BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Clinton Street Theater - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Clinton Street Theater X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://cstpdx.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Clinton Street Theater REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240430T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240430T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240313T021443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T153958Z UID:10001321-1714503600-1714510800@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Black Ass Cinema Presents: Blacula DESCRIPTION:During a visit to Transylvania\, an African prince (William Marshall) gets turned into a vampire by Count Dracula (Charles Macaulay). Sealed in a coffin for several lifetimes\, “Blacula” reawakens in 1970s Los Angeles. Leaving a trail of bloodless victims in his wake\, he pursues Lina (Vonetta McGee)\, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to his dead wife. Meanwhile\, Dr. Gordon Thomas (Thalmus Rasulala) and top cop Lt. Peters (Gordon Pinsent) are hot on the bloodsucker’s trail. \n\n\n\nPart of the BLACK ASS CINEMA series curated by Goat Witch Goods! \n\n\n\n \n Director: William Crain\n Year: 1972\n Country: USA\n Runtime: 92 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/blacula/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/blacula.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240427T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240427T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240314T172449Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T173157Z UID:10001323-1714240800-1714251600@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Return of the Living Dead 3 w/Q&A\, Zombie Drag/Burlesque & Undead Shorts DESCRIPTION:Portland Horror Film Festival presents a night of Undead Excess! \n\n\n\nDoors open at 5:00 PM for a signing with special guest\, Return of the Living Dead 3 screenwriter John Penney! \n\n\n\nThis special screening will also feature zombie themed drag performances\, a Q&A with John Penney\, and a sneak peek at some of the Short Films from Portland Horror Film Festival 2024 coming up June 5-9th! \n\n\n\nHaving recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life\, a distraught youth performs the operation on his girlfriend after she’s killed in a motorcycle accident. Directed by Brian Yuzna. \n\n\n\nScreenwriter John Penney will have copies of his novels on hand for signing. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/return-of-the-living-dead-3/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ROTD-3-New-Poster.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240424T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240424T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240329T225707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240329T225709Z UID:10001339-1713985200-1713992400@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:LAMPS OF THE UNDERWORLD: Armenian Animation (Church of Film) DESCRIPTION:This collection explores the history of Armenian animation at its beginnings: the Soviet Republic’s Armenfilm studio! In particular\, the spotlight will be on one of the world’s greatest and most beloved animators\, Robert Sahakyants. Included will be some of his animation masterpieces that had the animation world spellbound\, and his cynical\, surreal\, and darkly hilarious tales such as LESSONS\, THE BUTTON\, and WIND. We will also be examining some works of Sahakyants’ forerunners and contemporaries in Armenia! URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/lamps-of-the-underworld-armenian-animation-church-of-film/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/lamps-of-the-underworld.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240417T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240417T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240329T225405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240329T225406Z UID:10001338-1713380400-1713387600@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:THE MYSTICAL ROSE (1976) (Church of Film) DESCRIPTION:A dark and challenging operatic tornado of animation\, a grim and surreal knot of sex and violence in meticulous designs. Vagina dentatas and self-annihilating phalluses crawl over terrain alien and familiar in this perverse recreation of a Catholic Mass! Michael Lee made his magnum opus\, \n\n\n\nTHE MYSTICAL ROSE\, as a response to his conflicted feelings about his own strict religious upbringing\, just as he was colliding with the spirited counter-culture in Melbourne. The result is an often hilarious\, often disturbing\, and always awe-inspiring bohemian howl against malevolent rituals and traditions. (CW: intense visual stimulation\, strobe\, graphic imagery\, both real killing of livestock and simulated animal violence). URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/the-mystical-rose-1976-church-of-film/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/mystical-rose.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240410T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240410T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240329T013643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240329T013644Z UID:10001337-1712775600-1712782800@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:BUBBLE BATH (1979) (Church of Film) DESCRIPTION:Zsolt\, a fancy man about town in his 40s\, swings by in a panic with an unusual request for Anna: help him call off his wedding later that afternoon! What ensues is a delightful\, absurd musical of love\, sex\, and relationships\, but told in style! An incredible Hungarian funk and disco soundtrack propels swirling\, untamed\, and surreal animation. \n\n\n\nBUBBLE BATH is genius animator Gyorgy Kovasznai’s first feature–a masterclass in going way off model and doing the most\, in one of the funnest\, best designed\, and most adult animations ever! URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/bubble-bath-1979-church-of-film/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/bubble-bath.