Clinton Street Theater

Clinton Street Theater Cult, indie, classics, drag, music, comedy. World famous for screening The Rocky Horror Picture Show! In 1976 it reverted to its original name.
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A landmark of Portland cinema history, The Clinton Street Theater is one of the oldest operating movie houses in the United States. Opening in 1915 as the Clinton, the theater became the 26th Avenue Theatre in 1945 and the Encore in 1969. Although the theater has undergone many changes over the years, it remains an intimate single screen venue with the capacity for 200 patrons

Famous for its long

-standing exhibition of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the theater is currently a magnet for independent and revival films. Our mission is to support the community through the power of independent film and live events in welcoming environment where people can be true to themselves while experiencing exciting art of all varieties.

The mystery continues...Twin Peaks Season 2 Episodes, 6 through 10: “Demons,” “Lonely Souls,” “Drive with a Dead Girl,” ...
06/20/2026

The mystery continues...

Twin Peaks Season 2 Episodes, 6 through 10: “Demons,” “Lonely Souls,” “Drive with a Dead Girl,” “Arbitrary Law,” and “Dispute Between Brothers," screens Sunday July 5th at 2:00 PM. Tickets are getting low, so get yours now.

We'll have a very special guest, James Marshall (James Hurley), in the house!! Photos and autographs with Marshall will be available at the event for an additional fee.

Happy Juneteenth! Our free screening of PARIS IS BURNING tonight is full, thank you all who have RSVP'd for this incredi...
06/19/2026

Happy Juneteenth! Our free screening of PARIS IS BURNING tonight is full, thank you all who have RSVP'd for this incredible film.

We'll be playing Pearson Kunz's short film BLOSSOM before the feature.

To kick of Sci-fi July, we're starting with legendary Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky’s brilliantly original science-...
06/19/2026

To kick of Sci-fi July, we're starting with legendary Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky’s brilliantly original science-fiction epic, SOLARIS (1972), challenges our conceptions about love, truth, and humanity itself.

Ground control has been receiving mysterious transmissions from the three remaining residents of the Solaris space station. When cosmonaut and psychologist Kris Kelvin is dispatched to investigate, he experiences the same strange phenomena that afflict the Solaris crew, sending him on a voyage into the darkest recesses of his consciousness.

SOLARIS comes to the Clinton Thursday, July 9th at 7:00 PM.

Announcing the return of Sci-Fi July! From cosmic camp to karmic kaleidoscopes, let us blow your mind as you beat the he...
06/18/2026

Announcing the return of Sci-Fi July!

From cosmic camp to karmic kaleidoscopes, let us blow your mind as you beat the heat this summer cooling down with some speculative fiction and enjoying these days of future past. See all the films at: https://cstpdx.com/sci-fi-july/

Thanks to Eleanor Klock for the poster!

STRANGER BY THE LAKE screens tonight at 7:00 PM.Presented by Q***r Screams Film Festival, returning to The Clinton Stree...
06/18/2026

STRANGER BY THE LAKE screens tonight at 7:00 PM.

Presented by Q***r Screams Film Festival, returning to The Clinton Street Theater this August!

Park Chan-wook's (OLDBOY, LADY VENGEANCE) THE HANDMAIDEN was inspired by the 2002 crime novel "Fingersmith" written by W...
06/18/2026

Park Chan-wook's (OLDBOY, LADY VENGEANCE) THE HANDMAIDEN was inspired by the 2002 crime novel "Fingersmith" written by Welsh writer Sarah Waters. The setting was changed from Victorian era Britain to Korea under Japanese rule.

THE HANDMAIDEN screens Thursday, June 25th at 7:00 PM.

Setting out to depict the dynamics of a q***r relationship with empathy and complexity on the cusp of the 1997 handover ...
06/17/2026

Setting out to depict the dynamics of a q***r relationship with empathy and complexity on the cusp of the 1997 handover of Hong Kong—when the country’s LGBT community suddenly faced an uncertain future—Wong crafts a feverish look at the life cycle of a love affair that’s by turns devastating and deliriously romantic. Shot by ace cinematographer Christopher Doyle in both luminous monochrome and luscious saturated color, HAPPY TOGETHER is an intoxicating exploration of displacement and desire that swoons with the ache and exhilaration of love at its heart-tearing extremes.

Screening Tuesday, June 30th at 7:00 PM.

Our special sneak-peak screening of SHOOT THE PEOPLE screens tonight at 7:00 PM!
06/16/2026

Our special sneak-peak screening of SHOOT THE PEOPLE screens tonight at 7:00 PM!

Duke, let's go do some crimes.Yeah. Let's go get sushi and not pay.REPO MAN screens Thursday, July 2nd at 7:00 PM with T...
06/16/2026

Duke, let's go do some crimes.
Yeah. Let's go get sushi and not pay.

REPO MAN screens Thursday, July 2nd at 7:00 PM with Travis Taylor’s local comedy short BEHOLD screening before the feature.

A BLACKBOX STORY screens this evening at 6:30 PM. Set entirely within a theater, the film follows an actor preparing for...
06/15/2026

A BLACKBOX STORY screens this evening at 6:30 PM.

Set entirely within a theater, the film follows an actor preparing for a role, only to encounter a mysterious figure who begins to dismantle his sense of identity, performance, and reality.

Blending elements of stagecraft, psychological horror, and visual symbolism, A Blackbox Story transforms the theater into a living, breathing mind—where performance becomes ritual, and ritual becomes something far more dangerous.

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2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR
97202

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+19718083331

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