The Handmaiden’s Cruel Beauty
A ravishing, demented effort from Park Chan-Wook. by Marc Mohan THE HANDMAIDEN runs almost two and a half hours, but it’s stuffed with enough narrative twists and detail to fill a movie twice as long....
View ArticleIssa Rae Will Cure Your Broken Pussy
There isn’t another show like Insecure. by Jenni Moore THERE ISN’T ANOTHER show like Insecure—a show by and for black women. Girlfriends went off the air in 2008, and Being Mary Jane and Scandal’s...
View ArticleWerner Herzog Versus the Volcano
The skeletons, cargo cults, and exploding lava Into the Inferno. by Erik Henriksen “IT IS HARD to take your eyes off the fire that burns deep under our feet, everywhere, under the crust of the...
View ArticleDavid Pumpkins Does Not Appear in Inferno
Sure, watch it on a plane—just make sure you fall asleep before the terrible ending. by Ned Lannamann TOM HANKS is Our Greatest Living Actor. This is nowhere more evident than in Sir Hanks’ latest and...
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Bullseye Glass Might Have Polluted Groundwater, Too
State testing suggests heavy metals were draining from its roof for decades. by Daniel Forbes IN MID-SEPTEMBER, some seven months after Bullseye Glass entered a vortex of regulatory oversight and...
View ArticleHall Monitor: The Mayor’s Private Rap Session
City employees have questions about the police union contract, too. by Dirk VanderHart FOR EVIDENCE that Portland’s new police contract continues to be the city’s leading civic drama, look to the...
View ArticleProsecutors Say the Racist Who Ran Down Larnell Bruce “Cannot Be Rehabilitated”
He was let off the hook for a violent assault just last year. by Doug Brown THE WHITE SUPREMACIST prison gang member who admitted to running over and killing a black teen this summer almost certainly...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
“If all pub and restaurant patios were smoke-free, they’d get a lot more patrons.”SMOKINRE: “The State Just Outlawed a Bunch of Portland Smoking Patios” [News, Oct 19]. “A change to state...
View ArticleMillennial Tales of Terror
True horror stories from Mercury writers about ghosts, serial killers, and the worst date ever. by Mercury Staff Smooth ExorcistBy Suzette SmithFor a while, I lived in a Detroit mansion. It had three...
View ArticleHello, Hungary
Langosh, goulash and schnitzel at Hungaricana food cart. by Andrea Damewood PORTLAND HAS Shreveport, Louisiana, to thank for its only Hungarian food cart.That’s where Hungaricana chef and co-owner...
View ArticleOregon Breweries Win Big at the Great American Beer Festival
Oregon breweries win big at the Great American Beer Festival. by Brian Yaeger BTU BRASSERIE, Portland’s only Chinese-style brewpub, earned its first medal at the 35th annual Great American Beer...
View ArticleAssistance Portrays the Sad Desk Life a Little Too Well
When your protagonists are named Nick and Nora, you know things are dire. by Megan Burbank FOR FOUR YEARS, playwright Leslye Headland worked as an assistant for studio executive Harvey Weinstein, and...
View ArticleI, Anonymous
The best and worst of Portland. by Anonymous TO THE 20 OR 30 people who walked by a man sobbing uncontrollably and screaming for his life in the middle of the Burnside Bridge, you suck. You ignored...
View ArticlePut Your Pinkies Up at Adelina Books
Portland’s newest bookstore is a safe space for art and film snobs. by Kjerstin Johnson ENTER THE Boys Fort storefront at SW 9th and Morrison. Head right—past the “503” baseball caps, the letterpress...
View ArticleShawn Levy Recounts the Sweet Life
Dolce Vita Confidential is a look into postwar Italy’s blossoming film industry. by Robert Ham IN THE YEARS following the end of World War II, the people of Italy began a slow but steady crawl beyond...
View ArticleI’m Just Visiting
Portland is better than LA because hot milk. by Hutch Harris Welcome me back to Portland! It’s been so long, it’s so nice to see me again. I’ve resided in Portland for 18 years, but have spent almost...
View ArticlePortland’s Pretty
Hot looks and free can wine at the Danner Boots party! by Marissa Sullivan WEDNESDAY NIGHT: I was getting sick, the last Hillary/Trump debate was on (#ImWithHer just in case there’s any confusion),...
View ArticleHey Portland, Drive the Car!
by Anonymous I personally make a choice to not drive to have as little contact with you types as possible, and this is why. When you're driving and you see someone walking or on a bike more than half...
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Blazers vs. Jazz Recap: It's Opening Night Y'all!
by Arthur Bradford It was a record breaking night, the 16th straight home opening win by our very own Portland Trailblazers. That's the longest streak ever by an NBA team—but that wasn't even the best...
View ArticleThose Double Standards
by Anonymous You like your belongings prim, proper, and orderly. You like to have control of your property and furniture. You like to make plans. You have to. We all have to. You like to know when to...
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