CINEMA 21
616 N.W. 21st Ave.
503-223-4515
“Spike & Mike’s Twisted Festival of Animation” 7, 9:15 p.m. nightly, 11:30 p.m. Fri. and Sat.
Twisted animated shorts. Sounds like a painful wedgie.
CINEMAGIC
2021 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.
503-231-7919
“Capote” 5:30, 7:40 p.m. nightly, 9:50 p.m. Fri. and Sat., 3:20 p.m. Sun.
Philip Seymour Hoffman gives his most eccentric and brilliant performance in this suspenseful film documenting the author’s life while writing “In Cold Blood.”
“There is not a word or a sentence or a concept that you can illuminate for me.”
CLINTON ST. THEATER
2522 S.E. Clinton St.
503-238-8899
“Film Geek” 7, 9 p.m. nightly, 5 p.m. Sat. and Sun. through Jan. 26
You don’t have to rely on a personal friendship with Quentin Tarantino to acquaint yourself with a socially inept video store clerk with an encyclopedic knowledge of film.
GUILD THEATER
829 S.W. Taylor St.
503-221-1156
“Awake Zion” with “West Bank Story” 7 p.m. Wed., Jan. 25
“Awake Zion” film connects the cultural dots between Judaism and reggae in 60 minutes. “West Bank” is a Palestinian take on the musical “West Side Story.”
“Press On” followed by “In the Edges: The Grizzly Sessions” 7 p.m. Sat., Jan. 28
Learn about the popularization of the steel guitar, then get grizzly wit’ it.
“Put a Needle on the Record” 9:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 28, 7 p.m. Sun., Jan. 29
For all the DJ Unknowns and the friends who let them spin.
MORELAND THEATER
6712 S.E. Milwaukie Ave.
503-236-5257
“Syriana” 5:30, 8:10 p.m. Mon. ?” Thu. 3, 5:30, 8:10 p.m. Sat. ?” Sun.
George Clooney is in it, so the deep cultural significance is inherent.