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Cronos
(1993)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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[It's] a pleasure to see del Toro work out his early ambitions in a world he didn’t design.
Posted Jan 22, 2026
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12 Monkeys
(1995)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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[12 Monkeys] will it not make you feel better about pretty much anything. But it’s a feast for thought.
Posted Jan 14, 2026
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Swan Song
(2021)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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Every gesture captivates: Pat’s labored but proud gait on the roadside, the roughly 100 More cigarettes he ignites, Kier’s impossibly watery stare washing over every other character’s face.
Posted Jan 10, 2026
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Only Lovers Left Alive
(2013)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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For being such a cool movie, there is something shockingly lame and relatable about a vampire just sinking down the rabbit hole of his pet interests, collecting rare guitars, and remixing his own compositions into oblivion.
Posted Dec 30, 2025
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Silent Night, Deadly Night
(1984)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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It really is the movie’s fearlessly exploitive emotional and physical violence that cements its all-time placement in the Evil Santa canon.
Posted Dec 18, 2025
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Karaoke from Hell
(2025)
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Andrew Jankowski
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Chip Mabry and Ben Mercer weave together numerous stories in an hour, and could have kept going in their deep dive into Old Portland culture and lore.
Posted Dec 12, 2025
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Big Trouble in Little China
(1986)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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Directed by John Carpenter during one of the great filmmaking hot streaks of all time, Big Trouble is a rarely seen kind of action comedy—neither spoof nor satire and containing not a single moment of genuine sentiment.
Posted Dec 12, 2025
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The Abyss
(1989)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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Not only is the Special Edition the best way to watch The Abyss, but also the most authoritative.
Posted Dec 05, 2025
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Wicked: For Good
(2025)
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Nicole Eckrich
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Bedazzling, beguiling, bewitching—Wicked: For Good brings the fairy tale to a resounding crescendo of completeness.
Posted Dec 03, 2025
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Hamnet
(2025)
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Christen McCurdy
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Hamnet may not be subtle, but that doesn’t mean it’s not beautiful, or that it won’t break your heart.
Posted Dec 03, 2025
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Eternity
(2025)
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Morgan Shaunette
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The blatant artificiality of the place hits the right note between the banal and the surreal and proves the ideal stage for such an odd yet emotional story.
Posted Dec 03, 2025
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Train Dreams
(2025)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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Given the scope, Bentley could so easily crank up the epic melodrama, but the best feature of Train Dreams is its commitment to serving Johnson’s prose through slippery understatement.
Posted Dec 03, 2025
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The Chronology of Water
(2025)
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Michelle Kicherer
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This might be the best film adaptation I’ve ever seen and is a perfect example of why we need more women directing.
Posted Dec 03, 2025
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The Donn of Tiki
(2024)
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Rachel Saslow
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I’d have been happier with a 60-minute take on tiki bars and Donn Beach than the 100-minute version here, though maybe I’m just a lightweight.
Posted Dec 03, 2025
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Carol
(2015)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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Haynes deserves extra credit for turning Blanchett’s acting superpower—resting sphinx face—into the totemic image and attitude of an entire movie.
Posted Dec 03, 2025
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Kiki's Delivery Service
(1989)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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All the little unassailable touches of Miyazaki’s world-building enrich the experience.
Posted Dec 03, 2025
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Basket Case
(1982)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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Like most other Henenlotter movies, Basket Case is beloved by horror heads in the know for its scrappy execution, darkly comedic exploitation, and gonzo manifestation of otherwise thought-provoking themes.
Posted Nov 19, 2025
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Death Wish 3
(1985)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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Its unintentional hilarity and ham-handed directing could never be replicated.
Posted Nov 14, 2025
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Drug Holiday
(2025)
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Morgan Shaunette
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Despite its shortcomings, there’s a passion and drive behind Drug Holiday that can’t be denied and should be encouraged.
Posted Nov 03, 2025
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The Beyond
(1981)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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One of the precious few spaghetti Southern gothics, The Beyond is Italian horror maestro Lucio Fulci at his gory, hypnotic best.
Posted Oct 22, 2025
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Re-Animator
(1985)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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Re-Animator expertly rides the line between genuinely disturbing and darkly comedic. With respect to its mischievous score and gonzo practical effects, most of that tonal tightrope-walking is embodied in horror icon Jeffrey Combs’ breakout performance.
Posted Oct 15, 2025
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Cure
(1997)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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Cure is a master class in using eminently available filmmaking techniques to revolutionize the oldest cop story in the book.
Posted Oct 15, 2025
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One Battle After Another
(2025)
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Morgan Shaunette
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Anderson lines the story with enough gunfights and car chases to keep the audience entertained while letting the politics stand on their own without being too preachy.
Posted Oct 03, 2025
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Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery
(2025)
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Jagger Blaec
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It weaves nostalgia with cultural critique, featuring never-before-seen '90s footage alongside whimsical storytelling that captures the movement's spirit of rebellion and sisterhood.
Posted Oct 03, 2025
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Dead of Winter
(2025)
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Lucy Gordon
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Again and again, the momentum is brought to a screeching halt by soggy flashbacks into Young Barb’s life with her late husband.
Posted Oct 03, 2025
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Tremors
(1990)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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Tremors is a great reminder that even the larkiest genre movies can be craft-rich.
