15/52 - Wonder Woman | Dir. by Patty Jenkins

I'm taking the Women in Film pledge to watch 52 Films By Women this year. I had the opportunity to see. I saw Wonder Woman on opening night with Women in Film Portland as part of the #WonderWknd. I absolutely loved the movie. I'm so proud of Patty Jenkins. The "No Man's Land" sequence is really stunning. (And she had to fight the studio to keep it in!?!) The themes it touches on - the true nature of a hero, who "deserves" to be saved and the cost of war - are all explored really well. 

Her Fight Is Ours. WATCH the official Comic-Con trailer for #WonderWoman, starring Gal Gadot! -- Gal Gadot stars in WONDER WOMAN - in theaters June 2, 2017. Follow #WonderWoman on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wonderwomanfilm Twitter: https://twitter.com/WonderWomanFilm Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wonderwomanfilm -- WONDER WOMAN From Warner Bros.

Wonder Woman, OPB & WIF-PDX

Last week I got the chance to do an interview on OPB's State on Wonder about Wonder Woman. We talked about the promotional efforts behind the film and about the WIF-PDX effort that I spearheaded to get people out to see the movie on opening weekend. The idea was to get people to see the first female superhero movie in decade and the first big budget superhero movie to be directed by a woman - Patty Jenkins>

14/52 - The S Word | Dir. by Lisa Klein

I'm taking the Women in Film pledge to watch 52 Films By Women this year. I had the opportunity to see The S Word during Oregon Doc Camp earlier this month. 

The new trailer for THE S WORD, a groundbreaking documentary that shatters the silence around suicide and reveals a movement of survivors, artists and activists fighting to change how we deal with our ultimate taboo.

13/52 - Big | Dir. by Penny Marshall

I'm taking the Women in Film pledge to watch 52 Films By Women this year. It's been awhile since I've seen Big. The ending is still really sweet. 

When a boy wishes to be big at a magic wish machine, he wakes up the next morning and finds himself in an adult body literally overnight. http://www.movie-list.com

12/52 - A League of Their Own | Dir. by Penny Marshall

I'm taking the Women in Film pledge to watch 52 Films By Women this year. 

The All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League was founded in 1943, when most of the men of baseball-playing age were far away in Europe and Asia fighting World War II. The league flourished until after World War II, when, with the men's return, the league was consigned to oblivion.

2017 Portland Indie Film Awards

The Portland Indie Film Awards were earlier this month. My film, From Salem to the Salon, was nominated for Best Short Film. It didn't end up winning the big award, but it did make an appearance in the ceremony's opening montage. It's great to see the recognition this film has received!

A montage of video clips from films nominated at the 2017 Portland Indie Film Awards ceremony. 

11/52 - Winter's Bone | Dir. by Debra Granik

I'm taking the Women in Film pledge to watch 52 Films By Women this year. 

IN THEATERS JUNE 11th! Winner of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize and Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, this tense, naturalistic thriller follows 17-year-old Ree Dolly as she confronts the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to to track down her father, who has put up the family homestead for his bail.