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Every era has its own great end-of-a-marriage movie. This psychologically raw film, about a small-town Utah couple who agree to a trial separation, is ours.

Killing a quiet masterpiece There's a quiet beauty, as well as a palpable undercurrent of dread, running through director Robert Machoian's The Killing of Two Lovers, a major, welcomed surprise that is as emotionally powerful as its budget is small. The director's stripped-down approach – real locations, sincere improvisation – results in a poignant, haunting piece of cinema verité as we witness one man's desperate attempt to save the family that's being torn away from him. David (Clayne Crawford) is a good man. He works hard, though there seems very little opportunity in the small ...

Film Shorts // May 19-25, 2021 OPENING   Counter Column (PG-13) This Christian drama is about a drug dealer (Chris Gonzales) who tries to escape his life by joining the army. Also with Nathan-Andrew Hight, Michael Kaiser, Zane Castor, Ella Haslett, Madeleine Martinez, Diego Medina, and Lars Nielsen. (Opens Friday at Movie Tavern Hulen) The Dry (R) Eric Bana stars in this thriller as a federal agent who returns to his drought-stricken hometown for a funeral and has to reckon with a decades-old unsolved murder. Also with Genevieve O’Reilly, Keir O’Donnell, John Polson, Julia Blake, Bruce S...

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Get Inside: Nine Things to Do While You’re Stuck at Home This Week Attend TechfestNW, watch the virtual Oregon Beer Awards and pray the Blazers win their first playoff game against the Nuggets. IMAGE: Wesley Lapointe. Updated May 18 at 10:25 PM Stream: Haley Heynderickx at Laurelthirst Pub Laurelthirst Pub, Portland’s oldest music venue, is getting ready to welcome back guests for the first time in over a year, and the...

Updated May 18 at 10:00 PM TOP PICK OF THE WEEK The Killing of Two Lovers *** Robert Machoian’s family drama knows it’s freighted with a foreboding title, and violence looms immediately over this story of a freshly separated couple. The longer it takes for that title to come true, the more we nervously rifle through its possible meanings. Even so, The Killing of Two Lovers slips into an inquisitive mode, deeper than pure tension. We witness father and Western Utah day laborer David (Clayne Crawford) make genuine and misguided efforts to resist the deadbeat-dad status that his moving o...