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The Met: Live in HD goes all Wagner on us

Above: The Met: Live in HD presents the Wagner opera "Lohengrin." (Photo/The Met) It took years for the great composer Richard Wagner to compose his opera “Lohengrin.” He base...

Meh reviews for ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’

Above: "Helen Mirren and Lucy Lio star in "Shazam! Fury of the Gods." (Photo/Warner Bros.) OK, so the reviews of “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” are finally pouring in. And at...

Post-Oscar releases boast a wide variety

Above: Zachary Levi (center) stars in "Shazam! Fury of the Gods." (Photo/Warner Bros.) Now that the Oscars are out of the way, we can get back to regular moviegoing. And the coming week o...

Author tries to make sense of senseless war

(Photo/OR Books) One of the most predictable things you’re bound to find in a news report is some reference to war. It’s been that way since the advent of journalism. These days, the...

Poitras documentary pits Goldin vs Sacklers

Above: Nan Goldin is the subject of the documentary "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed." (Photo/Neon) Movie review: "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed," directed by Laura Poitras....

Author probes North Dakota family mystery

We all have family secrets. Well, at least some of us do. Erika Bolstad certainly did. Bolstad, a Portland author, reveals one of her family’s longstanding secrets in her nonfiction book &ldq...

‘Juniper’ features Rampling as a bad grandma

Above: Charlotte Rampling stars in "Juniper," which opens Friday at the Magic Lantern. (Photo/Greenwich Entertainment) Note: "One Fine Morning" will not open Friday at the ...

‘My Name Is Andrea’: Dworkin’s roar lives on

Above: Andrea Riseborough is one of five actresses who appears in "My Name Is Andrea." (Photo/Film Collaborative) There are as many ways to do a film biography as there are important peop...

Time again for Studio Ghibli Fest, Miyazaki

Above: Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" will close out the 2023 Ghibli Studio Fest. (Photo/Fathom Events) I can still remember the first time I watched “Spirited Away.” It...

Teacher’s book lauds forgotten engineer Riblet

(Photo-illustration/Auntie's Bookstore) If you read The Spokesman-Review, as I do, you tend to learn things. One good example: In August, 2021, members of the Spokane Historic Monuments Comm...

Oscar nominee Hirsch brightens ‘iMordecai’

Above: Judd Hirsch stars in "iMordecai," which is scheduled to open Friday at the Magic Lantern Theatre. (Photo/Greenwich Entertainment) Most people remember Judd Hirsch from his tenure o...

Friday’s openings: Fighting leads the way

Above: Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Banks stars in "Creed III." (Photo/United Artists) The movie year is finally getting under way with a full range of mainstream openings scheduled for...

Shyamalan retains style but lacks story sense

Above: Ben Aldridge, Kristen Cui and Jonathan Goff star in M. Night Shyamalan's "Knock at the Cabin." (Photo/Universal Pictures) Movie review: "Knock at the Cabin," directed...