Robin Williams as King of the Moon: What to Watch in Portland's Repertory Cinemas Sept. 9-15

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
By AP KRYZA

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The classic "family moves into a house… of evil" gets the Italian camp treatment in 1981's Zombie Hell House. Joy Cinema. 9:30 pm Wednesday, Sept. 9.

Church of Film's French Film Fantastique series continues with a series of films focused on love, death and the sea, including shorts and Jean Gremillon's Dainah la Metisse. North Star Ballroom. 8 pm Wednesday, Sept. 9.

Pix's Movies at Dusk gets to the inevitable martini pairing with Dr. No. Pix Patisserie. Dusk. Wednesday, Sept. 9.

The NW Film Center's Friday Film club kicks off with Terrance Malick's sprawling, tragic 1979 classic Days of Heaven, a film that contains zero dinosaurs. NW Film Center's Whitsell Auditorium. 5:30 pm Friday, Sept. 11. 

Why Alex Cox's classic punk-rock freakout Repo Man isn't just on a constant loop in Portland is befuddling. The unlikely positioning of Emilio Estevez as a punk icon is enough to earn it a permanent place in our beer theaters. Laurelhurst Theater. Friday-Thursday, Sept. 11-17.

With Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki once again announcing his return from retirement—dude should really collaborate with Jay Z at some point—now's the perfect time to revisit his true masterpiece, the lucid and flawless Spirited Away. Academy Theater. Friday-Thursday, Sept. 11-17.

NW Film Center kicks off its (Re)Discoveries series of forgotten classics with Kathleen Collins' 1982 marriage dissection Losing Ground (Friday-Saturday) and the hugely influential 1932 Brazilian expressionist opus Limite (Saturday-Sunday). NW Film Center's Whitsell Auditorium. See NWFilm for full listings.

Terry Gilliam's nutso The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a full-tilt fantasy yarn featuring Death, sea monsters, and Robin Williams as the king of the moon. And those are the least trippy things about this underrated gem of family entertainment. Hollywood Theatre. 3 pm Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 12-13.

Some would argue that Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World is a misunderstood classic. I'd argue that it's perfectly understood. Mass audiences just aren't capable of seeing the geek allure of the kinetic romance exploding from every frame of this fully realized ode to love in the age of pixels and irony. Clinton Street Theater. 2 pm Sunday, Sept. 13.

As is necessary at all Portland-based movie series, Night Movies arrives at The Goonies. Cartopia. Dark, Sunday, Sept. 13.  

Long before Rian Johnson went all Sam Spade in a high school 1962's Fallguy brought a teenage sensibility to the hard-boiled world of noir. Hollywood Theatre. 7:30 pm Tuesday, Sept. 15. 

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