SOAR ~ A New Documentary By Local Director Susan Hess Logeais Premieres Thursday October 22nd at The Hollywood Theatre

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SOAR, a new documentary featuring local dancers Kiera Brinkley and Uriah Boyd and directed by local filmmaker Susan Hess Logeais, will premiere on Thursday, October 22 at 7:30 pm.  The screening will take place at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland), and will feature a Q&A with the director Susan Hess Logeais as well as co-producers Kiera Brinkley and Uriah Boyd. Tickets are available in advance at the Hollywood Theatre website or at the door for $10, $5 for Students (with ID). Continue reading... “SOAR ~ A New Documentary By Local Director Susan Hess Logeais Premieres Thursday October 22nd at The Hollywood Theatre”

Portland-Based Film “Birds of Neptune” Has Acquired Distribution Through Brinkvision

 

BONposterplainSteven Richter’s feature film “Birds of Neptune” has been acquired by Brinkvision for US distribution.  The film is scheduled to be released on DVD and VOD in early 2016.

The award winning film “Birds of Neptune” was shot in Portland, Oregon with an all local cast and crew and all local vendors.  It premiered at Slamdance early this year and has since gone on to screen at festivals throughout the US  and was the opening night film at the Portland Film Festival. Continue reading... “Portland-Based Film “Birds of Neptune” Has Acquired Distribution Through Brinkvision”

Historic Oregon Theater Is Added to HPLO’s “Most Endangered Historic Places” List

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The Historic Preservation League of Oregon (Restore Oregon) just released their list of the “most endangered historic places” in Oregon.  Communities nominated their top choices and the HPLO chose ten.  Of that ten, one is the 85 year old Egyptian Theatre, in downtown Coos Bay. Inside is an original Wurlitzer organ, hand-painted backdrops. According to OPB, the City of Coos Bay “purchased the theater in 2006. After it was listed on the National Registry of Historic Places, a required structural inspection revealed that the building is unsafe to occupy; repairs and other renovations will cost about $3.7 million.” Continue reading... “Historic Oregon Theater Is Added to HPLO’s “Most Endangered Historic Places” List”

Portland Opera And OMSI To Expand “Opera On Screen” Film Series

AidaPortland Opera and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) will expand their collaborative “Opera on Screen” film series this fall. “Opera on Screen” began in September 2014 with high-definition screenings of four San Francisco Opera productions.

The 2015 series will include four new San Francisco Opera titles—Verdi’s Aida, the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia, and Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov—as well as two bonus screenings—a Halloween weekend duo of The Phantom of the Opera with Lon Chaney and Brian De Palma’s cult classic, Phantom of the Paradise, a contemporary adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera.

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Theatrical Premiere of “The Winding Stream” Screens September 17

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WS_Web_HeaderBeth Harrington Productions & Argot Pictures Announce the Theatrical Release of The Winding Stream  

Argot Pictures and Indie filmmaker Beth Harrington are pleased to announce that her latest music documentary film, The Winding Stream – The Carters, The Cashes and the Course of Country Music, will begin its theatrical release in Portland, Oregon on Thursday, September 17th at the historic Hollywood Theatre. The screening will include a Q&A with director/producer Beth Harrington and a special pre-show performance by the Johnny Cash tribute band—Counterfeit Cash. Continue reading... “Theatrical Premiere of “The Winding Stream” Screens September 17”

Local Prop Master, Tim Oakley, Featured Artist In AboutFace Magazine

Tim Oakley, Oakley Design Studios (photo: Hal Harrison, AboutFace Magazine)
Tim Oakley, Oakley Design Studios (photo: Hal Harrison, AboutFace Magazine)

Local Portland Prop Master, Tim Oakley, gets a well-deserved spread in AboutFace Magazine’s summer issue as a featured artist this month.  Oakley (Oakley Design Studios) designs and creates intricate props, logos and set designs for features, TV and commercials.  Most recently Oakley has created some of the iconic props for local Oregon shows such as “Grimm”, “The Librarians”, “The Green Room”, and others such as “”Dark Knight Rises”, “Start Trek” (1 and 2), “Indiana Jones” and “Jurassic World”, amongst many others.  Continue reading... “Local Prop Master, Tim Oakley, Featured Artist In AboutFace Magazine”

A24 Picked Up US Rights To “Green Room”

the_green_room A24 has picked up the US rights to “Green Room” before it premieres (N. American) at the Toronto Film Festival this September.

Green Room” was shot and produced in Oregon, and is  the latest thriller Jeremy Saulnier (“Blue Ruin”) and produced by Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani and Victor Moyers, and starring Patrick Stewart and Anton Yelchin.  It’s set to have it’s theatrical release spring 2016. It was also part of this year’s Cannes Director’s Fortnight .

Read more here.   Continue reading... “A24 Picked Up US Rights To “Green Room””

“Birds of Neptune” Will Screen Opening Night At The Portland Film Festival

 

BONposterplainBirds of Neptune, an independent film by Steven Richter, will be the Opening Night narrative feature at this year’s Portland Film Festival.

The film host an all Portland based cast, crew, vendors and services.  It premiered at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival and has since gone on to win Best Dramatic Feature and Best Performance at the Arizona International Film Festival.  It has also played at the Mammoth Lakes Film Festival and will be playing at the AMFM FEST: Flagstaff this August.   Continue reading... ““Birds of Neptune” Will Screen Opening Night At The Portland Film Festival”

“The Goonies” 30th Anniversary Drew Large Crowds to Astoria – Sen. Ron Wyden’s Statement for the Congressional Record

"The Goonies" 30th Anniversary, Astoria
“The Goonies” 30th Anniversary, Astoria

Senator Ron Wyden prepared a statement for the Congressional Record to mark the 30th anniversary of “The Goonies”, shot in Astoria, Oregon. Sen. Wyden noted the growth of the Oregon film industry and the “good-paying jobs and tourism that in turn support local businesses and economic development across the State”. Read the whole statement here.

Some other stories on “The Goonies” 30th:

The Wrap

Time    New York Times     Statesman Journal

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“On Paper Wings” With Director Ilana Sol & Oregon Historical Society

ON PAPER WINGS_croppedThe Hollywood Theatre’s Movies for Grownups series, sponsored by AARP Oregon, presents the documentary ON PAPER WINGS, screening on Saturday, May 30 at 2:30pm!  Advance tickets are available here.

In the spring of 1945, a Japanese balloon bomb claimed the lives of the only people killed in the continental United States as a result of enemy action during World War II.  Forty years later, the decision to fold a thousand paper cranes would unite the Japanese and American civilians who were involved in and affected by this incident.   Continue reading... ““On Paper Wings” With Director Ilana Sol & Oregon Historical Society”