U.S, 2003,
David C. Thomas,
35mm, 119 minutes

HELD OVER DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND!

One of the most electrifying acts to ever storm a Rock'n'Roll stage, the MC5's Detroit performances in the late 60s are legend. Their debut album, Kick Out the Jams, set a high-energy sonic standard rarely matched in the thirty years since its release. The MC5's uncompromising stance and radical affiliations placed them, briefly, at the musical forefront of a generation bent on political and cultural change. In the midst of the most turbulent years in our nation's history, the MC5 embraced the promise and embodied the possibilities of a real American Revolution.

Green Noise Records is cosponsoring MC5 - and local band The Hunches will be playing Friday at 8:45 PM at Green Noise to Launch the film.

Film Website

U.S, 1973,
Robert Clouse,
35mm, 110 minutes

30th Anniversary,
Restored 35MM Print!

Bruce Lee is recruited to infiltrate a drug operation under the guise of taking part in an invitational competition sponsored by the one handed crime boss. This was Bruce Lee's most popular film in the west.

Don't miss this opportunity to see one of the greatest martial arts films ever made on the big screen!

Israel, 2003,
Ra'anan Alexandrowicz,
35mm, 87 minutes

In the imaginary village of Entshongweni, very far from western civilization, the young James is chosen to undertake a mission - a pilgrimage to Holy Jerusalem.

But Israel is no longer the Holy Land that James and his people imagined. At the airport, James is suspected of trying to infiltrate the country in order to work illegally. He is jailed and destined for deportation. Inside the dark cell, as James prays to God to allow him to complete his mission, a miracle occurs. A mysterious stranger posts bail for him. But it soon becomes clear that James' freedom has come at a price - his savior is a manpower agent, who rescues illegal migrant workers in exchange for employing them in hard labor jobs. From then on, James' trip to Jerusalem turns into a journey into self discovery and the cruel heart of the Israeli economic system.

Film Website

U.S., 2002,
T.J. Martin & Brian Quist,
DVD, 85 minutes

A DAY IN THE HYPE OF AMERICA, a feature documentary filmed entirely on December 31st 1999, offers a savvy critique of the hype and hysteria that made the arrival of the millennium such an anticlimax. Set against the cacophony of the unrelenting media circus, the stories of four Americans take us back into the heart of the millennial zeitgeist. A DAY IN THE HYPE OF AMERICA unveils a shrewd commentary on the conditions which have turned America into a culture of fear.

Film Website

US, 2003,
Wayne Ewing,
35mm, 91 minutes

Breakfast with Hunter is a feature length documentary starring the infamous outlaw journalist Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. Edited by director Wayne Ewing from cinema verite film and digital video that he shot over many years on the road with Dr. Thompson, Breakfast with Hunter follows several story lines in the trials (literally) and triumphs of this cultural icon who created his own genre of writing - Gonzo journalism.

The film chronicles Dr. Thompson's successful attempt to avoid being placed in the system - jail and/or rehabilitation - by rogue Aspen City cops that conspired to bust him for drunken driving on the eve of an important local election. This political story interweaves with his struggle to bring his book "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" to a proper life as a feature film starring Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro. The cast of characters he meets on his odyssey, in addition to Depp and Del Toro also include songwriter Warren Zevon, actor John Cusack, artist Ralph Steadman, and fellow journalists George Plimpton and P.J. O'Rourke.

Film Website

Hong Kong, 2003,
Robin Shou,
35mm, 93 minutes

A short action film interwoven into a documentary tells the story of the legendary stuntmen and women of Hong Kong film. Featuring the world's most illustrious HK stuntmen, this film explores their death- defying feats and foolhardy working methods.  It also traces their origin back to the original Hong Kong stuntmen known as "red trousers" - a term used to describe acrobats in Peking Opera. By incorporating the martial arts, fantasy, adventure short action film, "Lost Time," the viewer is given an actual account of how stunts are created and executed on film.

"Lively...view of a world of great talent and greater risk." - San Francisco Chronicle

RED TROUSERS website

U.S., 1954,
William B. Treutle,
35mm, 66 minutes

Rare 35mm print of this early MONDO attempt...

The story of an American dentist who travels to Africa and captures the primitive culture and graphic practices of the lost tribe of Karamoja.

Full of "shocking"
 quasi-exploitational color footage.  A must-see for Mondo fans.

IMDB profile

The Forest Film & Video Festival showcases the  work of independent filmmakers and hopes to educate the public on the importance of experimental shorts. The festival that will incorporate a diverse selection of animations, documentaries, experimental's, fictions and student films.

MAY 10 -
Documentaries and Experimentals

MAY 11 -
Short Fictions

MAY 12 -
International Shorts

MAY 13 -
Short Fictions

MAY 14 -
Animations and Experimentals

MAY 15 -
Short Fictions

MAY 16 -
TBA

For details, check out the
Forest Film Fest website

U.S., 2003,
David C. Thomas,
 119 minutes

BACK DUE TO 
POPULAR DEMAND!

