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Portland Critics Association
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Est. 2021. We aim to support the local film community, encourage the preservation of films, and recognize extraordinary achievements in filmmaking. www.portlandcritics.com
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Dom @sinacolad.bsky.social · 1d
Oh hey, it’s me, your boy, quoted in this great article by David, all about how lucky we are to have the Hollywood and see so many wonderful movies on film
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Portland Critics Association @portlandcritics.bsky.social · 1d
For Spin Magazine, our David Harris spotlights Portland's very own "movie mecca"—the @hollywoodtheatre.org 🍿🎥:
www.spin.com/2025/10/port...
Portland’s Hollywood Theatre Is a Mecca for Movie Lovers
Portland, Oregon, is a major city without a major tourist destination. New York City has the Statue of Liberty and countless museums. Chicago has Millennium Par
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Portland Critics Association @portlandcritics.bsky.social · 1d
For Spin Magazine, our David Harris spotlights Portland's very own "movie mecca"—the @hollywoodtheatre.org 🍿🎥:
www.spin.com/2025/10/port...
Portland’s Hollywood Theatre Is a Mecca for Movie Lovers
Portland, Oregon, is a major city without a major tourist destination. New York City has the Statue of Liberty and countless museums. Chicago has Millennium Par
www.spin.com
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Hollywood Theatre @hollywoodtheatre.org · 1d
We feel quite honored to be featured by SPIN in this article by local film critic David Harris! We believe in our mission to help bring the Portland community a true #FilmOnFilm experience, and entertain, inspire, educate and connect our community through the art of film. Thank you all!
Portland’s Hollywood Theatre Is a Mecca for Movie Lovers
Portland, Oregon, is a major city without a major tourist destination. New York City has the Statue of Liberty and countless museums. Chicago has Millennium Par
www.spin.com
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Portland Critics Association @portlandcritics.bsky.social · 15d
Our @mollyhenery.bsky.social is producing a whirlwind of coverage from #FantasticFest2025.

Follow her reviews here:
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Fantastic Fest 2025 Review: Dolly
Fantastic Fest audiences had the chance to see an incredibly disturbing, thrilling world premiere for the film Dolly. The film was directed by Rod Blackhurst (Night Swim, Here Alone), who also wrot…
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Hollywood Theatre @hollywoodtheatre.org · 19d
Thanks Oregon Artswatch for reminding folks about H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, this weekend at the Hollywood, and the Portland Latin American Film Festival, which kicks off on Wednesday 9/24 with AUTOS, MOTA AND ROCK ’N’ ROLL
FilmWatch Weekly: ‘The History of Sound’ makes a powerful echo, plus a fall film festival frenzy takes hold • Oregon ArtsWatch
A busy movie week includes four Portland film fests, including the 30th annual H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, plus documentaries spotlighting Kanye West, the making of Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis," and more.
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Portland Critics Association @portlandcritics.bsky.social · 19d
Our statement on the suspension of @jimmykimmel.com.
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Scene This @scenethispod.bsky.social · 27d
Irkalla - Gilgamesh’s Dream
Full review & interview with Writer/Director Mohamed Al-Daradji

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#TIFF #movies #moviesky #filmsky
Irkalla: Gilgamesh's Dream - A Creative, Fantastical Vision With Grounded, Devastating Realities.
We’ve all longed to escape, whether from the weight of responsibility, the harshness of reality, or the invisible shackles that bind us. Irkalla: Gilgamesh’s Dream takes that universal yearning to ano...
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Molly Henery @mollyhenery.bsky.social · Sep 9
IN THEATERS FRIDAY: The Long Walk is a bleak, emotional gut-punch of a film that still finds hope in a dismal world. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/09/08/t... for my full review.

#horror #movie #film #review #TheLongWalk #StephenKing #FrancisLawrence #JTMollner #CooperHoffman #DavidJonsson
The Long Walk
In 1979, under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, Stephen King published a novel titled “The Long Walk.” Almost forty years later, the story has been adapted into a feature length film. Dir…
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Michael Ornelas @michaelornelas.bsky.social · 29d
2 days down 5 more to go! Come join me at TIFF!

