THRU Magazine Archive
Immediately after my initial encounter with Inherent Vice, the seventh film by widely celebrated auteur Paul Thomas Anderson, the very first sentence I typed for this article was: Paul Thomas Anderson has finally made a bad movie. However, something compelled me to watch it for a second time. Whether this decision to see it again […]
Starting next Thursday, January 22 and running through February 1, an eleven-day program called Fertile Ground will present numerous new works. Tagged “Abundant Acts of Creation in Portland”, it is a city-wide theater-centric arts festival now going in to its fifth year and will feature a multitude of genres such as dance, comedy, and staged readings. A week ago, […]
An afternoon with Annie Hinkes, Portland artist and jeweler, discussing her product line, Ana Eugenia. We talk about her evolution as a craftswoman and the great influences of family and the arts. Annie Hinkes’ jewelry designs bring to mind the metallic surfaces of northwest rivers. And the spectrum of blue and gray textures on the Oregon […]
Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes by Thom Yorke Three months ago, Thom Yorke followed up his debut solo record, Eraser (2006, XL Records), with the most computer-based full-length album to date: Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes. It came as a surprise to everyone. Media kind of snubbed it; maybe they took offense being treated like everyone else, since they didn’t get […]
Bodyland by Oded Graf & Yossi Berg A man awakens within himself like a child in awe and moves on to do wondrous things in his reality rediscovered. What at first appears to be total experience becomes a game when imbued with the life of others, blood and soil. As this wonder externalizes and the […]