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240409T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240409T213000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240314T172237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240315T173802Z UID:10001322-1712689200-1712698200@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Hundreds of Beavers DESCRIPTION:Created by the Mike Cheslik and Ryland Brickson Cole Tews\, the duo behind the modern cult hit LAKE MICHIGAN MONSTER (2018).  \n\n\n\nIn 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. \n\n\n\n“If you have even the slightest love for slap stick comedy and goofball antics\, then this will undoubtedly be the most gut-busting time you have at the movies this year.” –Screen Anarchy \n\n\n\n“Run\, don’t walk: this is one of the must-see independent cinema curios of the 2020s.” –Film School Rejects \n\n\n\n“Starts strange\, gets stranger\, and yet remains resolutely adorable . . . embraces the defiant glee of art cinema and distills it into something so thoroughly pure and sincere that it is surely hard not to fall in love with it.” –Alliance of Women Film Journalists \n\n\n\n \n Director: Mike Cheslik\n Year: 2024\n Country: USA\n Runtime: 108 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/hundreds-of-beavers-2/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/hundreds-of-beavers.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240403T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240403T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240329T013453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240329T013454Z UID:10001336-1712170800-1712178000@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:MAGIC & ENIGMA: THE ANIMATION OF PRIIT PARN (Church of Film) DESCRIPTION:A tiny man living under a stove terrifies and seduces a neglected housewife. A boy spends his life running around the globe\, afraid of the moon. A cloistered elite idles in a land of light\, color\, and consumer pleasures\, but must confront a separate world of darkness behind a door. These are some of the visions in the absurd existential dreamscapes of Estonian animator Priit Parn. \n\n\n\nEschewing the elegant stylings of Soviet animation of the time\, Parn opted for a surreal style that could be ugly and disturbing\, but even more varied and meticulous. This program includes his masterpieces HOTEL E and BREAKFAST ON THE GRASS\, along with many other rare treats from his career. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/magic-enigma-the-animation-of-priit-parn-church-of-film/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/magic-and-enigma.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240328T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240328T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240226T184610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240226T205435Z UID:10001290-1711652400-1711659600@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Blessings Movie Night: Tales from the Hood with Live Score DESCRIPTION:Portland visual artist Eatcho and musician Roman Norfleet join forces for this month’s Blessings Movie Night with an original live score to TALES FROM THE HOOD (1995).  \n\n\n\nA creepy mortician\, Mr. Simms (Clarence Williams III)\, attempts to scare teenage drug dealer Stack (Joe Torry) and his friends straight by telling them four horrifying stories. One is about a guilt-riddled cop (Anthony Griffith) who goes crazy after ignoring his corrupt partner (Michael Massee). He also tells of a meek schoolboy (Brandon Hammond) with terrifying supernatural powers. Although the young thugs want to take their drugs and escape Mr. Simms\, he still has two more tales to tell. \n\n\n\nPlease note: This is not a typical screening. An improvised live score will accompany the film. Remember to be kind and chill. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/blessings-movie-night-tales-from-the-hood-with-live-score/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/tales-from-the-hood.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240327T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240327T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240229T212615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240229T212615Z UID:10001295-1711566000-1711573200@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:LEILA & THE WOLVES (1985\, Lebanon) (Church of Film) DESCRIPTION:Leila\, a Lebanese woman living abroad\, reflects on the women in Lebanese and Palestinian history. Her reflection becomes cinematic time travel throughout the past\, where she passes as a ghostly apparition through a mosaic of tales of women during Palestine’s colonization\, the Nakba\, and the destruction of the civil war in Lebanon. Taking over 7 years to complete under dangerous shooting conditions\, Heny Srour’s LEILA & THE WOLVES is part fairy tale feminist masterpiece of revolution\, war\, trauma and gender throughout Palestine’s tragic century. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/leila-the-wolves-1985-lebanon-church-of-film/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/leila.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240323T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240323T130000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240215T173013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240215T173014Z UID:10001273-1711191600-1711198800@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:The Breakfast Club DESCRIPTION:Join us for Saturday morning detention with free coffee and snacks!  \n\n\n\n40 years ago on a weekend in March\, five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal (Paul Gleason). The disparate group includes rebel John (Judd Nelson)\, princess Claire (Molly Ringwald)\, outcast Allison (Ally Sheedy)\, brainy Brian (Anthony Michael Hall) and Andrew (Emilio Estevez)\, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story\, making the others see them a little differently—and when the day ends\, they question whether school will ever be the same. \n\n\n\n \n Director: John Hughes\n Year: 1985\n Country: USA\n Runtime: 97 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/the-breakfast-club/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/breakfast-club.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240320T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240320T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240229T212242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240229T212243Z UID:10001294-1710961200-1710968400@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:VIDEO WITCHES: A Collection of Peculiar Feminist Work (Church of Film) DESCRIPTION:A tour of feminist (mostly) video art of the 80s and 90s\, interrogating the margins of the horror genre\, fairy tales\, noir and beyond! VIDEO WITCHES is a curated collection of some of the strangest screen sorcery ever seen\, in short works by brilliant artists whose witty\, spooky\, or borderline psychotic visions challenged the patriarchy and gnawed at the edges of a male-dominated industry. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/video-witches-a-collection-of-peculiar-feminist-work-church-of-film/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/video-witches.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240317T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240317T230000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240305T032012Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240305T032113Z UID:10001307-1710684000-1710716400@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Oregon Short Film Festival Spring 2024 DESCRIPTION:The Oregon Short Film Festival is one of the premier Film Festivals in Oregon\, showcasing international independent short films and videos of all genres that are 30 minutes or less. This festival features the best films and screenplays not only from Oregon but also creativity from across the US and around the world. The event also includes an awards program with over 40 honors for films and screenplays\, as well as a networking session for filmmakers\, screenwriters\, producers\, actors\, investors\, and crew to meet in person and build lasting relationships within the film industry. Use code cstpdx9 for a $9 ticket! URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/oregon-short-film-fest-spring-2024/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/osff-spgin.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240313T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240313T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240229T212000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240229T212001Z UID:10001293-1710356400-1710363600@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:FATMA 75 (1976\, Tunisia) (Church of Film) DESCRIPTION:Sophonisba\, Hasdrubal’s wife\, Al-Kahina\, Jalajil–all the women of Maghrebi history are the subject of this film\, an essay piece and the first of its kind directed in Tunisia by a woman. Selma Baccar’s FATMA 75 is a sharp\, witty\, gorgeous feminist history of the country that was banned in its time\, and is rarely enjoyed on screen to this day. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/fatma-75-1976-tunisia-church-of-film/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fatma.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240312T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240312T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240206T185628Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240206T185629Z UID:10001269-1710270000-1710277200@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:16mm Nyback Showdown DESCRIPTION: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! A one-of-a-kind film free-for-all that will amuse\, confuse and contuse your cinematic soul!  \n\n\n\nDennis Nyback (1953-2022) was the former owner of the Clinton St. Theater and an internationally renowned film curator and programmer. Over his 40 year career he amassed one of the most unique and rare film collections in the United States\, an archive he regularly would draw from to create one-of-a-kind film programs that screened in the Pacific Northwest and around the world. We celebrate Dennis’ legacy by doing what he did best; putting on a show and sharing some of the coolest unseen cinema projected on 16mm film!   \n\n\n\nFEATURED PROJECTIONISTS: \n\n\n\nDARKROOM ASSOCIATES – aka Greg Hamilton a 20-year Portland film programmer known for the PSYCHOTRONIC AFTER SCHOOL SPECIAL and TRAILERMANIA. \n\n\n\nASTRAL PROJECTIONS – aka Garrett and Ioana – known for their muti-faceted 16mm programs at the Hollywood Theatre. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/16mm-nyback-showdown/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/nyback-showdown.