Hollywood Theatre

Help Us Raise Money Without Spending A Dime!

doug — Wed, 08 May 2013 00:19:39 +0000

Energy efficiency is the buzz this spring at the Hollywood Theatre as we upgrade to LED lighting for our new historic-style marquee! These new special LED marquee bulbs will save us money and keep our carbon footprint lower, but they are more expensive. Sponsor Neil Kelly is helping us raise the extra $8,500 through a free offer that helps your home and pocketbook, and helps the theater raise funds at the same time.

“These new LED bulbs just hit the market, so it made absolute sense to aim for a few thousand more in funding to help us save on overall energy costs and replacement costs,” said Doug Whyte, Executive Director of the Hollywood Theatre. “When Neil Kelly came to us with this offer it was a natural fit. Not only can homeowners learn about energy use and get comfortable, but they can contribute to the theatre’s own efficiency efforts without spending a penny.”

Here’s how it works. If you apply for and schedule a free home energy audit through the popular Clean Energy Works Oregon program, Neil Kelly will donate $50 to the theatre. It’s that simple. If just 100 people sign up for energy audits, that’s $5,000 for the theater!

All you need to do is use this link to apply for the free audit at the Clean Energy Works Oregon website. Using this link automatically fills in the Neil Kelly/Hollywood Theatre promotional code. If you don’t want to use the web, you can also call Neil Kelly at 503-288-7461 to request an audit and mention the Hollywood Theatre offer.

When you have your audit, Neil Kelly will conduct a walk-through and tests, and provide you with a report and recommendations about how to get the most for your energy dollar. The free energy audit is open to Portland homeowners of owner-occupied detached single family homes built prior to 1993. You will need to be an Oregon resident 18 years old or older.

With your help we can all be more energy-efficient!

NW Animation Festival

justen — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:27:09 +0000

NW Animation Fest is a variety show that celebrates the best new work from independent animators around the globe. With over 150 films, it’s now the biggest animation show west of the Mississippi.

This year’s fest includes 2 afternoons and 3 evenings. Save $10 when you purchase an all-festival pass.

Friday Night
May 17th at 7pm I $15

Amazing short films from around the world.

Opening night includes nearly 30 astonishing short films. Here’s some of what you’ll see: A thief who steals famous paintings, eats them, and is physically transformed by what he consumes… Two cavemen in search of a fabled mathematical dinosaur… A romance of amoebas, as witnessed through the lens of a microscope… A young New Yorker who finds the girl of his dreams with help from an army of enchanted paper airplanes… The death and rebirth of a flying piano… A mad entomologist, whose discovery of a strange horned beetle allows him to change perception of time. Featured films include “Pythagasaurus,” from the makers of Wallace & Gromit — and this year’s Oscar-winner for Best Animated Short, “Paperman.”

(Two intermissions. Some mature themes.)

Join us afterwards at Tony Starlight’s for ASIFA-Portland’s “Drink & Draw” — a fun way to try making animation yourself!

Saturday Afternoon
May 18th at 1pm I $10

All ages show.

Saturday afternoon is an all ages show for savvy animation-loving adults, which is also safe and fun for kids. Here’s some of what you’ll see: A young girl’s embarrassingly eccentric grandfather creates a miraculous, living elephant creature from trash on the beach… A clever prison inmate tricks the guards into plowing his aging father’s farm… A bear who rides the motorcycle in a traveling circus returns to the forest and discovers an unexpected friend… A mysterious huckster brings disaster to the green village when he introduces a strange blue flower… Risking his own life, a snow golem escorts a lost fire wolf cub back to its pack. This program features “Thank You,” a new film from Pendleton Ward, creator of the hit series “Adventure Time.”

(Two intermissions. All ages.)

Saturday Night
May 18th at 7pm I $15

Amazing short films from around the world.

Saturday night’s films are in turn sidesplitting, heartwarming, and mind-bending. Here’s some of what you’ll see: A steam-powered robot who serves ice cream to orphaned android children… A samurai’s life-or-death battle with the colossal, icy beast that holds Spring hostage… A wolf-like boy who grew up alone in the forest, now struggling to return to civilization… A husband and wife who’ve really grown apart — one lives on the floor, the other on the ceiling. Featured films include “Animation Hotline” (make your own call from our hotspot in the theatre lobby!), a new rat gang sketch from the hit series “Portlandia,” and this year’s charming Oscar-finalist, “Head Over Heels.”

