Presented by Comcast and Willamette Week!

The Longbaugh returns for its second year at the Clinton - with three days of independent, though-provoking and entertaining cinema.

FRIDAY, APRIL 7

7pm
NEIGHBOR 13
Yasuo Inoue
115 minutes

The popular Japanese comic series from manga creator Santa Inoue comes to brutal life in this psychological horror film. Shido Nakamura stars as a disturbed young man, victimized as a child, who develops multiple personalities. When the bully who tormented him in his youth moves into his building, things begin to take a gruesome turn for Neighbor No. 13.

9:15pm
ELECTRIC APRICOT
Les Claypool
85 minutes

Not since Marti DeBergi’s brilliant examination of seminal British heavy-metal band Spinal Tap has there been a more insightful look at a music groups. Les Claypool goes behind the scenes with up-and-coming jam band Electric Apricot.
Comprising an eccentric group of Bay Area musicians, Electric Apricot has struggled on the jam-band scene as it looks to find its place among such hallowed groups as the Grateful Dead and Phish. But the road to success—not to mention the legendary music festival Festeroo—is bumpy indeed. And while their song “Hey, Are You Going to Burning Man?” is destined to become a classic, first they must get it recorded.
Prepare to laugh out loud as Claypool, best known for his stellar work as bass player in Primus, proves he is equally adept at comedy. Claypool’s writing and direction are only matched by his hilarious performance as Electric Apricot drummer-singer Lapland Miclovich. While many filmmakers have tried to duplicate the This Is Spinal Tap formula, few have gotten it more right than Claypool.

Les Claypool and producer Jason McHugh are both scheduled to appear.

SATURDAY, APRIL 8

1pm
ROBOTS ARE BLUE
Bill Sebastian
7 minutes

Robots are an everyday part of life in the future, but they are not supposed to have emotions or fondness for things like poetry—and that’s where the problems begin.

ELEPHANT SHOES
Christos Sourligas
79 minutes

Do you believe in love at first sight? Neither do Alexis (Stacie Morgain Lewis) and Manny (Greg Shamie), but that doesn’t protect them from what is about to happen when they randomly meet on the street. Over the next 12 hours, the unsuspecting couple will spend a lifetime together. But since Alexis is visiting from out of town, they can see the end of their affair with each tick of the clock. The palpable chemistry between Lewis and Shamie drives Christos Sourligas’ endearing romantic comedy.

2:45 pm
STAR DREAMS
Robert Nichol
87 minutes

Over the past three decades, thousands of crop circles have appeared all over the world. What do they mean? Are they forms of communication from any life form? Are the unexplained acts of nature? Are they elaborate hoaxes? Robert Nichol’s probing documentary attempts to unravel the mystery behind crop circles through interviews with researchers, and with amazing photography of these complex images that mysteriously appear.

4:45 pm
HORROR BUSINESS
Christopher Garetano
82 minutes

Don’t be fooled by the title—Christopher Garetano’s insightful documentary is more than just a behind-the-scenes look at the world of low-budget, independent horror films. This is a look at the go-for-broke world of guerrilla filmmakers (these guys just happen to make scary movies). Garetano attempts to find out what drives these people when things like common sense—and in some cases a deficit of talent—tell them to stop. Along the way, we get to see an eccentric cast of filmmakers in action, including American Movie’s Mark Borchardt, who returns to filmmaking for the first time since his infamous film Coven.

6 :45 pm
INDEPENDENT INTERVENTION
Tonje Hessen Schei
75 minutes

Q&A w/Tonje Hessen Schei after screening!

Award-winning documentary about the US Media coverage of the war in Iraq. Focusing on the human costs of war, it contrasts the mass media's coverage of the invasion of Iraq with independent reports of the brutal realities on the ground.

Features interviews with Amy Goodman, Noam Chomsky, Dahr Jamail, Danny Schechter, Norman Solomon, David Barsamian, Kalle Lasn, James Zogby and Jim Hightower.  It also includes the voices of Howard Zinn, Michael Moore, Bill Moyers, Arundhati Roy, Jeremy Scahill, US Senators and the Iraqi people.

