Celebrating Cinema on Oregon’s North Coast
Feel Like Feeling Better? We Have Movies.
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On January 6th, Video Horizons on Duane Street quietly reopened under new ownership. There was no giant inflatable tube man or ribbon-cutting ceremony. Just that familiar, comforting scent of plastic cases and carpet; the kind of smell that promises you’re about to find something weird to watch on a Tuesday night. James Strecker and Coral…
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Good partnerships don’t happen by accident. They happen when two organizations look at each other and recognize they’re trying to solve similar problems from different directions. The relationship between Astoria Picture Show and Clatsop Community College has been built through real conversations — about what the college is trying to accomplish, what a nonprofit film…
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This past week, I took a trip up the coast to Bellingham, Washington. While the scenery was familiar, my primary destination was a specific cultural landmark: the Pickford Film Center. For those of us in the “small-town cinema” world, the Pickford is a North Star. It is a living, breathing case study in how a dedicated…
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What ties this organization together is a belief in cinema that pays attention — honest, strange, alive work that makes you feel something you didn’t expect. We show it. We teach people to make it. And we help fund it when it’s being made right here.
