Film

Summer Silliness

Airs at: Thu, 08/23/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  Michael Garcia and Avalon Leonetti are cinephiles and comedians who enjoy sharing their love of obscure movies and TV shows with Portland audiences.  They invite local comedians to join them on the "comedy panel nostalgia trip" Forgotten Fantasies, as well as such events... Read more

Portland Queer & Trans arts and culture events, coming up in August.

Airs at: Tue, 08/14/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
First, we'll be joined by Virginia Durost, Director of Operations for Hollywood Theatre/Movie Madness. Hollywood Theatre hosts the Queer Commons PDX film series. Queer Commons is showing Just Friends on Wednesday, August 15th, a "romantic comedy about two young men, their r... Read more

Movie Moles: Not Sorry to Bother You

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken and Frann Michel review and recommend the science fiction comedy film Sorry to Bother You, written and directed by Boots Riley. They discuss code switching and the use of white voice. They note that it fails the Bechdel test and the female character does rese... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 30, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier hosts this episode, which festures these segments: Bill Resnick talks with Jessica Tovar of Local Clean Energy Alliance Movie Moles recommend the science fiction comedy Sorry to Bother You Laurie Mercier interviews Martin Duberman about gay movement and po... Read more

John Callahan: Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot

Airs at: Thu, 07/12/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  John Callahan was the most unlikely of cartoonists, a quadriplegic who was only able to grip a pen after extensive physical therapy.  Yet he became a comics phenomenon, transforming personal and cultural demons into abrasive yet hilarious single-panel gags that earned hi... Read more

Amanda Clem interviews Danny Lyon for Art Focus on 07/10/18

Airs at: Tue, 07/10/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
  In advance of his films Willie and Murderers screening at Portland' Hollywood Theater July 18th, the influential photographer and filmmaker Danny Lyon spoke on the phone with Art Focus's Amanda Clem, from his home in Bernalillo New Mexico. - - - Born in 1942 in Brooklyn... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 2, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 07/02/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts and we hear: Desireee Hellegers presents field-interviews from Occupy ICE PDX Movie Moles Joe Clement and Jan Haaken review of the 2017 animated film about Mexican families, Coco. Bill Resnick and Bob Peterson discuss how teacher's unions prevaile... Read more

Movie Moles Coco

Airs at: Mon, 07/02/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement and Jan Haaken review the 2017 animated film, Coco, which blends an age old story of a child's torn affection for their family and the wider world with the trauma about being separated by borders. They consider the deep emotional resonance its themes of  borders... Read more

Gus Van Sant

Airs at: Thu, 07/26/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  Gus Van Sant's directorial work has ranged from the avant-garde (Gerry and Last Days) to the transgressive (Mala Noche and Drugstore Cowboy) to Hollywood crowd-pleasers (Good Will Hunting and Finding Forrester).  His latest feature, Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot,... Read more

Science Fiction in the Nuclear Age

Airs at: Thu, 06/28/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  We welcome Oregon State University professor Elliot Lavine back to the KBOO studios to preview his new course at Cinema 21 on classic 1950's science fiction films and their intersection with Cold War politics. We're also joined by Portland filmmakers Maria Allred and Dam... Read more