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9 pm
PUNK LOVE
Nick Lyon
96 minutes

Chad Lindberg and Emma Bing star as two lost souls looking for salvation in this darkly stylish drama set in the grimy, rain-soaked streets of Portland’s underbelly. Battling the demons of their drug addiction and the violent world they’re trying to escape, these lovers seemed doomed from the start. But the cruel hand of fate often makes for the best love stories.

Director in attendance.

SUNDAY, APRIL 9

3pm
LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT
Thomas Gibson
90 minutes

1980: Ronald Reagan was just elected president, the crack cocaine epidemic had yet to sweep America, and hip-hop was still in its infancy. As the decade moved forward—amid the Iran-Contra affair, AIDS, and black-on-black violence—growing disparity ravaged this nation. And through it all hip-hop was there to report on the way things really were in America. Featuring profound interviews with rappers, intellectuals and politicians ranging from Chuck D to Amiri Baraka to Larry Flynt, Thomas Gibson’s controversial documentary looks back on the last two decades of United States history from the unique perspective of a culture and community that represented the bottom of society’s barrel. The result is a document of remarkable honesty and brutality. Presented in collaboration with the Hip-Hop Association.

5pm
BLING
Kareem Edouard
11 minutes

Expensive jewelry—especially diamonds—has become one of the ultimate status symbols in the rap industry. But the harsh reality of the diamond industry, especially in the blood-soaked nation of Sierra Leone, is something that needs to be examined—not only by rappers, but by everyone.

HIP HOP COLONY
Michael Wanguhu
93 minutes

Hip-hop is arguably the most influential culture of the past 20 years. Born on the streets of the Bronx, hip-hop and rap music have spread throughout the world. Michael Wanguhu’s thoughtful documentary examines the influence of hip-hop in the African nation of Kenya, where it started as little more than American fad, but quickly ignited a social revolution. By merging elements of traditional American hip-hop with their own culture, Kenyans created the hip-hop subculture known as genge music, which helped manifest a newfound pride within a nation still feeling the effects of British colonial rule. Presented in collaboration with the Hip-Hop Association.

7 pm
ENCORE SCREENING
TBA

LONGBAUGH WEBSITE

USA, 2005
Rod Daniel
91 minutes

BY POPULAR DEMAND!

SEE THE 80's POP-CULT CLASSIC ON THE BIG SCREEN

Michael J. Fox discovers that puberty for him means he turns into a werewolf. One of the beneficial side effects is that it also turns him into a top-notch basketball player. But will his notoriety cost him his friends and can he find true love?

USA, 2005
Andy Norris
90 minutes

WORLD PREMIERE!
ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Q&A w/Christopher Swain and Director Andy Norris after screening!

New documentary about
the 1,243 mile, thirteen month swimming journey of Christopher Swain, a 35-year-old Portland resident who swam the entire length of the Columbia River in an effort to bring public attention to the Columbia's environmental problems.

Full of rare archival footage of the Columbia before all the dams - including a special focus on Hanford pollution - and great film of Celilo Falls (now underwater behind The Dalles Dam).

Filmed by Bike: A festival of bike-themed film shorts

For the 5th year in a row, Filmed by Bike will feature the creativity of bike enthusiasts around the globe with a screening of 12 films under 8 minutes in length. These independent filmmakers will showcase bicycle love affair sagas, angry raging car-smashing music videos and whimsical bicycle journeys.

$10 gets you two tickets for the raffle of great prizes including bike swag and restaurant gift certificates.

Proceeds from Filmed by Bike will fund the Multnomah County Bike Fair, a one day carnival of bicycle mayhem and music.

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Japan, 1958
Akira Kurosawa
126 minutes

The film that
'Star Wars' was
based on!

Princess Yuki Akizuki ("Yukihime" in Japanese) is to be led through enemy territory, where she may rebuild her kingdom with gold that she has in her caravan. She is assisted
by her trusted general, Rokurota Makabe, who insists that she masquarades as a mute farmer. Two minions,
Tahei and Matashichi help unknowingly, as they believe they will get a piece of the gold if they help the princess attain her goals.

