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Tickets $15. Tough Shit is an onstage conversation about the most challenging questions Portlanders are facing. We’ll bring together four people with very different experiences of and perspectives on the city to talk through some shit with help from the audience and a moderator. The questions will be tough, and this shit will not be resolved in one night; We expect to leave with more questions than answers, plus some renewed hope for the future. And if not, well…. This edition of Tough Shit features Lorelie Juntunen, President and CEO of the public policy research firm ECOnorthwest; Emi Day, an architect, strategist, and founder of One Day; Michael Larson, a writer, film director, and founder of Humans for Housing; and Alex Stone, a seasoned leader with extensive experience in security, law enforcement, business management, and education. The conversation will be moderated by Adam Davis of Oregon Humanities.

Tickets $15. A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life – SUGARCANE, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie – is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning. Set amidst a ground-breaking investigation into abuse and death at an Indian residential school, the film empowers participants to break cycles of intergenerational trauma by bearing witness to painful, long-ignored truths – and the love that endures within their families despite the revelation of genocide.  

Tickets $15. Over the course of a single day, the lives of innocent and not-so-innocent individuals collide in a web of misfortune and redemption.  

Tickets $15. Welcome to Movie Book Club—for anyone who loves movies, books, or simply having opinions about both. Hosted by author Margaret Malone, each session invites you to watch a literary adaptation and then stick around for a warm, lively, and lightly irreverent post-screening conversation. Bring your thoughts, your questions, your favorite passages, and your spiciest hot takes. Read the book if you want (gold star!). Or just show up for the movie (also gold star!). Either way, you’ll leave with new ideas, new questions, and maybe a new favorite character to lovingly overanalyze. Our inaugural Movie Book Club features Train Dreams, adapted from Denis Johnson’s novella of the same name.

Tickets $15. Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.

Tickets $15. Join Lesbian Cinema Club for a night of Cheryl Dunye short films. 

Tickets $15. An X-Rated descent into demented comedy and maniacal horror, as a desperate mother drags an innocent stranger into an absurd, filthy nightmare beyond comprehension. An unflinchingly loyal adaptation of transgressive artist Johnny Ryan’s joyfully disgusting comic book. Adults only. Following the screening, Director Todd Rohal will join us for a Q&A! 

Tickets $15. Join Brain Dead—L.A.’s boundary-pushing creative collective—for a one-day-only special screening of the 1995 Japanese cyberpunk film Ghost in the Shell.

Tickets $15. Come See Me in the Good Light is a poignant and unexpectedly funny love story about poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley facing an incurable cancer diagnosis with joy, wit and an unshakable partnership. Through laughter and unwavering love, they transform pain into purpose, and mortality into a moving celebration of resilience.

Tickets $15. With her life crashing down around her, Linda (Rose Byrne) attempts to navigate her child's mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.

Tickets $15. Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film.

Tickets FREE. A timid man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive.

Tickets $15. A first-of-its-kind film showcase celebrating human storytelling in all its evolving forms—traditional cinema, generative AI, and the messy, magical middle in between.

Tickets FREE. Join guest programmers Ariella Tai and Tracy Kernell as they present the 2023 short film Quiet As It's Kept, directed by Ja'Tovia Gary, followed by the 1996 feature film Naked Acts, directed by Bridgett M. Davis.

Tickets $45. To celebrate womanhood and all of its messiness, humor, heartbreak, and joy, Grand Gesture Books is so excited to offer a movie viewing with sleepover vibes.

Tickets $15. Celebrate five decades of groundbreaking art and storytelling with Portland legend Rupert Kinnard!

Tickets $15. In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size.

Tickets $15. As A Larger Reality: Ursula K. Le Guin comes to a close at Oregon Contemporary, join us for a film that honors the imagination, empathy, and wonder at the heart of Le Guin’s work. Following the screening, writer Leni Zumas will be in conversation with Theo Downes-Le Guin about the film and Ursula K. Le Guin's work. 

Tickets $15. Join Ethereal Reflection's Correspondence Club and discover that someone you pass on the street may already be the love of your life.

Tickets $15. Join us for an interactive night celebrating John Waters’ campy classic, where every shimmy, stomp, hair flip, and Tracy Turnblad victory might just win you a prize.

Tickets $15. Spend your Valentine’s Day wrapped in a little Studio Ghibli magic. Whether you’re celebrating romance, friendship, or simply your love of beautifully animated worlds, Howl’s Moving Castle is the perfect way to escape into something tender, enchanting, and just a little surreal.

Tickets $15. Spend Valentine’s Day wrapped in the smoky, slow-burn romance of Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love—now celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Tickets $15. Bring your own knitting, crocheting, and fiber arts to the Tomorrow Theater for this special screening of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, co-hosted by RITUAL DYES.

