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  • 'I Wish'

    'I Wish' (Japan, 2011)

    ‘I Wish (Kiseki)’ opened at the Music Box Theater on Friday, June 1st.All self-professed film geeks, and/or professional critics, have some gaps in their movie-viewing history. For instance, the excellent Jonathan Rosenbaum revealed a...

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  • The idyllic days

    'Pom Poko' drifts plotwise but is a beauty nonetheless

    "Pom Poko" screened at the Whitsell Auditorium in the Portland Art Museum on May 27, the final day of the Northwest Film Center's series  on the films of Studio Ghibli.  Films from this studio...

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  • Norwegian Wood

    Norwegian Wood (Japan, 2010),

    ‘Norwegian Wood’ opened at the Music Box Theater on Friday, January 20th. The three films I’ve seen by the immensely talented French / Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung have been visually stunning – it’s like...

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