Special Section The Auteur The inspiration: What happens when the world’s greatest hardcore porn director comes to Portland to receive a lifetime achievement award? Cum shots and comedy ...   More

Special Section The Road The inspiration: Cormac McCarthy is one moody mofo. Why else would the author have created the utter hopelessness of his point-of-no-return, Pulitzer Prize-winning no ...   More

Special Section Wendy and Lucy The inspiration: Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt (Old Joy) directs actress–and almost-Portlander–Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain, Dawson’s Cr ...   More

Special Section Milk The inspiration:Gus Van Sant goes back to the early days of the sexual revolution in his compelling biopic of slain gay civil-rights activist Harvey Milk. Van Sant, who f ...   More

Special Section Liza Rietz/Emily Ryan Two local designers team up to showcase their fall ’08-spring ’09 collections at the Cleaners at the Ace Hotel’s. Accordingly, their looks are ready to wear r ...   More

Special Section Amanda Needham knows what looks good. The 27-year-old native Portlander is the costume designer for films including The River Why and Wendy and Lucy. She’s also contributed her talents to help s ...   More

Cover Story The Goonies and a pair of waffle shoes. For years, those were two of Oregon’s most well-known contributions to the world of film and fashion. Our state hasn’t had much of a track record ...   More

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Looks like the credit crunch is taking its toll on Portland's film industry.

Disembodied, a supernatural thriller directed by former soap star Brett Donowho (pictured above; he used to be in Port Charles) was to begin shooting in September in th...   More

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Although Oregon's always been considered California's hick cousin, it looks that state might actually need our help on gay rights.

California voters will decide this November on Proposition 8, which, if passed, would amend the California Constitution with a ...   More

Queer Window For seven years, filmmaker Parvez Sharma followed a dozen devout gay and lesbian Muslims around the world. The result is A Jihad for Love, a documentary that screens at Portland’s Lesbian and Ga ...   More