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'Twilight' director Catherine Hardwicke advocates for women in film

Guest of honor at POWfest in Portland is concerned about gender disparity in Hollywood Catherine Hardwicke doesn’t call her first movie, “Thirteen,” a “job.” It was a labor of love between her and then-14-year-old Nikki Reed, who wrote the script with Har ...

25 Feb 2016 - Sarah Hansell
Melissa Lowery on the impact of her movie, “Black Girl in Suburbia”

Film could help her daughters navigate growing up as some of the few people of color in their community in Hillsboro In 2010, Melissa Lowery set out to create a film — her first feature-length film — that could serve as a guidebook for her two daughters. ...

18 Feb 2015 - Sarah Hansell
Portland filmmaker Brian Lindstrom goes behind bars

Watch Brian Lindstrom’s recent films and it’s clear the importance the filmmaker places on compassion. “Finding Normal” is about recovering addicts who reach out to help others through recovery. “ Alien Boy ” explores issues of police accountability in th ...

6 Dec 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
Family values: Portland filmmaker Beth Harrington on her project documenting June Carter and Johnny Cash

Portland is such a musical town. It makes sense that the first time I met Beth Harrington, it was at a women’s music night at a mutual friend’s home. I remember she wanted to play “Dancing Barefoot” by Patti Smith. Immediately, I was smitten. It wasn’t un ...

16 Oct 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
They’re baack! Cult filmmaker, Silent Bob, Kevin Smith on his latest project

“Who knew, dude?” exclaims director Kevin Smith, as he talks about the small cameo role he gave himself in his 1994 debut feature “Clerks.” “I had no idea I was punching my ticket for the next 20 years.” Silent Bob, the mute character he is most recognisa ...

26 Aug 2014 - Marissa Burgess