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PIFF 2018: Wrapping Up
The gentle shadow of a sweet melancholy fell across my days as the 41st Portland International Film Festival drew to a close. The...
David Matthews
Mar 8, 201810 min read
How does he do it?
Yes, 'tis the president I have in mind. This week the honorable occupant of the Oval Office advanced a proposal for dealing with gun...
David Matthews
Mar 3, 20182 min read
PIFF 2018: Index of Reviews, Notes, and Impressions
Index of Reviews, Notes, and Impressions from the 41st Portland International Film Festival A Chiambra (Italy/Germany/France): PIFF 2018:...
David Matthews
Mar 1, 20181 min read
PIFF 2018: Take 6
41st Portland International Film Festival (February 1 – March 1, 2018) Lean on Pete (United Kingdom, 2018) dir. Andrew Haigh (121 mins)...
David Matthews
Mar 1, 20186 min read
Guns and the Great Culture Divide
Most men, and above all intellectuals, believe what they want to believe, once and for all, I perhaps included, and in the last analysis...
David Matthews
Feb 28, 20188 min read
PIFF 2018: Take 5
41st Portland International Film Festival (February 15 – March 1, 2018) What Will People Say (Sweden/Norway/Germany, 2018) dir. Iram Haq...
David Matthews
Feb 26, 20185 min read
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