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Film

Torrey Pines Makes a Great Road Trip Companion

Remember the nineties by getting to know Clyde Peterson. Portland’s screening of Torrey Pines will be special for you if you choose to go. And why not? It’s a Monday night! Presented by Northwest Film Center at the cozy and acoustically ideal Whitsell Auditorium, it features a live band with Zach Burba, Jacob Jaffe, and […]

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Festival Film

NW Animation Fest: Just the right amount of weird

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 […]

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Film

Innocence Through the Cosmic Eye

John and Faith Hubley are possibly the best-kept secret in town. Actually, as commercial animators they produced a living, and one of the most iconic bits in advertising. It is touching and creative enough that even Don Draper would be proud to produce it. My love for older things might be the illusion that cultural […]

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Film

Hubley: Modern Arts in Motion

Going to the movies, at its best, is a transformative experience. Even if it is temporary, the great joy of seeing a film has less to do with what happens on screen than how you feel when you walk out. That is how I would describe my reality after Hubley. It may be temporary, but […]