O(VERLY) D(EDICATED)

NOW IN THEATERS: 

Down River, a rewarding indie drama about four artistic women getting by in Vancouver, B.C.

The One I Love, a contemporary romance with a Twilight Zone-inspired swerve. Starring Mark Duplass and Elisabeth Moss.

Portlanders might also check out the rooftop screening of The King of Comedy next Thursday. The De Niro/Scorsese collaboration is black comedy perfection. On the other hand, look out for The Color Wheel. It's grating.

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Call Her Savage, an entertaining pre-Code melodrama with "It Girl" Clara Bow.

The Children's Hour, a poignant drama with a message with Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, and James Garner.

The Darjeeling Limited, take a look at my notes from my recent introduction to the movie at the NW Film Center, who are in the final weeks of their Wes Anderson festival.

Donkey Skin, a fairy tale from Jacques Demy.

Rosemary's Baby (2014), a pointless television remake with Zoe Saldana in the title role.

The Secret Hearta fair melodrama from 1946 with Claudette Colbert competing with stepdaughter June Allyson for the affections of old man Walter Pidgeon.

The Unforgiven, Audrey Hepburn's only western is also John Huston's answer to The Searchers. 

The Wind Will Carry Us, an intriguing meditation on life and death from Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami.

On the set of The Children's Hour.

Current Soundtrack: Gerard Way, "No Shows" & "Action Cat"

ONLY YEEZUS FORGETS

Another week at the movies...

NOW IN THEATERS...  

* Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp, an interesting man overcomes the conflicting message of the commentary his profilers give him, proving personality always wins.

* Only God Forgives. Hey, Gosling, hurry up with my damn croissants.

* Red 2, the old men need some Viagra, but the ladies have a good time anyway.

* For the Oregonian: A documentary on Big Star, a tribute to Les Blank, and the Serbian gay rights comedy The Parade.

I also take a longer look at those Les Blank films at my Criterion blog, reviewing Burden of DreamsGarlic is as Good as Ten Mothers, and Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe. Read it right here.

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Foolish Wives, the silent classic from Erich von Stroheim, newly mastered in HD.

* Love is a Many-Splendored Thing, a 1950s love story that is starting to show its age. With William Holden and Jennifer Jones. 

* Two versions of Mozart's The Magic Flute: a recent film production from Kenneth Branagh and a more accomplished 1975 adaptation helmed by Ingmar Bergman.

 * Mayerling, the 1957 television production with Audrey Hepburn, long thought to be lost, finds its way into the world at last.

Current Soundtrack: Glasvegas, "I'd Rather Be Dead (Than Be With You);" Bob Dylan, Self Portrait