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Henry V
Feeling emotionally exhausted by this particularly interminable election season? NW Film Center's excellent Bending the Bard series continues with Laurence Olivier's Shakespearean propaganda epic Henry V (1944), commissioned by the British government in the last years of World War II to warm the hearts of a beleaguered nation. NW Film Center's Whitsell Auditorium. 4 pm Saturday, Sept 17.
Election
Or, if you wish to wallow in bitter self-pity in the face of an indifferent political system that never truly changes, Reese Witherspoon's Tracy Flick will surely remind you of Ted Cruz/Hillary Clinton/Donald Trump/hated politician du jour in Alexander Payne's sardonic political comedy Election (1999). Mission Theater. Sept. 18-20.
Heavy Metal
I'm not saying you should be a half pack of Marlboro Reds and at least six cans deep into your 30 rack of choice before watching Gerald Potterton's hypersexualized, ultraviolent animated anthology Heavy Metal (1981). I'm not saying you shouldn't. Mullets encouraged. Trigger warning: everything. Academy Theater. Sept. 16-22.
Night Games
The enigmatic Church of Film continues its Women Behind the Camera series with Mai Zetterling's provocative Night Games (1966), a psychological thriller that Shirley Temple called "pornography for profit," upsetting her so much it caused her resignation from the San Francisco International Film Festival. North Star Ballroom. 8 pm Wednesday, Sept. 14.
The Prowler, The Bitter Stems
Finally, the Hollywood has a doozy of a doubleheader for Portland's noir heads. Programmer Eddie Muller introduces restored 35 mm prints of Joseph Losey's cop-stalks-housewife thriller The Prowler (1951) and Argentine director Fernando Ayala's award-winning Los Tallos Amargos (The Bitter Stems) (1956). Hollywood Theatre. 7 pm Saturday, Sept. 17.
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