Film & Television

Events

What to Do in Oregon in June

Goonies Day hits Astoria, a Bach festival kicks off in Eugene, wine country shows some Pride, and more!

06/02/2023 By Portland Monthly Staff

Animation

A Behind-the-Scenes Pinocchio Exhibit Lands at Portland Art Museum

'Guillermo del Toro: Crafting Pinocchio,' with props and set from the Oscar-winning film, is on view at PAM from June 10 to September 17.

05/31/2023 By Conner Reed

Portland in the Movies

A Nike Historian Weighs In on What Air Got Right—and Wrong

The movie, with Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Viola Davis, nailed the vibe, even if the characters and Portland-area geography are way off.

04/28/2023 By Margaret Seiler

Books

A Margaret Talks to Margarets about Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret

Margarets everywhere, including a few in Oregon, are excited about the "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret" movie, opening April 28.

04/19/2023 By Margaret Seiler

Reality TV

Love Is Blind’s Kwame Is Confident About One Thing: Seattle, You’re Overpriced

While we don’t understand why you’d get engaged on reality TV, we can certainly understand why you’d pick Portland over Seattle.

04/14/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Silver Screen

A Movie About Movies Is Filming at One of Portland’s Oldest Cinemas

With sponsorship from PAM CUT and a cast featuring Carla Rossi, Genre Flick will shoot at the Clinton Street Theater in May.

03/30/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Film

Guillermo del Toro's Portland-Made 'Pinocchio' Wins Oscar for Best Animated Film

The filmmaker's take on the fairy tale was made with ShadowMachine in Northwest Portland; Goonies alum Ke Huy Quan's Oscar had an Oregon connection.

03/12/2023 By Margaret Seiler

Under the Sea

Keiko's Legacy, 30 Years after Free Willy

After striking box office gold in the 1993 Oregon-shot film, the iconic orca made a huge splash in the world of marine mammal conservation efforts.

02/21/2023 By Sam Pape

True Crime

Lifetime Movie Brings Daniel Brophy Murder to the Small Screen

Cybill Shepherd and Steve Guttenberg star in the ripped-from-the-headlines made-for-TV movie about the murder of a local chef and culinary instructor.

01/13/2023 By Margaret Seiler

Year in Review

The Best Oregon-Made Books, Films, Music, Theater, and Art of 2022

From a Decemberist’s spine-chilling ghost story to a joyful album from an old Portland master, 2022 was the year the arts roared back to life.

12/14/2022 By Conner Reed

Food on TV

Q&A: Netflix’s Snack vs Chef Features Portland Chef and Baker Luna Contreras

Contreras, along with other chefs, food scientists, and bakers, recreated classic corner store snacks in the new TV cooking competition show.

12/07/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Film

Inside Guillermo del Toro’s Portland-Made Pinocchio

The decade-in-the-making stop-motion spectacle sets Collodi’s classic tale against the backdrop of Fascist Italy. It opens in Portland November 23.

11/23/2022 By Conner Reed

Sports on TV

Where to Watch the Qatar 2022 World Cup in Portland, with Game Schedule

Some bars will open early for soccer games, while some open at 7 a.m. year-round. And it's the last hurrah for Toffee Club, which will close in December.

11/19/2022 By Margaret Seiler

Books

Reese Witherspoon Wasn’t at the Portland Book Festival, Per Se

Taylor Jenkins Reid, Tom Perrotta, and other Witherspoon-adjacent authors came out for the 2022 Portland Book Festival.

11/08/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Photo Essay

Portland Is One of America's Great Moviegoing Towns

The Rose City is overflowing with ornate, independent movie houses. We zeroed in on 7.

11/01/2022 By Conner Reed Photography by Michael Novak

Soccer

Where to Watch the Portland Thorns in the NWSL Final on Saturday, October 29

6 local bars are official ‘pub partners’ of the soccer team, including the Sports Bra and Prost!, and will be showing the game on CBS.

10/27/2022 By Margaret Seiler

Film Review

Portland-Made Wendell & Wild Is a Head-Spinning Display of Craftsmanship

The latest dispatch from the minds of Jordan Peele and Henry Selick is an overstuffed, overstimulating feast of delicious stop-motion animation.

10/24/2022 By Conner Reed

Business

What Happened after Shark Tank for These Oregon Entrepreneurs?

An Oregonian hit paydirt on the first episode of this season. But what about seasons gone by?

10/18/2022 By Julia Silverman

Film

Where to Watch Horror Movies on the Big Screen in Portland This Halloween

The city's stalwart repertory theaters are ready to bring a chill to your October.

10/12/2022 By Conner Reed

Cinemas

The Hollywood Theatre Gets a Makeover

The iconic Portland cinema’s façade receives a long-awaited renovation.

10/11/2022 By Conner Reed