Posted Oct 03, 2025
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Karaoke from Hell
(2025)
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Chase Hutchinson
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Music documentaries are a dime a dozen, but there’s something truly original about the killer Karaoke From Hell.
Posted Sep 30, 2025
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Saints and Warriors
(2025)
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Chase Hutchinson
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As compassionate and patient as it is compelling in the final stretch, Saints and Warriors is the type of incisive documentary that finds its greatest impact in telling marginalized peoples’ stories.
Posted Sep 24, 2025
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Dogtooth
(2009)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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This is lo-fi unhinged Lanthimos, but like all his movies, Dogtooth exists somewhere between allegory and comedic exaggeration.
Posted Sep 24, 2025
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Diner
(1982)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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Never did the decade of peak “men were men” get a clearer retroactive treatment of men being overgrown boys than Barry Levinson’s Diner.
Posted Sep 19, 2025
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Submarine
(2010)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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The formative moments of Oliver’s coming of age fly past in a nearly 90-minute montage of memories, hypotheticals, and swooping handheld cinematography.
Posted Sep 06, 2025
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Thirst
(2009)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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In Park’s hands, the vampire’s sensuous power is immediately an ironic torment.
Posted Aug 28, 2025
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Night of the Juggler
(1980)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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There’s an attempted witness interrogation through a polygonal glass peepshow box in Times Square so dizzying it’s worth the price of admission alone.
Posted Aug 20, 2025
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Notting Hill
(1999)
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Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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When you watch Notting Hill now 26 years after its release, what’s distinct from the subgenre’s 21st-century downturn is how the film’s patient editing and lived-in directing sell writer Richard Curtis’ fantastical premise.
Posted Aug 18, 2025
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Chinatown
(1974)
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Morgan Shaunette
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Feelings of pessimism, powerlessness and futility in the face of overwhelming odds lie at the film noir genre’s core. Chinatown boasts these in spades.
Posted Aug 12, 2025
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Barbarian
(2022)
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Morgan Shaunette
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The story’s unpredictability is one of Barbarian’s greatest strengths, as Cregger thrives on pulling the rug out from under audiences and trusting them to keep up just to know what’s going on.
Posted Aug 01, 2025
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All About My Mother
(1999)
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Morgan Shaunette
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It stands as a tragic, funny, gorgeous and uplifting tribute to mothers, actresses and women of all kinds.
Posted Jul 18, 2025
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F1 The Movie
(2025)
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Vinny White
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It ultimately spends far too much time on clichés and too little time on Formula 1’s most interesting components.
Posted Jul 14, 2025
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Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful
(2025)
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Andrew Jankowski
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Cyrus plainly sees significance in references (anyone who saw Lady Gaga’s rise in real time would), and poreless close-ups of her face invite viewers to study the architecture of Miley. But why?
Posted Jul 14, 2025
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40 Acres
(2024)
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Rudy Valdez
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Director R.T. Thorne and co-writer Glenn Taylor showcase a solidly crafted story about the terror of letting kids make mistakes and trusting others while the world falls apart.
Posted Jul 14, 2025
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Blazing Saddles
(1974)
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Morgan Shaunette
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Blazing Saddles still holds up as a riotously funny comedy that’s just as biting now as it was five decades ago.
Posted Jul 14, 2025
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M3GAN 2.0
(2025)
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Andrew Jankowski
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Though the action gets a bit repetitive by the end, M3GAN 2.0 is as entertaining as its inspiration, if unfortunately not as creative.
Posted Jul 03, 2025
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Jurassic World Rebirth
(2025)
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Rudy Valdez
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Edwards and Koepp overcome franchise fatigue to craft—yes, really—one of this year’s best adventures.
Posted Jul 03, 2025
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My Mom Jayne
(2025)
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Jagger Blaec
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Hargitay rarely talks about her mom, so the depth in which she discusses Mansfield in her documentary My Mom Jayne feels both necessary and extra revelatory.
Posted Jul 03, 2025
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We Are the Most Beautiful People
(2025)
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Nicole Eckrich
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The documentary is authentic, unrelenting and exactly the rebellious and educational content the world needs to face. Mostly made in Portland, would you expect anything less?
Posted Jul 01, 2025
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Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
(2025)
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Andrew Jankowski
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Tell Me Everything proves that socially unconventional people are journalism’s avant-garde.
Posted Jun 30, 2025
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28 Years Later
(2025)
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Jagger Blaec
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For its change in form from blockbuster to auteur wannabe, 28 Years Later is nevertheless entertaining and scary enough for the fraidy-cats without boring horror fans.
Posted Jun 30, 2025
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Happy Ending
(2025)
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Rudy Valdez
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Viewers get an exciting and bloody third act that will leave them wondering who makes it out alive. Happy Ending could be a paint-by-numbers tale of exploring sexual desires but elevates itself (pun intended) with a twist-filled night on the town.
Posted Jun 30, 2025
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Echo Valley
(2025)
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Robert Ham
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As you count down the minutes until the next teardrop falls and Echo Valley takes another unnecessary twist, bide your time through the draggy bits by enjoying the nice supporting work.
Posted Jun 23, 2025
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The Life of Chuck
(2024)
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Morgan Shaunette
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For those looking for a spark of magic amid the chaos of our own mortality, The Life of Chuck is a welcome escape from and a joyous appreciation of all the ups and downs that life has to offer.
Posted Jun 23, 2025
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