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By Calan Panchoo | July 2023

PORTLAND FESTIVAL OF CINEMA, ANIMATION AND TECHNOLOGY 2023 REVIEW! There is a genuine hopefulness at the heart of writer-director Greg Derochie’s Awake. At…

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PORTLAND FESTIVAL OF CINEMA, ANIMATION AND TECHNOLOGY 2023 REVIEW! There is a genuine hopefulness at the heart of writer-director Greg Derochie's Awake....

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The elephant in the room with writer-director Li Ruijun's drama, Return to Dust, is that it was promptly banned in China under suspicious circumstances...

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In writer-director Richard Weston's Western horror, The Song of the Shrike, the road to redemption is long and deadly. It's 1879, and Naseby (Christian...

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The number one rule of committing a successful abduction is to nab the right person. In writer-director Govind Chandran's comedic short, Mr. Mimoto, two...

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PORTLAND FESTIVAL OF CINEMA, ANIMATION & TECHNOLOGY 2023 REVIEW! First, it was George Floyd, and then it was a spree of Asian hate. Frank Harts brings...

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Is it possible to be a benevolent and good cult leader? Directors Patrick Moreau and Grant Peelle profile one such man in their documentary, The Highest...

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Twilight Zone was one of my favorite television shows as a kid. The show was creepy yet insightful. As a result, I find myself drawn to stories about the...

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Based on the bestselling book by Beverly Olevin, Good Side of Bad is a family drama about mental illness and how it affects the loved ones surrounding...

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North Circular is a strikingly perceptive film. Writer-director Luke McManus has conceived a piece of cinema that is uncannily intelligent, from the...

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I thought I knew at least the basics surrounding death and loss. Unfortunately, you never truly know until you actually lose someone close, which happened...

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