Restored 35MM Print.

a  m u l t i - m e d i a
c a l l  t o  a c t i o n !

The West Coast’s Largest
Unprotected Roadless Forest Targeted By Bush For Unprecedented Logging

The final chapter of the saga of the Biscuit Burn is still unwritten. Ecologists prove logging it
is unhealthy, firefighters warn it’s dangerous, economists assure it’s wasteful. Dozens of arrests have stymied the threat to a fraction of their promise. Still Bush and Big Timber come back for more – this time Kalmiopsis Roadless Areas auctioned off under the guise of salvage!

Come join us for stories, song, cinema and saucy talk.

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Extreme mountain bike/filmmaker team (The Collective) brings their second film!

More info TBA

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16mm
85 minutes

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Celebrate the subversive side of Earth Day by viewing some cautionary tales about the dangers of chemical waste dumps and the extinction of Truffula Trees.

DR. SUESS'
THE LORAX
(25 minutes)
A classic environmental cartoon about the Lorax - and his failed effort to educate the Once-ler and prevent the extinction of Truffula Trees.
Arguably Seuss' most controversial work, having been banned in some schools and libraries for its political content.

THE KILLING GROUND (60 minutes)
This 1971 investigative documentary reports on the aftermath of chemical dumps and spills - specifically focusing on the nightmare of Love Canal. Full of shocking scenes of pollution, negligence and greed. Won't be seeing anything like this in today's media. Produced and reported by a young (pre-Fox) Brit Hume.

Hosted by
Film Archivist
Greg Hamilton

We leave the lights halfway up so you can
knit while you enjoy the film:

My Man Godfrey (1936)
70th Anniversary. In the depths of the Depression, a party game brings dizzy socialite Irene Bullock to the city dump where she meets Godfrey, a derelict, and ends by hiring him as family butler. He finds the
Bullocks to be the epitome of idle rich, and nutty as the proverbial fruitcake. Soon, the dramatizing Irene
is in love with her 'protege'...who feels strongly that a romance between servant and employer is out of
place, regardless of that servant's mysterious past...

Original 35MM prints of these dirty little gems.

7PM:
PORTRAIT

From the diector of
Deep Throat.

A young woman finally lets go, allowing her to act out all of her sexual fantasies....

9PM:
LOVE BAVAERIAN STYLE

If you're seeking huge Alps, check out this tribute to Teutonic lust in which a city gal takes over a hotel in the mountains and welcomes all sorts of lederhosen-less ladies and guys to the joint. There's lots of bed-hopping - and naked frauleins that'll get you going "yodel-lay-he-and-her!"

7pm - Alexis Stevens

8pm - Dragging an Ox Through Water

9pm - Chevron

10pm - Bastinado

11pm - Voltage

USA, 2006
Tonje Hessen Schei
75 minutes

FRESH FROM LONGBAUGH!

LOCAL FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE!

Award-winning documentary about the US Media coverage of the war in Iraq. Focusing on the human costs of war, it contrasts the mass media's coverage of the invasion of Iraq with independent reports of the brutal realities on the ground.

Features interviews with Amy Goodman, Noam Chomsky, Dahr Jamail, Danny Schechter, Norman Solomon, David Barsamian, Kalle Lasn, James Zogby and Jim Hightower.  It also includes the voices of Howard Zinn, Michael Moore, Bill Moyers, Arundhati Roy, Jeremy Scahill, US Senators and the Iraqi people.

Website

USA, 2006
David Waingarten
60 minutes

FRESH FROM LONGBAUGH!

LOCAL FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE!

Addison Madeira is a nine year old boy coping with a terrible trauma. Refusing to speak and estranged from his mother, he creates a world of his own, hidden
behind a blanket hanging from his bedroom wall.
Inspired by Hitchcock, Polanski, the original Twilight Zone, and shot in beautiful black and white, Addison’s Wall is a haunting, suspenseful drama about how children and adults create their own realities to cope
with grief.

