Big White Tee pays homage to early 2000s hip hop and R&B! Come celebrate the culture and music of that time, featuring performances that highlight Melange's talented cast!
Beyond Walls is a collection of short films that define and amplify what prison industrial complex abolition means, and inspires people to take action toward a world without policing. Presented by Don't Shoot Portland and Working Films.
An identical AI twin brother restores an old mysterious mental asylum. He takes it upon himself to mystically train the patients as warrior for humanity and justice. Written, produced, directed, and staring Neil Breen.
Perhaps because it's just so utterly weird, this film has never earned a English-language theatrical release anywhere until now.
The first fully authorized telling of the history of The Birthday Party, one of underground music's most notorious and influential bands.
Adult content, nudity, horror themes, strobe lights, loud audio, profanity, sexual content, violence. 18+ years or accompanied by an adult. Richard & Anastasia Elfman in person, performing a…
A screening of Season 2 of MICROAGGRESSIONS, a 6 episode, Portland-made series. Doors at 3, show at 3:30, Q & A with filmmaker and cast to follow.
10 years ago, Nick Peterson hung up my filmmaking hat after burning out amidst the hustle of juggling multiple day jobs that left little room or time for art. One year ago a freak accident took one of his eyes forcing him to consider giving up on this passion altogether. Instead, he stubbornly decided to make new short films and screen them before the year's end to make up for the lost time.
Tonight's screening features the cast of the Clinton Street Cabaret! Come see the famous, rambunctious show that has played every single week at the Clinton Street Theater in Portland, Oregon.
SCHOOL OF MAGICAL ANIMALS is one of the most successful children’s and young people’s book series with over 7 million copies sold in German-speaking countries. Director Sven Unterwaldt (“Catweazle”) beautifully translated the essence of the books along with impressive visuals into an exceptional children’s film.
Come and celebrate the return of the wildly popular PSYCHOTRONIC AFTER SCHOOL CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - assembled from the 16mm film collection of Portland film archivist Greg Hamilton.
Screened in from the back row of the theater, this raucous 16mm film mashup features a 10-year old Seth Green, three aliens looking for the meaning of Christmas, and a squad of for-hire Santas.
The definitive documentary about the zany, underground filmmaking twins, George and Mike Kuchar.
HOLD ME WHILE I'M NAKED (1966) - on 16mm! Directed by George Kuchar, this is one of his most famous works. SINS OF THR FLESHAPOIDS (1965) - Directed by Mike Kuchar, one million years in the future, the human survivors of a nuclear war are served by robots called “fleshapoids.”
THE GOLDEN FERN is a Jiri Weiss’s masterfully directed and elegant adaptation of one of Czech fairy tale author Jan Drda’s most celebrated adventures!
ASCENSION OF THE DEMONOIDS (1985) – on 16mm! A big, colorful tapestry about rumors that are in all of the previous UFO movies. THE SUNSHINE SISTERS (1975) – on 16mm! A romance comic book of doomed women and handsome, nefarious young men.
THE DEVIL'S CLEAVAGE (1975) – on 16mm! A rare full-length Kuchar feature, The Devil's Cleavage is a satire of postwar Hollywood melodrama where a nurse trapped in an unhappy marriage escapes city life in search of greener pastures in Blessed Prairie, Oklahoma.
DEATH QUEST OF THE JU-JU CULTS (1976) - “Enter a shimmering forest and encounter the pot-boiling turbulence of pre-history tribes in conflict." CORRUPTION OF THE DAMNED (1965) – on 16mm! Corrupt or damned; Man stays Man. A beautifully filthy film about homosexuality.
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.
Prepare to embark on an epic journey into the heart of history, mystery, and the uncharted depths of the Oregon Coast. Featuring special musical guest The Minders performing songs from the documentary along with other favorites.
A concert documentary from the celebrated, Tokyo-based instrumental rock band MONO, performing their album "Pilgrimage of the Soul" live in Madrid.
A dark tale of infidelity and murder, crime and punishment directed by the Coen Brothers.
THE SNAKE GIRL & THE SILVER-HAIRED WITCH is an eerie, lyrical, and dreamlike look at the terrors of childhood, based on the manga of Kazuo Umezu.
A screwball romantic comedy and the most expensive Coen brothers film ever produced.
Violet Hex presents a queer celebration & screening of David Lynch’s 1992 TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME!
Hail, Caesar!, a comedy by the Coen Brothers, follows a studio fixer who is presented with no shortage of problems to fix.
Tonight's screening features the cast of the Clinton Street Cabaret! Come see the famous, rambunctious show that has played every single week at the Clinton Street Theater in Portland, Oregon.
Join us for a night of Ballroom Realness, as Melange invites their adjacent family, the Kiki House of Flora, to take over the stage! Prepare yourselves for fierce spins & dips, incredible vogueing, and fabulous talents from this amazing family of artists!
Playfully shot by Barry Sonnenfeld and featuring a haunting score by Carter Burwell and a cunning performance by Frances McDormand, Blood Simple was a career-launching film for this ensemble and the first articulation of the precision of style that has defined the Coens’ work ever since.
Initially a box office bomb, see why The Hudsucker Proxy has gained cult status. Part of the Coen Brothers series.
RUSSIAN FAIRY TALE ANIMATION! A collection of wondrous short fairy tale films from the Soviet Union’s best animation studio, Soyuzmultfilm!
From square bubbles, bubbles inside bubbles, fog-filled bubbles, giant bubbles, bubble volcanoes, tornados and trampolines to people inside bubbles, the Amazing Bubble Man conjures shrieks of laughter and gasps of amazement from all ages.
From square bubbles, bubbles inside bubbles, fog-filled bubbles, giant bubbles, bubble volcanoes, tornados and trampolines to people inside bubbles, the Amazing Bubble Man conjures shrieks of laughter and gasps of amazement from all ages.
Based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, THE SNOW QUEEN is a surreal and sinister film focusing on the young girl Kerttu’s journey to rescue her brother Kai from the evil Snow Queen. A rarely seen landmark of Finnish cinema, and a wintry fantasy epic!
Join Marla Darling and a cast of local favorites as they bring you a campy, fun, and beautiful tribute to an amazing storyteller as well as other favorite films in the Queer cinema genre.
Unleash your inner bard in this game show adventure combining elements of karaoke and tabletop roleplaying games.
When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy living with his mother in suburban Sweden, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship.
Tonight's screening features the cast of the Clinton Street Cabaret! Come see the famous, rambunctious show that has played every single week at the Clinton Street Theater in Portland, Oregon.
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.
Tonight's screening features the cast of the Clinton Street Cabaret! Come see the famous, rambunctious show that has played every single week at the Clinton Street Theater in Portland, Oregon.
