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January 1 |
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PORTLAND FILM CURATOR BRIAN YOUNG IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE THIRD
ANNUAL, NEW YEAR'S DAY, THREE STOOGES MINI-MARATHON
3 HOURS!!! NINE SHORT COMEDY CLASSICS!!!
The most thorough representation of the Three Stooges work in the field
of short subjects to ever smack a Portland screen! Starring Moe Howard,
Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Shemp Howard, and Joe Besser.The festival
kicks off with the first short the Stooges debuted in at Columbia Pictures:
"Woman Haters" (1934.) Other Curly Classics
include: "Healthy Wealthy and Dumb" (1938)
and "Micro-phonies" (1945) The marathon continues
with the Shemp Howard appearances including "A Missed Fortune"
(1952) (a remake of "Healthy Wealthy and Dumb") and "Squareheads
of the Round Table." (1948) Shemp's replacement, Joe Besser,
shows off his unusual approach to Stoogedom in "Pies and
Guys" from 1958. And there's other surprises too wild
to be mentioned in a mere press release you knucklehead!
All prints are on beautiful 16mm film!
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Shows at
3pm
General
Admission
$6
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January 5 - 10 |
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Japan,
1966
Akira Kurosawa
96 minutes
BEAUTIFULY RESTORED
35mm PRINT!
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Akira
Kurosawa’s tightly paced, beautifully composed Sanjuro. In this
sly companion piece to Yojimbo, the jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic
group of young warriors weed out their clan’s evil influences,
and in the process turns
their image of a “proper” samurai on its ear. Less
brazen in tone than its predecessor but just as
engaging, this classic character’s return is a
masterpiece in its own right, now presented in a newly restored 35mm
print.
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Shows at
7pm and 9pm
General
Admission
$6
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January 11 |
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100 ONE MINUTE SLOW MOTION VIDEOS!
SLOMO VIDEO is 100 one minute slow motion videos by 85 filmmakers and
video artists from around the world. The video festival will swerve
into cinemas around the world, transubstantiate time into taffy, and
turn the usual expectations of a video show on its side and inside out.
This unique compilation of cinematic slowness will pull the audience
through a molasses-tinged warp of catastrophic visual and audio beauty.
Stop and smell the roses! Leap into that k-hole! Feel spellbound by
your own navel! Celebrate a savory moment... its the human way! Remember
when you were a kid and you could stare at ants crawling around for
hours, or just space out and look at the ceiling or the patterns on
the floor? SLOMO VIDEO is a recreation of that meditative place in the
present. It is a video experience that isn't afraid to put a 78 record
on at 33 1/3rd and kick back in a beanbag to ponder the mysteries of
space and time.
website
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Shows at
7pm and 9pm
General
Admission
$6
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January 12 - 14 |
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New
Zealand, 1989
Peter Jackson
35mm, 94 minutes
Peter Jackson's early twisted muppet masterwork!
A mix of muppets, sex, violence, and the occasional shit-eating fly!
Follow the missadventures of the Feebles, a performing troupe full of
degenerate characters who fight, take drugs, copulate and somehow keep
the show going.
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Shows at
7pm and 9pm
General
Admission
$6
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January 15 |
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CELEBRATE MLK DAY WITH A RARE SCREENING OF "KING: A FILMED
RECORD - FROM MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS"
NOMINATED FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY OSCAR (1971)
USA, 1970
Sidney Lumet
103 minutes
Compiled from newsreel footage, this film has a heavy impact,
showing Rev. King - not as a saint - but as a compassionate man of God
with great goals for all people. The film quality is rather rough at
times, and the racial slurs shouted are harsh, but the film is powerful.
Recommended for those who seek an insight to the man behind the dream.
This film was originally shown at theatres as a "one-time-only"
event on March 24, 1970, and was later shown on US television.
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Shows at
7pm and 9:15pm
General
Admission
$6
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January 16 |
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16mm
55 minutes
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
MORE VINTAGE MOVIE TRAILERS!!!
Join local film archivist Greg Hamilton, as he digs up a grab bag of
classic movie trailer moments.
