Express, a big-budget stoner comedy produced by Knocked Up's Judd Apatow.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
03-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Gordon Green, Snow Angels
Protecting Our Precious Bodily Fluids with Pure Hokumnew
It is very difficult to overestimate the importance of water. Russian filmmakers Anastasiya Popova and Julia Perkul have done it.
Willamette Week |
John Minervini |
03-19-2008 |
Reviews
Teenage Wastelandnew
Gus Van Sant knows where Portland's skater kids have buried their feelings.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
03-19-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park
The Arthouse and the Slaughterhouse Meet Againnew
In 2008 -- the era of Eli Roth and Saw -- a remake of Funny Games should be extra potent, especially with Michael Haneke behind the camera and boasting a supreme cast.
Willamette Week |
AP Kryza |
03-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Funny Games, Michael Haneke
Self-rockualizationnew
Girls Rock! is a scream. Fortunately, it's also a good movie.
Willamette Week |
Amy McCullough |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Drawn and Quarterednew
The predictable failure of Quarterlife.
Willamette Week |
Dan Carlson |
03-05-2008 |
TV
'Penelope' is a Fairy Tale With No Shortage of Fracturesnew
Maybe Penelope's sufferings are her mother's fault. But the movie has only itself to blame for its blemishes.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
02-27-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Mark Palansky, Penelope
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
Where's George A. Romero?new
Coming on the heels of Cloverfield, a similar but far more ambitious film, Diary of the Dead doesn't have the impact that it should -- especially given the fact that it's a Romero zombie film -- and ultimately does little to add to the genre.
Willamette Week |
David Walker |
02-13-2008 |
Reviews
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
