In "How to Make a Killing," director John Patton Ford (“Emily the Criminal”) combines the mythic piety of Francis Ford Coppola and the spiritual torment of Martin Scorsese.
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Opening in theaters today: the funniest movie of the young year, NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE; here's Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie the Dom Sinacola Review, at the @portlandmercury.com
On the virtues of taking as much damn time as you want. There are no rules.
IN THEATERS FRIDAY: COLD STORAGE is an outrageously fun splatter-horror comedy giving audiences laughs, frights, and copious amounts of ecological carnage. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2026/02/12/c... for my review.
#ColdStorage #JonnyCampbell #DavidKoepp #JoeKeery #GeorginaCampbell #LiamNeeson
On the off chance you're New Year's Day-ing at the movies, consider this great recommendation / review from @sinacolad.bsky.social of Bi Gan’s 'Resurrection.' Portlanders be warned; it's a pretty limited engagement for this sci-fi existential banger.
Best Screenplay: "Sinners"
Best Non-English Language Feature: "No Other Choice"
Best Documentary: "Orwell: 2+2=5"
Best Animated Feature: "Predator: Killer of Killers"
Best Sci-Fi Feature: "Bugonia"
Best Comedy Feature: "Eephus"
Full list of winners:
portlandcritics.com/awards/2025-2/
2025 marked our first year picking three winners in the categories of Best Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance.
The winners:
Announcing our award winners for 2025!
Full list here (including runners-up):
portlandcritics.com/awards/2025-2/
Portland Critics Association (PCA) Awards: 'One Battle After Another,' 'Sinners,' Timothée Chalamet, Rose Byrne and More
Counting votes over here! Our 2025 winners will be announced tomorrow.
Nominees: portlandcritics.com/awards/2025-2/
NO OTHER CHOICE, one of my favorite movies of the year, starts New Years Day at @hollywoodtheatre.org and @cinema21-portland.bsky.social Find a solid blurb about why it's great topping my Top 10, published at the @portlandmercury.com
Other films getting 5 or more nominations include:
Marty Supreme
Frankenstein
Train Dreams
28 Years Later
It Was Just An Accident
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/
Meanwhile, @bcfonfilm.bsky.social was glowing:
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Chloé Zhao's "Hamnet" was a bit divisive among our members. Figure out where you fall!
@spectrumculture.bsky.social
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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!
The first @portlandcritics.bsky.social screening at @hollywoodtheatre.org was a success! We screened DRUGSTORE COWBOY on 35mm, followed by a Q&A. Hope to attend many more PCA screenings in the future.
#pca #portlandcriticsassociation #hollywoodtheatre #hollywoodtheatrepdx #drugstorecowboy
Took a trip to @moviemadness.org to see the new @portlandcritics.bsky.social shelf with a recommendation from yours truly! Be sure to go check out the PCA shelf while it’s up and rent a movie or ten.
My contribution to this lineup:
Thank you for the sacred space, @moviemadness.org!
Right now, our members are highlighting the debut films of great directors. Swing by!
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.
Our @sinacolad.bsky.social is helping bring "Evil Puddle" to Clinton Street Theater tomorrow (1 p.m.).
It's the latest from prolific micro-budget directors Matt Farley and Charlie Roxburgh:
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Our @mollyhenery.bsky.social has the early word on Yorgos Lanthimos' "Bugonia."
"All three leads ... set fire to the screen."
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Hey, @portlandcritics.bsky.social is hosting its first public screening! Couldn't imagine a better fit.
Nov. 30, @hollywoodtheatre.org, 35mm
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Really excited to help announce this @hollywoodtheatre.org screening of DRUGSTORE COWBOY in 35 mm, followed by a Q&A with Portland writer, screenwriter, icon Jon Raymond (who wrote the Criterion booklet), presented by the @portlandcritics.bsky.social
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."
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Oh hey, it’s me, your boy, quoted in this great article by David, all about how lucky we are to have the Hollywood and see so many wonderful movies on film
For Spin Magazine, our David Harris spotlights Portland's very own "movie mecca"—the @hollywoodtheatre.org 🍿🎥:
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We feel quite honored to be featured by SPIN in this article by local film critic David Harris! We believe in our mission to help bring the Portland community a true #FilmOnFilm experience, and entertain, inspire, educate and connect our community through the art of film. Thank you all!
