In his narrative feature debut, director Rick Charnoski’s history as a skate video director informs the frenetic storytelling style, as he combines Red’s nihilist musings with a collage of documentary and B-movie meta-narratives that paint a seedy picture of life on the outskirts of town.
A powerful new documentary reveals how Christian Nationalist leaders have spread fear and anger for decades, distorting political issues into Biblical battles between good and evil. Financed through the secretive Council for National Policy, Christian Nationalists have succeeded in taking over the Republican Party, turning it into a powerful weapon to demolish democracy from within. Discover the origins of this organized grasp for power and the grassroots coalition of secular and interfaith leaders bravely confronting the unholy forces threatening democracy.
In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.
An impressive collection of unique homespun filmmaking from Portland and beyond, from a jello cave, to a Russian village, to the suburbs of Eden. Torment and bliss! Peculiar and profound!
Curious? Nervous? We've got you covered. Come dip into the shallow end of the pool at Rocky Horror for Virgins—our intimate, scaled-back screening of the ultimate cult movie.
Curious? Nervous? We've got you covered. Come dip into the shallow end of the pool at Rocky Horror for Virgins—our intimate, scaled-back screening of the ultimate cult movie.
Portland visual artist Eatcho and local musicians join forces for Blessings Movie Night—a new way to experience films through a live music re-score. Drawing its title from the Hopi word meaning "life out of balance," this renowned documentary from director Godfrey Reggio reveals how humanity has grown apart from nature.
Watch as two 16mm programming teams (Darkroom Associates and Astral Projections) fire up their projectors and trade cinematic jabs back and forth by screening selections from the world-famous Dennis Nyback 16mm film archive! No one knows what will be screened next - cartoons, music, educational films, documentary shorts and weird advertisements run amok! There are no rules, no prisoners, and no show is the same!
Based on folk tales, dreams, modern art and political nightmares, this beautiful set provides an eye-popping sample of the Iranian avant-garde through the last 50 years.
