Category: the evil dead

Everything old is new again!

"Boyz N the Hood" John Singleton's stirring depiction of life in South Central L. A., with Cuba Gooding Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Ice Cube and Morris Chestnut. (Laurelhurst)

"Charisma" 1999 drama about a Tokyo cop who migrates to a rural community and gets involved with the fight to preserve an unusual tree. (Northwest Film Center, Wednesday September 5 only)

"Do the Right Thing" The astounding 1989 Spike Lee film about racial and social tensions boiling over on a Brooklyn street one hot summer day. (Hollywood Theatre, Friday through Monday only)

"Doctor Zhivago" David Lean's lavish 1965 adaptation of Boris Pasternak's novel about love and political conscience during the Russian revolution. (Cedar Hills, Clackamas Town Center, Eastport; Thursday, September 6 only)

"The Evil Dead" The inimitable Sam Raimi cabin-in-the-woods movie; often imitated, never equaled. (Hollywood Theatre)

"Rear Window" Alfred Hitchcock's treatise on voyeurism, sexual repression and murder; a great cinematic achievement and ravishing entertainment. (Hollywood Theatre, Saturday and Sunday only)

"Showdown in Little Tokyo" Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee chase down drug dealers in a dubious 1991 entertainment. (Hollywood Theatre, Tuesday only)

"Suzaki Paradise: Red Lights" 1956 drama by Yuzo Kawashima about a couple trying to survive life in the underworld in post-war Tokyo.  (Northwest Film Center, Saturday only)

"The 10th Victim" Campy 1965 film with a "Hunger Games"-ish plot about televised murder-as-entertainment, elevated by the presence of Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress. (Northwest Film Center, Thursday September 6 only)