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USA, 1936
Charles Chaplin
87 minutes

NEW 35mm PRINT!
70th ANNIVERSARY!

Chaplins last 'silent' film, filled with sound effects, was made when everyone else was making talkies. Charlie turns against modern society, the machine age and progress. Firstly we see him frantically trying to keep up with a production line, tightening bolts. He is selected for an experiment with an automatic feeding machine, but various mishaps leads his boss to
believe he has gone mad, and Charlie is sent to a
mental hospital. When he gets out, he is mistaken for a communist while waving a red flag, sent to jail, foils a jailbreak, and is let out again.

When he died, Zane R. Kime MD, had been practicing Environmental Medicine and had become the target of a governmental prosecution against this specialty. This lawsuit threatened the vested interests of the chemical industry and the outcome looked hopeful for a decision in his favor. However, with his death, the case was dismissed and some say, the threat eliminated.

This investigation not only uncovers shocking secrets, but also the disturbing truth about the state of health care.

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USA, 2006
Peter Richardson
72 minutes

PRESENTED BY THE
PORTLAND UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL!

THE DOCUMENTARY HIT OF SUNDANCE 2006!

In the rural Oregon logging town of Philomath, every high school graduate has their college tuition paid thanks to the generosity of local lumber baron Rex Clemens. But when a new schools Superintendent arrives from Chicago, the administrators of the scholarship become concerned over the increasingly "liberal" direction of the schools. The conflict between the old-time loggers and the "urban immigrants" escalates dramatically, and the scholarship administrators deliver an ultimatum: either the superintendent leaves, or the scholarship is withdrawn, leaving the town's children without money for college.

DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&A ON 5/12 (Fri)

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ONE SCREENING ONLY!

Autobiographical filmmaker Caveh Zahedi has made a cult career of his unabashed willingness to be vulnerable on camera. I Am a Sex Addict, a comic reconstruction of his ten-year struggle with sex addiction, is one of his most ambitious, hilarious confessions yet.

PRODUCER IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&A

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Join us for the third annual FOREST FILM FESTIVAL!

SEE FFF WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS!

THURS, MAY 18th:
7:00pm
"Short Documentaries" I
9:00pm
"Short Documentaries" II

FRI, MAY 19th:
7:00pm
"Short 'Student'Fiction" I
9:00pm
"Short Fiction" I

SAT, MAY 20th:
5:00pm
"Short Animation"
7:00pm
"Short 'Student' Fiction"II
9:00pm
"Short Fiction"II

SUN, MAY 21st:
5:00pm
"International Short Fiction"
7:00pm
'2005' WINNING FILMS"
9:00pm
'2006' WINNING FILMS"

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USA, 1996
Paris Barclay
89 minutes

Tenth anniversary of this Wayans Brothers classic!

Parodys Afro-American movies, like "Boyz N the Hood", "South Central", "Menace II Society", "Higher Learning" and "Juice".

USA, 1994
Tim Burton
127 minutes

Tim Burton dramatic biopic of the 'worst director of all time', Edward D.Wood Jr.

Starring Johnny Depp, this black and white cult epic concentrates on the best-known period of Woods' life, when he made 'Glen or Glenda', 'Bride of the Monster' and 'Plan 9 From Outer Space'.

On opening night, we will playthe Ed Wood classic Glen or Glenda at Midnight.

Presented as an original pristine 16MM Film Print!!

If you see Ed Wood you can catch the Double Featurefor $2 more.

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* Bands:
- Divining Rods: local legends
- Eclectic Bastards: North Carolina’s master mix of fun and feist
- Juha: hiphop vegan anarchist, groom of god and pioneer of gothic soul

* Video:
Refusing to Be Silent: An Interview with Josh Harper, SHAC7 defendant* Speakers: on the history & status of the SHAC campaign and the larger legal ramifications
6 people and one organization, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty [SHAC], have
been convicted under the Animal Enterprise Protection Act ... for running a website and speaking out against Huntingdon Life Sciences' [HLS] torture and
murder of 500 animals a day. SHAC has been successful in persuading hundreds of companies affiliated with, invested in or working with Huntingdon Life Sciences to break connections. They have hit HLS where it hurts: their wallet.
Methods used include electronic civil disobedience, black faxing (oh for the
love of toner!) and phone calls explaining the absurdity and horror that goes on inside HLS. For this, the SHAC7 defendants are going to federal prison.

