This doesn’t make me feel old at all, but with this article, I’ve officially written 1,000 stories for the Source Weekly, on and off since September of 2010. I’m glad my 1,000th story landed on the date of my monthly column, so I can just take a moment and say three thank yous. One to […]
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Bringing Sundance to Bend
The Tower and BendFilm screen exclusive docs on the Indigo Girls and Little Richard
Last week I didn’t know much about Little Richard and I knew even less about the Indigo Girls, so sitting down to watch documentaries about them back to back felt like a crash course in two very different but equally as iconic musical legends. In completely separate ways, both Little Richard and the Indigo Girls […]
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Phase Fatigue
Marvel and Ant-Man expand and contract without growing
Here’s a random fact for you: counting this article, I’ve written 997 stories for the Source Weekly, going all the way back to Sept. 29, 2010. The first superhero movie I reviewed for this paper was Marvel’s “Captain America: The First Avenger,” released July 22, 2011. Ironically, the article focuses on how I was starting […]
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A Cinematic State of the Union
Are films for grownups dying?
When heavily marketed movies for grownups still flop one after the other, it’s easy to feel cynical about the state of cinema in the United States. Movies like “Women Talking,” “Tár,” “Babylon” and “The Fabelmans” are losing tens of millions of dollars during their theatrical runs, meaning it’s becoming harder and harder for “adult” films […]
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Leave, Stay, Fight
Women talking, history listening
I went to the theater this weekend to watch “Knock at the Cabin” with the full intention of reviewing it. After the film ended, the timing worked out perfectly for me to pop into another auditorium and check out a film nominated for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, “Women Talking.” It’s a movie I’ve heard […]
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Cronenberg Squared
“Infinity Pool” drowns in ideas
I‘ve spent a lot of Source Weekly pages over the years writing about why we go to the movies and if there’s any “wrong” reason or way to watch a film. The reason why I watch a movie is completely different than why my mom or the average moviegoer does. For most people, going to […]
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May the Source Be With You
January Edition: Cancellations, cliches and chestnuts
You’ve heard that old chestnut, “New Year, New You” before, right? I always assumed that meant most people get depressed during the holidays (especially about themselves and their place in the world), so we look at the new year as a way to start living our best life. But here’s the thing: I’m not sure […]
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Two Unicorns
"Skinamarink" and "The Devil Conspiracy" both astonish for completely different reasons
When I watch a movie I always hope for the best. I want to fall in love with every film I see and leave the theater drunk on the possibilities of cinema, but the older I get, the more I find those sensations to be fleeting. What’s even more rare than a film reverting me […]
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2023 and Me: Part Two
The Source looks ahead to arthouse and international releases across the next year
Last week we took a gander at some of the bigger releases heading to theaters in 2023. All of those movies I listed are ones you should definitely be able to catch at the multiplex near you, regardless of where you might live. This week, it’s only fair that we look at some of the […]
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2023 and Me
The Source looks ahead at the films to be excited for this year
I‘m not sure if my ever-encroaching sense of mortality is making time go by quicker, or if there’s something in the water that’s making each year seem about three weeks long, but I really do feel like I just wrote the article about the movies I was looking forward to in 2022. Looking back at […]