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View full size"The Seven Samurai" (1954)
"Branded to Kill" Deliciously demented yakuza-noir from the master Seijun Suzuki. (Hollywood Theatre, Saturday only)
"Clue" The curiously-structured 1985 film based on the beloved board game. (Laurelhurst Theater)
"Crippled Avengers" 1978 martial arts film starring the famed Venom Mob. (Hollywood Theatre, Tuesday only)
"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" Often quoted, often imitated, never equalled. (Burnside Brewing, Saturday only)
"The Seven Samurai" This could be the greatest action film ever made, and a masterpiece of world cinema to boot. Among Akira Kurosawa's many triumphs. (Hollywood Theatre, Saturday through Monday only)
"West of Zanzibar" Tod Browning's silent lust-in-the jungle drama, presented with live musical score. (Hollywood Theatre, Thursday Sept. 20 only)
Shawn Levy is the author of 11 books, including the best-sellers The Castle on Sunset, Rat Pack Confidential, Paul Newman: A Life, King of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis, and Dolce Vita Confidential.
He also wrote and narrated the podcast Glitter & Might. The former film critic of The Oregonian and KGW-TV, he has written for Sight and Sound, Film Comment, American Film, Interview, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Hollywood Reporter, and The Black Rock Beacon. He jumps and claps and sings for victory in Portland, Oregon.