--On March 2, the Bush administration dealt yet another blow to the First
Amendment, as the SHAC 7 were found guilty of multiple federal felonies for advocating the closure of the notorious animal-testing lab Huntingdon Life Sciences. Now, all six activists face years in federal prison. All six of the defendants are currently under house arrest while awaiting sentencing on June 13th.

--Not only is this conviction an appalling miscarriage of justice for the defendants, but it also demonstrates the erosion of free speech protections
and is part of a politically motivated attack on the animal rights movement in particular. This is the first time anyone has ever been tried under the Animal Enterprise Protection Act of 1992 (formerly known as the Animal Enterprise
Terrorism Act), and the convictions set a nightmarish precedent for animal protection campaigners throughout the country.

--This is a landmark case. Common opinion is that it is the first of many and
will be used against other organizations. Don't wait until they get around to
targeting you. The SHAC7 are challenging their convictions in appeal, even as they face certain time in federal prison while doing so. Their success or failure will quite literally be yours if you're fighting on the side of life and compassion, against the powers of death and disenfranchisement. [ for more info: shac7.com | insidehls.com | shacamerica.net ]

Japan, 2005
Yûji Shimomura
90 minutes

DEATH TRANCE is a stylish over-the-top action fantasy film starring Japan’s newest star Tak Sakaguchi of VERSUS and GODZILLA: FINAL WARS. Yuji Shimomura, best known for directing the fight sequences for VERSUS, makes his directorial debut! DEATH TRANCE also features Kentaro Seagal's first action movie debut (son of Steven Segal!)

In an unknown place and unknown time, a master Samurai known only by the name of Grave (Tak Sakaguchi) searches for the ultimate battle. Never showing fear for any fight, Grave is the one and only swordsman able tosteal the mysterious and legendary coffin from the holy Tougan Temple. In this world without reason, a young girl from the temple grounds follows Grave and the coffin wherever they may go.

And so begins the deadly race to re-capture the coffin and its hidden power from Grave for good or evil.

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DON'T MISS THE
RETURN OF THE
PORTLAND UNDERGROUND
FILM FESTIVAL

June 8th - 7pm

LET THEM EAT ROCK
89 minutes

Director will be in attendance for Q & A following the film.

The five piece rock band The Upper Crust dress like 18th century European noblemen and sing about being fabulously rich. They start out playing the dingiest
of dive-bars. One of them will end up as a confidant
to the President. Shot over five years, the film
chronicles friendship, betrayal, guns, lipstick, a
shot on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien," an FBI
investigation, Little Lord Fauntleroy, and the wild
ride of a wild rock band.

June 8th - 9:15pm

BIKE MAYHEM

The greatest hits in the Portland Underground Biking community. Featuring the Zoobombers, Chunk, Bike Portland, Urban Adventure League, Bicycle Transportation Alliance and all of your favorite underground Bike Community rejects.

June 8th - 11:30pm

OPENING NIGHT PARTY

Aalto Lounge
3356 SE Belmont St.
Sponsored by New Deal Vodka.

Your ticket to PUFF gets you the first drink on the
house.

June 9th - 7pm

STOMP! SCREAM! SHOUT!

Director will be in attendance for Q & A following the film.

A beach party rock and
roll monster movie, set in 1966 - featuring an
all-girl garage rock band and the legend of the Skunk Ape (the Florida Everglades version of Bigfoot). Theodora, Jody and Carol, collectively The Violas, are on tour when their van breaks down in a small southern
beach town. The local police are investigating a mass of mysterious debris on the beach and the disappearance of a little girl's parents after she's found walking the beach in a state of shock. Scientist John Patterson is called in to help investigate. Both John and local mechanic Hector Garcia fall for Violas lead singer Theodora, but she seems to have no interest in them, possibly because of a mysterious past. Hector convinces the girls to stay in town when he offers to repair their van in exchange for playing his party, but the mysterious creature is still on the
loose.

website

June 9th - 9:15pm

THE COAT ROOM

Director will be in attendance for Q & A following the film.

