This imaginative French animated film gets by just enough on its ideas and visual palette.
Portland International Film Festival
Catherine Stebbins
Scott Nye
Joshua Reviews Benjamin Avila’s Clandestine Childhood [PIFF 2013 Review]
The coming of age tale features some top notch performances, but does it offer up much more?
Joshua Brunsting
David Reviews Hiroyuki Okiura’s A Letter To Momo [PIFF 2013 Review]
A beautiful blend of a teenager's reality and mythic Japanese fantasy makes for a new anime classic.
David Blakeslee
David Reviews Patrik Eklund’s Flicker [PIFF 2013 Review]
The award-winning Swedish comedy has drawn comparisons to the Coen Brothers and The Office.
36th Portland International Film Festival Line-Up Announced
The full line-up for the 36th Annual Portland International Film Festival has been announced, and it is incredible.
Ryan Gallagher
PIFF 2013 Preview: Pablo Berger’s Blancanieves
The Portland International Film Festival celebrates their 36th year by opening with Pedro Berger's silent.
James Reviews Jannicke Systad Jacobsen’s Turn Me On, Dammit! [PIFF 2012 Review]
James takes a look at this Norwegian coming of age tale of a 15 year old girl who is a bit obsessed with sex.
James McCormick
Andrew Reviews Don Argott & Demian Fenton’s Last Days Here [PIFF 2012 Review]
As PIFF winds down this weekend, Andrew takes a look at the new documentary highlighting the Pentagram frontman, Bobby Liebling.
Andrew Collins
James Reviews Young-doo Oh’s Invasion Of Alien Bikini [PIFF 2012 Review]
Sometimes a film expands upon it's quirky title. And other times a film has only a title to go by. This is the latter.
James Reviews Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol’s A Cat In Paris [PIFF 2012 Review]
Does this film deserve its Oscar nod for Best Animated feature?
Catherine Reviews Julia Murat’s Found Memories [PIFF 2012 Review]
A Brazilian village with only eleven elderly inhabitants are changed by the appearance of a young photographer in Julia Murat's first narrative feature.
David Reviews Kaneto Shindo’s Postcard [PIFF 2012 Review]
Shindo's final film is a moving reminiscence of grief and endurance in the aftermath of World War II.
David Reviews Alysa Nahmias & Benjamin Murray’s Unfinished Spaces [PIFF 2012 Review]
A documentary about art, architecture and persistent creativity in post-revolutionary Cuba.
Catherine Reviews Corinna Belz’s Gerhard Richter Painting [PIFF 2012 Review]
A startlingly insightful look at painter Gerhard Richter, and the indescribable creative process, in this observational documentary.