Dana Alston

After It Went Unfinished for 10 Years, a Portland Made Documentary Took an Unexpected Turn

The meaningful, yet small story behind “Henry’s Hair” grew in magnitude when McCrea was in the final stages of making the documentary. “Henry’s Hair” went unfinished for almost 10 years, until McCrea decided to enter post-production in 2017. Shortly thereafter, he was diagnosed with terminal heart disease and given six months to live. So Portland’s film community rallied around McCrea to bring the project to fruition. Videographers, editors and sound designers all offered to help McCrea, free of charge.

New Movie “Gemini” Is a Portland-Grown Vision of LA

“Gemini” unfolds like a languid dream. The film’s opening shot is of a row of distorted palm trees, inviting us into a neon-soaked Los Angeles. It follows Jill LeBeau (Lola Kirke) as she tries to solve a brutal murder, but the soft visual palette rejects any hard-boiled crime trappings. Pulsing beats and low-synthesized hums drift in and out of the soundscape, and LA is at the forefront of every scene.

New Documentary “Thou Shall Not Tailgate” Finds Old Portland In Sellwood Resident Chuck Linville

“What you find [in Portland] now is kind of pasted-on weirdness. Weirdness sold for profit. Chuck’s weirdness comes out from within, and is a representation of a time when Portland was a much stranger place. His house sits in a nice little neighborhood with groomed yards. And it stands out.”

Here’s What We’re Most Excited to See at This Year’s Reel Music Festival

The 35th iteration of the festival kicks off this Friday with a lineup that includes movies that challenge not just how we see music, but how we see film.

Found Footage Festival Unearths The Weirdest VHS Tapes Its Organizers Can Find

Part stage production and part Mystery Science Theater 3000, the festival, which will play at this week at the Hollywood Theatre, showcases bizarre finds from the VHS underground.

A New Movie Hopes To Save A River Threatened By California’s Logging and Marijuana Industries

“A River’s Last Chance” is beautiful from the onset, the beauty of the river only makes the environmental damage at the center of the film more heartbreaking.

In Honor of Francis Ford Coppola Coming to Portland This Week, Here’s a Spec Script For a Sequel to “Apocalypse Now,” Set in Portland’s Columbia Slough

It is set in the Slough’s expansive homeless camps.

Harvest Is Nearly Here for our Rooftop Cannabis Grow

July 1, 2015 marked the legalization of recreational marijuana in Oregon. Now, everyone can legally grow up to four marijuana plants. This is the third year WW has grown pot on the roofs of the office.

The First Feature-Length Film By A Prolific Portland Animator Is A Trippy Symphony of Images

Priestley doesn’t operate within the ordinary. The Portland animator has been making films since 1983, when she used rubber stamps to create a seven-minute moving canvas. Since then, her vow to make a film a year helped her create a huge portfolio of 27 films.

Things Are Looking Dank For Our Office Cannabis Grow

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