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:20240901T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240901T170000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240730T203128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T235610Z UID:10001489-1725202800-1725210000@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:High and Low (1963) DESCRIPTION:Part of the Hanabi Japanese Film Festival\, running Sept. 1 – 13. Limited festival passes available for access to all films. \n\n\n\nAdapting Ed McBain’s detective novel King’s Ransom\, director Akira Kurosawa moves effortlessly from compelling race-against-time thriller to exacting social commentary\, creating a diabolical treatise on contemporary Japanese society. Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo\, a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in this highly influential domestic drama. \n\n\n\nScreened in Japanese with English subtitles. \n\n\n\n \n Director: Akira Kurosawa\n Year: 1963\n Country: Japan\n Runtime: 143 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/high-and-low-1963/ CATEGORIES:hanabi ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/high-and-low.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240901T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240901T210000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240730T193850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T235601Z UID:10001482-1725217200-1725224400@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro DESCRIPTION:Part of the Hanabi Japanese Film Festival\, running Sept. 1 – 13. Limited festival passes available for access to all films. \n\n\n\nA dashing thief\, his gang of desperadoes and an intrepid cop struggle to free a princess from an evil count\, and learn the secret of a treasure that she holds part of the key to. Co-written by Hayao Miyazaki in his feature directorial debut! \n\n\n\nScreened in Japanese with English subtitles. \n\n\n\n \n Director: Hayao Miyazaki\n Year: 1979\n Country: Japan\n Runtime: 100 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/lupin-the-3rd-the-castle-of-cagliostro/ CATEGORIES:hanabi ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/lupin-scaled.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240902T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240902T160000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240730T231857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T235551Z UID:10001490-1725285600-1725292800@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Lady Snowblood and Song of Vengeance DESCRIPTION:Part of the Hanabi Japanese Film Festival\, running Sept. 1 – 13. Limited festival passes available for access to all films. \n\n\n\nA special Labor Day double feature; two films for the price of one! \n\n\n\nGory revenge is raised to the level of visual poetry in Toshiya Fujita’s stunning film. Set in late nineteenth-century Japan\, the story follows the single-minded path of vengeance taken by a young woman (Meiko Kaji) whose parents were the unfortunate victims of a gang of brutal criminals. Fujita creates a wildly entertaining action film of remarkable craft\, an effortless balancing act between beauty and violence. \n\n\n\nMeiko Kaji returns in the invigorating sequel. Our furious heroine is captured by the authorities and sentenced to death for the various killings she has committed; however\, she is offered a chance of escape—if she carries out dangerous orders for the government. More politically minded than the original and full of exciting plot turns and ingenious action sequences. \n\n\n\nBoth films will screen back-to-back with a short intermission between the two. \n\n\n\nScreened in Japanese with English subtitles. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/lady-snowblood-and-song-of-vengeance/ CATEGORIES:hanabi ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/lady-snowblood.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240902T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240902T210000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240730T233014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T235541Z UID:10001494-1725303600-1725310800@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Battle Royale DESCRIPTION:Part of the Hanabi Japanese Film Festival\, running Sept. 1 – 13. Limited festival passes available for access to all films. \n\n\n\nIn the future\, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary “Battle Royale” act. \n\n\n\nScreened in Japanese with English subtitles. \n\n\n\n \n Director: Kinji Fukasaku\n Year: 2000\n Country: Japan\n Runtime: 113 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/battle-royale/ CATEGORIES:hanabi ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/battle-royale.