(Two intermissions. Some mature themes.)

Join us afterwards at Tony Starlight’s for “New Key of the Ancient Light,” an innovative performance that blends music, animation and audience-controlled gaming devices.

Sunday Afternoon
May 19th at 1pm I $10

Ends with special “strange and sexy” block!

Sunday afternoon showcases more of the fantastic visions that only animation can conjure. Here’s some of what you’ll see: An eskimo legend of two lost hunters who discover the realm of demon wolf spirits… A spunky tree frog who has to evade jungle snakes and alligators while looking for his next meal… Travel in a time machine that’s just slightly too small for comfort… A classic chess game with death, a woman with giant hair that fights back, a city populated with sentient Rubik’s Cubes — and more.

Stick around for something extra special in the final hour: our first ever “strange and sexy” film block. It’s a very peculiar romp through the wilds of psyche and sexuality that you won’t want to miss!

(Two intermissions. Some mature themes.)

Sunday Night
May 19th at 7pm I $15

Amazing short films from around the world.

NW Animation Fest concludes on Sunday night with several of this year’s very best films. Here’s some of what you’ll see: An astronaut crash lands on a strange planet and can’t escape without help from an enigmatic alien being… A harried London barkeep watches as her patrons begin morphing into animals… Forbidden love between young lovers sets an entire city ablaze in classical Japan… Four outlaw divas lead the police on an truly unbelievable car chase… A doomed fish sings its own operatic requiem on the way to the frying pan. Featured films include “Marcel, King of Tervuren” (awn.com‘s “best animation film of 2013″) — and this year’s most witty Oscar-finalist, “Fresh Guacamole.”

(Two intermissions. Some mature themes.)
Join us afterwards for a post-festival party at the Moon & Sixpence.

The Source Family

Dan — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:44:56 +0000

A documentary set in Hollywood, examining a radical experiment in ’70s utopian living. The Source Family were the darlings of the Sunset Strip until their communal living, outsider ideals and spiritual leader Father Yod’s 13 wives became an issue with local authorities. They fled to Hawaii, leading to their dramatic demise.

Opens Friday May17th

Mud

Dan — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:44:39 +0000

From the director of Take Shelter comes this adventure about two boys, Ellis and Neckbone, who find a man named Mud (Matthew McConaughey) hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios-he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper (Reese Witherspoon), who is waiting for him in town. Skeptical but intrigued, Ellis and Neckbone agree to help him. It isn’t long until Mud’s visions come true and their small town is besieged by a beautiful girl with a line of bounty hunters in tow.

Starts Friday May 17th

Twilight Zone! Twilight Zone! Twilight Zone!

Dan — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:01:19 +0000

On Monday May 20th at 7:30pm, local film archivist Dennis Nyback will be taking you to another dimension with TWILIGHT ZONE! TWILIGHT ZONE! TWILIGHT ZONE! A night of classic Twilight Zone episodes on 16mm. Lineup of episodes that will play (with classic commercials included)

Mr. Garrity and the Graves – Starring John Dehner – Written by Rod Serling – Season 5

Mr. Bevis – Starring Orson Bean – Written by Rod Serling – Season 1

The Masks – Starring Robert Keith – Written by Rod Serling – Dir. Ida Lupino (Outrage) – Season 5

Repressed Cinema: Fallguy

Dan — Wed, 01 May 2013 22:56:43 +0000

On Tuesday May 21st at 7:30 at the Hollywood Theatre, Repressed Cinema presents Fallguy (1962) plus vintage trailers, all on 35mm.

In this intense low budget b/w film noir from 1962, a teenager (Ed Dugan) trying to help an accident victim finds himself enmeshed in political corruption and racketeering and is charged with a murder he didn’t commit. On the run from the mob and a hitman named “The Indian”, the teen tries to unravel exactly who set him up. Do not miss the great jazz score, imitation Saul Bass title sequence and a hair-pulling catfight!