Over 70 trailers in all!
Don't miss:
The star-studded full-length trailer for the war epic THE LONGEST
DAY...
...Robert Duvall chewing up the scenery in
THE GREAT SANTINI...
...and
the schlocky goodness of PINOCCHIO IN OUTER SPACE, MEAN FRANK
AND CRAZY TONY, HERCULES UNCHAINED and THE CRATER LAKE
MONSTER...
other featured trailers:
Outlaw Josey Wales, Walking Tall, The Poseiden Adventure, Smokey and
the Bandit, Jaws, The Sting, The Owl and the Pussycat, Golden Voyage
of Sinbad, The Amityville Horror
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Shows at
7pm and 8:30pm
General
Admission
$6
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January 17-18 |
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PAY TRIBUTE TO THE GODFATHER OF SOUL WITH THIS CLASSIC CONCERT
FILM
One of the defining elements of James Brown’s career
has always been his electrifying live show and his performances at Montreux
give ample evidence of this. This film focuses on his choice as the
best of them all from 1981. It’s a string of hits from start to
finish delivered with all the flamboyant style and
showmanship for which he is rightly famous.
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Shows at
7pm and 9pm
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Admission
$6
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January 19 - 25 |
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USA,
2006
Harry Moses
74 minutes
When Teri Horton, a 73-year old former long-haul truck driver bought
a painting in a thrift shop for five dollars, she didn't know that it
would pit her against the highest and mightiest people in the art world
and perhaps change forever the way art is authenticated.
website
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Shows at
7pm and 9pm
Matinees
(Sat/Sun)
5pm
General
Admission
$6
Tuesday
Admission
$4
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January 26-F1 |
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Germany,
2005
Stephen and
Timothy Quay
99 minutes
THE PIANO TUNER OF EARTHQUAKES is the breathtakingly beautiful and long-awaited
second feature from the Quay Brothers. On the eve of her wedding, the
beautiful opera singer Malvina is mysteriously killed and abducted by
a malevolent Dr. Droz. Felisberto, an innocent piano tuner, is summoned
to Droz’s secluded villa to service his strange musical automatons.
Little by little Felisberto learns of the doctor’s plans to stage
a “diabolical opera” and of Malvina’s fate. He secretly
conspires to rescue her, only to become trapped himself in the web of
Droz’s perverse universe...
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Shows at
7pm and 9pm
General
Admission
$6
Tuesday
Admission
$4
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February 2 - 8 |
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USA,
2006
Mark Becker
80 minutes
Romántico is a feature-length documentary portrait of Mexican
musician Carmelo Muñiz. The film follows Carmelo as the troubadour
returns home to scratch out a living after years of trying to get ahead
in San Francisco. Through his eyes, the viewer watches a migrant tale
in reverse, as the film vividly captures why the 60-year-old first chose
to leave his beloved family and cross the desert borderlands.
Together, Carmelo and his musical partner, Arturo Arias, roam the streets
of San Francisco from restaurant to restaurant and earn a living playing
love songs for tips. They are a duo, but they call themselves a trio
for marketing purposes.
Carmelo's stay in San Francisco ends abruptly when he learns that his
ailing mother has taken a turn for the worse. Upon his return to Mexico,
Carmelo sees his beloved daughters for the first time in many years,
but almost as soon as he arrives, he realizes that he cannot adequately
support them. Without Arturo by his side, Carmelo finds himself working
the mariachi circuit - weddings, quinceañeras, funerals... And
when he and Arturo reunite, they work the Salvatierra bars together,
playing love songs to prostitutes and their clients. But the pesos just
do not add up.
Carmelo finds himself plotting a return trip back to the U.S. But at
the age of 60, another border crossing begins to seem absurd...
In Romántico, Carmelo's songs bear witness to a tireless quest
for happiness in the face of frustrated dreams.
website
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Shows at
7pm and 9pm
General
Admission
$6
Tuesday
Admission
$4
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February 4 |
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Grab some pizza and beer at the pub and join us in the theater for a
FREE high-def screening of SUPER BOWL XLI between Indianapolis and Chicago!