#TIFF #Movies #MovieSky #Filmsky
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Portland Critics Association @portlandcritics.bsky.social · 29d
Our @michaelornelas.bsky.social is at #TIFF this week! Follow along with his coverage:

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MICHAEL ORNELAS’s profile
MICHAEL uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 2,035 films watched. Favorites: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Boogie Nights (1997), GoodFellas (1990), Hereditary (2018). Bio: ...
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Portland Critics Association @portlandcritics.bsky.social · 29d
Our @michaelornelas.bsky.social is at #TIFF this week! Follow along with his coverage:

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MICHAEL ORNELAS’s profile
MICHAEL uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 2,035 films watched. Favorites: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Boogie Nights (1997), GoodFellas (1990), Hereditary (2018). Bio: ...
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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 29d
What to see at Portland’s repertory theaters.
Get Your Reps In: “Marie Antoinette” Reigns Supreme
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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Bennett Campbell Ferguson @bcfonfilm.bsky.social · Aug 25
Satoshi Kon revealed the effect the internet would have on our psyches, with his predictions coming to pass in horrific ways. Learn more in this excellent piece by @marinermo.bsky.social...
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How History Fulfilled the Prophecies of Satoshi Kon - Fools Who Dream Movies
Kon revealed the effect the internet would have on our psyches, with his predictions coming to pass in horrific ways.
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Portland Critics Association @portlandcritics.bsky.social · Aug 12
Our @sinacolad.bsky.social on a "singular" evening with Uncle Francis.

(For @portlandmercury.com.)
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Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · Aug 12
The Portland stop on Francis Ford Coppola's national tour:
•Four solid hours of ebullient ego
•Ten illusions scrawled on a white board
•We only ever got to five of them 😢
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Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis Tour Comes to Portland and the Longest Q&A That Wasn’t
What about the other five "illusions?"
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Molly Henery @mollyhenery.bsky.social · Aug 8
IN THEATERS TOMORROW: WEAPONS is an unexpected, ambitious horror mystery that will have people laughing through the graphic terror. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/08/07/w... for my review.

#horror #movie #film #review #Weapons #ZachCreggers #JuliaGarner #BenedictWong #JoshBrolin
Weapons
After the success of writer and director Zach Cregger’s hit film, Barbarian, audiences have been anxiously awaiting his next feature. Weapons is a frightening horror mystery to keep you up at…
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Portland Critics Association @portlandcritics.bsky.social · Aug 7
It's true! Very happy to welcome Mike to our ranks.
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Molly Henery @mollyhenery.bsky.social · Jul 29
IN THEATERS WEDNESDAY: TOGETHER delivers a relationship drama oozing with the kind of grotesque body horror guaranteed to ruin date night (in a good way). Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/07/28/t... for my full review.

#horror #movie #film #review #MichaelShanks #AlisonBrie #DaveFranco #Together
Together
Over the past couple of years, there has been a huge resurgence in body horror. The latest film fitting in that subgenre is the feature film debut of writer and director Michael Shanks, Together. T…
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Portland Critics Association @portlandcritics.bsky.social · Jul 28
From over the weekend, two positive reviews of "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" from our @chadl.bsky.social and Marc Mohan (@orartswatch.org):

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Film Review: “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”
Third time’s a (fantastic) charm! It’s the third (released) attempt at a Fantastic Four movie, and after two truly embarrassing attempts, this time Marvel Studios got it right. The Fantastic Four:…
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Portland Critics Association @portlandcritics.bsky.social · Jul 25
Ari Aster's "Eddington" is inspiring nothing if not strong reactions. Our David Harris reviewed for Spin.

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‘Eddington’: Ari Aster’s Miserabilism Gets in the Way of a Promising Social Satire
Paul Haggis’ Crash (2004) is a shallow film; its characters nothing more than reductive racial tropes colliding into and screaming epithets at one another
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Portland Critics Association @portlandcritics.bsky.social · Jul 24
And finally, 3 of our members count “Sinners” as the best movie of 2025 so far.

Marc Mohan (of @orartswatch.org) + Morgan Shaunette and @chancesp.bsky.social (of @wweek.com) have a thing for vampire metaphors, the blues, and original blockbusters.
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Portland Critics Association @portlandcritics.bsky.social · Jul 24
Tyler Doupe (@dreadcentral.bsky.social) had a big reaction to the scrappy horror indie "Bark"!
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Portland Critics Association @portlandcritics.bsky.social · Jul 24
Patrick Cavanaugh (@comicbook.com) celebrated the power of Stephen King's sentimental side.
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Portland Critics Association @portlandcritics.bsky.social · Jul 23
For @sinacolad.bsky.social (@portlandmercury.com), it's Jia Zhangke's latest crime epic, "Caught By The Tides."
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Portland Critics Association @portlandcritics.bsky.social · Jul 23
Our @chadl.bsky.social (Spinning Platters) opted for the Soderbergh sleekness of "Black Bag."
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Portland Critics Association @portlandcritics.bsky.social · Jul 23
Our newest member, @mollyhenery.bsky.social, zeroed in on "The Ugly Stepsister" and its Cinderella-inspired take on body horror.
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