James Cotton (Patrick Carrico) hates his
life, job, and girlfriend. In a vain attempt to sober
up and make a numb life for himself, he takes a job in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. His first day on the job he's placed in the coat room with Claire (Claire
Bromwell) whose sarcastic and hardened personality manages to pierce James's lifeless veneer. James's budding crush on the young woman is enough to rope him into a series of scams she has planned for the day in order to make enough money to move away. Under an
onslaught of odd museum patrons and caricatures of the young and hip art crowd, James is powerless to ease the awful pain of existence in a rhetorical world. Claire's life of impulsive action without thought
forces James to confront both her lies and his own.
Does James have what it takes to change his life? Can he find a reason to exist in this overwhelmingly futile world?

June 10th - 1pm

JERKBEAST

A foul mouthed monster on drums, a brainless necrophiliac on bass and a rabbit-smashing psycho on guitar. This is the formula for rock and roll greatbness. Jerkbeast chronicles the rise to stardom of the worst rock band in history.

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June 10th - 3pm

HOLLOW GROUND

Director will be in attendance for Q & A following the film.

Hillsboro meets
the Evil Dead!

Three kids find themselves stranded in a mountain cabin... Something evil is
stalking them, taking them out one by one. They will have to stick together to survive but may end up killing each
other before they can reach help.

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June 10th - 5pm

ZOMBIE CHRIST

Director will be in attendance for Q & A following the film.

Three Days after the Crucifixion, Mary Magdalene goes
to the grave of her friend and teacher, Jesus of
Nazareth. Her heart is open to the promise of
Resurrection and Salvation....Instead of a Savior, she encounters Satan's most horrifying creature: the Flesh-Eating Zombie Christ!

Now Mary and Simon called Peter must try to destroy the Zombie Christ, protect the other disciples, and preserve the Gospel -- which hasn't even been written
down yet. And the super-charged Zombie Christ isn't the only threat lurking in the Wilderness of Judea....

website

June 10th - 7pm

SHORT PROGRAMS

A Special Offer
Five bored housemates, living on unemployement, sign up to learn to play the 'music of the future.' But they get more than just music lessons, and drastic measures are
required to re-establish normalcy.

Everybody,
Every Morning
Frank and Funny Perspective on the systems and rituals people construct as they rush through their morning routines. Stars the Fabulous Marjorie Skinner of the Portland Mercury.

Kebab
A gritty and disturbing
story set in the near future, follows Andy’s first
days at Kindness Kebab, a fast food kebab chain run by Steve, an irksome manager obsessed with the business. Futuristic Sci-Fi Mayhem.

The System Wurks
Lisa's Boyfriend Joe is in an incredible funk. Then Joe's old grade school bully tries to sell him heroin in the park.
Joe ends up making a worrisome problem of his own...

El Perfecto Cerdo
The perfect pig: grease, substance, steroids, total use; it's a fable's excuse to introduce us to the derivative work's process of creation and cut-up's and recycling culture, looking for the hidden truth of the images.The Psychedlic History of the Pig.

Larva
Animated Green Men wreak havoc on
earth. After spawning in the waters, they turn to the land to consume anything and everything in their path. Watch out for the Larva!

Night Falls and
Flying Dream
Two amazing short Animation/Live action hybrids from the legendary local artist John Bacone.

I Know Who You Are
After recieving a
fortune, Lee does not believe in fate, BUT he is less then amused by the new information...until he sees the signs coming true right before his eyes.

Baby Pepper
A commercial for the greatest new product on the market: Baby Pepper Spray.

June 10th - 9:15pm

MAD COWGIRL

Sarah Lassez (Nowhere, The Blackout, Until the Night) delivers a star-making performance as Therese, an ass-kicking health inspector with a failed marriage, an on-going affair with a creepy televangelist, nymphomania, and an obsession with old kung-fu movies. Further complicating her life is a very questionable relationship with her brother Thierry (James Duval from The Doom Generation and
Donnie Darko), a meat importer who may (or may not) have infected her with mad cow disease.