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240309T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240309T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240104T014544Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240114T201835Z UID:10001238-1710007200-1710018000@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:KMHD Presents a Night at the Movies with 'Elevator to the Gallows' DESCRIPTION:For his feature debut\, twenty-four-year-old Louis Malle brought together a mesmerizing performance by Jeanne Moreau\, evocative cinematography by Henri Decaë\, and a now legendary jazz score by Miles Davis (Ascenseur pour l’échafaud). \n\n\n\nTaking place over the course of one restless Paris night\, Malle’s richly atmospheric crime thriller stars Moreau and Maurice Ronet as lovers whose plan to murder her husband (his boss) goes awry\, setting off a chain of events that seals their fate. \n\n\n\nPresented by KMHD\, Portland’s jazz without boundaries radio station\, a collaboration between Mt. Hood Community College and Oregon Public Broadcasting. Doors open at 6:00 PM for a special DJ set from KMHD Silver Linings host Bryson Wallace followed by an introduction of the film by KMHD Program Director Matt Fleeger before the screening at 7:00 PM. \n\n\n\n*Screened in French with English-language subtitles.* \n\n\n\n \n Director: Louis Malle\n Year: 1958\n Country: France\n Runtime: 91 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/kmhd-presents-a-night-at-the-movies-with-elevator-to-the-gallows/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/kmhd-night-at-the-movies.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240306T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240306T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240229T211835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240229T211836Z UID:10001292-1709751600-1709758800@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:HISTORY'S WITNESS: The Films of Jocelyn Saab (Church of Film) DESCRIPTION:For decades\, Jocelyne Saab documented her own war-torn country\, Lebanon\, and the surrounding region\, in her richly poetic\, deeply human essay films\, capturing incredible images of history passing before her eyes. She possessed an artistic vision that matched a deep intellect\, and an expert journalist’s acumen\, making films with profound insight. HISTORY’S WITNESS showcases three of her major films documenting the Lebanese Civil War\, as well as her banned TV documentary short\, PALESTINIAN WOMEN. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/historys-witness-the-films-of-jocelyn-saab-church-of-film/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/historys-witness.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240228T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240228T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240131T043621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T043622Z UID:10001262-1709146800-1709154000@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:EL GRITO (Church of Film) DESCRIPTION:In the Summer of 1968 in Mexico City\, a student strike grew into massive walk-outs and demonstrations of hundreds of thousands. As the city prepares for the Olympic ceremonies in October\, the government makes a horrifying decision to save the Games (and themselves). \n\n\n\nEL GRITO was shot on the ground of the student protests that summer\, made by the students themselves\, building up to and capturing on film forever the fateful day in Tlatelolco\, October 2nd—the day the Mexican state went to war with its own unarmed people. \n\n\n\nThe film was banned and buried for decades in a coverup by the Mexican government and its state media\, existing only as a legend. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/el-grito-church-of-film/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/el-grito.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240223T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240223T233000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240123T193221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240123T201435Z UID:10001256-1708725600-1708731000@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Hundreds of Beavers DESCRIPTION:Exclusive Portland engagement! \n\n\n\nCreated by the Mike Cheslik and Ryland Brickson Cole Tews\, the duo behind the modern cult hit LAKE MICHIGAN MONSTER (2018).  \n\n\n\nIn 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. \n\n\n\n“If you have even the slightest love for slap stick comedy and goofball antics\, then this will undoubtedly be the most gut-busting time you have at the movies this year.” –Screen Anarchy \n\n\n\n“Run\, don’t walk: this is one of the must-see independent cinema curios of the 2020s.” –Film School Rejects \n\n\n\n“Starts strange\, gets stranger\, and yet remains resolutely adorable . . . embraces the defiant glee of art cinema and distills it into something so thoroughly pure and sincere that it is surely hard not to fall in love with it.” –Alliance of Women Film Journalists \n\n\n\n \n Director: Mike Cheslik\n Year: 2024\n Country: USA\n Runtime: 108 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/hundreds-of-beavers/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/hundreds-of-beavers.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240223T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240223T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240111T031111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240113T185849Z UID:10001239-1708714800-1708722000@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Fantasy A Gets a Mattress DESCRIPTION:Fantasy A\, real-life autistic Seattle rapper\, suffers trials and tribulations from total creeps as he attempts to become a superstar. After being kicked out of his group home onto the grim summer streets\, Fantasy A sets off on an odyssey to achieve fame and find a good mattress to sleep on in this ensemble comedy filmed entirely on location in Seattle. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/fantasy-a-gets-a-mattress/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Fantasy-Gets-A-Mattress-Poster-web.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240222T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240222T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240112T211115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240112T211116Z UID:10001242-1708628400-1708635600@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Seattle Black Panthers Fight for Justice & Freedom DESCRIPTION:Screening presented by Third Eye Books.  \n\n\n\nIn 1968\, the first chapter of the Black Panther Party outside of California was started in Seattle. This is the untold story of the founders\, brothers Aaron and Elmer Dixon. Directed by Rick DuPree and Marques Du Pree with editing by Gabrielle Johnson and cinematography by Che Sehyun. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/seattle-black-panthers-fight-for-justice-freedom/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/seattle-black-panthers.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240221T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240221T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240131T043423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T043424Z UID:10001261-1708542000-1708549200@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:SCENES FROM AN OCCUPATION: Films of the Palestinian Film Unit (Church of Film) DESCRIPTION:In the late 60s\, three Palestinian cinematographers\, Sulafa Jadallah\, Hani Jawharieh\, and Mustafa Abu Ali\, formed the Palestinian Film Unit\, dedicated to documenting and photographing the Palestinian revolution and resistance for the PLO. So begins the story of cinema’s bravest filmmakers. \n\n\n\nWhile most of the Palestinian film archive was seized and destroyed\, this collection pulls together five remaining pieces by the film unit\, preserving the legacy of the artists who sacrificed and gave their lives for the images. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/scenes-from-an-occupation-films-of-the-palestinian-film-unit-church-of-film/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/scenes-from-an-occupation.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240215T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240215T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240129T181814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240129T181816Z UID:10001258-1708023600-1708030800@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Blessings Movie Night Presents: Ghost in the Shell (1995) with Live Score DESCRIPTION:Portland visual artist Eatcho and musician Pink Buddha join forces for the second Blessings Movie Night of 2024 with an original live score to GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995) based on Masamune Shirow’s manga\, directed by Mamoru Oshii and adapted by Kazunori Itō. \n\n\n\nIn this Japanese animation\, cyborg federal agent Maj. Motoko Kusanagi (Mimi Woods) trails “The Puppet Master” (Abe Lasser)\, who illegally hacks into the computerized minds of cyborg-human hybrids. Her pursuit of a man who can modify the identity of strangers leaves Motoko pondering her own makeup and what life might be like if she had more human traits. With her partner (Richard George)\, she corners the hacker\, but her curiosity about her identity sends the case in an unforeseen direction. \n\n\n\nPlease note: This is not a typical screening. An improvised live score will accompany the film. Remember to be kind and chill. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/blessings-movie-night-presents-ghost-in-the-shell-1995-with-live-score/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ghost-in-the-shell-scaled.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240214T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240214T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240131T043201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T043202Z UID:10001260-1707937200-1707944400@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:DESIGNS FOR LIVING A Collection of Experimental Films (Church of Film)  DESCRIPTION:The architects of capital envisioned a future close at hand\, of consumerist utopia\, absolute automation\, and urban and domestic planning that would enrich\, and reinforce\, the traditional nuclear family and capitalist order. Things didn’t go as planned. \n\n\n\nDESIGNS FOR LIVING is a disrespectful\, disapproving collection of films depicting capitalist designs and their ignominious flops\, through company-spread industrial musicals by General Motors and others\, to the biting rejoinders of filmmakers throughout South America\, and lastly\, to some truly bizarre\, hippy-anarchist fantasies of different cities and homes. Far out\, square\, hilarious and troubling! URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/designs-for-living-a-collection-of-experimental-films-church-of-film/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/designs.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240213T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240213T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20231227T204317Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231227T204318Z UID:10001232-1707850800-1707858000@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:10th Annual Fat Tuesday Celebration with Les Blank DESCRIPTION:Put on your beads and warm up the jambalaya\, we’re celebrating Mardi Gras for the 10th year with a special screening of the two Les Blank documentaries: DRY WOOD (1973)—an immersion in Southwest Louisiana’s black Creole community that teems with delightful detail and ALWAYS FOR PLEASURE (1978)—a raucous tribute to the sights\, sounds\, and flavors of New Orleans. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/10th-annual-fat-tuesday-celebration-with-les-blank/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/fat-tuesday.