Clinton Street Theatre

Screen Count: 1

Screen Count: 1

This theater in Southeast Portland, known for alternative lifestyles and haircuts, delivers documentaries, animation and more on film. Titles are not the kind that get ratings: Cartoon Noir , an assemblage of animation; Orphans , a Scottish dark comedy about grown children at their parents' funeral; The Lifestyle: Group Sex in the Suburbs , a documentary to get excited about. You will find The...

A landmark of Portland cinema history, The Clinton Street Theater is one of the oldest operating moviehouses in the United States. Opening in 1915 as the Clinton, the theater became the 26th Avenue Theatre in 1945 and the Encore in 1969. In 1976 it reverted to its original name. Famous for its long-standing exhibition of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, the theater is currently a magnet for...