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Cay Is Okay Album Release Show with Kusikia
Cay Is Okay Album Release Show with Kusikia
Cay Is Okay is a QTBIPOC rock four-piece, releasing their first full-length album, Housekeeping, which is an artistic blend of astrology and processing what it's like to live as a brown person in a late-stage capitalistic/white supremacist state.
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ARCANA (1972) (Church of Film)
ARCANA (1972) (Church of Film)
A revolutionary nightmare starring cult actresses Lucia Bosè and Tina Aumont, the film has been rarely seen since its distributor went bankrupt shortly after production.
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Poor Things
Poor Things
An account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Academy Award Best Actress Emma Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe).
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Sleepaway Camp featuring Live Commentary with Felissa Rose
Sleepaway Camp featuring Live Commentary with Felissa Rose
Scream Queen Felissa Rose comes to The Clinton Street Theater for a special screening of her staring role in SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983), providing live commentary to the cult horror film. Screening followed by a Q&A and the opportunity to purchase autographs and photographs.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with the Clinton Street Cabaret
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with the Clinton Street Cabaret
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.
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The Thinking Game (IRL Movie Club Members)
The Thinking Game (IRL Movie Club Members)
Inside DeepMind's London headquarters, founder Demis Hassabis and his team are relentlessly pursuing the creation of AI that matches or surpasses human abilities on a wide range of tasks.
Resilience Rising: Echoes of Owyhee
Resilience Rising: Echoes of Owyhee
In the corner of Oregon balancing the border of Idaho, nestled among the rugged terrain of the Owyhee Canyonlands, a group of five black leaders embarked on a journey that would not only deepen their understanding of the environment but also ignite a fervor for both environmental advocacy and racial justice. Screening followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
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From Ground Zero
From Ground Zero
Encore screening added at the request of the community. Proceeds from this event will benefit Palestine Red Crescent Society.
Palestine's official submission for the 2025 Academy Awards and an official selection at TIFF 2024, this new documentary coordinated and funded by filmmaker Rashid Masharawi is a collection of revealing stories from 22 Palestinian filmmakers living through war, who capture their lives in Gaza amidst war.
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16mm Nyback Showdown
16mm Nyback Showdown
Dennis 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!
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SPELL (1977) (Church of Film)
SPELL (1977) (Church of Film)
Made in response to Pasolini's Salo and Makavajev's Sweet Movie, SPELL - SWEET SLAUGHTERHOUSE is Alberto Cavallone's Surrealismo estremo at its finest, told in darkly compelling vignettes of madness, betrayal, brutality, sex and the grotesque.
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New Jack City
New Jack City
In Mario Van Peebles's feature directorial debut, a crime lord (Wesley Snipes) ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective (Ice-T) vows to stop him.
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Keanu (2016)
Keanu (2016)
When the adorable kitten of an L.A. crime kingpin unexpectedly enters the life of two cousins (Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele), they will have to go through tough gangs, pitiless hit-men, and ruthless drug dealers who all claim him, to get him back.
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Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr. with REM: A Silents Synced Film
Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr. with REM: A Silents Synced Film
The second film in the Silents Synced series. The film will pair R.E.M.'s iconic albums, Monster and New Adventures in Hi Fi, with Buster Keaton's silent film, Sherlock Jr (1924).
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Sinophelia
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Sinophelia
Come watch our intimate, scaled-back screening of the ultimate cult movie that has played weekly at the Clinton Street Theater since 1978. If you’ve ever wanted to attend, but didn’t know if you’d enjoy your first time, our special host for this evening, Sin, will be your guide. You’ll learn the funniest callbacks, proper prop timing, and how to dance the Time Warp.
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
A young man searches for home in the changing city that seems to have left him behind. Staring Jimmie Fails, who wrote the semi-autobiographical story with his childhood friend, director Joe Talbot.
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BLOW JOB (1980) (Church of Film)
BLOW JOB (1980) (Church of Film)
Alberto Cavallone's BLOW JOB was the director's final surrealistic statement on violence, magic, and power, a dark poem where countercultural explorations of altered states and free love crash land into the darkness of the human consciousness, and a society in collapse.
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The Unofficial Game Grumps Drag Show
The Unofficial Game Grumps Drag Show
Boogie Brickhouse Theology of Haus Monarch and Straw Hat Productions presents a themed drag show dedicated to YouTube sensations Game Grumps! Featuring over a dozen performers, this event will benefit the Portland non-profit Our House.
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Tromeo and Juliet
Tromeo and Juliet
All the body-piercing, kinky sex, and car crashes that Shakespeare wanted but never had!
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If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk
A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit. Directed by Barry Jenkins and based on James Baldwin's 1974 novel.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with the Clinton Street Cabaret
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with the Clinton Street Cabaret
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.
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Death: Out of the Shadows
Death: Out of the Shadows
In this one hour documentary, the film makers talked to death doulas, grief counselors, doctors and first responders to find out why people are afraid of death, and what we, as a culture, can do to improve our relationship with it.
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SCENES FROM AN OCCUPATION: Films of the Palestinian Film Unit (Church of Film)
SCENES FROM AN OCCUPATION: Films of the Palestinian Film Unit (Church of Film)
While most of the Palestinian film archive was seized and destroyed, this collection pulls together five remaining pieces by the Palestinian Film Unit, preserving the legacy of the artists who sacrificed and gave their lives for the images.
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Oregon Screams Horror Film Festival Winter 2025
Oregon Screams Horror Film Festival Winter 2025
For films and showtimes, visit the organizer's website.
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BATMAN RETURNS! Selina Kyle’s Valentines Bash
BATMAN RETURNS! Selina Kyle’s Valentines Bash
A queer Valentine's celebration & screening of Tim Burton’s iconic 1992 cult masterpiece… BATMAN RETURNS! Pre-film archival Batman video show curated by Violet Hex, presented by Cult Sensation.
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Omoiyari: a Songfilm by Kishi Bashi
Omoiyari: a Songfilm by Kishi Bashi
Presented by the Portland Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). Panel discussion to follow the film screening.
KMHD Presents a Night at the Movies with Mo Better Blues
KMHD Presents a Night at the Movies with Mo Better Blues
Doors open at 6:00PM for a special DJ set from KMHD's Bryson Wallace, host of Positive Vibrations, before the screening of Mo Betta Blues at 7:00PM.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Thom Hilton
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Thom Hilton
Come watch our intimate, scaled-back screening of the ultimate cult movie that has played weekly at the Clinton Street Theater since 1978. If you’ve ever wanted to attend, but didn’t know if you’d enjoy your first time, our special host for this evening, Thom Hilton, will be your guide. You’ll learn the funniest callbacks, proper prop timing, and how to dance the Time Warp.
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Black to the Past on 16mm
Black to the Past on 16mm
Join Astral Projections for a decades-spanning dive into black art and music on 16mm film.
Melange: A Queer and P.O.C. Variety Show
Melange: A Queer and P.O.C. Variety Show
Thicc. Voluptuous. Juicy. However you wanna describe this cast, these $EXY BABES are about to show you what $en$uality, $3xuality, playfulness, & and being a big-bodied powerhouse is all about!!
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I’m Gonna Git You Sucka
I’m Gonna Git You Sucka
Written, directed by and starring Keenen Ivory Wayans in his feature debut, this film parodies the blaxploitation genre (Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Foxy Brown, The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Top of the Heap, et al.) with an outstanding cast of well-known celebrities and up-and-coming actors for the time
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THE LITTLE GIRL OF HANOI & Vietnam Animation Studio (Church of Film)
THE LITTLE GIRL OF HANOI & Vietnam Animation Studio (Church of Film)
A harrowing and remarkable drama, LITTLE GIRL OF HANOI was miraculously shot during the final year of the US invasion of Vietnam. Praised for its exquisite visual style and emotional rawness, it's a scathing indictment of the devastation wrought by the war.
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Blessings Movie Night Presents: Neptune Frost
Blessings Movie Night Presents: Neptune Frost
Portland visual artist Eatcho and musician Roman Norfleet join forces for this month’s Blessings Movie Night with an original live score to NEPTUNE FROST (2021).
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The Ricky Winters Show
The Ricky Winters Show
Portland's #1 Tabloid Talk Show is back for its one year anniversary show! Ricky Winters (James Hartenfeld) dives into dramatic and painful topics with outrageous guests in this hilarious Jerry Springer-ish tabloid talk show that has sold out at venues everywhere.
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Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!
Presented by the Portland Lesbian Choir to help you join in at all your favorite parts!
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!
Presented by the Portland Lesbian Choir to help you join in at all your favorite parts!
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with the Clinton Street Cabaret
The Rocky Horror Picture Show with the Clinton Street Cabaret
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.