June 11th - 3pm

JACK HENKE'S DISASTER

The residents of Georgetown, Texas (pop. 1000) begin acting strange as their pets sense the arrival of UFO's in the latest installment of the Jack Hanke video series.

Director Jack Gibson (Loser of Colourballs) in attendance for
Q and A.

June 11th - 5pm

THE EARLY FILMS OF
JAMES WESTBY

MURDER AT HOME PLATE: A LITTLE LEAGUE TRAGEDY
Directed and edited
by James Westby
Produced by Byrd McDonald
Music by Katie Griesar
Color, 2003. 4 minutes.

This is a sad and terrifying documentary detailing a 2002 true-life Tualatin, OR case of a psychotic baseball coach and the unlucky umpire who got in his way. As one eyewitness put it, “This is the most bad thing I’ve ever saw with my own two eyes,
basically.” MURDER AT HOME PLATE: A LITTLE LEAGUE TRAGEDY is a heart-wrenching film that will tear your guts out and then spit them right back at you.

THE AUTEUR
Written directed and edited by James Westby.
Starring Melik Malkasian.
Produced by Byrd McDonald
Color, 2002. 4 minutes.

THE AUTEUR chronicles legendary porno director Arturo Domingo as he records the commentary track for his latest DVD release, Requiem for a Wet Dream. Filmed entirely in a Los Angeles sound studio, this is a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into the mind of a true visionary. In
fact, THE AUTEUR may be one of the most important films ever made about the creative process.

BLOODY MARY: THE VERSION YOU’VE NEVER SEEN.
Written directed and edited by James Westby.
Starring Melik Malkasian.
Color, 1995. 80 minutes.

James Westby’s critically acclaimed no-budget thriller Bloody Mary
returns to the big screen in a new, never-before-seen version.
Prepared especially for the inaugural Longbaugh Film Festival, this taut and funny homage to B-movies is now several minutes shorter, but still as bloody as ever. Painstakingly transferred
frame-by-frame from a scratchy 16mm print to the consumer-grade
mini dv format, Bloody Mary was tightened by its director to reflect the vision that he thinks he should have had when the movie was first
released.

ACCLAIM FOR BLOODY MARY:

“A diabolical thriller in the tradition of Blood Simple.” --
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

“Only an asshole would miss this movie!” --
NY Underground Film Festival

“Audacious Bloody Mary is a stylish, unpredictable
thriller.” --
Paula Nechak, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Q and A with James Westby following the screening.

June 11th - 7pm

4 O'CLOCK

Director will be in attendance for Q & A following the film.

A discontented stewardess is a dangerous bird. She'll resort to anything to get out of this airline life, even kidnapping! Will special agent Mott McCampbell be able to stop her in time?

DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&A FOLLOWING THE SCREENING

June 11th - 9:15pm

BEST OF THE FEST

THE COAT ROOM

Director will be in attendance for Q & A following the film.

James Cotton (Patrick Carrico) hates his
life, job, and girlfriend. In a vain attempt to sober
up and make a numb life for himself, he takes a job in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. His first day on the job he's placed in the coat room with Claire (Claire
Bromwell) whose sarcastic and hardened personality manages to pierce James's lifeless veneer. James's budding crush on the young woman is enough to rope him into a series of scams she has planned for the day in order to make enough money to move away. Under an
onslaught of odd museum patrons and caricatures of the young and hip art crowd, James is powerless to ease the awful pain of existence in a rhetorical world. Claire's life of impulsive action without thought
forces James to confront both her lies and his own.
Does James have what it takes to change his life? Can he find a reason to exist in this overwhelmingly futile world?

16mm
63 minutes

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

BY POPULAR DEMAND! MORE VINTAGE MOVIE TRAILERS!!!

Join local film archivist Greg Hamilton, as he digs up classic movie trailer moments from a few films that live at the start of the alphabet.

