News NEW YORK (January 26-29, 2007) -- Portland's Cinema Syndicate film collective, lead by Sean McGrath, is one of five final teams (out of an original 1200 worldwide) competing this week at the 48 Hour Film Project HD Filmmaker Showdown festival in New York City.

If Syndicate's preliminary "Tooth and Nail" mockumentary about a vampire running for the Senate —yes, he drinks b...   More

Featured Stories Katie O'Grady can clean a mean toilet—no small feat, considering she can do it while looking impeccably bright-eyed, blond and put together. She's also well-versed in trash bags and sweater vest ...   More

Featured Stories One rainy day, a young man in Portland, Ore., has the feeling of splitting in half when he closes his eyes. A Portland actress feels she has to eat to be sexy—but she cannot bear to eat in front ...   More

Featured Stories Portland's indie filmmakers, fleet of foot and high on two days of no sleep, arrived en masse at the Jupiter Hotel on Sunday, Aug. 13, rushing to turn in their digital short films before a 7:30 pm dea ...   More

Featured Stories Dead bodies are easy to manage. Before long, they must be burned or buried or wrapped in flags and tossed in the sea.The worldly traces of a life are the trickier residues to resolve. Photographs, swe ...   More