Tickets $15. Honoring the enduring legacy of Rob Reiner with a screening of When Harry Met Sally…, the sharp, endlessly quotable rom-com that redefined modern movie romance.

Tickets $15. Join Nationale for a special movie night featuring Peter Hujar's Day. Nationale will be vending Peter Hujar's books and hosting a salon-style discussion after the film. 

Tickets $15. An evening of thought provoking, visually stimulating, and performative art making. The evening begins with a live soundtrack by musical artist Ceremonial Abyss to the 1972 short film Athanor, followed by an opportunity to explore a curated selection of books on film from Passages Book store. The evening culminates in a mesmerizing short film program.

Tickets $15. Cringe has become a referent for overly earnest, uncool, or passé behavior. But what if cringe vulnerability is actually the path to freedom? In this collaborative presentation, Ashley and Jaydra will reach their hands deep inside the belly of cringe, feel around in the viscera, and ultimately expose its guts.

Tickets $15. Presented by local writer, filmmaker, and musician Kalimah Abioto, Twice as Nice is the second film by Jessie Maple, a pioneering independent African American filmmaker.

Tickets $15. Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

Tickets $15. One of the most electrifying heroes of the twentieth century receives an appropriately sweeping screen biopic, rich in both historical insight and propulsive cinematic style, courtesy of visionary director Spike Lee.

Tickets $15. Khaled, a 12-year-old boy from a Palestinian village, gets the chance to see the sea for the first time in his life on a school trip.

Tickets $15. Come learn something new about the trees that are essential to Oregon’s high desert ecosystem.

Tickets $15. Jim Jarmusch's latest feature film in the form of a triptych. The three stories all concern the relationships between adult children, their somewhat distant parent (or parents), and each other.

Tickets $15. Join Brain Dead—L.A.’s boundary-pushing creative collective—for a one-day-only special screening of the 2022 Japanese superhero film Shin Ultraman.

Tickets $15. Combining magical realism and evocative hand-drawn animation with revelatory interviews and verité footage, "Among Neighbors" examines the story of a small, rural town where Jews and Polish Catholics lived side by side for centuries before World War II.

Tickets $15. What happens when art meets trash? Maintenance Artist profiles pioneering public artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles — the first artist-in-residence at NYC’s Department of Sanitation.

Tickets $15. Sassi is more than 20 years older than his wife Effi and is worried about his declining powers.

Tickets Free. PAM CUT's NW Music Video Showcase brings together over 20 music videos directed by local and Pacific NW-based directors featuring an array of incredibly talented musicians and visual styles. Kicking off the evening is the crowd pleasing musical duo Johnny Franco and his Real Brother Dom.

Tickets $15. A rising pop sensation navigates fame and industry pressures while preparing for her arena tour debut, revealing the transformation of underground culture into mainstream success.

Tickets $15. American filmmaker Julia Loktev, born in the Soviet Union and now based in the U.S., returned to Moscow in 2021 to document the growing crackdown on independent journalism in Putin’s Russia. Months later, the country invaded Ukraine. What began as a vérité portrait of young reporters labeled “foreign agents” suddenly became a frontline chronicle of a nation sliding into war, repression, and exile. Told across five chapters, My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow is an intimate, unflinching record of a community fighting to tell the truth as the ground shifts beneath them. Loktev’s camera captures the urgency, fear, humor, and resilience of journalists fighting Putin’s regime —offering a front row seat to how authoritarianism works and the lives of those who resist, which becomes more and more relevant both globally and in the U.S. every day.

Ticket $15. It Started as a Concert. It Became a Celebration.

Tickets $15. With a career spanning fifty years, Barbara Hammer is recognized as a pioneer of queer cinema. Working primarily in film and video, Hammer created a groundbreaking body of experimental work that illuminates lesbian histories, women’s health and aging, and global political struggles. Guided by her urgent need to document communities rarely represented in mainstream cinema, she asserted that “radical content deserves radical form.” Using documentary and found footage, her works are characterized by her robust experimentation with montage, superimposition, and overexposure.

Tickets $15. An anarchic comedy told without words, a sensory feast to be felt through art and music, featuring an electrifying score by Philip Glass.

Tickets $15. Josie, Melody and Val are three small-town girl musicians determined to take their rock band out of their garage and straight to the top, while remaining true to their look, style, and sound.

Tickets $15. Bring your own knitting, crocheting, and fiber arts to the Tomorrow Theater for this special event co-hosted by RITUAL DYES, who will be there to offer assistance and support. We will have the lights on low while playing a beautiful film. We can’t wait for you to join us for an afternoon of crafting during a screening of Almost Famous. 

Tickets $15. Why stop making sense? Why a movie? Why a big suit? Where do the odd movements come from? What will the band do next?

