Cinema 21 Will Reopen to Host a Film Series Capped at 25 Patrons

A night at the movies for the last four months has generally meant firing up a streaming service at home, but this month Cinema 21 is giving a limited number of people the option of reliving what the experience used to be like in pre-pandemic times.

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Ah, independent theaters! Where hip young film students and elderly retirees unite at matinees, and popcorn is at normal price!

Twelve Filmmakers Tell the Stories of Portland’s Leafy Ceiling in Canopy Stories

What to Watch This Week: A Hitchhiking Brad Pitt’s Big Break, David Lynch’s Dreamlike Hollywood and Spoon Hurling

Cartoonist John Callahan Was Offensive, Hilarious and One of Portland’s Own. Now, He’s Getting His Long-Delayed Close-Up.

The cartoonist, who was paralyzed in a car accident at age 21, made a career of pushing buttons.

Fireworks, the Waterfront Blues Festival and 12 Other Things to Do and See in Portland July 4-10

Where we’ll be catching the blues and digging deep to find something about America worth celebrating this week.

“Leave No Trace” Tells the True-ish Story of a Father and Daughter Living in Forest Park and Avoids Local Color

Leave No Trace, director Debra Granik’s adaptation of the 2007 novel My Abandonment, digs deep into the lingering questions raised by the pair’s sudden disappearance. But locals wondering about the fate of Tom (Thomasin McKenzie) and her troubled dad, Will (Ben Foster), shouldn’t anticipate any easy answers. Leave No Trace is a dreamy, nuanced reverie that’s dismissive of plot and shy on local color.

You Can See Gus Van Sant’s Upcoming Biopic on Irreverent Portland Cartoonist John Callahan a Month Before Its Wide Release

“Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot,” director Gus Van Sant’s new biopic about late Portland cartoonist John Callahan, doesn’t open nationally until July 13. But if you act quickly, you’ll get to see it a month early.