Articles
The Lost World of Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho
Twenty years later, Gus Van Sant reflects on My Own Private Idaho’s vanished city of flophouses and hustlers.
30 seconds with... Tex Clark
A federal public defense attorney whose 1995 feminist rockumentary, Radical Act, was just re-released.
By Zach Dundas
Courting The Silver Screen
Can you say "Pollywood"? How Oregon is turning movies into big business in Portland.
By Anna Hirsh
Made In Portland
Gus Van Sant might just be the least hip local icon you’ve ever met. “I’m very uncool,” he says. He’s OK with this, and so are we.
By Randy Gragg
How'd You Get That Gig?
Ah...Life on the set on a Hollywood movie. The glitz, the glam—the sixteen-hour days, the freezing cold, the 3 a.m. call times. Making movies might be the toughest job a person could ever love, and these five Portlanders should know.
Hollywood Knights
Phil Knight famously made a fortune as a founder of Nike. Now the shoe king and his son Travis are vying for a foothold in the super-competitive world of filmmaking with a cartoon girl named Coraline.
By Tom McNichol
Skin Flick
James Westby uses the seedy backdrop of the adult film industry to craft a love letter to Hollywood. Just don’t call it a porno.
By Jason Cohen
Twilight Ours
Portland stars in what is expected to be one of the year’s biggest flicks.
By Anna Hirsh
Meet Your Makers
You saw them here first: Portland’s up-and-coming art stars.
By Randy Gragg, Martha Calhoon, and John Chandler
