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A Spirit of Inquisition
In a spirit of inquisition the puritan left roots out heretics who are insufficiently woke. In that same spirit the MAGA faithful wage...
David Matthews
Mar 23, 202115 min read
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44th Portland International Film Festival (PIFF44): Closing It Out
Portland International Film Festival, March 5–14, 2021 The film festival exceeded my modest expectations. I saw eleven films in virtual...
David Matthews
Mar 14, 20214 min read
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Pleasant weather brings out the blockheads
Last night a mob spray-painted grafitti, smashed windows, and set fires at the Mark Hatfield Federal Courthouse in downtown Portland in...
David Matthews
Mar 12, 20212 min read
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44th Portland International Film Festival (PIFF44): Take 3
Portland International Film Festival, March 5–14, 2021 Faasla (Argentina, India | 2020) dir. Priya Sen, Nicolás Grandi (51 mins) Program...
David Matthews
Mar 12, 20214 min read
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44th Portland International Film Festival (PIFF44): Take 2
Portland International Film Festival, March 5–14, 2021 Bitter Love (Finland, Poland, Sweden | 2020) dir. Jerzy Sladkowski (87 mins)...
David Matthews
Mar 9, 20214 min read
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44th Portland International Film Festival (PIFF44): Take 1
The 44th Portland International Film Festival (PIFF44), my 24th festival, dating back to 1999, kicked off with the Cinema Unbound Awards...
David Matthews
Mar 7, 20213 min read
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