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Originally billed as an American blaxploitation flick, St. John's film was nominated for the Gold Bear award at the 1972 Berlin Film Festival and is being seen in a new light as a proto-avant-garde work ahead of its time.
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Events
Retro with XO Presents: Shock Show
Celebrate horror classics from the 1970s - 2001 with an incredible cast of Portland drag talent!
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song
A landmark of Black and American independent cinema that would send shock waves through the culture. Melvin Van Peebles walked away from a contract with Columbia in order to make this film his own terms. Acting as producer, director, writer, composer, editor, and star, Van Peebles created the prototype for what Hollywood would eventually co-opt.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show for Virgins
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.
Rescheduled: Ghost World
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.
10th Annual Fat Tuesday Celebration with Les Blank
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
DESIGNS FOR LIVING A Collection of Experimental Films (Church of Film)
DESIGNS 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!
Blessings Movie Night Presents: Ghost in the Shell (1995) with Live Score
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.
Violet Hex Presents: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS!
Violet Hex Presents: A queer celebration & screening of Wes Craven’s NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS (1987)! Please join us for a nightmare on Clinton Street as we celebrate Nancy’s return & the greatest sequel in the Elm Street series. With iconic heavy metal theme by Dokken and music by the spectacular Angelo Badalementi. Starring a young Patricia Arquette, Robert Englund, & Heather Langenkamp as Nancy.