A Place Called Home: This Sunday!

This Sunday, June 24th, the Dill Pickle Club hosts the fourth and last installment of A Place Called Home: Lectures on Filmmaking in Portland, a monthly lecture series focused on the history of movie-making in the city, at the Whitsell Auditorium, with guests Tom Chamberlin, Dennis Nyback and Tom Robinson (co-presented with the Northwest Film Center). Check out this great two minute promo clip with Tom Robinson talking the importance of home movie making in Portland.

Full details (and tickets) can be found online here. Continue reading... “A Place Called Home: This Sunday!”

2 for 1 tickets to experimental film lecture — this sunday!

This Sunday, May 27, the Dill Pickle Club hosts the third in its ongoing A Place Called Home lecture series on filmmaking in the City of Portland at the Clinton Street Theater. The program will feature talks and short films by three titans in the Portland film community: JIM BLASHFIELD (maker of videos for Michael Jackson and the Talking Heads — no joke!), BROOKE JACOBSON (Co-Founder of the NW Film Center, Portland State University professor) and MATT McCORMICK (you’d be hard-pressed to find another filmmaker whose films are so distinctly Northwest, or who has done as much to nurture the work of local makers). Continue reading... “2 for 1 tickets to experimental film lecture — this sunday!”

Learn About Animation in PDX from 3 of City’s Best


This coming Sunday, April 29th, the Dill Pickle Club hosts the second installment of A Place Called Home: Lectures on Filmmaking in Portland, a monthly lecture series focused on the history of movie-making in the city, at the Hollywood Theater with guest animators Rose Bond, Joan Gratz and Joanna Priestley. Check out this new short video “Two Minutes with Dennis Nyback,” and hear Dennis talk a bit about the history of animation in Portland, as he previews the lecture.

It all takes place at the Hollywood Theater this Sunday (yes, this Sunday, April 29th!) Continue reading... “Learn About Animation in PDX from 3 of City’s Best”

A Place Called Home Lecture this Sunday 3/25

On Sunday, March 25th, the Dill Pickle Club kicks off of A Place Called Home: Lectures on Filmmaking in Portland, a monthly lecture series focused on the history of movie-making in the city, at Cinema 21 with guests David Cress, Walt Curtis, Shawn Levy and David Walker.

DAVID CRESS will talk about Portland’s tradition of advertising and how it’s nourished the film community. Cress is best known as Producer for Independent Film Channel’s Portlandia, although he has been active as a maker in Portland for several decades. Continue reading... “A Place Called Home Lecture this Sunday 3/25”