DVD & TV Remember the good old days of home video, when we watched things called VHS tapes (or maybe even Beta) that we rented at the grocery store, on machines that loaded from the top? Back in those days the ... More
The Sex & Violence Double Feature
DVD & TV Remember the good old days of home video, when we watched things called VHS tapes (or maybe even Beta) that we rented at the grocery store, on machines that loaded from the top? Back in those days the ... More
Uncharted Territories
The PDX Film Festival delivers film from the fringes.
Movie Reviews & Stories You can't really talk about the Portland Documentary and eXperimental Film Festival without mentioning Peripheral Produce. Formed by Matt McCormick a decade ago as a champion for experimental film, Pe ... More
Full Spectrum
With his feature debut, yellow, local filmmaker Nick Peterson shows his true colors.
Movie Reviews & Stories Few local filmmakers have warranted more close scrutiny than Nick Peterson. Best known for his trio of near-silent short films—One, Two and Three—which he directed and photographed, Peters ... More
The Gladiators
A subversive anti-war film.
DVD & TV If you don't pay close attention, you might think that the only thing DVDs are good for is collecting television shows that aired just a few weeks ago, or multiple versions of the crap that was dumped ... More
All The World's A Stage
Shakespeare Behind Bars finds prisoners seeking redemption through theater.
Movie Reviews & Stories There is an unsettling tone that resonates throughout Hank Rogerson's documentary portrait of inmates participating in the theater program at Kentucky's Luther Luckett Correctional Complex. At first, ... More
Longbaugh Film Festival
Presented by Comcast
Movie Reviews & Stories The fourth Longbaugh Film Festival kicks off this week. This year's event offers an incredible selection of features, shorts and documentaries to choose from. Listed below are a few highlights from th ... More
Fast Forward
Longbaugh is the independent film festival of the future. Our movie guy explains why.
Movie Reviews & Stories Sometimes it seems like there are too many film festivals in Portland. We've got everything from the Portland International and H.P. Lovecraft film festivals to the Portland eXperimental and WW's own ... More
The Boys Are Back In Town
The Beastie Boys rock NYC—from 50 points of view—in the concert film Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
Movie Reviews & Stories Twenty years ago, when the Beastie Boys first hit the nascent rap scene like an M-80 in the school bathroom, there were few who thought the three white boys from New York City were anything more than ... More
Willamette Week's Longbaugh Film Festival
Presented by Comcast: 2006 preview
Movie Reviews & Stories You'll have to forgive me if this is all starting to sound a bit hyperbolic, but the Longbaugh Film Festival starts next week (April 6-9), and we have an amazing lineup of films. You can get the lowdo ... More
Spin Control
A dark, politically charged comedy, Thank You for Smoking ignites the screen.
Featured Stories With his chiseled jaw and his confident swagger, Nick Naylor is the latest in a long line of cinematic antiheroes—the sort of guy you love to hate. As a smooth-talking lobbyist for the tobacco i ... More
Top Articles from David Walker
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The documentary Grizzly Man seems a bit too strange to be true. REQUIEM FOR THE LOVECHILD
Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story paints a portrait of Seattle's fallen legend. Remembering Ron O'Neal: 1937-2004
The Hustler In The Penthouse
Local film critic falls under the spell of The Last Playboy. Caged Fury
Local fighters like Eddie Dahlen duke it out in the growing world of mixed martial arts. HEAVY METAL Half-Life
Local legends Black 'N Blue return to prove that even 20 years later, rock and roll never dies. The Curse of Homer & Eddie
Bandits, the latest film release shot in Oregon, falls victim to a legendary curse. Written on the Wall
Local filmmaker Jimmy Bolton creates a moving portrait of urban isolation in The Graffiti Artist. Like a Rock
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson talks about race, rasslin' and his new movie, Walking Tall. Lackawanna Blues
The documentary Grizzly Man seems a bit too strange to be true. REQUIEM FOR THE LOVECHILD
Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story paints a portrait of Seattle's fallen legend. Remembering Ron O'Neal: 1937-2004
The Hustler In The Penthouse
Local film critic falls under the spell of The Last Playboy. Caged Fury
Local fighters like Eddie Dahlen duke it out in the growing world of mixed martial arts. HEAVY METAL Half-Life
Local legends Black 'N Blue return to prove that even 20 years later, rock and roll never dies. The Curse of Homer & Eddie
Bandits, the latest film release shot in Oregon, falls victim to a legendary curse. Written on the Wall
Local filmmaker Jimmy Bolton creates a moving portrait of urban isolation in The Graffiti Artist. Like a Rock
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson talks about race, rasslin' and his new movie, Walking Tall. Lackawanna Blues
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