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Diomysus

By Michael Talbot-Haynes | August 2023

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

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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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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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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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PORTLAND FESTIVAL OF CINEMA, ANIMATION & TECHNOLOGY 2023 REVIEW! The frontiers of your imagination will expand into a horizon of unseen wonders in...

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In the wake of the WGA and SAG strikes, I'd like to say this is a wonderful time for non-union indie films to flourish and thrive. 1960, when the last...

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After the release of Jaws into theaters nearly 50 years ago, the onslaught of sharks on the silver screen has been surging and steady. That wave of shark...

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