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Portland-raised director Todd Field was best known, before now, for his acclaimed “In the Bedroom,” but with Cate Blanchett as the central character in his new work “TÁR,” Field has made his most formally disciplined yet ultimately enigmatic work.
Portland is a perfect place to bring stop motion characters to life, according to animator and director Henry Selick. “You know, those long, gray, wet winters are perfect for staying inside,” he told the Mercury. Though he directed several outstanding stop motion films at Walt Disney Studios—like the 1993 Nightmare Before Christmas and 1996 James […]
The Anti-Banality Union (ABU) has been making films for more than a decade, but they’ve never picked up a camera. Instead their work is reminiscent of the Moscow Film School—the world’s first film school, where a shortage of film stock meant students repeatedly edited existing works, leading to the montage as we know it. This […]
It was nearly a decade ago that Paste called the Portland Film Festival (PFF) a “rising star” that “reflects the beautiful, crazy, eclectic, nutty city it lives in.” Now, going into their tenth year, the festival is looking to make the most of 2022, with additional films and more opportunities for audiences to connect. Clocking […]
“Yes, we do plays, but we wondered, how else could we… respond to issues happening in our communities?”
Despite being a theater, Portland Playhouse also elevates local film. In 2020, they held a virtual film festival called Wonderland that showcased four local shorts from different artists. Now, t
They’re following up a successful virtual screening of local short film with a new installment, Return to Wonderland, which will screen a collection of shorts from four new filmmakers.
The experience of watching Sam Now, a 2022 documentary from a Portland director with roots in Seattle, is as painful as it is poetic. Making use of old home movies, short Super 8 films, and crisp HD videos, Sam Now spans decades of life in the troubled Harkness family and a mother’s departure from it.
Woodland Grey Franky Films Watching horror can feel like a strange undertaking right now—as there is, after all, more than enough to be scared of out in the real world. Yet to many, horror films offer a sense of respite and catharsis. They allow us to experience fear at a distance while still diving headfirst […]
Sunday’s Being BeBe tells the behind-the-scenes story of drag star BeBe Zahara Benet . Courtesy of Work and Serve Productions LLC For a second year, Portland Pride festival attendees can enjoy two nights of outdoor queer film screenings, as part of the weekend of LGBTQIA+ community programming in downtown Tom McCall Waterfront Park. The showings—dubbed […]
Chris Eyre (center) with Zahn McClarnon (left) and Kiowa Gordon (right) at a Dark Winds premiere in Sante Fe. Jim Weber for AMC Networks Filmmaker Chris Eyre loves to discuss the craft of cinematic storytelling, especially where the intersection of Native American experiences and the western film genre overlap. A member of the Southern Cheyenne […]
A still from the short film Masks Courtesy of Outside the Frame The six-minute short film Masks tackles a perspective that many can’t even imagine: what its like to live with schizophrenia. The audience follows the film’s writer and mononymous main star Cole as they walk along NW Broadway, buzzing the hair off their head. […]
Catch Girl God’s April Clark and Grace Freud at The Old Church on Saturday, May 21. FELIX WALWORTH In the world of stand-up, April Clark and Grace Freud of the comedy group Girl God carry on a legacy that goes back decades—at least according to them. “We are the most famous trans comedy duo of […]
Photo by Archie Blue, courtesy of Niles Abston Comedian, writer, and filmmaker Niles Abston has a lot on his mind. He recently made a short film, Notice To Quit, he just got hired to write for a hit FX show, and now he’s returning to the Pacific Northwest to work on material for his second […]
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