Words and Pictures

John McAfee was a computer programmer and businessman who created the first

commercial anti-virus software in the 1980’s.  A few years later, he

stepped down from his own company, a multi-millionaire.  In the decades

that followed, his adventures — and misadventures — gr...

Artist, author, professor and creative coach Jessica Abel visited Portland in

2006 for the second annual Wordstock Literary Festival, where she unveiled

her epic graphic novel La Perdida.  Jessica took the time to sit down with

Bill Dodge and S.W. Conser to muse about yo...

One of the lifelines to local artists in difficult times is the Oregon Arts

Commission.  They've been helping arrange grants to artists and arts

organizations for over half a century.  And one of those many grants is

the Oregon Media Arts Fellowship, awarded in collabora...

In this extended conversation about filmmaking in the Pacific Northwest, we

spend an extra 20 minutes with three local activists who have worked

for years to boost the independent film production and exhibition

scene in Oregon.

Tim Williams is the Executive Director of ...

Filmmaking in the Pacific Northwest goes back well over a century, and the

movies made in Oregon tend to be more experimental and quirky than the

typical Hollywood fare.  Meanwhile, audiences in Oregon tend to be more

supportive of their theaters than their counterparts ...

The streaming comedy series Shrill, based on the memoir by Seattleite Lindy

West, tackles such hot-button issues as abortion, cancer care, and body

shaming.  Filmed in Portland, and inheriting a production team from the

sketch comedy series Portlandia, Shrill boasts the ...

In this freewheeling 2007 conversation from Portland's Platform Animation

Festival, Bill Dodge and S.W. Conser sit down with seven-time Academy

Award-winning sound designer Gary Rydstrom, whose film credits include

Jurassic Park, Titanic, Terminator 2, and Saving Private...

In a normal year, U.S. animation fans would have to cross the border to

attend TAAFI — the Toronto Animation Arts Festival International.  But

this year, thanks to the quarantine lockdown, the festival's shorts and

features and workshops can be appreciated by audiences a...

In this extended conversation about the 44th Portland International Film

Festival, we spend an extra 20 minutes with three local filmmakers whose new

projects are highlights of the festival lineup.  

Dawn Jones Redstone has teamed up with Artists Repertory Theatre to cre...

The Portland International Film Festival is normally a highlight of the rainy

season's arts calendar.  Thanks to the pandemic lockdown, all of this

year's events are presented either online or at the Cinema Unbound Drive-In.

Three local filmmakers join us to talk about t...