Playing this weekend at 5th Avenue Cinema, writer, director Todd Solondz’s 1995 cult classic Welcome to the Dollhouse throws young Dawn Wieners (Heather Matarazzo) into that old familiar void we’ve…
Three years on the rock: a reflection
Last week, a panel of professors working in Portland State’s Japanese department gathered the community to discuss what makes the Japanese program at PSU so remarkable. Professors Larry Kominz, Suwako…
Panel examines PSU’s Japanese language program
Is Portland State’s Japanese program one of the best in the world? On the evening of Nov. 20, the PSU Center for Japanese Studies gathered the community in hopes to…
A nation’s suffering, a nation’s change
On the night of Nov. 8, MIT’s Ford International Professor of Political Science Dr. Richard Samuels engaged a packed room with discourse on the truly troubling and challenging topic discussed…
Shut up and show me how to feel
The Northwest Filmmaker’s Festival, which turns 40 this year, has been providing a forum and sanctuary for regional filmmakers for decades. Whether a rookie starting out or a veteran experimenting…
Taiko goes boom
Maybe you’ve heard it in an old movie: the beat of drums stifled by the savage cries of soldiers ready for battle. Or maybe you heard its echoes hanging precariously…
A night of perspective
On the night of Oct. 11, the Portland State Center for Japanese Studies gave students and faculty the opportunity to hear esteemed professor Toshimitsu Shigemura speak on the developing state…
Dontcha know? Fargo comes to 5th Avenue Cinema
“One of the best films I’ve ever seen,” raved legendary critic Robert Ebert. “All copies of this stereotype-reinforcing, overly violent piece of junk should be destroyed,” ranted the unread news…
Hitchcock finding Hitchcock
How might it feel to have witnessed the birth of a film legend? The evolution from no-name to household name laid out before your eyes in a smattering of hot…