Independent cinema this week

Cinema 21

616 N.W. 21st Ave.
503-223-4515
Portland’s premier art house theater, Cinema 21, was built in 1926 and has been the center of Portland’s first-run independent single-screen cinema ever since.
This week: “On the Waterfront”
Weeknights 7 p.m., Sat-Sun 12:30, 2:45, 7 p.m.

Hollywood Theater

4122 N.E. Sandy Blvd.
503-281-4215
Purchased by the Oregon Film and Video Foundation (a 501c3 nonprofit organization) in 1997 and built in 1926, the Hollywood currently shows second-run art films, revivals and some commercial films, as well as local festivals and even live music.
This week: Motherlode: Songs of Hope, Protest and Inspiration
Saturday Oct. 16, 2004, 7:30 p.m.

“Dave Eggers & Many Friends Entertain Whilst Expressing Great Concern About the State of the Nation”
Write Around Portland Fund Raiser
Sunday Oct. 17, 2004, 7:30 p.m.

Planet Filmmaker
Monday, Oct. 18th

Say Your Thing Festival
Wednesday, Oct. 20th, 7 p.m.

Northwest Film Center at the Guild Theatre and Whitsell Auditorium

1219 S.W. Park Ave. (Whitsell Auditorium), 829 S.W. 9th Ave (The Guild Theatre)
503-221-1156
Not only a school for Film and Video, the Northwest Film Center schedules festivals and series year round, screening at the Whitsell Auditorium and the Guild Theatre.
This week: “The Virgin Spring”
Saturday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m., Whitsell Auditorium

“The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine”
Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Oct 14, 15, 17, 7 p.m., Guild Theatre

“Buffalo Bill’s Defunct”
Saturday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m., Whitsell Auditorium

Clinton Street Theatre

2522 S.E. Clinton St.
503-238-8899
One of the oldest operating theaters in the U.S. (1915). Famous for its longstanding exhibition of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, the theater is currently a magnet for independent and revival films.
This Week: “Love and Lust”
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 15 – 16

Say your thing video collective
Sunday, Oct. 17

“9/11: In Plane Site”
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, Oct 18 – 19, 21

Cine Magic

2021 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.
503-231-7919
Once under the same ownership as the Koin Center Theaters and Cinema 21, Cine Magic shows newer releases and other independent films.
This week: “Before Sunset”
Nightly 5:30 p.m., 7:05 p.m.

“Criminal”
Nightly 10:35 p.m.

Fifth Ave. Cinemas

510 S.W. Hall Blvd.
503-725-4470
This two-screen theater associated with PSU shows no new releases, just revivals, and is a nonprofit organization.
It is closed during the summer.
This week: “Return of the King”
Friday, Saturday, Sunday Oct. 15 – 17, 5:30 p.m., 9 p.m., 4 p.m. Sunday