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240903T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240903T210000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240730T232758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T235531Z UID:10001493-1725390000-1725397200@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Tokyo Story DESCRIPTION:Part of the Hanabi Japanese Film Festival\, running Sept. 1 – 13. Limited festival passes available for access to all films. \n\n\n\nA profoundly stirring evocation of elemental humanity and universal heartbreak\, the crowning achievement of the unparalleled Yasujiro Ozu. The film\, which follows an aging couple’s journey to visit their grown children in bustling postwar Tokyo\, surveys the rich and complex world of family life with the director’s customary delicacy and incisive perspective on social mores. Featuring lovely performances from Ozu regulars Chishu Ryu and Setsuko Hara\, deepening the director’s recurring theme of generational conflict\, creating what is without question one of cinema’s mightiest masterpieces. \n\n\n\nScreened in Japanese with English subtitles. \n\n\n\n \n Director: Yasujirō Ozu\n Year: 1953\n Country: Japan\n Runtime: 136 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/tokyo-story/ CATEGORIES:hanabi ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/tokyo-story.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240904T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240904T210000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240730T194113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240810T181557Z UID:10001484-1725476400-1725483600@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:August in Water (Church of Film) DESCRIPTION:Part of the Hanabi Japanese Film Festival\, running Sept. 1 – 13. \n\n\n\nIzumi\, a competitive diver\, forms a close friendship with Mao. But strange things are happening in Fukuoka\, which seem to be linked to the landing of two meteorites in nearby mountains. When an accidents befalls Izumi\, she awakes with a hyperawareness of the environment on a subatomic level\, and a fascination with the mountains… AUGUST IN WATER saw cyberpunk cult icon Gakuryu (Sogo) Ishii shifting toward metaphysical\, poetic\, and hallucinatory films in the 90s\, under the influence of Philip K. Dick and J.G. Ballard. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/august-in-water-church-of-film-2/ CATEGORIES:hanabi ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/august.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240905T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240905T220000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240801T183121Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240905T024145Z UID:10001509-1725562800-1725573600@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Canceled: Like Father\, Like Son DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: Sorry\, everyone. The studio didn’t ship us the film in time and so we have to cancel this screening. We were really looking forward to showing this film\, but don’t want to show in a subpar format. We’ll be showing a free\, secret Japanese film tonight instead for anyone who wants to come out. Thank you.Part of the Hanabi Japanese Film Festival\, running Sept. 1 – 13. Limited festival passes available for access to all films. \n\n\n\nRyota is a successful workaholic businessman. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another boy after birth\, he faces the difficult decision to choose his true son or the boy he and his wife have raised as their own. \n\n\n\nWritten\, directed and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and winner of the Jury Prize. \n\n\n\nScreened in Japanese with English subtitles. \n\n\n\n \n Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda\n Year: 2013\n Country: Japan\n Runtime: 120 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/like-father-like-son/ CATEGORIES:hanabi ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/like-father-like-son-canceled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240906T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240906T220000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240817T173939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240817T174131Z UID:10001526-1725649200-1725660000@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:CULT SENSATION: WITCHES OF EASTWICK (Violet Hex Presents) DESCRIPTION:CULT SENSATION PRESENTS: A queer celebration & screening of the fiercely iconic cult classic WITCHES OF EASTWICK! Starring Cher\, Susan Sarandon\, Michelle Pfeiffer\, & Jack Nicholson. Featuring a pre-film drag tribute show starring the spectacular U-PHORIA & Pre-show QUEER FEMME WITCH DISCO by superstar DJ Chelsea Starr! Hosted by Violet Hex. \n\n\n\nDOORS+DJ AT 7PM / SHOW+FILM AT 8PM \n\n\n\nCULT SENSATION is a queer celebration of cult cinema\, a monthly film series presented by Portland drag starlet and resident programmer Violet Hex. Each month Violet carefully curates interactive screenings featuring themed pre-film DRAG SHOWS and DJ SETS exploring (and paying tribute to) the fashion\, music\, drama\, and queerness of cult cinema.  \n\n\n\nThe Clinton Street Theater is wheelchair accessible\, however the restrooms are not ADA compliant. For any questions about accessibility or to request English-language subtitles\, please email us at info@cstpdx.com for more information. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/cult-sensation-witches-of-eastwick-violet-hex-presents/ CATEGORIES:drag ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/witches-of-eastwick.