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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...

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...

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...

(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...

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....

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...

Above: Courtney Cox returns for "Scream VI." (Paramount Pictures) Horror franchises have become all too common. To the “Halloween,” “Friday the 13th” and “Ni...

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 ...

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...

Above: Eden Dambrine, Émilie Dequenne and Gustav De Waele star in "Close." (Photo/A24) Movie review: "Close," directed and co-written by Lukas Dhont, starring Eden Dambri...

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...

(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...

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...

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...