The 44th annual Portland International Film Festival Past Event Like List kicks off this weekend, baby! Replacing its standard in-theater programming with a mix of virtual and drive-in screenings Past Event Like List presented by the Northwest Film Center and Cinema Unbound, the lineup of features and shorts is stacked. And unlike your standard film festival, most of the virtual screenings are available to watch for the duration of the weeklong event (March 5-14), so you don't need to work too hard to plan your schedule around a specific film. While you should feel free to peruse the full lineup at your leisure, below we've rounded up links and reviews for the films that Mercury staffers think you should see, from Raya Martin's nostalgic Death of Nintendo Past Event Like List to the very fun Rehab Cabin Past Event Like List to a promising collection of shorts Past Event Like List . 

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All films are available from March 5-14 unless otherwise noted.

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VIRTUAL

Death of Nintendo Past Event Like List
If you were a kid during the 1990s, it’s going to be hard for you not to enjoy Death of Nintendo, a coming-of-age tale set in early 1990s Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. The film follows preteen Paolo and his motley crew of friends as they shoot hoops, hang out at the local pool, play The Legend of Zelda, and plan schemes to sneak out of the house at night to hang out with girls. The humor and tone often veer from sweetly innocent to irritatingly crude—just like the sensibilities of preteen boys themselves. But the characters are written and acted with such depth that I liked them despite their flaws, and the visuals of sunny Manila are a welcome break from the Portland winter gloom. BLAIR STENVICK
Read the full review here.

Everything in the End Past Event Like List
If you knew that the end of the world was imminent, how would you spend your final days? Personally, I’d probably spend them taking edibles, listening to my favorite music, and eating my weight in Girl Scout cookies. But Everything in the End provides a slightly more introspective answer, producing a film about the end of the world that’s heartfelt rather than bombastic. In Everything in the End, we see the impending apocalypse through the eyes of Paulo, a young Portuguese man who’s traveled to a small Icelandic village during the Earth’s final days. BLAIR STENVICK
Read the full review here.

DRIVE-IN

Minari Remind Like List
Filled with the ups and downs of everyday life, Minari is a portrait of a Korean family as it grows up, grows old, and grows apart. In a media landscape where Asian-Americans are too often invisible, the film is a landmark for American cinema. Despite telling a quintessentially American story at Best Picture caliber, the film was relegated to the Foreign Language Film category (which it won) at this year’s Golden Nepotism Awards. (They’ll do better at being less racist next year, they promise.) The film takes its name from a resilient Korean vegetable, emblematic of the resilience of immigrants and families. In pursuit of his American dream, patriarch Jacob (Steven Yeun) moves his wife and two children to rural Arkansas. He hopes to build a farm and a better life, escaping his and wife Monica’s menial job of chicken sexing. Monica (Han Ye-ri) is less than amused at having to move to the middle of nowhere, while trying to hype up her young kids (Alan Kim and Noel Kate Cho) for their grandmother’s arrival. JANEY WONG
Read the full review here.
Ziddel Yards, Southwest (Fri March 5 only)