Racist Mel Brooks, Absurdist Swedes and Narrangansett:What to Watch in Portland's Repertory Cinemas July 8-14

By AP KRYZA

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The greatest adaptation of Hamlet of all time, Strange Brew gets a screening at a place that sells ham and weird beers. Pix Patisserie. Dusk, Wednesday, July 8. 

Movies in Black & White returns, using Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles as a springboard to a talk about race that might last four weeks, given the movie. Hollywood Theatre. 7 pm Wednesday, July 8.

Sandra Bullock takes on the interwebs in The Net, while Hecklevision uses the brave new technology to make fun of her. Hollywood Theatre. 7:30 pm Thursday, July 9.

The NW Film Center kicks off a series of films by absurdist humanist Swedish director Roy Andersson, including A Swedish Love Story (Friday-Saturday), Songs from the Second Floor (Saturday-Sunday) and You, The Living (Sunday-Monday). NW Film Center's Whitsell Auditorium. See NWFilm.org for full listings. 

Long before rappers got flack for glorifying violence, Jimmy Cliff was making rudeboys look slick in The Harder they Come. Clinton Street Theater. 7 pm Thursday, July 9.

 
To Kill a Mockingbird
Clinton Street Theater
. 2 & 7 pm Friday, July 10.

Seriously though, Raiders of the Lost Ark should just never leave Portland theaters. Hollywood Theatre. 2 & 7 pm Saturday-Sunday, July 11-12.

Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise shows us what would happen if Phantom of the Opera had less whiny balladry and more gigantic mounds of cocaine in the writers' room. Hollywood Theatre. 9 pm Friday, July 10 & 9:40 pm Saturday, July 11.

For its 40th anniversary, Jaws is getting a barrage of screenings. But Laurelhurst wins out as the most essential, since they shipped in Quint's beer of choice, Narrangansett. Laurelhurst Theater. Friday-Thursday, July 10-16.

Continuing the theme of troubled kids who can't tell fantasy from reality, The Neverending Story is here to get its theme song stuck in your head. Academy Theater. Friday-Thursday, July 10-16.

Hand2Mouth's Gus Van Sant retrospective continues with To Die For (Saturday) and Good Will Hunting (Sunday). Clinton Street Theater. See cstpdx.com for full listings. 

 
Chariots of Fire
Clinton Street Theater. 7:30 pm Saturday, July 11.

E.T. returns to Portland screens, this time under the stars where it belongs. Cartopia. Dark Sunday, July 12.

Kung Fu Theater unleashes the chaotic Shaw Brothers classic Invincible Shaolin. Hollywood Theatre. 7:30 pm Tuesday, July 14. 

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