Back to the Future Part II Now that we live in the future that Back to the Future Part II promised us and it is devoid of hover boards, flying cars, 3D shark attacks on street corners, and blow-drying jackets, it’s hard to know whether to be depressed or overjoyed. While the film was much-maligned […]
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Glacial Warning
Jumbo Wild drives its point home
A good documentary doesn’t lead its audience by the nose, it shows them where to stick it. Jumbo Wild is one of those rare and wonderful docs that slowly shares all of its facts, making the audience more knowledgeable (and disgusted), while letting all personal judgments come organically. Produced by Sweetgrass Films and Patagonia, Jumbo […]
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Space Damon
Or how I stopped worrying and learned to grow poo-tatoes
The Martian will be compared a lot to 2013’s Gravity. Mostly because both films focus on a single person fighting back against overwhelming odds in an environment that wants to destroy them (the vacuum of space in Gravity and the surface of Mars in The Martian), but the films have one major difference: The Martian […]
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Sophomore Swagger
BendFilm 2015 takes it to the next level
Just as a band’s sophomore album tends to be among its best, so too is the second year of the BendFilm Festival under Director Todd Looby gearing up to be one of the fest’s best. From the quality and quantity of the films—we’re talking about hundreds more submissions than last year, and of exponentially greater […]
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Attn: Clothes Nerds!
Hey, look, it’s a movie about clothes
Director Frédéric Tcheng is carving out a niche. With 2008’s Valentino: The Last Emperor, 2011’s Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel, and now Dior and I, Tcheng’s work in film has been exclusively devoted to documenting characters and moments in the world of high fashion. (True, Valentino was directed by Matt Tyrnauer—but given his […]
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Film Events 6/18-6/24
Double feature: Comes with Baggage & The Black Canyon Trail Comes With Baggage is a lighthearted, 20-minute roll-through bike-touring history, with styles that range from PBS Ken Burns to MTV Dog Town & Z-Boys’ lost footage of badasses. Followed by a second more specific short film about a high octane group of men bike touring […]
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Right-Side In
Inside Out: The Pixar movie adults have been waiting for
Are you the type of barren, childless adult who feels weird going to Pixar movies by yourself? Well…maybe you should. BUT! I strongly advise you to put those feelings aside (or rent a kid from your neighbors or the Duggar family) and see Inside Out, Pixar’s latest kids’ movie that’s actually for adults. If you’ve […]
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Film Events 4/8-4/15
Friday, April 10, 7 pm. Tower Theater. 835 NW Wall St. $13-$23 Lynn Harrell & Bach Film Screening Director John Forsen (Violin Masters: Two Gentlemen of Cremona) returns to Central Oregon with a screening of his newest film, Lynn Harrell Bach Cello Suites. What is really incredible here is that Harrell performs the first two […]
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Film Events 4/1-4/8
Nfinity Champions League 2 Here it is: The moment we’ve all been waiting for. Every single day of your life has been building to this. While the birth of your children was nice and all, the Nfinity Cheerleading Championships shall make that first beautiful wail pale in comparison. This year the blood, sweat, and cheers […]
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Film Events 3/25-4/1
The Breakfast Club 30th Anniversary Don’t you…forget about The Breakfast Club. While some of the fashion might be dated, the themes of alienation and class struggles in high school are still as important and topical today as they ever were. Bend’s own Thomas Del Ruth was the cinematographer on this modern classic and shared a […]