In the leadup to the 2024 Portland Book Festival, we revisit our January
2011 conversation with comics artist and animator Vera Brosgol.
Vera drew on her own immigrant childhood for inspiration in creating the
character of Anya, the haunted teenager at the heart of her d...
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Mona Bowen joins us to discuss current TV shows such as Teacup and The
Franchise, and we also cover the new suspense movie, Speak no Evil, and two
cosmetic body horror films, Skincare, and The Substance.
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Jan Haaken speaks with Kristin Lene Hole, Associate Professor in and Director
of the School of Film at Portland State University. They talk about the
screening on October 22nd of the 2018 documentary film SPACES OF EXCEPTION,
directed by Malek Raamny and Matt Peterson. ...
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This episode about events in Palestine is hosted by Jon Nelson and includes
segments from the Old Mole archive as well as news about an upcoming film
screening.
Juan Cole on Gaza in 2014
During Israel's 2014 war on Gaza, Laurie Mercier talked with historian and
Midd...
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Ed Wood Jr made low-budget B-movies that tested the limits of 1950's
American sensibilities, with such outre features as Bride of the Monster,
Plan 9 From Outer Space, and Glen or Glenda. Portrayed by Johnny Depp in
the 1994 Tim Burton bio-pic, Ed is now recognized as a...
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Jeff Godsil discusses the romance from History is Made at Night.
Then W. C. Fields in It's a Gift.
We look at the latest BFI Screen Classics book on Visconti's The Leopard.
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