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.

Portland is One of a Select Few Cities Screening Quentin Tarantino’s Latest Movie in 35mm

While most Tarantino enthusiasts will be watching the digital version of director’s latest much-anticipated feature Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, there is one venue in town where you can catch it on 35mm—and possibly see the legendary filmmaker himself in person. The Hollywood Theatre is showing the movie in its original format starting Thursday, July 25 at both 7:30 and 10 pm, though the earlier time slot is already sold out.

Samurai in the Oregon Sky Documents the Bond Formed Between a Japanese Pilot and the City He Tried to Attack

Four Films in Weekend Showcase Are Your Call to Action This Earth Day

Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA Is Coming to Portland to Perform a Live Score of His Favorite Martial Arts Movie

In 2016, the influential producer and Wu-Tang leader started touring a live score to The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, a 1970s movie that follows a martial arts student’s decision to take action against his government after a student uprising is violently suppressed. RZA’s score is semi-improvised, and mixes Wu-Tang and Wu-Tang-related tracks with vibey hip-hop instrumentals.

Hollywood Theatre Welcomes Vincent Price’s Daughter for Double Showing

This Friday and Saturday, the Hollywood Theatre screens House on Haunted Hill (1959) and House of Wax (1953) with Vincent Price’s daughter Victoria in attendance for Q&A sessions and signings. We caught up with Victoria, 56, about her dad, how he still influences her work, and the inimitable qualities of his voice.

Navigating the Oregon Trail is Never Easy, Even With Leading Man Jimmy Stewart as Your Guide

In an early scene of Bend of the River, set to screen Dec. 9 at Hollywood Theatre, Stewart stars as a trail guide named McLyntock trying to persuade the pioneers in his charge to make the trek to Portland by going around Mount Hood, not over it. As was the acting legend’s custom, Stewart plays a morally upright man in the Western, but one with a violent past liable to be unearthed by the gunfighters and oligarchs he encounters on his quest for idyllic Oregon farmland.