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240211T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240211T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20231110T013813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240113T201204Z UID:10001187-1707678000-1707685200@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Rescheduled: Ghost World DESCRIPTION:The story of neo-cool Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson) who\, faced with graduation from high school\, take a hard look at the world they wryly observe and decide what they really want. When Enid takes an interest in the offbeat Seymour (Steve Buscemi) and Rebecca focuses her attention on their mutual romantic fixation Josh (Brad Renfro)\, the girls’ friendship is forever changed. \n\n\n\n \n Director: Terry Zwigoff\n Year: 2001\n Country: USA\n Runtime: 112 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/ghost-world/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ghost-world.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240207T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240207T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20240131T043017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T043018Z UID:10001259-1707332400-1707339600@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:SARRAOUNIA (Church of Film) DESCRIPTION:At the end of the 19th century\, Queen of the Azna people\, the warrior and sorceress Sarraounia earns the devotion of her people\, and gathers allies to battle the oncoming scourge of the brutal French colonial army. \n\n\n\nBased on the true story of Sarraounia Mangou\, constructed from oral histories\, and largely self-financed and shot in Burkina-Faso\, with SARRAOUNIA Med Hondo made an anti-colonial\, African epic on a size and scale that rivaled any major studio work. (CW: violence\, sexual violence) URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/sarraounia-church-of-film/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sarraounia.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240131T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240131T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20231223T194338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231226T173154Z UID:10001231-1706727600-1706734800@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:HIS MOTORBIKE HER ISLAND (Church of Film) DESCRIPTION:After running afoul of Bōsōzoku toughs\, Ko sets off on his bike and makes a chance encounter with an island girl\, Miyo. Along with their love flowers their mutual obsession with motorbikes. But Ko develops a fear that he will lose Miyo to their dangerous passion for riding. \n\n\n\nHIS MOTORBIKE HER ISLAND is an enchanting love story by Nobuhiko Obayashi (Hausu\, School in the Crosshairs)\, a more poetic and bittersweet look and rebellious youth and young love. *Screened in Japanese with English-language subtitles.* \n\n\n\n \n Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi\n Year: 1986\n Country: Japan\n Runtime: 90 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/his-motorbike-her-island-church-of-film/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/his-motorbike-her-island.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240130T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240130T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20231110T200039Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231110T200040Z UID:10001194-1706641200-1706648400@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Foxy Brown DESCRIPTION:A voluptuous vigilante (Pam Grier) takes a job as a high-class prostitute to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend. Featuring a soundtrack from Motown legend Willie Hutch. \n\n\n\n \n Director: Jack Hill\n Year: 1974\n Country: USA\n Runtime: 96 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/foxy-brown/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/foxy-brown.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240127T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240127T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20231110T195524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231115T222613Z UID:10001193-1706382000-1706389200@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Sisters With Transistors DESCRIPTION:Narrated by avant-garde pioneer Laurie Anderson\, this documentary follows the story of electronic music’s female pioneers and composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today. \n\n\n\nThis venue is a proud partner of Portland Music Month. A portion of your ticket price will be donated to the Echo Fund to support local music creators. Find out more here. \n\n\n\n \n Director: Lisa Rovner\n Year: 2020\n Country: USA\n Runtime: 86 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/sisters-with-transistors/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/sisters-with-transistors.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240124T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240124T210000 DTSTAMP:20260524T210935 CREATED:20231223T194116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231226T173111Z UID:10001230-1706122800-1706130000@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:CRAZY THUNDER ROAD (Church of Film) DESCRIPTION:When Bōsōzoku gang leader Ken quits to find love and happiness\, his role is assumed by the troubled Jin. Gradually losing their anarchic spirit and falling under the spell of a militarist & nationalist elder\, rebellion soon reemerges… with firepower. \n\n\n\nCRAZY THUNDER ROAD is Sogo Ishii’s unbelievable debut\, employing scores of Japan’s biker gangsters as extras and using his university’s equipment to make an overpowering cyber-punk masterpiece that forever changed Japanese cinema!*Screened in Japanese with English-language subtitles.* \n\n\n\n \n Director: Gakuryū Ishii\n Year: 1980\n Country: Japan\n Runtime: 98 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/crazy-thunder-road-church-of-film/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/crazy-thunder-road.webp END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR