Find It At 5th Ave. is a recurring column that reviews, previews and explores running and upcoming films at PSU’s independent movie theater, 5th Avenue Cinema. Starting on Friday,…
5th Avenue Cinema reopens to students
5th Avenue Cinema is opening their doors once again to students after an 18-month hiatus. Although their reopening signals a return to campus-wide normalcy for Portland State students, the cinema…
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Anime genius Hayao Miyazaki’s second directorial feature, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) offers viewers a glimpse into multiple hallmarks of his film career going forward. Although Miyazaki…
‘Chameleon Street,’ Fascinating, forgotten and (mostly) factual
Chameleon Street, the only film by writer-director Wendell B. Harris Jr. is, in some ways, a classic American narrative. A young man (Harris) is unsatisfied with his life and decides…