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in Op-edStephen King from Page to Screen: Some Shine, Some Redeem, and Some Bite
It’s officially spooky season. That means flannels are out, I have a bag of hand picked apples sitting on my counter reminding me that I really should have made that apple crisp by now, and it’s time to revisit some Stephen King favorites. King’s reputation as a horror writer has always been problematic simply because […] More
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in Interviews
Interview: Lana Wilson Dives into ‘Miss Americana’ and Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift is arguably the world’s most successful pop star. At only 30 years old, Swift has managed to earn 32 Grammy nominations, 10 Grammy wins, 23 Billboard Music Awards, and has numerous other awards under her belt. While Swift has experienced great accomplishments, she has also endured unimaginable criticism and heartbreak. Director Lana Wilson […] More
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of October 26th – ‘Parasite’ joins the Criterion Collection!
Welcome back to my Home Movies! Today, last year’s Best Picture winner Parasite gets to become a part of the Criterion Collection in a very cool special edition. More on that shortly, but especially in a thin week like this, it takes the cake. It would have, no matter what, but still… Joey’s Top Pick Parasite […] More
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in Festivals, Interviews
NewFest Interview: Ali LeRoi and Stanley Kalu Discuss the Timely Themes of ‘The Obituary of Tunde Johnson’
Ever since its world premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, The Obituary of Tunde Johnson has become increasingly relevant to our current social climate. Its story – a Black teen forced to repeatedly relive a fatal police attack – parallels the horrors underpinning the Black Lives Matter movement, with an inspired storytelling approach. […] More
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in Op-ed
How Indie Theaters Survive the Pandemic
(This article was previously published on our sister site ScreenRadar.com). Before the great pandemic of 2020, before the movie box offices were closed, the projectors were silenced, the marquees went dark, and the popcorn machines were turned off, Portland was a cinephile’s dream. Arthouse movie theaters dominated every quarter of the city. Even better, they all […] More
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in TV
‘Hannibal’ is the Ultimate Expression of Halloween
(This article was previously published on our sister site ScreenRadar.com). Halloween’s going to be weird this year. If it were any other time, we might be brainstorming costume ideas, and toying with the idea of trying on a new identity for a night. Once a year, we can masquerade as evil, sadistic, macabre. Once a year, […] More
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Do We Still Need Saturday Night Live?
It seems like the general consensus around last weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live was a bit of a bust, with much of the criticism surrounding Jim Carrey’s… less than stellar impression of Vice President Joe Biden (because I guess we’ve all just accepted that Lorne Michaels will not let go of Alec Baldwin’s lackluster […] More
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in Op-ed
‘Saw’ and the Value of Continuity in Your Slasher Films
If all was good and right in the world, we would have already seen the unfortunately subtitled Spiral: From the Book of Saw back in May. The film is positioned as a soft reboot of sorts to the long-running horror franchise, but different from the previous soft reboot of sorts that was 2017’s Jigsaw, although […] More
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in Editor, Interviews
Interview: Thom Zimny Discusses Two Decades Working With Bruce Springsteen
For the past twenty years, Thom Zimny has led a life many can only dream about. Not only has he gotten to work in the film industry, but he’s done it while frequently collaborating with none other than Bruce Springsteen. The editor turned filmmaker has most recently developed an even closer working relationship with The […] More
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in Editor, Interviews
Interview: ‘Over The Moon’ Star Cathy Ang on Lending Her Talents to Animation
Watching Over the Moon, one can’t help but notice Cathy Ang, even in animated form. Ang’s performance as Fei Fei in Netflix’s cartoon effort from Glen Keane is layered and moving, really putting her on the map. Up until now, she’d be best known and most likely seen for a brief role on the show […] More
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