Oh, the horror of Daylight Savings Time is here again!

Yep, it's that time of year.  And even though many of the clocks in our homes reset themselves, and some might rejoice at the idea of an extra hour of evening sunlight, we still have to make it through the next couple of days having lost an hour of sleep!  Oh, the HORROR!

This is what it looks like when the demon steals an hour of sleep at 2 am Sunday morning.

Of course, once you get through the grogginess a stolen hour of sleep can cause, the longer evening might have you looking for something to do.  Fortunately, this edition of the Weekly Update is full of great movies, and a few stage events, to occupy the extra time.

And if you're feeling really ambitious, you can head over to the Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Calendar and start planning out your summer, when the evenings get really long.  Remember, I update the calendar every few days, so it pays to keep checking back.

Anyway, that's all I have for now.  Be safe, stay healthy, and I'll be back next week with more great things happening under The Shadow Over Portland.

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Playing This Week   

  

The Sci Fi drama After Yang opens tonight at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR).  It is scheduled to run through Tuesday, March 15, with an Open Caption screening on Wednesday, March 16.

Radial Theater Project's production of George Orwell's 1984 returns to 18th and Union (1406 18th Ave in Seattle, WA) two years after the theater closed due to COVID.  The production runs through March 26.

McMenimans Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd Ave in Portland, OR) will show Roland Emmerich's latest cinematic attempt to destroy Earth, Moonfall, through Thursday, March 17.

 

Central Cinema (1411 21St Ave in Seattle, WA) will show the Hayao Miyazaki film Porco Rosso, in both English dubbed and Japanese with English Subtitle versions, through Thursday, March 17.

Central Cinema (1411 21St Ave in Seattle, WA) celebrates 30 years of Twin Peaks with screenings of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me through Tuesday, March 15.

 

The Batman continues this week at the Darkside Cinema (215 SW 4th St in Corvallis, OR), the Academy Theater (78818 SE Stark St in Portland, OR), the Granada 3 Theatre (1311 Adams Ave in La Grande, OR), the Liberty Theatre (312 NE 4th Ave in Camas, WA), the St Johns Twin Cinema (8704 N Lombard St in Portland, OR), The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA), CineMagic (2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR), the Broadway Metro (888 Willamette St in Eugene, OR), The Joy Cinema and Pub (11959 SW Pacific Highway in Tigard, OR), the Blue Mouse Theatre (2611 N Proctor St in Tacoma, WA), Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR), the Cameo Theatre (304 E 1st St in Newberg, OR), he Kelso Theater Pub (214 S Pacific Ave in Kelso, WA), the Laurelhurst Theater and Pub (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR), Studio One Theaters (3945 SE Powell Blvd in Portland, OR), and at the following McMenimans theaters: Anderson School Theater (18607 Bothell Way NE in Bothell, WA), the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd in Portland, OR), the Grand Lodge Theater (3505 Pacific Ave in Forest Grove, OR), Old St. Francis Theater (700 NW Bond St in Bend, OR), the Olympic Club Theater (112 N Tower Ave in Centrailia, WA), the Power Station Theater at Edgefield (2126 SW Halsey St in Troutdale, OR) and the St Johns Theater (8023 N Ivanhoe St in Portland, OR).

 

The Eastside Theater (3445 SE Hilyard Rd in Gresham, OR) presents Law and Order: Nursery Rhyme Unit, and tongue-in-cheek play for young children, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 4-6 and 11-13.

 

The Portland Horror Film Festival is accepting submissions for the upcoming festival.  And, until March 31, the festival is waiving submission fees for woman directors.  You must apply for the waiver here.

March, 2022

 

Saturday, March 12

The Grand Cinema (606 Fawcett Ave in Tacoma, WA) will show the sci fi film Strawberry Mansion tonight at 10 pm.

The 5th Avenue Cinema (501 SW Hall St in Portland, OR) will show the original Godzilla (I assume, as the cast list doesn't include Raymond Burr) at 7 and 9:30 pm tonight and on Sunday, March 13, at 3 pm.

A new restoration of John Carpenter's sci fi/horror classic The Thing plays tonight and tomorrow night at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR).

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will screen New York Ninja tonight at 10:30 pm.  Directed and starring martial arts actor John Liu, the film was abandoned during production, resulting in all original sound materials become lost.  35 years later, Vinegar Syndrom found the negatives and completed the film.  The voice talents include Don "The Draagon" Wilson, Linnea Quigley, Michael Berryman,Vince Murdocco, Matt Mitler, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Ginger Lynn Allen and Cynthia Rathrock. Check it out if you can!!