FOUR NIGHTS ONLY!

See one of the most exciting and controversial rock documentaries before it disappears into legal oblivion!

The eight screenings at the CST are likely to be the last public screenings in the United States.

The MC5's Detroit performances in the late 60s are legend. Their debut album, Kick Out the Jams, set a high-energy sonic standard rarely matched in the thirty years since its release. The MC5's uncompromising stance and radical affiliations placed them, briefly, at the musical forefront of a generation bent on political and cultural change. In the midst of the most turbulent years in our nation's history, the MC5 embraced the promise and embodied the possibilities of a real American Revolution.

Film Website

Canada, 2003,
Albert Nerenberg,
 70 minutes

HELD OVER FOR
A SIXTH WEEK!

"Hilarious, intelligent and perfectly timed."
San Francisco Chronicle

"Stupidity is one of the most important films you can see in town this week. Don't miss it."
Willamette Week

"A Hit."
National Public Radio

"Best Documentary"
Atlantic City Film Festival

Stupidity sets out to determine whether our culture is hooked on deliberate ignorance as a strategy for success. From Adam Sandler to George W. Bush, from the IQ test to TV programming, to the origins of the word moron, Stupidity examines the "dumbing down" of contemporary culture. Featuring opinions and comments from some of today’s most recognizable figures, cultural critics, authors and academics, including John Cleese, Noam Chomsky, Selma Hayek and Bill Maher, Stupidity reveals that, despite our culture’s extensive access to knowledge and information, humans continue to choose stupidity.

Film website

U.S., 1979,
Walter Hill,
93 minutes

25th Anniversary print!

The leader of New York's biggest street gang declares a truce, and gangs from all 5 boroughs venture to the bronx for a clandestine meeting. When an assasination takes place, one gang stands wrongly accused and the truce is off. Now they must fight they're way back home, because a whole city is gunning for 
- The Warriors.

"Fast, violent, dark, and thrilling."
- BBC interactive 

IMDB profile

U.S., 1975,
Terry Gilliam and 
Terry Jones,
91 minutes

30th Anniversary print!

The classic British comedy rises again...

Follow The Monty Python troupe (posing as King Arthur and his men) on their epic quest to find the holy grail, defeat the Knights of Ni - and cross the Bridge of Death!

Featuring an extra 24 seconds of new, earth-shattering, life-transforming footage!

Canada, 2003,
Alan Snitow and 
Deborah Kaufman,
 64 minutes

WORLD PREMIERE of DIRECTORS CUT!

"Beautiful and engaging."
Sierra Club

"A moving and inspiring film."
Global Water Policy Project

Is water part of a shared "commons," a human right for all people? Or is it a commodity to be bought, sold, and traded in a global marketplace? "Thirst" tells the stories of communities in Bolivia, India, and the United States that are asking these fundamental questions.

Thirst website

U.S., 2003,
Jon Moritsugu,
79 minutes

"A balls-to-the-wall rock and roll epic."
Film Threat 

"Best of 2003."
Village Voice 

Winner of Best Feature:
New York Underground Fest
Chicago Underground Fest

Starring Kyp Malone from the band TV On the Radio.

Puts the "lo" back in lo-fi. Shot entirely with analog Hi-8 video gear and edited on linear VHS, the film looks and sounds like 1982 all over again. Centered around two San Francisco artists, a struggling punk-rock bassist and a pretentious, aspiring filmmaker, who are uncomfortably approaching age 30, "Scumrock" tells a poignant story while relishing in the true aesthetic spirit of underground cinema.

Film website

U.S., 2004,
Brett Ingram,
79 minutes

HELD OVER FOR A
SECOND WEEK!

"I went from being amazed, to sad, back to amazed, on to giddy with laughter..."
Film Threat

Best Documentary winner
Slamdance
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Indie Film Fest of Boston

Monster Road explores the wildly fantastic worlds of legendary underground clay animator Bruce Bickford. Tracing the origins of his remarkably unique sensibility, the film journeys back to Bickford's childhood in a competitive household during the paranoia of the Cold War and examines his relationship with his father, George, who is facing the onset of Alzheimer's Disease.

Bickford's films, especially the dark and magical clay animations he created for Frank Zappa in the 1970s, have achieved cult status worldwide. Entirely self-taught, the 56-year-old Bickford works alone in a makeshift basement studio in his house near Seattle.

Featuring never before seen Zappa animations!

Film website

(July 9 - 15)
Shows at
7:30pm

Matinees at
4pm
 (Sat - Sun)

General Admission
$6

Tuesday
Admission
$4

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!

For more info, check out www.rockypdx.org

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