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Thriller “The Ones Below” is pregnant with menace
This chilling indie thriller about expectant neighbors conjures Polanski-style dread MAY 26, 2016 // FILM // ERIC D. SNIDER For all its miraculous beauty, there’s also something eerie and alien about...
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Jane Vogel, Karla Mason Smith and Jacklyn Maddux of AGE
Get reacquainted with Jane Vogel, Karla Mason Smith and Jacklyn Maddux, all of whom are doing exciting work for AGE; Age and Gender Equality in the Arts. Learn more here ageinthearts.org Listen here...
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Artslandia Announces: The 2015-2016 Drammy Awards Finalists
Goodness gracious. The 38th Drammy Award Finalists snuck up on Artslandia as subtly as the lights fade up to start a scene. As quietly as a curtain swishes open. As slyly as a stage manager saves an...
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“River of Fundament” is craptacular (in a good way)
The latest art-film epic from Matthew Barney, seven years in the making and five hours long, is inspired by Norman Mailer’s “Ancient Evenings” JUNE 1, 2016 // FilmWatch // MARC MOHAN Every morning,...
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Vanessa Renwick talks “Next Level Fucked Up”
The veteran experimental filmmaker discusses her current installation at PAM, her upcoming retrospective at the NW Film Center, and the decline of Portland JUNE 1, 2016 // FEATURED, FILM, MEDIA, VISUAL...
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“Presenting Princess Shaw” misrepresents her story
While chronicling the rise of a YouTube star, this documentary plays a bit fast and loose with the truth JUNE 2, 2016 // FILM // MARC MOHAN Presenting Princess Shaw tells a pretty familiar showbiz...
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Juliette Binoche beautifully waits in “L’Attesa”
The iconic French star plays a bereaved mother who hosts a visit from her dead son’s girlfriend in this melancholy drama. JUNE 2, 2016 // FILM // ERIC D. SNIDER True to its title, The Wait (L’attesa)...
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Susannah recently performed some pieces from Sweeney Todd
Susannah Mars as Mrs. Lovett and David Pittsinger as Sweeney Todd. Photo by Cory Weaver. This is usually where you’d find our weekly Adventures in Artslandia podcast from Susannah Mars, but right now...
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ImPort / ExPort: Brisa Trinchero
What does Brisa miss most about living in Portland?“I have so many wonderful friends and family in Portland — I miss them and always look forward to my visits to the West Coast. I’ll also go on record...
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Corey Brunish
Corey Brunish does it all—acting, directing and producing—both in Portland and on Broadway! Susannah Mars jumped at a chance to talk shop with this Portland luminary the day before The Tony Awards....
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Testicular quackery exposed in “Nuts!”
Penny Lane’s fantastic documentary profiles the inventor of the ‘goat gland’ impotence cure JUNE 30, 2016 // FILM // MARC MOHAN “Gentlemen! Step right up! Been feeling down in the dumps? Lacking that...
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Daniel Radcliffe is a “Swiss Army Man”
The erstwhile Harry Potter plays a farting corpse in this truly bizarre comedy co-starring Paul Dano JUNE 29, 2016 // FILM // MARC MOHAN When Daniel Radcliffe left the “Harry Potter” franchise behind,...
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Grimm star David Giuntoli in “Buddymoon”
Shot in Oregon, the comedy is a labor of love for Giuntoli and two longtime friends JUNE 29, 2016 // FILM // MARC MOHAN As NBC’s “Grimm” heads towards its sixth and possible final season, it’s time to...
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Jealousy’s cold dark heart, melting
On the outdoor stage of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, this season’s “Winter’s Tale” bends toward forgiveness, not justice JULY 6, 2016 // THEATER // OREGON ARTSWATCH By SUZI STEFFEN...
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Real Estate for the 1 Percent, With Art for the Masses
By Randy Kennedy: New York Times, JULY 7, 2016 “Pumpkin (L),” Yayoi Kusama’s first permanent public artwork in Manhattan, in front of the Sky building at 605 West 42nd Street. CreditPhilip Greenberg...
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Chantal DeGroat and Lily Burnett
A note from Susannah about this week’s podcast featuring Chantal DeGroat and Lily Burnett of The Color Of Now: Recent events have made it important that this podcast be broadcast immediately; it was...
View ArticleImago Theatre announces plans to move
THIS JUST IN FROM IMAGO THEATRE: Since 1982, Imago has been in residence at 17 SE 8th Avenue in Southeast Portland. In 1992, Carol Triffle and Jerry Mouawad, Artistic Directors, purchased the...
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Win Tickets to – Welcome to Night Vale: Ghost Stories
Welcome to Night Vale is a twice-monthly podcast in the style of community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale, featuring local weather, news, announcements from the Sheriff’s Secret...
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A World Premiere Orchestra Performance in a National Park!
The scenic majesty of Crater Lake National Park will make a beautiful symphony backdrop for the Britt Orchestra’s upcoming performance. Artslandia couldn’t resist passing along this reminder of an...
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