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240907T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240907T130000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240730T194407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T235519Z UID:10001483-1725706800-1725714000@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Panda! Go Panda! DESCRIPTION:Part of the Hanabi Japanese Film Festival\, running Sept. 1 – 13. Limited festival passes available for access to all films. \n\n\n\nMimiko is a cheerful young girl who is left on her own while her grandmother is away. When little Panny Panda and his father Papanda stumble into her home\, Mimiko welcomes them in as her new family. Adventures ensue as Mimiko discovers the challenges of taking care of her new cuddly friends. \n\n\n\nDirected by Isao Takahata and based on a concept by Hayao Miyazaki\, this is a charming early-career classic from two animation legends before they co-founded the award-winning Studio Ghibli.  \n\n\n\nScreened in dubbed English. \n\n\n\n \n Director: Isao Takahata\n Year: 1972\n Country: Japan\n Runtime: 71 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/panda-go-panda/ CATEGORIES:hanabi ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/panda-go-panda.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240907T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240907T170000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240730T232133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240731T005240Z UID:10001491-1725721200-1725728400@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Godzilla vs. Hedorah  DESCRIPTION:Part of the Hanabi Japanese Film Festival\, running Sept. 1 – 13. Limited festival passes available for access to all films. \n\n\n\nIntended to address the crisis levels of pollution in postwar Japan\, the King of the Monsters fights an alien life form that arrives on Earth and steadily grows by feeding on industrial waste. Director Yoshimitsu Banno infuses the film with equal parts ecological horror\, humorous monster antics\, and sixties psychedelia straight out of San Francisco\, making for a truly unique—and divisive—entry in the series. \n\n\n\nScreened in Japanese with English subtitles. \n\n\n\n \n Director: Yoshimitsu Banno\n Year: 1971\n Country: Japan\n Runtime: 85 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/godzilla-vs-hedorah/ CATEGORIES:hanabi ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/godzilla.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240907T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240907T210000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240821T013327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T212731Z UID:10001531-1725735600-1725742800@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Tokyo Cowboy DESCRIPTION:Part of the new FRESH PRODUCE series\, a program that harvests new independent cinema direct from the film festival circuit and brings them to Portland audiences. For our latest show\, we feature TOKYO COWBOY\, an award-winning fish-out-of-water narrative that is funny and soulful. \n\n\n\nWINNER: TALLGRASS FILM FESTIVAL – BOSTON FILM FESTIVALSEDONA FILM FESTIVAL – ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL \n\n\n\n“…a touching and thoughtful film.” – Film Threat \n\n\n\n“TOKYO COWBOY is everything you want an independent film to be.” – John Dahl\, Director of Red Rock West / The Last Seduction / Rounders \n\n\n\nA Japanese businessman goes on an unwitting journey of self-discovery when he takes a company trip from Tokyo to Montana to turn a profitless US cattle ranch into a premiere-performing asset.. Starring Arata Iura\, Ayako Fujitani and Jun Kunimura; directed by Marc Marriott\, who got his start in filmmaking apprenticing for Yoji Yamada. \n\n\n\nCo-writer / actress AYAKO FUJITANI in attendance for Q&A! \n\n\n\n \n Director: Marc Marriott\n Year: 2023\n Country: Japan\, USA\n Runtime: 118 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/tokyo-cowboy/ CATEGORIES:hanabi ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/tokyo-cowboy.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240907T223000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240907T235900 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240709T211248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T211249Z UID:10001461-1725748200-1725753540@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:The Rocky Horror Picture Show with the Clinton Street Cabaret DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 10:00 PM on Saturday for the 11:00 PM show. \n\n\n\nJoin our weekly screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show that started in April of 1978! Starring Tim Curry\, Susan Sarandon\, and Barry Bostwick\, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) continues to titillate and delight audiences all over the world. \n\n\n\nTonight’s screening features the cast of the Clinton Street Cabaret! $2 from every ticket goes to support the group. Come see the famous\, rambunctious show that has played every single week at the Clinton Street Theater in Portland\, Oregon. \n\n\n\n\nDirector: Jim Sharman\n\n\n\nCountry: USA\n\n\n\nYear: 1975\n\n\n\nRuntime: 100 minutes\n\n\n\n\n\nStarting March 16th of 2024 the CSC will have a selection of tickets for each show which are available to our BIPOC community members FREE of charge! \n\n\n\nTo reserve one send an email to the Clinton Street Cabaret clintonstreetec@gmail.com with the heading BIPOC Affinity Ticket and include your name and the date of the show you would like to reserve a ticket for in the body of the email. Only 1 ticket can be reserved per person per show and reserved tickets also include a prop bag. These tickets can only be reserved by confirmed email with the Clinton Street Cabaret and are not available to reserve at the Clinton Street Theater box office. \n\n\n\nTickets can be reserved starting 2 weeks before a show and no later than 2 hours before the show. Please note we won’t be able to accommodate late requests for shows that are already sold out. These are tickets specifically for the Clinton Street Cabaret’s performances of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Clinton Street Theater\, on the 1st\, 3rd\, and occasionally 5th Saturdays of the month. \n\n\n\nShowings on 2nd and 4th Saturdays or “For Virgins” nights are not Cabaret shows and do not qualify for this program. