Fools Who Dream

Portland Movie Calendar

The Deer Hunter

Cinemagic | Nov. 3-5 & 9, 2025

The Deer Hunter

A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined.
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The Terminator

Cinema 21 | Nov. 7-8, 2025

The Terminator

One is an unstoppable cyborg assassin, the other a human guerrilla fighter. Serving on opposite sides of the battle, they share the same target: Sarah Connor, an unsuspecting young woman whose unborn child will become the key to saving mankind.
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Goodfellas

Empirical | Nov. 7-10, 2025

Goodfellas

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighborhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
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Moonrise Kingdom

Academy | Nov. 7-13, 2025

Moonrise Kingdom

An island off the New England coast, summer of 1965. Two twelve-year-olds, Sam and Suzy, fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness.
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The Shawshank Redemption

Academy | Nov. 14-20, 2025

The Shawshank Redemption

Andy is convicted of her murder and sent to Shawshank Prison–for life. The seasoned convicts there, headed by Red (Morgan Freeman), make bets he won’t last the first night, but Andy is full of surprises.
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Drugstore Cowboy

Hollywood | Nov. 21, 2025

Drugstore Cowboy

Presented by the Portland Critics Association, this 35mm screening will be followed by a Q&A session moderated by members of the PCA and featuring novelist and screenwriter Jon Raymond plus a surprise appearance from a member of the film’s cast.
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Fight Club

Cinema 21 | Nov. 21, 2025

Fight Club

An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life, crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker, forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more.
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The Green Mile

Academy | Nov. 21, 2025

The Green Mile

Miracles happen in unexpected places, even in the death-row cellblock at Cold Mountain Penitentiary. There John Coffey, a gentle giant of a prisoner with supernatural powers, brings a sense of spirit and humanity to his guards and fellow inmates.
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The Passion of Joan of Arc

Academy | Nov. 21-27, 2025

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Long available only in rare prints that necessitated live accompaniment, The Passion of Joan of Arc returns to screens in a new restoration, partnered with Richard Einhorn’s acclaimed score Voices of Light for the first time theatrically.
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Inception

Cinemagic | Nov. 22-23 & 25, 2025

Inception

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: inception.
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The Godfather

Academy | Nov. 28, 2025

The Godfather

Generally acknowledged as a bona fide classic, this Francis Ford Coppola film is one of those rare experiences that feels perfectly right from beginning to end--almost as if everyone involved had been born to participate in it.
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Wedding Crashers

Multiple Locations | Dec. 4 & 11, 2025

Wedding Crashers

Divorce mediators John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn) are business partners and lifelong friends who share one truly unique springtime hobby–crashing weddings!
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The Sound of Music

Clinton | Dec. 6, 2025

The Sound of Music

A young novice (Julie Andrews) is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer. Presented by and benefiting the Portland Lesbian Choir.
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Little Women

Tomorrow Theater | Dec. 7, 2025

Little Women (1994)

Admit is, this is the best version of "Little Women"!
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Batman Returns

Tomorrow Theater | Dec. 12, 2025

Batman Returns

Deck the halls…with bats, claws, and chaos. Join us for mistletoe and mayhem with another round of Violet Hex’s Movie Bingo, this time set in Tim Burton’s snow-dusted Gotham!
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