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Portland Mercury

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At a Tomorrow Theater screening, Guillermo del Toro discussed the rise of AI, the future of stop-motion animation, and what character he identifies with in 'Frankenstein.'

Guillermo del Toro at Tomorrow Theater: At a Special Carte Blanche Screening the Director Discussed the Rise of AI, the Future of Stop-Motion Animation

Guillermo del Toro sincerely concluded: I discovered I was a 14-year-old girl in Victorian times.

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November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM

Dom

@sinacolad.bsky.social

For @portlandmercury.com, I wrote about seeing Frankenstein with @realgdt.bsky.social in attendance and the director’s wonderful relationship with our city

Guillermo del Toro at Tomorrow Theater: At a Special Carte Blanche Screening the Director Discussed the Rise of AI, the Future of Stop-Motion Animation

Guillermo del Toro sincerely concluded: “I discovered I was a 14-year-old girl in Victorian times.”

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November 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM

Dom

@sinacolad.bsky.social

As part of @portlandmercury.com’s winter print issue, I made some holiday gift recommendations, including Werner Herzog’s “The Future of Truth”:

Image of a blurb from a newspaper printed zine, with a imagistic graphic of a book on top of it, reading:

The Future of Truth by Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog, iconie director and overly memeified 83-year-old, has made almost as many films as years he's been alive. Crossing the porous boundaries between documentary and fiction, Herzog's work has been obsessed with the search for truth, often to the detriment of facts. Quotes, history, whole people— in even his so-called "documen-taries," Herzog's made up a lot. "I just don't think truth is some polestar in the sky that we will one day get to," he states in his new book, The Future of Truth, translated from German by Michael Hofmann.
"It's more like an incessant striving." The book is Herzog's "uncertain journey" through this "post-truth era," collecting essays on the sore spots of our negotiable reality-fake news, Al anxiety, Japanese fam-ilies-for-hire, Elon Musk's limited imagination-and his primordial quest for "ecstatic truth," all with plenty of fascinating anecdotes and the warm, easy eloquence of a lifelong bullshitter. DOM SINACOLA

November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM

Dom

@sinacolad.bsky.social

good morning

Sunrise in the numbers in NE Portland, rills of pink-orange purpling the blue sky emerging behind

November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM

Dom

@sinacolad.bsky.social

TRAIN DREAMS is on @netflix.com today BUT it’s also still showing at the @hollywoodtheatre.org, which is where you should catch it if you can—through next Tuesday. It’s worth it to see it big. My review for the @portlandmercury.com:

Movie Review: The Irony of Super Beautiful 'Train Dreams' Being Released by Netflix Is Not Lost on Me

Also very beautiful: William H. Macy.

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November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Dom

@sinacolad.bsky.social

#lastfourwatched some disappointments and a late entry for one of the best of the year

November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM

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Portland DSA

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Welp, it looks like the Portland Metro Chamber’s solidarity with the community against ICE and a federal invasion ends at charging an impact fee to property owners who would rent their properties to detention facilities that harm neighbors & drain public resources.

Can’t say that we’re surprised!

November 18, 2025
Honorable Portland Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney and Councilors,
We write to express our opposition to the Detention Facility Impact Fee. While we understand your motivation for proposing such an ordinance, we write to ask you to consider the long-tterm implications and unintended consequences of this proposal.
The Portland Metro Chamber (The Chamber) is greater Portland's Chamber of Commerce and represents the largest, most diverse network of businesses in the region. The Alliance advocates for business at all levels of government to support commerce, community health and the region's overall prosperity. We represent more than 2,100 members, from 27 counties, 13 states and virtually every industry sector. More than 80% of our members are small businesses We share your concerns with the current federal administration's antagonistic approach to our community, and we were grateful that half the members of this council joined over 175 elected officials and organizations signing on to our call to action for a unified voice of opposition to an unjustified federal troop deployment.
For more than a century and a half-since before Oregon achieved statehood-Portland has been a city where civic expression, including protest, has played a defining role in our public life. Throughout this long history, the City has never required the subject of a protest to bear the financial burden associated with public safety, cleanup, or street closures. The proposal now under consideration would dramatically depart from that long-standing principle and create an avenue for targeted financial liability based solely on the political aims of others.
This change would introduce significant long-term risks. Portland's political landscape has evolved over time and will continue to do so. A policy that allows elected officials to levy costs on entities that are the focus of protests-regardless of whether those entities organized,

1. Lack of Environmental Impact Evaluation
To our knowledge, the City has never undertaken an environmental impact assessment of protest activity. If the environmental effects of demonstrations are a basis for new fees or restrictions, such analysis should be conducted before establishing a policy framework that selectively assigns financial responsibility.
2. Departure From Established Practice for Civic Events
While the City routinely requires event organizers to cover public safety and right-of-way impacts for parades, marathons, and other permitted activities, this proposal would mark the first time a tax-paying business would be charged for costs associated with an event it did not host, sanction, or participate in. This is a significant shift in policy with far-reaching implications.
3. Risk of Creating a New Revenue Mechanism Targeting Businesses
If adopted, this measure could establish a precedent enabling the City to levy impact fees whenever a business becomes the focus of a protest. Such a mechanism would send a chilling signal to the commercial real estate and broader business community. Portland competes with other cities and surrounding jurisdictions for investment; proposals that create unpredictable or punitive cost exposure threaten our competitiveness.
4. Absence of Protestor Accountability
While the Chamber strongly supports the right to free speech and peaceful assembly, the current proposal places the entirety of the financial burden on the business being targeted-regardless of the actions of demonstrators. This raises a fundamental policy

Portland's success depends on fostering a stable, predictable, and fair business environment. We urge the Council to reconsider this proposal and engage stakeholders in developing a policy approach that honors our city's values, protects constitutional rights, and sustains the economic vitality that Portland depends on.
Portland Metro Chamber
Multifamily NW
Oregon Smart Growth
Home Building Association of Greater Portland
Building Owners & Managers Association of Oregon

November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM

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Portland Mercury

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The Mercury's Winter Guide has arrived! Looking to survive and thrive this winter? Check out all our smarty-pants and sassy articles online, or pick up a print copy at more than 500 spots across the city! ☃️😎⁠
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November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM

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Steve Lieber

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Books with Pictures is an irreplaceable part of the comics community! www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...

Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now, organized by Katie Pryde

Dear friends: I need your help. I’m proud of everything Books with Pictures… Katie Pryde needs your support for Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now

www.gofundme.com

November 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM

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Candice Frederick

@candicefrederick.bsky.social

a terrible shame, for many reasons.

and the job market is so bloated with culture reporters with no places to write

www.thewrap.com/paste-layoff...

Paste Cuts Film, TV Teams to Recenter on Only Music Coverage

Paste President and Editor-in-Chief Josh Jackson tells TheWrap the site will continue to collaborate with The A.V. Club for film and TV.

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November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM

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Jacob Oller

@jacoboller.bsky.social

Writing for Paste TV and Movies taught me basically everything I know about being a working critic. Allison Keene, Matt Brennan, and @sinacolad.bsky.social were all incredible teachers/editors, and I was lucky enough to take over the Movies section for 4 (pretty great) years

Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 7d

a terrible shame, for many reasons.

and the job market is so bloated with culture reporters with no places to write

www.thewrap.com/paste-layoff...

Paste Cuts Film, TV Teams to Recenter on Only Music Coverage

Paste President and Editor-in-Chief Josh Jackson tells TheWrap the site will continue to collaborate with The A.V. Club for film and TV.

www.thewrap.com

November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM

Dom

@sinacolad.bsky.social

Editing Kyle’s work was one of the things I’m proudest of from my time at Paste, and likewise I’d say that my time editing at Paste was invaluable to figuring out who I wanted to be as a writer

kyle 中和 turner @tylekurner.bsky.social · 7d

very disappointed and sad that @pastemagazine.bsky.social has gutted its non music coverage. @sinacolad.bsky.social was one of my favorite people to work with and the time i spent under his tutelage and writing for Paste helped refine and focus my efforts as a writer and critic. ridiculous!

November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM

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Lacy Baugher Milas

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Today, Paste Magazine shuttered all its non-music verticals, a choice I am both professionally and personally heartbroken about. Sadly, I am once again looking for a place that wants to let me write about Books and TV on the regular, so hit me up if that’s you or anyone you know.

November 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM

Dom

@sinacolad.bsky.social

perfect album that came out the month I turned 16

Cover to the Dismemberment Plan's 'Emergency & I'

November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM

Dom

@sinacolad.bsky.social

Sad to hear about @pastemagazine.bsky.social's Movies section, where I was an associate editor for around 7 years, shuttering. On top of editing so many incredibly talented writers, I was able to write a lot of pieces I am still proud of (🧵), like this 20-year look-back at BAD BOYS II:

This Is Unnecessary: Bad Boys II at 20

20 years ago, Bad Boys II doubled down on the violence, indulgence, and spectacle—because Michael Bay could.

www.pastemagazine.com

November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM

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Suzette Smith

@suzettesmith.bsky.social

"as we swerve into the homestretch of the actual 2025, that anger feels prescient—rejuvenating, even. Tearing society apart at its sinew, screaming into the face of every rich monster who’s made your life miserable, bathing in their pain: That’s that me espresso." - @sinacolad.bsky.social

Movie Review: Righteously Angry 'The Running Man' Concept Squandered on Too Handsome Glen Powell

Dom Sinacola

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November 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM

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The Hollywood Theatre

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Tickets: hollywoodtheatre.org/show/train-dreams

November 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM

Dom

@sinacolad.bsky.social

For the @portlandmercury.com I reviewed THE RUNNING MAN, lamenting how it’s not even close to the rage-filled bonanza it could have been:

Movie Review: Righteously Angry 'The Running Man' Concept Squandered on Too Handsome Glen Powell

Don Sinacola screaming into the face of every rich monster who’s made your life miserable, bathing in their pain: That’s that me espresso. Ken doll adonis

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November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM

Dom

@sinacolad.bsky.social

I love how AI and technology is now wholly geared towards letting you off the hook for feeling anything that is remotely part of human life: grief, guilt, boredom, stress, empathy, fear, love

Chris Paxton @cpaxton.bsky.social · 12d

Nightmarish idea for a startup tbh

November 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM

Dom

@sinacolad.bsky.social

#lastfourwatched boxd.it/9sMh

November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM

Dom

@sinacolad.bsky.social

TRAIN DREAMS starts this weekend at the @hollywoodtheatre.org, one of only a few chances you'll have to see it in a theater before it dumps to Netflix. My review at the @portlandmercury.com:

Movie Review: The Irony of Super Beautiful 'Train Dreams' Being Released by Netflix Is Not Lost on Me

Also very beautiful: William H. Macy.

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November 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM

Dom

@sinacolad.bsky.social

theater in Harney County, OR, from "Not One Drop of Blood" (Devereux, Hinton, 2025)

A one-screen theater on a small, dusky rural Oregon street. The marquee states that the theater is showing "MORBIUS" but it's spelled "MORBUIS" on the left-hand marquee. Posters on either side of the interest have the now-iconic image of Jared Leto as Morbius.

November 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM

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Portland Mercury

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Repertory film screenings trend surreal and nonlinear this month, with cinemas showing The Double Life of Véronique, The Color of Pomegranates, Memoria, and other films that ask for your focus and faith. Read why they're worth it on Second Run.