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A statistic floats by early on in local filmmaker Jesse Locke’s new documentary, “7 Hills,” which brings a shock to the system. The country of Jordan has 67,600 displaced humans from Iraq, 671,579 from Syria, 14,457 from Yemen, 793 from Somalia and 6,146 from Sudan. That’s close to 1/10th of the population of the entire country. […]
I used to be good at predicting the Oscar winners, but every year I get worse as my tastes change and I find myself rooting for the movies that shake up the status quo. I never would have guessed the saccharine “Green Book” or the sexy fish movie “The Shape of Water” would have won, but […]
Sometimes…sometimes there’s an ending so terrible…so completely immune to rational thought and logic that the audience sits in stunned silence staring at the screen, wondering whether to laugh or cry at the bizarre intimacy of sharing a moment of deflated expectations with a dark room full of strangers. In high school I read Henry James’ […]
It’s 2020 and I’m once again the luckiest and most privileged person I know. Getting to go into another year writing for the Source Weekly is amazing, but knowing that the people of Central Oregon are reading my super nerdy words never fails to make me feel truly wonderful. I love this community and I […]
Is war supposed to feel this fun? I mean, I get it, it’s 2020 and special effects are better than they’ve ever been. We have the ability to make CGI look about as real as life, so movies are only going to get more visceral as technology raises to meet storytelling. Violence is just gonna […]
The first horror movie that comes out every year is always pretty bad. “The Bye Bye Man,” “Underworld: Blood Wars,” “The Forest” and “The Devil Inside” are just a few of the January dumping ground flicks we’ve been exposed to over the last few years—none of which were even really worthy of a theatrical release […]
It’s horrible! The year 2019 is barely over and I’m already swooning for the movies coming out in 2020. I feel like I’m cheating on what turned out to be a fantastic year at the movies with the younger and newer upstart. That said: Holy hell! This new year has me way too excited for […]
I just can’t do a top 10. There are too many good movies. The year 2019 started off slow with some hot garbage (looking at you “Beach Bum”), but by mid-year we had some genuine greats building up. So, because it’s that time of the year to be a glutton, here’s my Top 20 of […]
I can’t believe it’s been another year of writing for all you beautiful people. We’ve had our ups and downs, learned some valuable lessons and realized that the real treasure was the friends we made along the way. Our hearts were invaded by a Baby Yoda, our internet had deep fakes that were somehow more believable […]
Writer/Director Dan Cohen and Producer Howard Schor have created an interesting hybrid of a movie: a thriller shot entirely in Bend and Prineville and featuring a murderer’s row of local talent, but starring two Hollywood actors in the central roles. It’s surreal to see friends I’ve watched for years (or even shared the stage with) […]
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