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World premiere score for The General to go on tour throughout August. Walking into Hollywood Theatre over ten minutes late for a press screening, I wasn’t sure if I was missing the beginning of the movie. I walked in while composer and sound engineer Mark Orton was sitting center stage, introducing the story behind his […]
Hannah Arendt and the cold behavior of ideology. Today opens the Portland Jewish Film Festival, presented by Northwest Film Center. Over the next two weeks, 15 films will screen from directors across the globe, strung together in the telling of Jewish history and culture. I first watched Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt, which screens on […]
With multiple entry points, the annual festival brings something for everyone. In many ways, the animated short is a thankless medium. With few mainstream distribution channels, the joys of this usually bizarre medium are often known only to the most adventurous of YouTube explorers. As a kid, some of the darker shorts peppered between installments […]
The visual diaries of Wim Wenders concludes “Portraits Along the Road.” Concluding Northwest Film Center’s Wim Wenders retrospective are some of the German director’s far lesser-known works, many of which are documentaries. I was surprised to find out that in Wenders’ four decades in the film industry, he’s actually been most prolific in this arena. Often […]
“The Left-Handed Woman” is an unlonely story of being alone. In a scene from the opening ten minutes of Peter Handke’s “The Left-Handed Woman,” Marianne picks up her husband, Bruno at the airport after a business trip. He gently bows into her at the top of the escalator and she supports his leaning body. In […]