Sarah and I joke fairly often about the "Curb" bit where Ted Danson takes a stab at Oscar bait. Then, the other day, we pulled up Danson's filmography to see if maybe Larry was more pointedly making fun of him for starring in fake-looking movies. The answer? My god.

On the virtues of taking as much damn time as you want. There are no rules.

Because the ... numbers got too small to measure?

Among the best directorial debuts of all time. Feb. 14 @cstpdx.bsky.social

Oregon Public Broadcasting is one of the crown jewels of public media in the US. This is a shot across its bow.

While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot. I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.

I am of course hoping for the best for this Portland institution but I was pretty excited to have an excuse to link to @stevenhyden.bsky.social’s wonderful review of the Garth Brooks Box Set You Could Only Buy At Bass Pro Shops: www.wweek.com/music/2026/0...

they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit

if Martin Scorsese and Fran Lebowitz agree that you seem like you could've owned an ice cream truck, you've done something right

What's funnier than Catherine doing the harmony part 10x louder than the melody line?

Driving crooner ass newsroom

take a second to really wrap your head around this.

This is sour Husker grapes talking, but nothing says "I'm moving on to great things" like opening a biohazard bucket.

I am once again asking you to cancel your Prime account It is literally the least you can do

on tuesday night i held several of the world's greatest filmmakers hostage for a 15-minute speech about what critics & artists owe to each other in the age of rapid enshittification. i'm not entirely sure why i did that. anyway you can read it here if you want to: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...

A tremendous performance from one our great idiosyncratic actors! RIP. Jan. 9 at @cstpdx.bsky.social

“Ah, but they aren’t violent until I’ve edited them." —When asked how such a ‘nice lady’ could edit Martin Scorsese’s movies. HBD, 👑 Thelma Schoonmaker...

Announcing our award winners for 2025! Full list here (including runners-up): portlandcritics.com/awards/2025-2/

What a delight to see @cstpdx.bsky.social included!

A little top 15 action to close out the year. Fav Lead Performances: -Byrne (Legs), Edgerton (Train Dreams), Michael B. (Sinners), Eva Victor (Sorry), Stone (Bugonia) Fav Supporting: -Madigan (Weapons), Del Toro (Battle), Afshari (Accident), Fiennes (28 Years), Carlos Francisco (Secret Agent)

I know we must eternally broach Hackman's difficulty on this set, but I just don't think you deliver 50 note-perfect line readings without understanding the tone.

My thoughts on your cool New Year's party, full of close friends and people you like.

First fantasy football league win since 2010. Thank you to my lord and saviour, Derrick Henry. (16-team work league!)

[doing backing vocals for Sam Cooke] Science Book

Personally very jazzed that "Sorry, Baby" cracked the Best Picture list, as well as Mariam Afshari in our Best Supporting. These were my 10 for Best Picture: Sinners Train Dreams Weapons 28 Years Later Marty Supreme One Battle After Another Sorry, Baby Eephus The Mastermind No Other Choice

The ballots are in, and these are the Portland Critics Association's 2025 award nominations. "Sinners" and "One Battle After Another" were top vote-getters with 16 and 14, respectively. Winners announced Dec. 31. portlandcritics.com/awards/2025-2/

Jan de Bont Tha Gawd

Tell me "Hamnet" isn't better if Paul Mescal looks like this.

The smile.

Strikes me that an enormous part of Jake Paul's success is a scarcity of evidence. If he had the resumé for us to know he's actually the 78th best cruiserweight in the world, he'd be 50 to 1 in this fight, and no one would bet him. Anyway, the books should give Xmas bonuses to all staff tomorrow.

She really doesn't miss.

One of my all-time favs, @cstpdx.bsky.social, Dec. 15

Many thanks to the @hollywoodtheatre.org, Jon Raymond, Stephen Rutledge, and everyone who made the PCA's first-ever screening a sellout! A watershed night for our organization, no doubt. Up next from us—our annual awards are less than a month away!

My editor has received many emails asking why no '80s and '90s movies are included. Which no hard feelings on reading comprehension, etc. But would love for folks to hear "Oregon movies" and not think exclusively of their childhoods. Let's be a little curious.

It's not a love letter to a city, and its setting isn't just another character. Train Dreams' relationship to the Pacific Northwest is complex, which helps make it great:

Not a film critic on the news explaining that the best movies are also his favorites! katu.com/news/local/w...

Big one here, gang. This list is the culmination of many things—8 years of reporting on local film, diving into Oregon film history during the pandemic, getting obsessed with Kelly Reichardt (though anyone can and should do that.) Thanks for the space, WW.

Big one here, gang. This list is the culmination of many things—8 years of reporting on local film, diving into Oregon film history during the pandemic, getting obsessed with Kelly Reichardt (though anyone can and should do that.) Thanks for the space, WW.

What to see at Portland’s repertory theaters.

"The Kick" podcast won't return until next year, but I do have a substantial writing project dropping next week, plus your classic blame-the-baby joke: letterboxd.com/chance_s_p/l...

To be clear, the viewer must do their own fun-poking. But rarely is a table set so sublimely for it.

Tickets are still available to come out tomorrow, Thursday November 6, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the most outrageously explosive installment of the DEATH WISH franchise with a rare 35mm print of DEATH WISH 3 (1985)! hollywoodtheatre.org/show/death-wish-3-in-35mm

Hey, @portlandcritics.bsky.social is hosting its first public screening! Couldn't imagine a better fit. Nov. 30, @hollywoodtheatre.org, 35mm hollywoodtheatre.org/show/drugsto...

Dwayne Johnson: "Benny, it nearly killed me, but I hereby surrender my ego to you." Safdie: "Man, I'm thinking the hi-fi at Mark Kerr's house should sound CRAZY." foolswhodreammovies.com/the-smashing...

@chancesp.bsky.social analyzes the ups and downs of Benny Safdie's "The Smashing Machine," starring Dwayne Johnson. foolswhodreammovies.com/the-smashing...

For Spin Magazine, our David Harris spotlights Portland's very own "movie mecca"—the @hollywoodtheatre.org 🍿🎥: www.spin.com/2025/10/port...