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Film Review: “The Meddler” is middling
Susan Sarandon and Rose Byrne star in a mother-daughter dramedy, with J.K. Simmons along as the grizzled, sensitive love interest. MAY 11, 2016 // Oregon Artswatch // MARC MOHAN It’s a common and...
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Film Review: Multistory mayhem in “High-Rise”
Tom Hiddleston stars in this long-awaited adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s novel about an apartment building that’s a microcosm of class divisions MAY 11, 2016 // Oregon Artswatch // MARC MOHAN “My...
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Film Review: “Money Monster” cashes out
George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and Jodie Foster team up for a disappointingly cynical thriller about the economic crisis and media complicity Posted by Marc Mohan | Oregon Artswatch As economic...
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FilmWatch Weekly: “Money Monster,” “High-Rise,” and more
George Clooney, Susan Sarandon, and Ewan McGregor sidle into theaters this week, but your best bets may lie elsewhere MAY 13, 2016 // OregonArtswatch // MARC MOHAN What’s this? A Hollywood movie with...
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Todd London
Meet Mr. Todd London, a treasure in our American theatre. He’s a writer, scholar, and currently the Executive Director of the University of Washington. Read him, listen to him, and get inspired about...
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QDoc offers true tales of tragedy & triumph
In its 10th year, the Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival scours the globe in search of diverse stories from the LGBTQ community. MAY 17, 2016 // Oregon ArtsWatch // LILY HUDSON In “Far From The...
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“Francofonia” loves the Louvre
Film Preview: The maker of “Russian Ark” returns with another ode to the joy, and necessity, of museums MAY 18, 2016 // Oregon ArtsWatch // MARC MOHAN When it seems like the world today is an unending...
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2004’s “Innocence” is a female auteur’s haunting debut
The first feature from French director Lucile Hadžihalilović screens this weekend at PSU’s 5th Avenue Cinema MAY 18, 2016 // Oregon ArtsWatch // ERIK MCCLANAHAN It’s okay if you’ve never heard of...
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“Tale of Tales” delivers fairy tales for grownups
Film Preview: Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone burst onto the international scene a few years ago with “Gomorrah,” a scathing, multi-layered expose of the Neapolitan Mafia. He followed that up with a...
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“A Bigger Splash” makes waves
Film Preview: A stellar cast, including Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes, headline this decadent drama from the director of “I Am Love.” MAY 18, 2016 // FILM // ERIC D. SNIDER Once you get past the...
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Director’s Note: Jane Austen’s Emma
Bag&Baggage Productions presents Jane Austen’s Emma May 5–29. Read the complete playbill here. Director’s Notes by Scott Palmer Jane Austen herself said on her impetus for writing Emma in 1814...
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Millennials Just Need to Get Theater-Acquainted
by A.L. Adams “Why Are Portland Millennials so Theater-Averse?” The question, recently posed by Portland Monthly, smuggles in a presumption, like a Buzzfeed title that crows, “You Won’t Believe…!” How...
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Sarah Slipper
The effervescent Sarah Slipper, Artistic Director of Northwest Dance Project, has plenty of excitement to share with our host Susannah Mars. Still glowing from her company’s January debut at New York’s...
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Plus-Ones: The Pros and Cons
The Telegraph ran this image of Evening at the Talk House in their story about rescinded plus-ones because it represents a poorly-reviewed National Theatre show. But it also illustrates some of the...
View Article‘Niqi’: A Portland dancer discusses ballet and trans rights
Artslandia is proud to be credited in this short film by Bryan Nelson that premiered at NW Documentary’s Homegrown Docfest, starring Portland dancer Niqi Cavanaugh. A beautiful, nuanced, and timely...
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INTERVIEW: Yorgos Lanthimos, Writer/Director of ‘The Lobster’
There’s never been a film like “The Lobster.” The latest bizarre, high-concept work from Yorgos Lanthimos, the truly unique filmmaker behind the Oscar-nominated “Dogtooth” and “Alps,” carries with it...
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“Love & Friendship” is Austen-tatiously funny
Director Whit Stillman brings a little-known Jane Austen novella to life, with help from Kate Beckinsale’s delicious performance MAY 25, 2016 // Oregon ArtsWatch // MARC MOHAN It shouldn’t come as a...
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“Dheepan” puts a fresh spin on the immigrant saga
This tale of a Sri Lankan immigrant adjusting to life in Paris won the top prize at last year’s Cannes Film Festival MAY 24, 2016 // FILM // MARC MOHAN By now, American movie audiences have witnessed a...
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Belladonna of Sadness blows minds, turns stomachs
This 1973 Japanese animation, never before released in the U.S., graphically renders the story of a woman’s degradation and revenge. MAY 26, 2016 // FILM // MARC MOHAN Words tend to fail when trying to...
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In Viva a young Cuban finds his lip-synced voice
This Havana-set drama from an Irish director was shortlisted for last year’s Best Foreign Film Oscar MAY 25, 2016 // FILM // MARC MOHAN There are a lot of things to like about “Viva.” It’s a stirring...
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