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Hummus Topped With Varenikis And Fried Onions

April 12, 2022<April 12, 2022

“Breaking Bread” in Haifa’s A-Sham Arab Food Festival
Chef Nof Atamna-Ismaeel’s A-Sham Arab Food Festival aims to foster cultural understanding in Israel

by Corry Hinckley

At the start of “Breaking Bread,” an award winning film making rounds at international film festivals, Dr. Nof Atamna-Ismaeel describes her intersectional identities: “I…

December 11, 2021<December 11, 2021

Death of the Damsel in Distress
Marion Ravenwood in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

by Jennifer Williams

2021 marked the 40th anniversary of director Steven Spielberg’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” Along with an assortment of colorful characters and exciting action…

October 4, 2021<October 4, 2021

A “PIG” in Portland
A Reflection on Michael Sarnoski's "PIG" (2021)

by Daniel Bloomfield

Released in theaters July 14 2021, Michael Sarnoski’s “PIG,” begs the question, what is worth caring about, and why? Starring Nicolas Cage on a…

October 4, 2021<October 4, 2021

The Opaque Places of Cinema
A Retrospective on the 66th Flaherty Film Seminar

by Vivian Veidt

The Flaherty Film Seminar is an annual film seminar that features documentary, narrative, and experimental films from around the world. The seminar began in…

July 30, 2021<July 30, 2021

Where Memes and Cinema Collide
A Retrospective Look at “The Cat in the Hat”

by Kurtis Russel

Twain said, “If man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve man but would deteriorate the cat.” There is a film that…

December 22, 2019<December 30, 2019

Rob Zombie Revisits the Firefly Family
3 From Hell finds a fresh story to tell in a sixteen-year-old saga

by Maggie Post

There are many things that irritate me about the world of films and television, but arguably nothing is more annoying than when a series…

November 4, 2019<December 30, 2019

5th Avenue Cinema Then and Now

by Zach Zhe Li

5th Avenue Cinema is the only student-run movie theater in Oregon and one of the few left in the country. Students started running the…

October 21, 2019<October 21, 2019

5th Avenue Cinema
Location 5th & Hall

by Margo Craig

Movie theaters in Portland are truly special and PSU’s 5th Avenue Cinema on SW Hall Street is no exception. If you’re looking for the…

The movie Braid. A image of a braid with a blood red bow

October 3, 2019<October 3, 2019

Friendship and Trauma Fuel a Bold Thriller in BRAID

by Maggie Post

Rule Number One: Everyone must play. Rule Number Two: No outsiders allowed. Rule Number Three: Nobody Leaves. These three ominous statements set the tone…

March 24, 2019<May 1, 2019

The Lego Movie Has a Second Part?
A review by someone who hasn’t seen the first one

by Sydney McBee

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part had me at the title, which might have been one of the funniest parts about it. For…