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Starts at
2 pm
General
Admission
FREE
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February 9-14 |
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USA,
2005
David Redmon
72 minutes
This
examination of cultural and economic globalization follows the life-cycle
of Mardi Gras beads from a small factory in Fuzhou, China, to Mardi
Gras in New Orleans, and to art galleries in New York City.
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Shows at
7pm
NO SHOW on
2/12
General
Admission
$6
Tuesday
Admission
$4
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February 9-14 |
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USA,
1983
Martha Coolidge
35mm, 99 minutes
One of Nick Cages'
first films!
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They
are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together
in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.
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Shows at
9pm
NO
SHOW on
2/12
General
Admission
$6
Tuesday
Admission
$4
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February 12 |
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USA,
2006
Randy Olson
84 minutes
The first feature documentary to present both sides of the Intellegent
Design/Evolution clash that appeared on the covers of Time and Newsweek
in 2005. Flimmaker and former Evolutionary Ecologist Dr. Randy Olson
tries to make sense of the issue by visiting his home state of Kansas.
At first, it seems the problem lies with intellegent design, a movement
labeled recently as "breathtaking inanity," by a federal judge,
but when a group of environmentals convene for a night of poker and
discussion they end up sounding themselves like....a flock of dodos.
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Shows at
7pm and 9pm
General
Admission
$6
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February 15 |
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Valentine's Hangover
Film Fest
Yep, your Valentine's Day blew. We've heard all the
classic sob stories.Though your Valentine's Day was a crapfest, it could
be worse.
Come see HOW and check
out two hours of sad, sad, sad films.
The fest kicks off with the 1/2-hour short
"Cipher in the Snow," chronicling a boy's
death from loneliness.
Follow it up with
the 1977 made-for-television classic "The Death of Richie".
This'll be like looking in a mirror for some of you - you'll love the
surprise ending! Features Ben Gazzara as Richie's merciful (but angry!)
father.
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Shows at
7pm
General
Admission
$6
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February 15 |
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The popular local comedy team returns to the Clinton for another night
of improvisational comedy!
Don't miss this!
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Shows at
9:30pm
General
Admission
$6
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February 16 |
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USA, 2006
Jaysen Dunnavant
90 minutes
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
An indie drama about a man dealing with guilt after losing the love
of his life - and the woman who tries to make him whole again. Shot
primarily in Oregon over a span of two years.
Prior to the screening - Live music from John Weinland!
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Shows at
8 pm
General
Admission
$6
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February 17-28 |
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USA,
2006
Eric Steel
93 minutes
HELD OVER FOR
A SECOND WEEK!
People suffer largely unnoticed while the rest of the world goes about
its business. This is a documentary exploration of the mythic beauty
of the Golden Gate Bridge, the most popular suicide destination in the
world, and those drawn by its call. Steel and his crew filmed the bridge
during daylight hours from two separate locations for all of 2004, recording
most of the two dozen deaths in that year (and preventing several others).
They also taped interviews with friends, families and witnesses, who
recount in sorrowful detail stories of struggles with depression, substance
abuse and mental illness. Raises questions about suicide, mental illness
and civic responsibility as well as the filmmaker's relationship to
his fraught and complicated material.
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Shows at
7pm and 9pm
(17 - 21)
Shows at
7pm
(24 - 28)
General
Admission
$6
Tuesday
Admission
$4
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February 22 |
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USA,
1968
Otto Preminger
97 minutes
Rarely seen 1968 prison caper/acid inspired comedy farce featuring Jackie
Gleason, Carol Channing, Groucho Marx (in his last
movie role as God), Mickey Rooney, Harry Nillsson (!) and many others.
Jackie Gleason on acid? Burgess Meredith and Peter Lawford? It must
be seen to be believed. SKIDOO is a strange and very hard to find movie.
It has never been released on DVD or VHS.
Admission
is $6 or $3
and a non-perishable
food item for Portland Area Food Bank.
