Hoverboards, Hungarian Folklore and Homer Groening: This Week's Movie Revivals

By AP KRYZA

Every week, AP Kryza of AP Film Studies brings you the best revival screenings around town. Most of these theaters serve beer. Plan accordingly. 

  1. Groening isn’t the only artist getting love from Midcentury Oregon Genius. The series also presents Heaven and Earth Magic, a 1961 cutout-animated feature by Harry Smith, which will be presented with a 16 mm film and two 35 mm slide projectors to create the layered images Smith pioneered. Hollywood Theatre. 7 pm Friday, Jan. 16.
  1. Back to the Future II takes place in 2015. So why do I still not have a fucking hoverboard? Academy Theater. Jan. 16-22.
  1. Bill Murray was at his lunatic best in Stripes, a movie that just makes you miss Harold Ramis more. Laurelhurst Theater. Jan. 16-22.
  1. Know what’s not getting a midcentury-genius designation? 1971’s Vampyros Lesbos. That’s a damned shame. Hollywood Theatre. 9:45 pm Friday-Saturday, Jan. 16-17.
  2. Homer Groening wasn’t just the namesake for everyone’s favorite doughnut-loving dad—he was also a (doughnut-loving) filmmaker, producing everything from commercials for Timberline Lodge to experimental shorts about water. Catch a selection of his short films tonight, introduced by legendary animator Bill Plympton. Hollywood Theatre. 7 pm Saturday, Jan. 17.
  1. The NW Film Center celebrates the release of the documentary Altman with one of the director’s most beloved films—noir classic The Long Goodbye—and one of his most overlooked, 1977 drama 3 Women. NW Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium. The Long Goodbye: 7 pm Saturday, Jan 17. 3 Women: 4:30 pm Sunday, Jan. 18.
  1. The Clinton Street pays tribute to MLK with King: A Filmed Record…From Montgomery to Memphis. Clinton Street Theater. 7 pm Monday, Jan 19. 
  1. You don’t need to be high to enjoy psychedelic animated freakout Son of the White Mare. But keep in mind it’s based in Hungarian folklore and features the human sons of horses fighting the forces of Hell while also glowing neon. So yeah, get super-high. Hollywood Theatre. 9:30 pm Monday, Jan. 19.
  1. Repressed Cinema digs up Miss Leslie’s Dolls, a 1973 exploitation gem in which a villainess keeps visitors as “dolls” in her basement. Yes, her dolls are buxom. Hollywood Theatre. 7:30 pm Tuesday, Jan. 20.

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