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Reel Music 31 – THIS AIN’T NO MOUSE MUSIC!
As a teenager in 1947, Chris Strachwitz migrated from Germany to the United States, where he saw a film that would change his life forever: NEW ORLEANS, starring Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong....
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Reel Music 31 – CHARLES LLOYD: ARROWS INTO INFINITY
Charles Lloyd became one of the most popular and influential jazz musicians of the 1960s when his album “Forest Flower” crossed over to the mainstream. But almost as quickly, he vanished from public...
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Reel Music 31 – MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR REVISITED
Buoyed by the earlier success of A HARD DAY’S NIGHT and the triumphant success of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” The Beatles began shooting a new film in September 1967 to introduce six new...
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Reel Music 31 – MADE IN PORTLAND: SELECTIONS FROM THE PORTLAND MUSIC VIDEO...
Music videos are the ultimate marriage of art and commerce; a breeding ground for up-and-coming filmmakers experimenting with their craft; a visual means of expression for musicians, singers, and...
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Reel Music 31 – BABE’S AND RICKY’S INN
From 1957 to its closing in 2007, Laura Mae Gross’s legendary South Central Los Angeles blues club was ground zero for a generation of music lovers and legends. Welcoming to all audiences, everyone...
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Reel Music 31 – BROTHERS HYPNOTIC
For the eight young men in the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, “brotherhood” is literal: they’re all sons of anti-establishment jazz legend Phil Cohran. Cohran and their mothers raised them together on...
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Reel Music 31 – MEAN STREETS
Based in part on his own experiences in the darker corners of New York’s Little Italy, MEAN STREETS is Martin Scorsese’s parable of a man attempting to reconcile his violent lifestyle with an...
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The 40th Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival – November 8-16
The Northwest Film Center is proud to announce the line-up for its 40th annual survey of new work by regional media artists, the Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival (formerly the Northwest Film & Video...
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40th NW Filmmakers’ Fest Highlights: EDEN
In this electrifying thriller inspired by true events, Jamie Chung (THE HANGOVER, THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS) stars as Hyun Jae, a young Korean-American girl abducted and forced into prostitution by...
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40th NW Filmmakers’ Fest Highlights: The SHORTS III program
Join us this Sunday, November 10th at 7pm for the SHORTS III presentation at the 40th Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival at our Whitsell Auditorium, located in the Portland Art Museum (1219 SW Park...
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40th NW Filmmakers’ Fest Highlights: CITY BABY
“This pungent, Portland-set tale features a striking performance by Cora Benesh as Cloey, a 25-year-old aspiring actress facing a turning point in her life. Freewheeling party girl Cloey is...
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40th NW Filmmakers’ Fest Highlights: CAMERA SHY
Larry (Nicolas Wright) is an unprincipled city councilman who doesn’t mind a little fraud and infidelity if it advances his political career and strokes his ego. Soon, however, he notices an uncanny...
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40th NW Filmmakers’ Fest Highlights: FINDING TRUELOVE
Clay, Michael, and Andrew are fascinated by a yearbook from Chico High’s Class of 1990, which they discover at a Value Village. Intrigued by the cryptic word “caduceus” emblazoned across the cover and...
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40th NW Filmmakers’ Fest Highlights: JUNK
Kaveh and Raul are two B-movie co-writers who have suffered a bitter falling out. Kaveh has lost his girlfriend and spends his days getting high, while Raul is across the country studying at Columbia....
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40th NW Filmmakers’ Fest Highlights: ALL THE LABOR
For two decades, The Gourds have played their rock/folk/country tunes, gathered cult listeners, and always managed to float just under the radar of mainstream success—exactly where they like it....
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