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Shows at
7pm
General
Admission
$6
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February 22 |
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Eskimo and Sons -
boy gorilla records
is unleashing two eps by GHOSTIES and volume two of REEL THUGS. the
event will feature music by ghosties
(joined by d'of), eskimo and sons, and jordan bagnall
(of typhoon fame)
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Starts at
9pm
General
Admission
$6
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Feb 23 |
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USA, 1983
Chuck Ahearn
82 minutes
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
RARE 35MM PRINT OF THIS HIP-HOP CLASSIC!
Q&A w/DIRECTOR
CHUCK AHEARN and ACTOR/MUSICIAN
FAB 5 FREDDY
Legendary New York graffiti artist Lee Quinones plays the part of Zoro,
the city's hottest and most elusive graffiti writer. The actual story
of the movie concerns the tension between Zoro's passion for his art
and his personal life, particularly his strained relationship with fellow
artist Rose. But this isn't why one watches Wild Style--this movie is
*the* classic hip-hop flick, full of great subway shots, breakdancing,
freestyle MCing and rare footage of one of the godfathers of hip-hop,
Grandmaster Flash, pulling off an awesome scratch-mix set on a pair
of ancient turntables. A must-see for anyone interested in hip-hop music
and culture.
Film shorts Bongo Barbershop and Busy on the
Beach by Victoria Hart Glavin will precede Wild Style.
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Shows at
7pm
General
Admission
$8
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Feb 23 |
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USA, 1975
Jack Hill
91 minutes
35mm PRINT!!!!
FROM THE VAULT SERIES!
The "Dagger Debs" are a gang of snarling girls, and Maggie
is their newest member. Lace, the ever tooth-gritting leader, befriends
her but soon has doubts --it seems Lace's man, Dominic, head of the
"Silver Daggers" fancies the new recruit. Lace struggles to
keep control of the Debs, and a handle on Nick, as they face off against
the rival gang of pushers lead by Crabs.
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Shows at
10pm
General
Admission
$6
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Feb 24 - 28 |
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USA, 1987
Rodney Amateau
96 minutes
20th ANNIVERSARY
35mm PRINT OF THIS LOWBROW GEM!
The first ever movie to be based on a trading card/sticker series! Seven
disgusting kids but nevertheless of interesting personality are being
made of the green mud coming out of garbage can. Once alive their master
gives them rules to obey although they think that life is funnier without
following stupid regulations like no television or no candy. Naturally
this will cause some conflicts.
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Shows at
9pm
General
Admission
$6
Tuesday
Admission
$4
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Feb 24 |
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USA, 1939
Victor Fleming
101 minutes
35mm PRINT!
Benefit for the Creston Elementary School!
When a nasty neighbor tries to have her dog put to sleep, Dorothy takes
her dog Toto, to run away. A cyclone appears and carries her to the
magical land of Oz. Wishing to return, she begins to travel to the Emerald
City where a great wizard lives. On her way she meets a Scarecrow who
needs a brain, a Tin Man who wants a heart, and a Cowardly Lion who
desperately needs courage. They all hope the Wizard of Oz will help
them, before the Wicked Witch of the West catches up with them.
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Shows at
1pm
General
Admission
$1
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March 1 |
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-- Sponsored by Trout Unlimited, Save Our Wild Salmon, and The Sierra
Club
Join us for this FREE event featuring some award-winning films:
The Hatch
A short fly fishing documentary focusing on fishing the stone
fly hatch in the Black Canyon on the Gunison River and the conservation
threats facing this unique eco-system. By Travis Rummel & Ben Knight
of Felt Sole Media.
Trout Bums Diaries
Join four trout bums from the Angling Exploration Group on
an epic five month journey that took them 7,000 miles down the spine
of the Andes in search of adventure and big fish in some of Patagonia’s
most remote and pristine wild trout waters.
Troutgrass
Explores the allure of moving water, a century-old rod making tradition,
and the wonders of catch and release fly-fishing. Written & Narrated
by David James Duncan
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Shows from
6:30pm
until
9:30pm
General
Admission
FREE
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March 2 - 8 |
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Japan, 1957
Akira Kurosawa
105 minutes
CLASSIC KUROSAWA!
