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Genre: Comedy

City Lights

Directed by Charlie Chaplin

Chaplin, neverendingly empathetic to his characters—and thus to their real-world counterparts, usually the poor and downtrodden of American society—crafted perhaps …

Clownwise

Directed by Viktor Taus

Oskar, Max, and Viktor, once a superstar clown trio, split up over a heartbreaking fight. Now they’re paying the price …

Crooklyn

Directed by Spike Lee

Spike Lee’s sentimental remembrance of growing up in 1970s Brooklyn centers on a young girl named Troy (Zelda Harris) as …

Cupcakes

Directed by Eytan Fox

A group of friends in a Tel Aviv suburb gathers to watch “Universong,” a Eurovision-style song contest, trying to forget …

Cycling With Moliere

Directed by Philippe Le Guay

Popular television celebrity Gauthier Valence (Lambert Wilson) embarks on a train journey to Brittany’s Île de Ré with a clear …

Daisies

Directed by Vera Chytilova

One of the most anarchic films of all time, Vera Chytilová’s absurdist farce follows the misadventures of two bored but …

Disconcerto

Directed by Tatsushi Omori

Omori’s new film, starring hot young actors Eita and Ryuhei Matsuda, is a freewheeling, idiosyncratic dive into big social issues …

Dough

Directed by Jonathan Goldschmidt

Widowed and down on his luck, Nat Dayan is desperate to save his bakery in London’s East End. His customers …

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Directed by Michael Patrick Jann

Modest-living Amber (Kirsten Dunst) and full-of-it rich-girl Becky (Denise Richards) square off in a lurid Minnesota teen beauty pageant in …

Dude in the Headlights

Directed by Tim Wade

Animals are humans too, so be careful out on the road.

Earth Girls Are Easy

Directed by Julien Temple

After she’s betrayed by her fiancée, three very hairy aliens crash-land in the pool of cosmetologist and valley girl Valerie …

Ecotherapy Getaway Holiday

Directed by Shûichi Okita

Seven women of varying ages and backgrounds sign up for a chartered trip to a remote waterfall. Expecting relaxation and …

The Northwest Film Center recognizes and honors the Indigenous peoples of this region on whose ancestral lands the museum now stands. These include the Willamette Tumwater, Clackamas, Kathlemet, Molalla, Multnomah and Watlala Chinook Peoples and the Tualatin Kalapuya who today are part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, and many other Native communities who made their homes along the Columbia River. We also want to recognize that Portland today is a community of many diverse Native peoples who continue to live and work here. We respectfully acknowledge and honor all Indigenous communities—past, present, future—and are grateful for their ongoing and vibrant presence.