Articles tagged with: plgff
PLGFF film review: ‘Tomboy’
Narratives about those crossing the gender spectrum, in whatever capacity, are just beginning to enter mainstream culture. I often find myself wanting to see more well-rounded, and dare I say happy portrayals of non-gender conforming …
PLGFF film review: ‘Gun Hill Road’
One of Thursday night’s screenings for the PLGFF was Gun Hill Road by writer-director Rashaad Ernesto Green. The film opens with Enrique, a husband and father, returning home to the Bronx after three years in …
PLGFF Saturday the 8th closing night previews: Night Watch, Jitters
Jitters – 5:30pm
Sixteen year old Icelandic boy Gabriel returns from a trip to Manchester having had a sexual encounter with another boy. His friends and family all think he’s changed and he struggles to find his …
PLGFF Friday the 7th previews: Bite Marks, Codependent Space Lesbian Seeks Same
Codependent Space Lesbian Seeks Same – 7pm
This campy take on the cheesy 50s B sci-fi movies warns earthlings that the lesbians are coming in their UFO. It’s also a Sundance official selection.
2 Girls, 1 Podcast
I’ve had it in my head for awhile now that I want to start a podcast. I want you to take qPDX with you wherever you go, on your iPod on the bus, whatever.
Maybe I …
PLGFF film review: ‘Romeos’
When I arrived in the rainy late afternoon to see PLGFF’s premiere of the German film, and first from Director Sabine Bernardi Romeos, to be released later this year it was not to a packed …
PLGFF Thursday the 6th previews: August, Gun Hill Road
Gun Hill Road – 7pm
Coming home from a stint in prison Enrique comes home to a very different life with his wife and son. The son is gay and Enrique grapples with accepting him for …
PLGFF film review: ‘We Were Here’
It’s hard to figure out where to start when meditating on the importance of We Were Here, a documentary by David Weissman. It was the premier movie of the Portland Gay and Lesbian Film Festival which …
PLGFF Wednesday the 5th previews: Mangus, Tomboy
Tomboy – 7pm
In our second FTM-related tale, 10-year-old Laura moves to a new town and tells everyone her name is Michael. This works fine all summer long in the French countryside but things change and …
PLGFF Tuesday the 4th previews: Harvest, Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together
Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together – 7pm
Two co-dependent best friends struggle through an imminent parting as one prepares to follow her dream of being a Broadway actress. The other, not-so-secretly in love with her …
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