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Wid Chambers

Wid Chambers will be my guest on June 8th. Read more

The Edge of Heaven, at NWFC this Saturday

The Edge of Heaven, screening at the Northwest Film Center this Saturday, June 5, at 7pm. Turkish-German director Fatih Akin (whose earlier film, Head-On, is also excellent) makes movies about immigration, alienation and the human struggle to behave decently in bl... Read more

Science-Fiction horror flick "Splice," opening June 4

Splice (Canadian 2009) Director: Vincenzo Natali With: Sarah Polley, Adrian Brody, Delphine Chaneac It’s a good thing I didn’t have to review this movie right away, because it has gotten better as it works in my mind. Not that there are no images or plot points that both... Read more

Press**Watch: Eyeless in Gaza again

Press**Watch for June 3, 2010 Here is one of the accounts of the Israeli assault on the Gaza relief convoy, from Al Jazeera: The Israeli assault took those of us on the ship by complete surprise. During that hour an half in the early morning everybody on board the ship t... Read more

Robot Movies! June 4! Run!

Dennis Nyback used to own and run the Clinton Street Theater. He is a complete film nut, and a collector of off-beat cimema. He also has some of the finest bad taste west of John Waters. He returns to Portland with films from time to time, and he is back with robot mov... Read more

Press**Watch: bomb the gusher?

Last week I mentioned using Navy depth charges to seal the BP well. It is worth noting that the US armed forces have giant non-nuclear devices like the MOAB which run to thousands of pounds and approach the force of a nuclear device. I do NOT recommend the use of a nuk... Read more

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