Before the feature there will be a cavalcade of early 60′s vintage 35mm trailers from the Phobos Film Archive. Curator Ian Sundahl will be in attendance to introduce the film.

Repressed Cinema is a monthly exhibition series at the Hollywood Theater showing vintage & contemporary films that are obscure, neglected and from the fringe. Curator Ian Sundahl has been collecting and compiling offbeat and bizarre films for over 20 years. Sundahl acted as archivist for the documentaries “American Stag” & “Bettie Page Reveals All”. He has been entertaining audiences with unusual film shows in Portland & San Francisco for the past several years.

Sci Fi TV: Epic Space Battle Part One

Dan — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:49:01 +0000

On Thursday May 23rd at 7:30pm, SCI FI TV presents a new sub series of TV events and movies: Epic Space Battles. Immediately in the wake of a certain blockbuster movie from 1977 concerning interstellar warfare, an armada of inspired imitations swarmed onto the small screen and into movie theaters.

The first was this epic tale of the human race’s final flight for survival from a relentless enemy bent on total annihilation. After a thousand year war with their alien robot adversaries, the human leaders of twelve space colonies who may have been our ancestors, fall for a Trojan Horse ploy where they believe peace is finally at hand when in fact, their military fleet has been lead into a devastating ambush and their defenseless home worlds have been utterly destroyed. The last remaining military commander manages to round up the survivors of this holocaust into whatever spaceships can still fly and the ragtag fugitive fleet flees into deep space, in search of a legendary, lost 13th colony far out in the Universe, known as Earth.

We are doing our best to re-create the original experience of this event, by presenting the show complete with a few 1970s commercial breaks AND a quick peak at the Egypt / Israeli peace talks that actually interrupted the show during its original airing.

So get ready for interplanetary dogfights, vector graphic targeting screens, alien lounge singers and a creepily cute cybernetic canine. By your command.

Greetings From Tim Buckley

Dan — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:19:05 +0000

In 1991, a young musician named rehearses for his public singing debut at a Brooklyn tribute concert for his father, the late folk singer Tim Buckley. Struggling with the legacy of a man he barely knew, Jeff finds solace in a relationship with an enigmatic young woman working at the show. As they explore New York City, their adventures recall glimpses of Tim’s (Ben Rosenfield) own 60s heyday, as he drives cross-country with a girlfriend and finds himself on the verge of stardom. Leading up to the now-legendary show that launched Jeff’s own brilliant career, Greetings From Tim Buckley is a poignant mirror portrait of father and son, two of the most beloved singer-songwriters of their generations.

Opens Friday May 24th

Road House

justen — Sat, 04 May 2013 00:16:19 +0000

May 25 at 7:30pm I $8

Dalton lives like a loner, fights like a professional. And loves like there’s no tomorrow.

ROAD HOUSE stars Patrick Swayze as James Dalton, a professional “cooler” who comes to the small town of Dalton, Missouri to take over as head bouncer at the Double Deuce. Dalton attempts to clean up the roadhouse, much to the chagrin of local businessman Brad Wesley (Ben Gazzara). After getting mixed up with Wesley’s thugs, Dalton reaches out to his aging mentor Wade Garrett (Sam Elliott) who rolls into town to help out. Things quickly go awry and Dalton finds himself, Garrett, and new love interest Dr. Elizabeth “Doc” Clay (Kelly Lynch) in serious danger as they try to take back the town from the corrupt bad guys.

Directed by the aptly named Rowdy Herrington.

HECKLEVISION utilizes the magic of MuVChat technology, you text your heckles, jokes, and commentary from your seat and they appear onscreen below the film.”

I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore

doug — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:24:53 +0000

Monday, May 27th at 7:30pm | $5

The world premiere of a combination film screening & slide show featuring material culled from the Mississippi Records & the Alan Lomax archives. Artists featured include Abner Jay, The Georgia Sea Island Singers, Bishop Perry Tillis, RL Burnside, Clara Rockmore, Rev. Louis Overstreet, the Carter Family & a ton more. Eric Isaacson (a founder of Mississippi Records) will be introducing the films. This will be the only showing of this rare & beautiful footage of folk, blues, gospel & unclassifiable music in the USA.

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