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-with-the-clinton-street-cabaret-36/ CATEGORIES:drag ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/rockyhorror.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240908T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240908T170000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240731T181701Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240731T181702Z UID:10001507-1725807600-1725814800@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Black Rain DESCRIPTION:Part of the Hanabi Japanese Film Festival\, running Sept. 1 – 13. Limited festival passes available for access to all films. \n\n\n\nFive years after the lethal Hiroshima bomb blast\, the head of a household struggles to help his aging niece who\, despite a clean bill of health from local doctors\, cannot find a husband due to backward societal prejudices facing bomb survivors. Based on the novel of the same name by Masuji Ibuse and directed by Shōhei Imamura—a key figure in the Japanese New Wave and an early assistant to Yasujirō Ozu\, this film swept the 1990 Japanese Academy Awards. \n\n\n\nScreened in Japanese with English subtitles. \n\n\n\n \n Director: Shōhei Imamura\n Year: 1989\n Country: Japan\n Runtime: 123 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/black-rain/ CATEGORIES:hanabi ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/black-rain.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240908T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240908T210000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240731T181323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240731T181357Z UID:10001506-1725822000-1725829200@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Perfect Days DESCRIPTION:Part of the Hanabi Japanese Film Festival\, running Sept. 1 – 13. Limited festival passes available for access to all films. \n\n\n\nA perfect song that hits at just the right moment\, the play of sunlight through leaves\, a fleeting moment of human connection in a vast metropolis: the wonders of everyday life come into breath­taking focus in this profoundly moving film by Wim Wenders. In a radiant\, Cannes-award-winning performance of few words but extraordinary expressiveness\, Koji Yakusho plays a public-toilet cleaner in Tokyo whose rich inner world is gradually revealed through his small exchanges with those around him and with the city itself. Channeling his idol Yasujirō Ozu\, Wenders crafts a serenely minimalist ode to the miracle that is the here and now. \n\n\n\nScreened in Japanese with English subtitles. \n\n\n\n \n Director: Wim Wenders\n Year: 2023\n Country: Japan\n Runtime: 124 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/perfect-days/ CATEGORIES:hanabi ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/perfect-days-scaled.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240909T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240909T210000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240730T194641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T235456Z UID:10001485-1725908400-1725915600@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Perfect Blue DESCRIPTION:Part of the Hanabi Japanese Film Festival\, running Sept. 1 – 13. Limited festival passes available for access to all films. \n\n\n\nA pop singer gives up her career to become an actress\, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past. Directed by Satoshi Kon. \n\n\n\nScreened in Japanese with English subtitles. \n\n\n\nNote: Strong adult content warning for animated sequences of graphic violence and nudity\, and is only recommended for adults 17 years and older. \n\n\n\n \n Director: Satoshi Kon\n Year: 1997\n Country: Japan\n Runtime: 81 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/perfect-blue/ CATEGORIES:hanabi ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/perfect-blue.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240910T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240910T210000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240730T232422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T235623Z UID:10001492-1725994800-1726002000@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Drive My Car DESCRIPTION:Part of the Hanabi Japanese Film Festival\, running Sept. 1 – 13. Limited festival passes available for access to all films. \n\n\n\nTwo years after his wife’s unexpected death\, Yusuke Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima)\, a renowned stage actor and director\, receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanyaat a theater festival in Hiroshima. There\, he meets Misaki Watari (Toko Miura)\, a taciturn young woman assigned by the festival to chauffeur him in his beloved red Saab 900.  \n\n\n\nAs the production’s premiere approaches\, tensions mount amongst the cast and crew\, not least between Yusuke and Koji Takatsuki\, a handsome TV star who shares an unwelcome connection to Yusuke’s late wife. Forced to confront painful truths raised from his past\, Yusuke begins – with the help of his driver – to face the haunting mysteries his wife left behind.  \n\n\n\nAdapted from Haruki Murakami’s short story\, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s award-winning films is a haunting road movie traveling a path of love\, loss\, acceptance\, and peace. Winner of three prizes at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival\, including Best Screenplay. \n\n\n\nScreened in Japanese with English subtitles. \n\n\n\n \n Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi\n Year: 2021\n Country: Japan\n Runtime: 179 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/drive-my-car/ CATEGORIES:hanabi ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/drive-my-car.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240911T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240911T210000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240801T181025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240810T181619Z UID:10001508-1726081200-1726088400@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:OP/POP: Art & Animation of Postwar Japan (Church of Film) DESCRIPTION:Part of the Hanabi Japanese Film Festival\, running Sept. 1 – 13. \n\n\n\nBuilt upon radical collectives\, Japanese experimental art and cinema revived itself in the wake of the disastrous world war with renewed energy and purpose\, adventuring into all media to explore a brave new world. Our collection will focus on the pop art and op art innovations of a new wave of independent animation\, such as the subversive\, eye-popping work of the Animation Group of Three and Tadanori Yokoo\, the conceptual film experiments of the Film Independents group\, the work of artists such as Yayoi Kusama (Self-Obliteration)\, Tadanori Yokoo\, and many more! URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/op-pop-postwar-japan/ CATEGORIES:hanabi ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/op-pop-poster.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240912T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240912T210000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240730T195328Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T235650Z UID:10001488-1726167600-1726174800@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Blessings Movie Night Presents: Ghost in the Shell (1995) with Live Score DESCRIPTION:Part of the Hanabi Japanese Film Festival\, running Sept. 1 – 13. Limited festival passes available for access to all films. \n\n\n\nBack for a second time! Portland visual artist Eatcho and musician Pink Buddha join forces for 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\, which will be screened with English subtitles. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/blessings-movie-night-presents-ghost-in-the-shell-1995-with-live-score-2/ CATEGORIES:hanabi 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:20240913T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240913T210000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240730T194914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T235709Z UID:10001486-1726254000-1726261200@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Audition DESCRIPTION:Part of the Hanabi Japanese Film Festival\, running Sept. 1 – 13. Limited festival passes available for access to all films. \n\n\n\nA widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition\, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all. Directed by Takashi Miike. \n\n\n\nScreened in Japanese with English subtitles. \n\n\n\n \n Director: Takashi Miike\n Year: 1999\n Country: Japan\n Runtime: 113 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/audition/ CATEGORIES:hanabi ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/audition.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240913T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240913T233000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240730T195152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T235722Z UID:10001487-1726264800-1726270200@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 DESCRIPTION:Part of the Hanabi Japanese Film Festival\, running Sept. 1 – 13. Limited festival passes available for access to all films. \n\n\n\nThe second film in the Female Prisoner Scorpion series—after spending a year in solitary confinement\, Matsu escapes from prison with six more convicts\, followed by the guards led by the vengeful warden who wants her dead at all costs. \n\n\n\nScreened in Japanese with English subtitles. \n\n\n\n \n Director: Shunya Itō\n Year: 1972\n Country: Japan\n Runtime: 94 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/female-prisoner-scorpion-jailhouse-41/ CATEGORIES:hanabi ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/female-prisoner-scorpion.