Tickets $15. Join Colibri + Frances May for a night celebrating chaotic fashion, florals, and fun. Bianca of Colibri and Pam of Frances May will introduce the film and kick off the night in advance of a special screening of Party Girl. 

Tickets $15. Join us for another Movie Bingo, hosted by the one-and-only Violet Hex! For this edition, we'll journey into the technicolor time capsule of drag herstory that is Wigstock: The Movie! The three-decade-old annual Manhattan gathering of drag queens and their fans is portrayed in this colorful documentary. The film concentrates on the spectacle of the event, providing abundant examples of the elaborate costumes, flamboyant wigs, and campy musical performances that characterize the event.

Tickets $15. A biographical drama about Tejano music star Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.

Tickets $15. Their message is brutally clear: Destroy the old and make way for the new. This is the punk's violent revolution; Their lawless world. This is THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION: A Riveting, unflinching account of the punk rock phenomenon and its alienated, reactionary subculture. This fierce, bleak portrait documents L.A.'s infamous punk bands as they perform on stage and discuss their lives, music and philosophy off stage. Through interviews with punk fans, music critics and club owners, it is a crucial, compelling statement of the most significant and influential youth movementand musical transformation of the past 3 decades. It is perhaps a prophetic glimpse of the forces that will inherit our world.... Witness THE DECLINE. Including performances by: X, CIRCLE JERKS, BLACK FLAG, FEAR, CATHOLIC DISCIPLINE, GERMS AND ALICE BAG BAND.

Tickets $15. In the mid 80's a new scene took over the Los Angeles nightlife–Heavy Metal. Loud, rude, sexy, sexist and anti-authoritarian. Penelope Spheeris' THE METAL YEARS takes an in-depth look at rabid fans, desperate groupies, wanna-be rock stars that go so far as to threaten suicide if they don't "make it." The film also portrays the harsh reality of the music business, where everyone's dream to become a star can't possibly come true. It's a real life "Spinal Tap" that makes us look back and ask, "What the hell were we doing?"

Tickets $15. DECLINE III is an unflinching look into the lives of the hardcore fans of punk rock in Los Angeles, 20 years later. Filmed over the course of 13 months , this 90 minute piece stands as the director's strongest work to date. Whereas the first installment of the trilogy concerned itself with the birth of a new music genre, PART III focuses on the lifestyles and backgrounds of the fans. Many of them are homeless or occupy squats (abandoned buildings) as their living quarters. They simultaneously evoke emotions of deep empathy and severe distain, as they present a subculture that is impossible to ignore. DECLINE III delves into the underside of this subculture to indicate that Johnny Rotten’s “No Future” reference has taken on a new meaning. The film is a strange coupling of comedy and tragedy, combining interviews with faithful fans, thought provoking accounts from those who have an intimate knowledge of the scene and live performances by underground bands: Final Conflict, Litmus Green, Naked Aggression, and The Resistance. Keith Morris (Circle Jerks), Rick Wilder (Mau Maus), and Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) compare the original late Seventies movement to present day punk rock. Unforgettable characters such as Why-Me?, Hamburger, Troll, Eyeball and Squid paint a seldom seen picture of life and death on the back streets of Hollywood.

Tickets $15. Join us for a Best in Show Movie Bingo with Portland icon Violet Hex, where the mayhem of the Mayflower Dog Show meets your bingo card. The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.

Tickets $15. Two young brothers explore Lagos with their estranged father during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, witnessing both the city’s magnitude and their father’s daily struggles as political unrest threatens their journey home.

Tickets $15. Join us for an expanded 2K digital restorations of seven short films by David Lynch. Films include: Six Men Getting Sick (1967), The Alphabet (1968), The Grandmother (1970), The Amputee, Version 1 and Version 2 (1974), Premonitions Following an Evil Deed (1995), The Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988), Dumbland (2002).

Tickets $15. David Lynch’s 1977 debut feature, Eraserhead, is both a lasting cult sensation and a work of extraordinary craft and beauty. With its mesmerizing black-and-white photography by Frederick Elmes and Herbert Cardwell, evocative sound design, and unforgettably enigmatic performance by Jack Nance, this visionary nocturnal odyssey continues to haunt American cinema like no other film.

Tickets $15. Welcome to Movie Book Club—for anyone who loves movies, books, or simply having opinions about both. Hosted by author Margaret Malone, each session invites you to watch a literary adaptation and then stick around for a warm, lively, and lightly irreverent post-screening conversation. Bring your thoughts, your questions, your favorite passages, and your spiciest hot takes. Our second edition of Movie Book Club features The Chronology of Water, based on the book of the same title by Lidia Yuknavitch. Film Synopsis: Growing up in an environment torn apart by violence and alcohol, a young woman finds her voice through the written word and her salvation as a swimmer.