Everybody Poops

Bridesmaids is actually about one angry, filthy maid of honor.

Movie Reviews & Stories On that regular occasion when some scribbler or movie honcho decides he’d like to alienate at least half of the ol’ fan base by declaring women less funny than men, he’ll usually trot out the ... More

May 11, 2011 12:01 am by AARON MESH

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Documentaries About Death

Movie Reviews & Stories How to Die in Oregon 92 [ONE NIGHT ONLY, DIRECTOR ATTENDING] If one of the afflictions of human life is being the only animal that knows it’s going to die, it is some small consolation to c ... More

May 11, 2011 12:01 am by AARON MESH

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Man of the Cave Bear

With his 3-D documentary, Werner Herzog is dancing in the dark.

Movie Reviews & Stories The new Werner Herzog documentary, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, is comparatively thin on the cuckoo German’s trademark perversity ... More

May 4, 2011 12:01 am by AARON MESH

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Not-So-Royal Weddings

Movie Reviews & Stories Jumping the Broom 45 From the opening marriage proposal backed by the world’s creepiest piano player, there’s something a little off-putting about Jumping the Broom, the new wedding dramedy ... More

May 4, 2011 12:01 am by WW Screen Staff

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Exit Ghost Monkey

Uncle Boonmee is a Thai dish of death you have to taste.

Movie Reviews & Stories Until movies can cure acne and anxiety disorders, praising a film as “life-changing” will remain the sneakiest and saddest kind of critical grandstanding—look at me and my fibromyalgic aesthet ... More

Apr 27, 2011 12:01 am by CHRIS STAMM

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Lizard Scrounge

Brew Views Ain’t it funny that two of the stronger films out of the 2010 gate are westerns? Sure, Rango and Meek’s Cutoff couldn’t be more distinct in tempo—Gore Verbinski’s cartoon is frantic where ... More

Apr 27, 2011 12:01 am by AARON MESH

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Saving Pelican 895

One greasy bird with a very human story.

Movie Reviews & Stories Local documentary filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky often captures stories of small human triumphs in the face of adversity—an Indian polio victim’s effort to immunize slums against the disease in ... More

Apr 20, 2011 12:01 am by RUTH BROWN

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Atlas Shrugged: Part I

Tea party on the Ayn Rand Express.

Movie Reviews & Stories Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s dumbbell-weight parable about the heroism of selfishness, has always struck me as petulant pseudo-philosophy: the political equivalent of Eric Cartman screwing you guys ... More

Apr 20, 2011 12:01 am by AARON MESH

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Bills, Bills, Bills

The New Yorker and the Hicks.

Movie Reviews & Stories Bill Cunningham New York 82 Arriving with the prized imprimatur (and fonts) of the Sulzberger Times, director Richard Press’ graceful documentary is deceptively spontaneous—a quality it shares w ... More

Apr 13, 2011 12:01 am by AARON MESH

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The Lady Waffles

Mildred Pierce is Snakes on a Haynes.

Movie Reviews & Stories The most perceptive scene in Todd Haynes’ HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce aired two weeks ago, in the first episode. Kate Winslet’s Mildred, a suddenly single mom raising two daughters in Depressi ... More

Apr 6, 2011 05:29 am by AARON MESH

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We still think they should call it Wizard Cops

Also, Gus left his passport in Portland

Wes Anderson's DP is doing the cinematography.

Bridesmaids is actually about one angry, filthy maid of honor.

Little boxes filled with Will Ferrell’s life.

Bridesmaids is actually about one angry, filthy maid of honor.

Little boxes filled with Will Ferrell’s life.

With his 3-D documentary, Werner Herzog is dancing in the dark.

What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.

Uncle Boonmee is a Thai dish of death you have to taste.

In war reporting, courage means scaring others.

Kelly Reichardt pioneers a new path for Oregon movies with Meek’s Cutoff.

One greasy bird with a very human story.

Tea party on the Ayn Rand Express.

Rubber introduces the little tire that could...blow your head off.

God’s lonely man in a unitard.

The New Yorker and the Hicks.

Mildred Pierce is Snakes on a Haynes.