Despite its somewhat clunky and heavy-handed metaphors, the latest film from Thomas Vinterberg is an amazing and touching film.
Portland International Film Festival
Andrew Collins
James Reviews Ignacio Ferreras’ Wrinkles [PIFF 2013 Review]
An intimate and unflinching look at old age and what happens to your mind, body and soul.
James McCormick
Catherine Reviews Mark Kitchell’s A Fierce Green Fire [PIFF 2013 Review]
Mark Kitchell's documentary, a broad overview of the environmentalism's historical trek has is more a schizophrenic introduction than anything revelatory.
Catherine Stebbins
Scott Reviews Sergei Loznitsa’s In the Fog [PIFF 2013 Review]
Loznitsa's follow-up to My Joy is a well-wrought, though less audacious endeavor.
Scott Nye
Scott Reviews Karen Shakhnazarov’s White Tiger [PIFF 2013 Review]
A film that's at once a horror and war picture without many of the markers of either.
Catherine Reviews Werner Herzog and Dimitry Vasylukov’s Happy People: A Year in the Taiga [PIFF 2013 Review]
Constructing his documentary from footage shot by Dimitry Vasylukov, Werner Herzog sadly disappoints with his latest.
David Reviews Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Neighboring Sounds [PIFF 2013 Review]
A cloud of tension and paranoia drifts in from the northeast coast of Brazil.
David Blakeslee
Joshua Reviews Pablo Traperos’ White Elephant [PIFF 2013 Review]
New film from Carancho helmer Pablo Trapero is both well acted, and oddly inert.
Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Reviews Carlos Reygadas’ Post Tenebras Lux [PIFF 2013 Review]
This obtuse drama may be one of 2013's most intriguing, and frustrating, foreign affairs.
Scott Reviews Alain Resnais’ You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet! [PIFF 2013 Review]
At ninety, the legendary filmmaker continues to surprise, astonish, and move.
Andrew Reviews Cristian Mungiu’s Beyond The Hills [PIFF 2013 Review]
Andrew takes a look at the new film from the director of 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days, which just screened at the Portland International Film Festival
Catherine Reviews Moussa Touré’s La Pirogue [PIFF 2013 Review]
A humanistic and moving Senegalese film about immigrating from West Africa to Spain in a dangerous sea voyage.
David Reviews Peter Mettler’s The End Of Time [PIFF 2013 Review]
A visionary and ambitious documentary that nudges us to ponder the mystery of existence.
David Reviews Kenji Uchida’s Key Of Life [PIFF 2013 Review]
A fascinating Japanese amalgamation of crime-suspense, romantic comedy and social satire.
Scott Reviews Markus Imhoof’s More Than Honey [PIFF 2013 Review]
Doc on declining bee population says just as much about our own.