Cinema 21 and Living Room Theaters Offered Private Rentals Before the Most Recent Lockdown, Which Made Them Some of the Only Venues in Town Showing New Releases

A Buddy Bicycle Comedy That Premiered at the Portland International Film Festival Right Before the Pandemic Lockdown Finally Got Its Theatrical Release

Oregon Movie Theaters Petition the Governor’s Office to Allow Them to Reopen

“We can operate under Phase 1 guidelines as well or better than any other business currently open. There’s no sound public safety reason for denying us that opportunity. We’re not asking for any special consideration. We just follow the rules like everyone else.”

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.

Cinema 21

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.