Grab a drink and let’s go see a movie! Bring friends and some good conversation to discuss the film, its characters, the production and more. The Living Room Theater is the location of our weekly Monday meetup. Most movies they play are independent, foreign, artistic with an occasional blockbuster.

We meet Monday evenings to take advantage of their $5 Merry Monday Movie special. They have weekday showings of all their movies in the 7:00 hour, and those are the showings we’re shooting for. If you see something coming up there that you’d like to recommend as our Living Room movie of the week, message me or post it on the board by Wednesday the previous week

BALLET 442

Cinematographer and documentarian Jody Lee Lipes crafts an intimate, fly-on-the-wall documentary offering a rare peek into the highly-guarded world of professional ballet. The film shadows Justin Peck, the 25-year old choreographer of the New York City Ballet, as he undertakes the Herculean task of creating the company’s 422nd original piece while simultaneously fulfilling his role as a Corps de Ballet member. Lipes chronicles Peck’s creative process from its embryonic stages to its highly anticipated premiere, quietly observing as he balances a roster of musicians, designers, and dancers from this famed institution. Ballet 422 is a powerful celebration of the skill and endurance of Peck and his fellow NYCB dancers-as well as those who remain hidden in the wings.

Director: Jody Lee LipesCountry: USAGenre: Documentary | Drama | MusicYear: 2015Run Time: 01:12:00imdb Score: 6.5/10 (52 votes)Language: EnglishRating: PGCast: Tiler Peck, Sterling Hyltin, Justin Peck”“Art isn’t easy,” wrote Stephen Sondheim, and in Jody Lee Lipes’ bleak beauty of a documentary, the act of creation is a resolutely joyless one — a tedious grind with little lasting reward.”
Keith Uhlich – THE A.V. CLUB

” Ballet 422 is more visually sumptuous than most narratives you’re likely to see this year, featuring careful compositions that make watching the film an aesthetic experience as much as an intellectual one.”
Zachary Wigon – VILLAGE VOICE

“In a way, Lipes’s documentary resembles Jonathan Demme and David Byrne’s “Stop Making Sense” (1984) — in which Byrne goes on stage solo with a beat box and the rest of the Talking Heads gather one by one — as much as it does Wiseman’s films.”
Peter Keough – BOSTON GLOBE

FESTIVALS
Tribeca Film Festival 2014

Seattle Int’l Film Festival 2014

Zurich Film Festival 2014

Vancouver Int’l Film Festival 2014

La Roche-sur-Yon Int’l Film Festival 2014

Philadelphia Int’l Film Festival 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=b9s7wJ-PC70

Let us know you are going on our social media sites

Are you a member of our Facebook page? Check it out at Facebook.com/portlandfilm and Facebook.com/portlandfilmfestival

We’re on twitter too. twitter.com/portlandfilm or @portlandfilm or @portlandfilmc

Don’t forget instagram.com/portlandfilm

SHOWS DO SELL OUT!!!  Living Room Theater has small rooms with assigned seats.  It is in your best interest to buy your tickets ahead of time at the Living Room Theater website.  There is a $1 surcharge to buy tickets online.  http://pdx.livingroomtheaters.com/index.cfm