50th ANNIVERSARY
RESTORED 35MM PRINT
Toshiro Mifune stars in Kurosawa's transposition of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'
to medieval Japan. After a great military victory, Lords Washizu and
Miki are lost in the dense Cobweb Forest, where they meet a mysterious
old woman who predicts great things for Washizu and even greater things
for Miki's descendants. Once out of the forest, Washizu and Miki are
immediately promoted by the Emperor. Washizu, encouraged by his ambitious
wife, plots to make even more of the prophecy come true, even if it
means killing the Emperor...
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Shows at
7pm and 9:30pm
NO 9:30pm
show 3/2
General
Admission
$6
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March 2 |
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USA, 1973
Ivan Dixon
91 minutes
35mm PRINT!!!!
FROM THE VAULT SERIES!
In order to improve his standing with Black voters, a White Senator
starts a campaign for the CIA to recruit Black agents. However, all
are graded on a curve and doomed to fail, save for a soft-spoken veteran
named Dan Freeman. After grueling training in guerrilla warfare, clandestine
operations and unarmed combat, he is assigned a meager job as the CIA's
token Black employee. After five years of racist and stereotyped treatment
by his superiors, he quietly resigns to return to his native Chicago
to work for a social services agency...by day. By night, he trains a
street gang to be the vanguard in an upcoming race war, using all that
the CIA has taught him...
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Shows at
9:30pm
General
Admission
$6
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March 9 - 29 |
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USA, 2006
Alfonso Cuaron
109 minutes
HELD OVER FOR
A SECOND WEEK!
LOW DOUGH SHOW!
ONLY THREE BUCKS!
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate,
a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman
to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save
the future of humankind.
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Shows at
7pm and
9:15pm
No 9:15 show
on 3/9 and 3/15
March 16-29
Shows at
7pm
General
Admission
$3
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March 9 |
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USA, 1973
George Romero
103 minutes
35mm PRINT!!!!
FROM THE VAULT SERIES!
A biological weapon gone awry is only the start of problems in the little
town of Evan's City, Pennsylvania. Bouts of insanity in the populace
are leading to murder and rioting, until the US Army turns up - and
things really start going to hell.
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Shows at
9:30pm
General
Admission
$6
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March 15 |
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THE GREATEST LOCAL IMPROV TROUP RETURNS YET AGAIN!!!
My Own Private Improv is back at The Clinton Street
Theater with Portland's finest improvised comedy. The
momentum of the movement is picking up, and you'll
want to come witness the impromptu fun and games
yourself. Bring a friend, bring a date, bring extra
money for a t-shirt and some drinks at the bar! Once
you experience comedy like this, you'll never think of
it the same way again.
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Shows at
9:30pm
General
Admission
$6
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March 16 - 22 |
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PORTLAND PREMIERE OF THIS RESTORED
35mm PRINT!!!
EL TOPO
USA, 1970
Alejandro Jodorowsky
125 minutes
The gunfighter El Topo ("The Mole") and his young son ride
through a desert to a village, whose inhabitants have been massacred.
Bandits are nearby, torturing and killing the survivors. El Topo rescues
a woman (Mara), who leads him on a mission to find and defeat the four
master gunmen of the desert. Leaving his son with a group of monks,
El Topo and Mara complete the mission, accompanied by a mysterious woman
in black. The women leave El Topo wounded in the desert, where he is
found by a clan of deformed people who take him to the remote cavern
where they live. Awakening years later, he goes with a dwarf woman to
a nearby town, promising to dig a tunnel through which the cave-dwellers
can escape. They find the town run by a vicious sheriff and home to
a bizarre religious cult. El Topo's son, now a man, is a monk in the
town. The completion of the tunnel leads El Topo, the townspeople, and
the cave-dwellers to a bloody and tragic end.
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Shows at
9:15pm
General
Admission
$6
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March 23-29 |
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PORTLAND PREMIERE OF THIS RESTORED
35mm PRINT!!!
THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
USA, 1973
Alejandro Jodorowsky
114 minutes
A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled
with religious and sacrilegious imagery. He meets a mystical guide who
introduces him to seven wealthy and powerful individuals, each representing
a planet in the solar system. These seven, along with the protagonist,
the guide and the guide's assistant, divest themselves of their worldly
goods and form a group of nine who will seek out the Holy Mountain,
in order to displace the gods who live there and become immortal.
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Shows at
9:15pm
General
Admission
$6
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Mar 30 - Apr 1 |
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SPONSORED BY
WILLAMETTE WEEK
Longbaugh website
Friday, March 30 - 7pm
CREATURES FROM THE PINK LAGOON
Chris Dianti
71 minutes
Take one part 1950s B-movie horror film, add another part of the overly
melodramatic, and mix with campy comedy, and what you’re left
with is this silly comic romp. A young gay man’s birthday part
plans are interrupted when he and his friends cross paths with a horde
of queer zombies (who were infected by toxic mosquitoes while cruising
at a highway rest stop).
Saturday, M31 - 2pm
BIKECAR
96 minutes
Join three avid snowboarders as they travel from Idaho to Washington
to Oregon in a bikecar. A bikecar? Yes, a bikecar—a car constructed
out of bicycle parts, and powered by the passengers pedaling. What starts
out as a wild idea becomes an even more outrageous reality as the bikecar
takes to the road, where everything from steep inclines to bad weather
to personal injuries threatens to curtail this adventure. Don’t
be fooled by the subject matter this is not a documentary about alternative
modes of transportation, just three friends out to have a good time.
Saturday, M31 - 4pm
AUTOMATIONS
James Felix McKenny
83 minutes
Proof positive that a big budget and state-of-the-art special effects
are not the sole requirements for a good sci-fi flick, this low budget,
no frills futuristic thriller delivers the goods. Atmospheric black
and white photography sets the tone for this tale of The Girl (Christine
Spencer), the lone survivor of a long-fought war. With help from an
army of antiquated robots, The Girl fends off attacks from her enemies
on a planet ravaged by conflict.
Saturday, M31 - 7pm
BEAUTY 24
90 minutes
Photographer Steve Gatlin embarked on a challenge to travel around the
country for 24 days, each day visiting a new state to take a single
photograph until he filled one roll of film. To complicate matters,
each photograph was taken at night, outdoors, using time-lapse settings,
and the models were all nude. Gatlin’s epic journey is documented
as the models discuss self-esteem and beauty and how those issues are
defined in American culture.
Saturday, M31 - 9pm
SPIRAL
Adam Green
Joel Moore
88 minutes
In this movie filmed and set in Portland, Joel David Moore stars as
Mason, a lonely young man leading a life of quiet desperation while
working a thankless job at a call center. Mason’s life becomes
invigorated when he meets Amber (Amber Tamblyn), and the two form an
unlikely friendship. But as the introverted Mason begins to come out
of his shell, a side of him emerges that was perhaps best left hidden.
Sunday, April 1 - 2pm
INDEPENDENT AMERICA
Hanson Hosein
and Heather Hughes
80 minutes
Award-winning journalists Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes, who are
also husband and wife, set out on a cross-country journey to find the
remaining vestiges of independent business in a land dominated by massive
retail chains. The only rules for the trip are that they can only do
business at mom-and-pop stores and they can’t travel on interstate
highways—only secondary highways and country roads. Most of their
stops take them to communities where businesses like Wal-Mart and Starbucks
have been treated as invading enemies and the struggle has been fought
to resist doing business with faceless corporations that place profit
above all else.
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Every Saturday |
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The Clinton Street
Theater and the Rocky Horror Picture Show
28 Years of
Absolute Pleasure!
The Clinton Street Theater has been showing the Rocky Horror Picture
Show every Saturday night (except for foul weather, holidays, etc.)
since April 1978.
Bring your rice, the toast, the G-String, and come on down to the longest
running RHPS in the WORLD!
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Shows at
Midnight
General
Admission
$6
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