Week of September 4th, 2026

Locally-produced short comedy Mastifinol – Untamed Smart Drug premieres tonight with a cast & crew Q&A following the screening. Support the local film scene and catch this hour-long one-night-only event at 7pm. Advance tickets are recommended.

Then, starting tomorrow, it’s feline flicks galore with CatVideoFest 2026, a 70-minute compilation of the latest and best feline clips culled from unique submissions, sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses. A purrfect communal experience, CatVideoFest raises money for cats in need through partnerships with local shelters. This year’s screenings will benefit CRAN, with a portion of proceeds supporting their rescue and adoption efforts.

Our Film Noir series continues with The Third Man, Carol Reed’s shadowy postwar classic from a screenplay by Graham Greene. Set against the ruins of Vienna and featuring an unforgettable Orson Welles, its striking black-and-white photography earned cinematographer Robert Krasker an Academy Award. Critics raved: “It transformed the way I looked at the world” (Newsweek) and “Of all the movies I have seen, this one most completely embodies the romance of going to the movies” (Roger Ebert).

Our John Woo Retrospective leans into pure blockbuster action with Face/Off, as John Travolta and Nicolas Cage deliver “grand moviemaking with grand acting” (San Francisco Chronicle). “Woo, a master of poetical carnage, mixes kitsch, sadism, sentiment and comedy with choreographic precision” (Newsweek).

We’re unleashing our new series Kaiju and Other Strange Beasts this week, beginning with the original 1954 Godzilla. Ishirō Honda’s landmark monster film turned the anxieties of postwar Japan into one of cinema’s most enduring creatures. “Rarely has the open wound of widespread devastation been transposed to celluloid with greater visceral impact” (Slant Magazine).

On Wednesday, we’ll host a special one-night engagement of the Oregon-made documentary Unseen, followed by a Q&A with director Chad Brown. The film follows five veterans biking through the Oregon wilderness as they confront trauma, resilience and the difficult work of healing.

Also on Wednesday, we’ll host a free one-night screening of The Legend of Billy Cat. The locally produced fantasy follows a castaway cat rescued by an increasingly pirate-like captain and swept into a strange voyage involving apple heads, discarded toys, a boxing kangaroo mannequin and a search for a time machine. Created by local filmmaker Jason Crum with story editor and executive producer Charmane Landing, the delightfully inventive handmade production brings its fuzzy cast to life through puppetry, miniature sets and practical effects.