The Theater

Cinema 21 is located in the heart of Portland's NW neighborhood on 21st Avenue between Hoyt and Irving Streets. Over its 88 year history, the theater has become a hub for the city's film culture and Portland's most revered cinema. The theater has brought to town some of the most acclaimed indie and art films over the last 30 years including the Portland premieres of Drugstore Cowboy, The Thin Blue Line, Slacker, Hearts of Darkness, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, There Will Be Blood, The Wrestler, Grand Budapest Hotel, Boyhood and many, many, more.

This theater has hosted some of cinema's greatest filmmakers including Steven Soderbergh, Wim Wenders, Richard Linklater, Mark Duplass, Russ Meyer, Gus Van Sant, Miranda July, Todd Haynes, Mike Birbiglia and the infamous Tommy Wiseau. Cinema 21 is also a host for all the city's major film events such as the Portland International Film Festival, Hump Fest and the Portland Queer Film Festival making the theater indispensable to Portland's movie culture.