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. Built around an extraordinary performance from Denzel Washington, Malcolm X draws on the iconic civil rights leader’s autobiography to trace his journey of empowerment, from a childhood riven by white-supremacist violence to a life of petty crime to his conversion to Islam and rebirth as a fearless fighter for Black liberation, whose courage and eloquence inspired oppressed communities the world over. Impeccably crafted by Lee and his closest creative collaborators, and buoyed by commanding performances from Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo, Al Freeman Jr., and others, this is a passionate monument to a man whose life continues to serve as a model of principled resistance.
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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.
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Tickets $15. Schemes, seduction, and scathing wit rule the court in Yorgos Lanthimos’ wickedly decadent period drama.
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Tickets $15. Hiroshima. Nagasaki. Mercury. Nevada? The latter was the site for the testing of 928 large-scale nuclear weapons from 1951 to 1992. Martin Sheen narrates this harrowing exposé of the United States’ disregard for everyone living…downwind.
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Tickets $20. From his poor childhood to his rise to fame, from his triumphs to his failures, from Paris to New York, discover the exceptional journey of an artist. Intimate, intense, fragile and indestructible, devoted to his art until the very end, here is one of the most immortal singers of all time, Charles Aznavour.
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Tickets $15. In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe denouncing America’s color bar, while the U.S. dispatches jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to the Congo to deflect attention from its first African post-colonial coup.
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Tickets $15. Winner of a coveted Cannes prize, director Céline Sciamma and actors Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel turn the subtle act of looking into a dangerous, engrossing thrill–solidifying this film as one of the greatest love stories ever told.
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Tickets $15. In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man—who may or may not be after her inheritance. Part of a Miranda July-curated film series.
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Tickets $15. Join us for this special anniversary screening of a film Roger Ebert called: “sickening, utterly worthless, shameful trash”, Variety called it a “moral holocaust,” and Rex Reed called it “a trough of rotten swill.” Now with never-before-seen footage and even longer than before, Caligula is not to be missed!
Read More[ PAST EVENT ] Marie Antoinette w/ Design Panel // AIGA Portland Design Month
Posted on July 22, 2024
Tickets $15. Punk! New Wave! Rococo! Marie Antoinette seamlessly remixes modern & classical design elements into 18th-century France. Across set and costume production, color composition, typography, and symbolism, the film’s bold production design practice creates a visually rich feast. The screening will feature a discussion led by designers from adjacent practices: providing deeper insights into creative processes, techniques, and influences shaping its unique intersection with graphic design.
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