Legendary Director John Woo is Coming to Portland

The latest legendary filmmaker to come to town will be John Woo, who will take questions from the audience following a screening of his 1989 classic, The Killer, in 35mm.

Portland-Born Label Psychic Sounds Shares the Wildest Moments From its Annual Fun Hog Party, Including a Nine-Hour Diaper Performance

“Things would get pretty bizarre, and it was very psychedelic, but not in the hippie sense. More in the ‘this is really out there’ sense.”

Hollywood Theatre’s Archive is Home to a Kung Fu Film Collection Coveted by the Likes of Quentin Tarantino and RZA

What makes it so valuable and unique is not the quantity of the films but the quality. Some of the reels found in the cardboard boxes lining the room’s metal shelves are the only known prints in existence, including a few that are foundational to the Wu-Tang universe: The Mystery of Chessboxing, 7 Grand Masters and Shaolin vs. Wu Tang, which he scored for $25 from a film vault in L.A. that didn’t know what it had.

Hollywood Theatre is Uncaging Nicolas Cage by Screening a Series of His Earlier Films

Survivors of Minidoka in Idaho’s High Desert Describe Their Experiences for a New Film

The Long-Awaited Movie Madness Screening Room is Now Open

Complete with plushy pleather chairs, the 18 seat microcinema will host series and one-off screenings of gems and oddities from the rental store’s massive collection.

Cinema’s Seedy Era Gets its Own Spotlight at Hollywood Theatre

Hollywood Theatre

Hollywood Theatre is that rare art house that treats highbrow films and total camp with equal affection, and one of only a few left in the country equipped to screen 70 mm film.