Don't miss:

Seven different trailers for APOCALYPSE NOW...

...Jack Palance and Lee Marvin as hard-boiled soldiers in ATTACK...

...a beautiful trailer of Martin Sheen (circa 1973) for Malick's BADLANDS...

...the phantasmic cheesiness of BARBARELLA, BATMAN: THE MOVIE, BATTLE BEYOND THE SUN, BLACK SABBATH and BURN WITCH BURN...

Over 70 trailers in all!

If you thought you knew of every film that existed, check out Trailermania 3 - and discover something new.

featured trailers:

Apocalypse Now, Alien, All That Jazz, Attack, The Bad News Bears, Badlands, Barbarella,
Batman: The Movie, Being There, Blackbeard’s Ghost, Blazing Saddles, A Boy and His Dog, The Brain That Wouldn’t Die, The Bride of Frankenstein and Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid

Over 70 trailers in all!

USA. 2005
Dylan Avery
80 minutes

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

THE MUST SEE, HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL 9/11
DOCUMENTARY

What if...

September 11th was not a suprise attack on America, but rather a cold and calculated genocide by own government?

Disinformation or chilling truth? See this film and decide for yourself.

LIVE IMPROV COMEDY!!!

On stage, anything can happen. We invite you along for an evening of laughs, near laughs, and some of the best short-form improv Portland has to offer. You'll pay for the whole seat, but you'll only need the edge! And thats a promise, because we're subletting the rest
of the chair.

Celebrating their 3rd Anniversary, Kick The Squirrel Improv is coming to the Clinton Street Theater!

Join us for a raucous night of “Improvised. Comedy. Theater.” Along with special guests, it will be a night to remember and we don’t know if that is a good thing!?!

U.S., 2006
Bret Wood
102 minutes

Employing a complex multi-narrative
structure, Psychopathia Sexualis dramatizes case
histories of turn-of-the-century sexual deviance,
drawn from the pages of Richard von Krafft-Ebing's
notorious medical text. Among the cases are a sexually repressed man who discovers an unhealthy appetite for
blood; a homosexual man who submits himself to a
doctor who promises to 'cure' his condition; and a
masochist who hires a pair of corseted prostitutes to enact a most peculiar performance. In the final
chapter, a woman who has spent her life suppressing her lesbian desires is hired to tutor a sexually curious young woman. These stories are bound together by the thread of an ambitious doctor who not only
studies the patients, but uses them as pawns and
playthings.

U.S., 2005
Eric Lahey
90 minutes

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE FOR Q&A FOLLOWING BOTH SCREENINGS!

Sandwiched in the heart of downtown Portland, Oregon, the Century Plaza was at one time as elegant as it was esteemed. Indeed, businessmen, and those simply passing through the city, made a point to patronize this five-story complex that was built at the turn of the twentieth century. Sadly, as the years gave way to the development of high-rise and commercial lodging, the Plaza began a downward spiral.

Director Eric Lahey took up residence at The Century Plaza Hotel to document this forgotten fragment of society. The untold stories of this nebulous culture slowly unfold as he wanders his urban enclave. For some, The Century Plaza is a meeting place, a safe haven for the exchange or abuse of illicit drugs; for others it signifies a luxurious break from the streets and a heated room and bed. The plaza affords refuge and survival. Stories unravel of individuals gripped with mental illness, drug addiction, and disease. Through spontaneous conversations, their captivating tales and diverse personalities will draw your attention, and engross you in their private world.

Tribune article

U.S., 2006
Mark Birnbaum
Jim Schermbeck
90 minutes

It's the story of one of the most blatant power grabs in American history, and how a District Attorney in Texas turned out to be the biggest threat to the national DeLay Machine. The film is a warning about how easy it is for American democracy to be hijacked by a combination of relentless ambition and corporate millions. It makes the case that DeLay built a "custom-made Congress" that is still providing votes for his agenda.

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The Clinton Street Theater has been showing the Rocky Horror Picture Show every Saturday night (except for foul weather, holidays, etc.) since April 1978, which makes it the longest running RHPS in the WORLD!

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