November is always a weird time of the year when it comes to the movies being released in theaters. Studios don’t usually start rolling out the films they think have a good chance to win some Oscars until December and they’re saving the real dumpster fires for January, so November ends up being where they […]
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Mediocre Mercenaries, Murderers and Marvel
Three movies, no memories
When I go to the multiplex to do a double or triple feature, the movies I end up seeing are mostly based on what time everything is playing and if I can string the showings together without too much downtime in between. I’m like a conductor, but with random strangers in dark rooms. Sometimes that […]
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May the Source Be With You: November Edition
Preparing for your winter hibernation
Well, here we are, quickly sinking into another winter when it kinda feels like the last one just ended. I mean, obviously it didn’t; we had like two weeks of fall, after all. Still, I’m not sure that I’m ready for winter again already, so in my own indoor-cat sort of way, I’ll prepare for […]
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DiCaprio and De Niro Destroy a Nation
Scorsese amazes but confounds with "Killers of the Flower Moon"
There’s a moment early on in Martin Scorsese’s new film “Killers of the Flower Moon” where Leonardo DiCaprio’s dumb, lazy and mean Ernest Burkhart is given a book on the Osage people by his uncle, the rich and powerful cattle rancher William King Hale (Robert De Niro). Newly arrived to Osage territory from a failed […]
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Spooky Season is Upon Us
Five lesser-known horror gems to ring in the season
Look, I’m a fan of horror movies 365 days a year. The season doesn’t explode into fall overnight and then all of a sudden I want spooky movies and a steady drip of Pumpkin Spice whatever-you-got inside me. Nope. I want it all the time. Not the Pumpkin Spice (although it’s growing on me); just […]
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That’s a Wrap
A look back at the 2023 Bend Film Fest
There’s something impossible to explain about the magic of a film festival, and while watching movies with the artists who made them is part of it, it comes down to the personal moments even more. Every year I say something along the lines of, “Oh, this was by far the best year,” but I can’t […]
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Four Days/100+Movies: Bend Film Festival and You
Choose-Your-Own-Schedule
For the last few years, I’ve been writing a mock schedule in the Source Weekly for the four days of the Bend Film Festival, and how I would circumnavigate the fest if I wasn’t working at the beautiful behemoth. But I’ve been doing it wrong. Instead of writing about what I would be going to […]
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Central Oregon's Premiere Arts Event Returns
BendFilm Festival celebrates its 20th
I’ve been writing about the BendFilm Festival for a decade, but, in the spirit of complete transparency, this year I’ve had more of a behind-the-scenes role than ever before. The year 2023 marks the 20th annual BendFilm Festival, and I think I’ve seen at least one movie at every fest since the inaugural year, watching […]
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California by Way of Afghanistan
Fremont is a low-key gem
What do you want from the movies you watch? Do you watch films to gain a deeper understanding of the human condition? Do you treat cinema like it’s an art form worthy of dissection and in-depth examination of the deeper ideas and themes? Or are movies just a way to be transported out of your […]
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Fight Clubs, Literary Detectives, Aliens and More
Four theatrical movies across two days
I haven’t been to the movie theater in weeks (damn you, COVID), so this weekend I went to four flicks across Saturday and Sunday. I love the chaos of packing as many different movies into a short period of time as possible because I find that mainlining so many varied emotions and confronting myself with a […]
