We welcome Oregon State University professor Elliot Lavine back to the KBOO
studios to preview his new course at Cinema 21 on classic 1950's science
fiction films and their intersection with Cold War politics.
We're also joined by Portland filmmakers Maria Allred and Dam...
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Sculptor, composer, and animator John Frame last talked with S.W. Conser in
2012, when the Portland Art Museum hosted his exhibition Three Fragments of a
Lost Tale. Now, Frame has returned as production designer for Charles
Gounod's Faust, a co-production of Portland Op...
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In this extended conversation with artist and animator John Frame, we learn
more about his design work for Charles Gounod's Faust, a co-production
of Portland Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago. John talks about his
fascination with the centuries-old characters of Doctor ...
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Our guests are Baba Wagué Diakite and Ronna Neuenschwander, Cascade
Festival of African Films mainstays, who are holding a fundraiser for KBOO
and the Ko-Falen Center at the Clinton Street Theater, and a couple of
teenage filmmakers, Henry Craddock and Mackie Mallison, ...
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Craig Thompson took the comics world by storm in 2003 with his epic graphic
memoir Blankets, a poignant recollection of young love and lost innocence,
and cemented his literary reputation with 2011's Habibi.
Now, Craig has re-issued his 2004 sketchbook travelogue Carnet de ...
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Film historian Elliot Lavine examines the intersection of film and politics
in 20th century America
Film Noir, now considered a classic genre of independent cinema, was often
disdained by critics during its heyday. And no critics were harsher in the
1940's and 50's tha...
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Portland alt-comics heavyweights Barry Deutsch (Hereville) and Becky Hawkins
(French Toast Comix) have teamed up to create SuperButch, the adventures of a
lesbian superhero and the citizens whose lives she transforms. Set in the
1940's when many gay Americans led double...
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To commemorate the final season of Portlandia, IFC's love/hate letter to
Portland, we welcome three of the show's guiding talents.
Emmy-nominated series producer David Cress has been a creative force in
Portland for over twenty years and has helped promote Oregon as a d...
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Portland animator Paul Harrod has built sets for Pee-Wee's Playhouse,
sculpted California Raisins for Will Vinton, and directed episodes of the
breakthrough animated TV series The PJs.
During a recent trip to the Burning Man arts festival, Paul answered a call
from film...
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In this extended conversation with Portland animator Paul Harrod, we hear
more about his adventures working with filmmaker Wes Anderson, as well as
the likes of Lily Tomlin, Eddie Murphy, and Larry Wilmore.
During a recent trip to the Burning Man arts festival, Paul answ...
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