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240914T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240914T170000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240830T202308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240831T234119Z UID:10001535-1726326000-1726333200@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:The Portland 48 Hour Film Project - Group A DESCRIPTION:Teams will write\, shoot and edit a short film based on the genre they draw at The Kickoff at The Jupiter Hotel on Friday\, Sept. 6\, along with the required character\, prop\, and line assigned. \n\n\n\nThe films are then premiered in separate groups at The Clinton Street Theater\, and celebrated with awards. The winner of Best Film goes to Filmapalooza in March 2025\, and is eligible for a spot in our screening at the Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner! \n\n\n\nPlease make sure you are purchasing the correct tickets. These are ticket for Group A. \n\n\n\nSAG-AFTRA members should use their special code at checkout to receive a discount. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/48-hour-film-project-group-a/ CATEGORIES:festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Portland1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240914T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240914T210000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240830T202513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240831T234035Z UID:10001536-1726340400-1726347600@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:The Portland 48 Hour Film Project - Group B DESCRIPTION:Teams will write\, shoot and edit a short film based on the genre they draw at The Kickoff at The Jupiter Hotel on Friday\, Sept. 6\, along with the required character\, prop\, and line assigned. \n\n\n\nThe films are then premiered in separate groups at The Clinton Street Theater\, and celebrated with awards. The winner of Best Film goes to Filmapalooza in March 2025\, and is eligible for a spot in our screening at the Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner! \n\n\n\nPlease make sure you are purchasing the correct tickets. These are ticket for Group B. \n\n\n\nSAG-AFTRA members should use their special code at checkout to receive a discount. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/48-hour-film-project-group-b/ CATEGORIES:festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Portland1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240914T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240914T235900 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240709T211524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240710T155454Z UID:10001465-1726354800-1726358340@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:The Rocky Horror Picture Show for Virgins DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nThis is the perfect way for anyone who’s never seen the film\, or only seen it on TV\, to try something new! Starring Tim Curry\, Susan Sarandon\, and Barry Bostwick\, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) continues to titillate and delight audiences all over the world\, and has played weekly at the Clinton Street Theater since 1978. \n\n\n\nP.S. For RHPS diehards\, this isn’t just for newbies—if you love the film on its own\, these screenings are an opportunity to watch the film without visual interruption. \n\n\n\n*Please note this screening does not include a performance or shadowcast of the Clinton Street Cabaret.* \n\n\n\n\nDirector: Jim Sharman\n\n\n\nCountry: USA\n\n\n\nYear: 1975\n\n\n\nRuntime: 100 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-for-virgins-28/ CATEGORIES:drag ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/rhps-virgins.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240915T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240915T150000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240818T153823Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T163016Z UID:10001527-1726405200-1726412400@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Join or Die DESCRIPTION:A new documentary that centers on America’s civic unraveling by exploring the decline of social capital and the divisions in American society through the lens of scientist Robert Putnam. \n\n\n\nYour information will not be shared with IRL Movie Club if you purchasing these full price tickets. If you would like to purchase discount tickets for just $5\, then you can do so by joining the IRL Movie Club.  URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/join-or-die/ CATEGORIES:documentary ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/join-or-die-scaled.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240915T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240915T190000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240830T202703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240831T234001Z UID:10001537-1726419600-1726426800@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:The Portland 48 Hour Film Project - Group C DESCRIPTION:Teams will write\, shoot and edit a short film based on the genre they draw at The Kickoff at The Jupiter Hotel on Friday\, Sept. 6\, along with the required character\, prop\, and line assigned. \n\n\n\nThe films are then premiered in separate groups at The Clinton Street Theater\, and celebrated with awards. The winner of Best Film goes to Filmapalooza in March 2025\, and is eligible for a spot in our screening at the Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner! \n\n\n\nPlease make sure you are purchasing the correct tickets. These are ticket for Group C. \n\n\n\nSAG-AFTRA members should use their special code at checkout to receive a discount. