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By Terry Sherwood | August 2023

At its best, art can illuminate the culture in which it is made. In this time of worldwide upheaval, political polarization, and…

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At its best, art can illuminate the culture in which it is made. In this time of worldwide upheaval, political polarization, and frequent violence, society...

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PORTLAND FESTIVAL OF CINEMA, ANIMATION & TECHNOLOGY 2023 REVIEW! Joël Gibbs' animated short, The Moon Followed Me to Falmouth, is the story of a...

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The organizers of the Oscars® qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival (HSFF), are excited to reveal their 2023 jury members. The jury consists of eighteen...

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PORTLAND FESTIVAL OF CINEMA, ANIMATION & TECHNOLOGY 2023 REVIEW! Puppet mice get squeaky about being freaky in Diomysus, the comedic documentary short...

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"I meddled with things Man must leave alone." This famous quote is from James Whale's 1935 The Invisible Man. That musing by the dying Claude Rains poses...

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Art is a mirror of life, and that's true for Shaily Sanghvi's short film, Pirouette: The Circle of Life. The film is a poem, a reflection on the theme of...

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NOW IN THEATERS! In the wake of Nolan's sweeping 3-hour political epic Oppenheimer, writer-director Steve James has produced a modest documentary that...

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Director Elijah Broughton and screenwriter Sean Furey bring some sci-fi fun with their alien invasion short film, Attack of the Swole People. A...

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The stripped-down retro slasher Late Checkout, from director Josh Graves, peels off the needless fat and gets straight to the bloody core. The screenplay,...

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Writer-director Julius Charles Ritter's feature, What Did Deborah Do?, is one of those films where I'm still wrestling with the plot even now as I write...

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