THRU Magazine Archive
The more one lives life, the more they realize that it is not an experience that can very easily be tied up in a pretty bow. Things get dark, weird, confusing, and very rarely offer the privilege of a pretty conclusion; that however, does not mean our documentaries can’t be like that! Crescendo! The Power […]
Balikbayan #1 Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III screens on Friday, May 1st at 7 PM at the Whitsell Auditorium. Stories told through a logic of unrestrained chaos are often maddening and seemingly unnecessary experiences. Nothing alienates an audience further than the feeling that an artist is splashing paint on a wall; allowing “the powers that be,” […]
I knew there was going to be trouble within the first 10 minutes of Koinonia, an independent film directed by Andrew Finnigan and premiering at the Northwest Film Center March 19th. Koinonia begins well with delicate and ethereal imagery of lush, green forests, serene river streams, and abstract imagery of a bearded man and a […]
No matter the context, the first feature from any director is always interesting. Sometimes their debut manages to be one of their best. Richard Linklater’s Slacker comes to mind as a feature that is one of his most powerful; it is simple, emotionally profound and adventurous in its execution. There is also the debut that falls short of […]
I once owned a VHS copy of Fantastic Planet that had been abandoned in the basement of an old Portland home, cluttered with signs of musician life. There is something very appealing about this film to musicians, myself included. We tend to seek unique visual experience in line with our musical pallet as well as […]