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.
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.
All the body-piercing, kinky sex, and car crashes that Shakespeare wanted but never had!
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.
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.
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.
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.
For films and showtimes, visit the organizer's website.
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.
Presented by the Portland Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). Panel discussion to follow the film screening.
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.
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.
Join Astral Projections for a decades-spanning dive into black art and music on 16mm film.
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!!
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
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.
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).
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.