Tickets $15. Chronicling four years in the life of Julie, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD examines one woman’s quest for love and meaning in the modern world.
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Tickets $15. Finally making its way to the USA after the film’s TIFF premiere, I Like Movies transports us to the world of a movie-loving teenager working at a Canadian video rental store in the early 2000s. In Burlington, Ontario, in 2003, hyper-ambitious teenage cinephile Lawrence Kweller (Isaiah Lehtinen) dreams of attending film school at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In order to raise the hefty tuition fee, he gets his dream job at the local video store, Sequels. Wracked with anxiety about his future, Lawrence begins alienating the most important people in his life—his best friend Matt Macarchuck (Percy Hynes White), his single mother Terri (Krista Bridges)—all while developing a complicated friendship with his older female manager, Alana (Romina D’Ugo). As graduation looms ever closer, a series of painful realizations force Lawrence to realize that he is a pretentious asshole.
Read More[ PAST EVENT ] Desperately Seeking Susan MADONNA DRESS UP NIGHT // SOCIAL CINEMA
Posted on March 6, 2024
Tickets $15. Madonna Dress Up Night!
DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN: Take a wild ride through the bustling streets of 1980s New York City as Roberta (Rosanna Arquette), a bored suburban housewife, becomes enamored with the mysterious Susan (Madonna) via the personals section of the newspaper. When an ad titled “Desperately Seeking Susan” hints at a rendezvous, Roberta eagerly follows the trail, plunging headfirst into a whirlwind of mistaken identities and unexpected adventures.
Tickets $15. For International Women’s Day, The Future of Film is Female presents a screening of a Valley Girl, the 1983 woman-directed teen rom com featuring a killer soundtrack and Nic Cage in his first leading role.
Read More[ PAST EVENT ] THE GREAT ESCAPE // Hundreds of Beavers with Jet Black Pearl
Posted on February 16, 2024
Tickets $15. In this 17th-century, supernatural silent winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America’s greatest fur trapper by defeating, yes, HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS.
Read More[ PAST EVENT ] THE FUTURE OF FILM IS FEMALE PRESENTS // Tokyo Pop w/ Low Bar Chorale
Posted on February 15, 2024
Tickets $15. For International Women’s Day, The Future of Film is Female presents a screening of a largely forgotten gem of ’80s American independent cinema by Fran Rubel Kuzui (Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Tokyo Pop takes us on a breezy tour through bubble-era Tokyo, replete with tongue-in-cheek nods to the city’s American-influenced pop culture.
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FREE EVENT. Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream. From writer/director Julio Torres comes a surreal adventure through the equally treacherous worlds of New York City and the U.S. Immigration system.
Read More[ PAST EVENT ] ART HOUSE CINEMA // Showing Up & A Conversation with Cynthia Lahti
Posted on February 13, 2024
Tickets $15. Following the screening of Showing Up, sculptor and visual artist Cynthia Lahti will be in conversation about her work with Grace Kook-Anderson, Arlene & Harold Schnitzer Curator of Northwest Art at the Portland Art Museum. Cynthia’s drawings and sculptures are featured in the film Showing Up, moonlighting as fictional character Lizzy (Michelle Williams)’s artwork.
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Tickets $15. UNICORN WARS: For ages, teddy bears have been locked in an ancestral war against their sworn enemy, the unicorns, with the promise that victory will complete the prophecy and usher in a new era. Aggressive, confident teddy bear Bluet and his sensitive, withdrawn brother Tubby could not be more different. As the rigors and humiliation of teddy bear bootcamp turn to the psychedelic horrors of a combat tour in the Magic Forest, their complicated history and increasingly strained relationship will come to determine the fate of the entire war.
Read More[ PAST EVENT ] SNEAK PEEKS // Sometimes I Think About Dying w/ Film Crew Q&A
Posted on February 13, 2024
Tickets $15. Lost on the dreary Oregon coast, Fran finds solace in her cubicle, listening to the constant hum of officemates and occasionally daydreaming to pass the time. She is ghosting through life, unable to pop her bubble of isolation, when a friendly new coworker, Robert, persistently tries to connect with her. Though it goes against every fiber of her being, she may have to give this guy a chance. Film Co-Producers Steven Weisman & Kyle Eaton will introduce the film, and there will be a Q&A with Production Designer Daniel Maughiman & Costume Designer Jordan Hamilton following the film.
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