Saturday Secret Matinees return to the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) with Daredevils of the Red Circle, featuring Charles Middleton (Ming the Merciless) as the villain in this 1939 serial, with a new chapter shown each week in GLORIOUS 16mm!  Of course, what's a serial without a feature, and each week, the episode will be paired with a secret feature film.  Bi-weekly themes will provide clues, but you have to show up to find out what's being shown!  The fun starts at 1 pm. 

 

UPDATE: Passes are sold out.  A few individual tickets will be available each week.  

 

The Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) will present the sci fi thriller Ultrasound through Thursday, March 17. 

 

The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) will present the "Be It Yourself" edition of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, tonight with a pre-show starting at 11:30 pm.  Doors open at 11 pm. 

Sunday, March 13

Church of Film presents Invasion, a moody, noir-ish, antifascist take on Seven Samurai, at 8 pm tonight at the Red Fox (5128 N Albina Ave in Portland, OR).  The screening will take place outdoors, in a covered and heated area.

 

The new version of Dune plays at 1:20 pm on Sunday, March 13, and at 6 pm on Monday, March 14, at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC).

Kaiju Comic Show 3 - The Kaiju Strike Again takes place today from 10 am to 5 pm at the site of the former TFAW comic shop on Broadway (2916 NE Broadway in Portland, OR).  Admission to Preview Hour (10 to 11 am) is $5, with admission at $2 from 11 am on.

 

Monday, March 14

 

The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) will screen director Satoshi Kon's animated psychological thriller Perfect Blue tonight  at 9:20 pm.

 

Tuesday, March 15

 

The Repressed Cinema series at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR) presents Larry Buchanan's Creature of Destruction (an uncredited 1967 TV remake of the 50s classic The She Creature) in GLORIOUS 16mm tonight at 7:30 pm.

 

Woah!  The Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) is showing The Matrix Resurrections tonight at 8:45 pm.

Thursday, March 17

"If Boogie Nights and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre had a baby, X would be their demonic love-child!"  Well, just shut up and take my money!!  The latest from director Ti West (The House of the Devil, The Innkeepers), X opens tonight at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd in Portland, OR), with an Open Captions screening on Wednesday, March 23, and at Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave in Portland, OR) and the Laurelhurst Theater and Pub (2735 E Burnside St in Portland, OR).

The Japanese horror film Dark Water play at 9:30 pm tonight at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR).

It's St. Patrick's Day, and Baron Von Terror is hosting a Hecklevision screening of Leprechaun at 8 pm tonight at Central Cinema (1411 21St Ave in Seattle, WA).  Be sure to wear something green, and don't be picking up any gold coins!

Friday, March 18

Friday Night Frights brings 1990's Brain Dead, starring Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton and George Kennedy (Wait, WHAT?  That's a great cast!) to the Blue Mouse Theatre (2611 N Proctor St in Tacoma, WA) tonight at 10:30 pm.

"If Boogie Nights and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre had a baby, X would be their demonic love-child!"  Well, just shut up and take my money!!  The latest from director Ti West (The House of the Devil, The Innkeepers), X opens tonight at the Kiggins Theatre (1011 Main St in Vancouver, WA).

Head out to the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC) and watch Barbarella do her thing, as the 60s sci fi camp classic screens tonight at 11:30 pm.

The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) will screen John Water's Multiple Maniacs tonight at 10 pm.

Hop on the Porkchop Express, as the 7th Street Theatre (313 7th St in Hoquiam, WA) screens the classic John Carpenter fantasy Big Trouble in Little China tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30 pm.

 

Another John Carpenter classic, the 1980 ghost story The Fog, will be shown at The Grand Illusion (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) through Tuesday, March 22.  This is a 4k restoration with a 5.1 audio mix.

Saturday, March 19

The Beacon (4405 Rainier Ave S in Seattle, WA) will screen the vampire film Ganja and Hess tonight at7:30 pm.

The Grand Illusion (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) will show a 4k restoration (with a 5.1 audio mix) of John Carpenter's sci fi classic, Escape from New York, through Wednesday, March 23.

Saturday Secret Matinees return to the Grand Illusion Cinema (1403 NE 50th St in Seattle, WA) with Daredevils of the Red Circle, featuring Charles Middleton (Ming the Merciless) as the villain in this 1939 serial, with a new chapter shown each week in GLORIOUS 16mm!  Of course, what's a serial without a feature, and each week, the episode will be paired with a secret feature film.  Bi-weekly themes will provide clues, but you have to show up to find out what's being shown!  The fun starts at 1 pm. 

 

UPDATE: Passes are sold out.  A few individual tickets will be available each week.  

The Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St in Portland, OR) will present The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with the Clinton Street Cabaret performing, tonight with a pre-show starting at 11:30 pm.  Doors open at 11 pm. 

 

Monday, March 21

 

The wonderful 90s monster movie Tremors plays at 9:30 pm tonight at the Rio Theatre (1660 East Broadway in Vancouver, BC).