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“With Spirit” Debuts at BendFilm

Following locals Chelsey and Jason Magness, the film tells a story of love, loss and life through the lens of adventure racing

by Isaac Biehl October 7, 2020July 16, 2024

Local adventure racers Chelsey and Jason Magness have been at the sport for quite some time now. They founded and currently direct Bend Racing together, competing in some of the toughest races all over the world. For Chelsey, her relationship with the sport started when Jason asked her to run one on the couple’s fourth […]

Culture

BendFilm Festival Returns

This time, your living room is a venue

by Jared Rasic September 30, 2020July 1, 2024

There’s something ultimately pretty amazing about the resiliency of the human spirit when it comes to what we’re capable of normalizing. If you would have told me back in March that the 17th Annual BendFilm Festival would be virtual, I wouldn’t have believed you, but that the fest is a virtual AND drive-in hybrid sounds […]

Outside

Watch in the Outdoors: BendFilm’s Drive-In Pop Ups Continue!

Pack some snacks, grab a blanket and head down for a nostalgic night of fun under the stars.

Cayla ClarkSeptember 2, 2020September 7, 2023

Update: 9/11/20: BendFilm’s screening of “I am Not Your Negro” has been canceled due to wildfire smoke. Stay tuned for updates on other cancellations. BendFilm’s Drive-In Pop Up movie series will continue through September, as announced Tuesday. The new lineup will feature an encore screening of “The Last Blockbuster” and a local premiere of “The […]

Culture

Summer Movie Lineup

Mandatory Fun, Part I: May & June releases

Jared RasicMay 11, 2016June 28, 2023

Welcome to the Summer Movie Preview. Last weekend’s arrival of “Captain America: Civil War” was the early dawn of 2016’s summer movie season. There will be big actors, enormous explosions and the largest budgets the American film industry has ever seen this year. The following mandatory fun list includes the bigger flicks of May and […]

Culture

Sci-fi Chase Film Runs Short on Depth

“Midnight Special” fails to satisfy

Jared RasicApril 20, 2016January 4, 2023

“Midnight Special” is an art-house science fiction/thriller/road movie with a stellar cast, interesting director and a script that unpeels layers of mystery throughout its running time. As entertaining and enthralling as the film is, however, all of the disparate pieces don’t add up to a satisfying whole. “Midnight Special” tells the story of a boy, […]

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