Cinema Al Fresco

[June 10th, 2009]

This summer’s lineup of outdoor movie screenings isn’t all family-picnic fare. Sure, there are the requisite recent popular flicks (Madagascar 2, Monsters vs. Aliens) and older, popcorny ones (Dirty Dancing, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade). But the city has added Marlon Brando (The Wild One) and even classic, idiosyncratic foreign films (Trafic) to this year’s offerings.

Organizations as varied as SmartPark, ASA Flats Lofts, and the Northwest Film Center, often in collaboration with other local businesses, will screen over 50 films between now and September. Pioneer Square’s “Flicks on the Bricks” is sticking exclusively to contemporary classics (though its idea of those extends to movies as recent as Anchorman). To catch what you just missed in theaters on a screen roughly twice as large, Portland Parks and Recreation’s “Movies in the Park” series is where you should head. And, as usual, the Northwest Film Center’s “Top Down: Rooftop Films” series at Hotel deLuxe has an eclectic schedule of the strange and the great.

Portland Parks and Recreation: “Movies in the Park”

Various parks across the city, beginning at dark (8-8:45 pm), weather permitting. See portlandonline.com/parks for more information.

July 3: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 SW Capitol Highway.

July 10: Kung Fu Panda
Berkeley Park, Southeast 39th Avenue and Bybee Boulevard.

July 11: School of Rock
Lents Park, Southeast 92nd Avenue and Holgate Boulevard.

July 17: Space Jam
Pier Park, North Lombard Street and Bruce Avenue.

July 18: Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3D
Dickinson Park, Southwest 55th Avenue and Alfred Court.

July 22: Hairspray
McCoy Park, North Trenton Street and Newman Avenue.

July 23: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Holly Farm Park, 10819 SW Capitol Highway.

July 24: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Brentwood Park, Southeast 60th Avenue and Duke Street.

July 25: Dirty Dancing
Col. Summers Park, Southeast 17th Avenue and Taylor Street.

July 27: Singin’ in the Rain
Laurelhurst Park, Southeast 39th Avenue and Stark Street.

July 29: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
(In Spanish, subtitled in English) Fernhill Park, Northeast 37th Avenue and Ainsworth Street.

July 20: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
(Subtitled for viewers with hearing disabilities) Argay Park, Northeast 141st Avenue and Failing Street.

July 31: Zathura
Cathedral Park, North Edison Street and Pittsburg Avenue.

July 31: Kung Fu Panda
Kenilworth Park, Southeast 34th Avenue and Holgate Street.

Aug. 1: Shrek
Earl Boyles Park, Southeast 112th Avenue and Boise Street.

Aug. 2: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Sellwood Park, Southeast 7th Avenue and Miller Street.

Aug. 4: Charlotte’s Web
Glenfair Park, Northeast 154th Avenue and Davis Street.

Aug. 6: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Brooklyn Park, Southeast 100th Avenue and Haig Street.

Aug. 7: Hairspray
Willamette Park, Southwest Macadam Avenue and Nebraska Street.

Aug. 7: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 SW Capitol Highway.

Aug. 8: Monsters vs. Aliens in 3D
Dickinson Park, Southwest 55th Avenue and Alfred Court.

Aug. 10: Casablanca
Laurelhurst Park, Southeast 39th Avenue and Stark Street.

Aug. 13: Hotel for Dogs
Grant Park, Northeast 33rd Avenue and US Grant Place.

Aug. 14: The Wizard of Oz
Laurelhurst Park, Southeast 39th Avenue and Stark Street.

Aug. 14: Monsters vs. Aliens in 3D
St. Johns Park, 8427 N Central St.

Aug. 15: School of Rock
Sewallcrest Park, Southeast 31st Avenue and Market Street.

Aug. 15: Iron Man
Lents Park, Southeast 92nd Avenue and Holgate Street.

Aug. 19: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
McCoy Park, North Trenton Street and Newman Avenue.

Aug. 20: Monsters vs. Aliens in 3D
(Subtitled for viewers with hearing disabilities) Parklane Park, Southeast 155th Avenue and Main Street.

Aug. 21: Iron Man
Irving Park, Northeast 7th Avenue and Fremont Street.

Aug. 22: Blue Hawaii (Salute to Elvis)
Washington Park, Southwest Park Place.

Aug. 26: The Longshots
Peninsula Park, 700 N Rosa Parks Way.

Aug. 26: One Night in Frogtown
Sellwood Park, Southeast 7th Avenue and Miller Street.

Aug. 27: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Hazeltine Park, 5416 SE Flavel Drive.

Aug. 28: Mamma Mia! singalong
Washington Park, Head of Southwest Park Place.

Aug. 29: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Laurelhurst Park, Southeast 39th Avenue and Stark Street.

Sept. 1: Casablanca
Unthank Park, 510 N Shaver St.

Sept. 11: The Neverending Story
Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 SW Capitol Highway.

Pioneer Square: “Flicks on the Bricks”

Pioneer Square, Southwest Morrison Street and Broadway. Movies begin at dusk.

July 10: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
July 24: Dirty Dancing
Aug. 7: Jurassic Park
Aug. 14: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

“Top Down: Rooftop Films,” Hosted by the Northwest Film Center

Roof of the Hotel deLuxe Parking Garage, 729 SW 15th Ave. 8 pm Fridays, $6-$9. All ages.

July 16: Duck Soup
July 23: The Wild One
July 30: The Secret of NIMH
Aug. 6: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Aug. 13: Traffic
Aug. 20: Son of Frankenstein
Aug. 27: Stunt Rock