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Portland Lesbian and Gay Film Festival premieres with ‘Howl’

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Aaron Tveit as Peter Orlovsky and James Franco as Allen Ginsberg in 'Howl'

Portland’s celebration of all things queer and filmic, well one of them (don’t you love this town?) is here once again to usher in the season of popcorn and snuggling. This year the Portland Lesbian and Gay Film Festival takes over Cinema 21, Living Room Theaters, and The Hollywood Theater starting with the Allen Ginsberg beat biopic Howl.

Now in its 14th year, PLGFF, has grown out of the struggling film festival that could into a vibrant week and a half long celebration that has already sold out VIP platinum passes.

Artistic Director Gabriel Mendoza says of the progression, “In earlier days, simply finding queer films was a challenge…[Now] the challenge is whittling the selection down to what will work best in Portland.”

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Written by || Wed, Sep 29th 2010 at 04:52 PM || Tags: , , , , , , , , || Category: Film || 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Local queer filmmaker takes 'Field Guide to November Days' on tour...by bike

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Film still for 'Field Guide to November Days'

In Portland the queer community and the bike community are inextricably linked. Arts, culture, and film overlap with both. So the latest project from Sampo films, run by Nick Peterson and openly queer partner Mary DeFreese is quintessentially west coast LGBT.

Championed by prominent gay filmmaker Gus Van Sant, the duo’s first several films were shorts that, at 20 to 40 minutes, were difficult to place in either the short or feature space. But soon they brought their cinematically beautiful films, all shot in 16mm to the feature space with 2006’s Yellow. Based on the same characters A Field Guide to November Days is a very different film although co-producer Mary DeFreese says that this time they intended to put splashes of red into every shot. This experimental project features very little dialogue, instead focusing on the intensity of silence and the power of color.  It was also filmed almost entirely by bike.

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Written by || Tue, Jun 15th 2010 at 08:45 AM || Tags: , , , , , , , || Category: Film, Jock, Night Out! || 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Cherie Currie at Portland 'Runaways' premiere

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Movie stars Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning next to their real life counterparts Joan Jett and Cherie Currie

New tough-as-nails chick flick The Runaways tells the story of Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart) and Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning) as they rise from rebellious Southern California kids to rock stars of the now legendary group that paved the way for future generations of girl bands. It’s already playing in theaters across the country, but PDX will have a special “premiere” to raise money for the Rock and Roll Camp for Girls Monday the 5th at the Hollywood Theater (4122 NE Sandy).

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Written by || Thu, Apr 1st 2010 at 02:13 PM || Tags: , , , , , , || Category: Film, Music, Night Out! || Comments are closed