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/48-hour-film-project-group-c/ CATEGORIES:festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Portland1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240917T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240917T210000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240411T144933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240814T223731Z UID:10001348-1726599600-1726606800@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-2/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CST-16mm-Nyback-Showdown-September-2024.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240918T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240918T210000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240904T034332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240904T034608Z UID:10001540-1726686000-1726693200@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:FLOWER STORMS: IRANIAN ANIMATION (Church of Film) DESCRIPTION:A curated program of Iranian animation\, before and after the revolution! FLOWER STORMS: Animation in Iran takes us through the wild experimental works of the artists at Iran’s Institute for Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults\, up until present times! \n\n\n\nBased 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. Including the work of animation geniuses Noureddin Zarrinkelk and Ali Akbar Sadeghi\, with classics like Amir Hamzeh & the Dancing Zebra (1977) and the Flower Storm (1972)\, and much\, much more! URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/flower-storms-iranian-animation-church-of-film/ CATEGORIES:film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/flowerstorms-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240919T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240919T210000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240708T052711Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240708T052711Z UID:10001454-1726772400-1726779600@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:The Twilight Saga: New Moon DESCRIPTION:Part of the Watch Twilight Again series. Purchase a discounted series pass to all five films. \n\n\n\n\nAfter the abrupt departure of Edward (Robert Pattinson)\, her vampire love\, Bella (Kristen Stewart) finds comfort in her deepening friendship with Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). However Bella’s loyalties are put to the test as she becomes drawn into the world of werewolves\, ancient enemies of vampires. \n\n\n\nWatch Twilight Again\, organized by Blue Holgate and Jenna Vesper\, brings the Twilight Saga back to theaters in Portland\, OR. These two besties and lifelong Twilight enthusiasts wanted to watch the movies\, again\, on the big screen…with you! \n\n\n\nGet your tickets now to these dazzling fandom events at the historic Clinton Street Theater\, so you can shout iconic lines\, sing along to the unforgettable soundtrack\, play some trivia\, and come dressed as your favorite characters for a chance to win exciting raffle prizes! Embrace your inner Twihard and connect with other fans who share the obsession with sparkly vampires\, teen wolves\, and father figure doctors. We promise we don’t care what team you’re on. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/the-twilight-saga-new-moon-2/ CATEGORIES:twilight ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/new-moon.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240920T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240920T210000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240729T005638Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240914T182149Z UID:10001479-1726858800-1726866000@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:Dead Man's Party: A Mystic Drag and Burlesque Night to Oingo Boingo DESCRIPTION:Doors at 6:00 PM\, show at 7:00 PM. \n\n\n\n\nHosted by XO Skeleton. \n\n\n\nDon’t be on the outside looking in\, step into the forbidden zone. It’s a dead man’s party\, no one lives forever. \n\n\n\nIt’s the nightmare before Christmas and the Fall Equinox is here\, what better way to bring in Halloween than a tribute to Oingo Boingo! Stay awhile and don’t worry about the capitalism. Its just another day. You only got so many tricks! \n\n\n\nASL interpretation provided upon request. Please send an email to cgates1979@gmail.com by Friday\, September 13th. URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/dead-mans-party-a-mystic-drag-and-burlesque-night-to-oingo-boingo/ CATEGORIES:drag ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/image_123650291-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240921T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240921T210000 DTSTAMP:20260518T090505 CREATED:20240904T004736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240904T004737Z UID:10001539-1726945200-1726952400@cstpdx.com SUMMARY:The Emperor's New Groove DESCRIPTION:Emperor Kuzco is turned into a llama by his ex-administrator Yzma\, and must now regain his throne with the help of Pacha\, the gentle llama herder. \n\n\n\n \n Director: Mark Dindal\n Year: 2000\n Country: USA\n Runtime: 78 minutes URL:https://cstpdx.com/event/the-emperors-new-groove/ CATEGORIES:animation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cstpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/emporers-new-groove.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR