Travis Fine's Any Day Now is a well-intentioned, 1970s period piece exploring a gay couple's fight to retain custody of a child...

Now, Forager doesn't go a lot of new places.  Yes, as the title hints, it's about a couple who forages for wild mushrooms as a m...

I'm not sure if it was posting 10 times in seven days last week or just how busy things have been while shutting down my day job at V...

Oslo, August 31st might be the most depressing film I've seen all year; an honor that last year went to Steve McQueen's unnerv...

Fernando Meirelles ( City of God , The Constant Gardener ) and screenwriter Peter Morgan ( The Last King of Scotland , The Queen ) see...

A Todd Solondz movie is largely an in or out proposition.  He doesn't make family friendly fare; regularly interrogating social tab...

Way back in the early 90s, Nancy Savoca was making a name for herself as one of the rising directors in the indie film world.  Thanks t...

There's a modest ambition coursing through the center of Take This Waltz , the latest film from actor turned director Sarah Polley ....

Playing out like a slightly more benign, Norwegian version of Welcome to the Dollhouse , Jannicke Systad Jacobsen's Turn Me On, Dam...

  There's absolutely no doubt after watching Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest film I Wish that his reputation for being among t...

Portland certainly has no shortage of film festivals going on throughout the year.  Blink and you've probably missed a few already.  ...

It's been a long, busy (mostly non-blogging) week.  Here's a short nod to several films playing around PDX this weekend: First...