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Northwest Film & Video Festival screens on January 27, 7:30

The Hoffman Center’s Manzanita Film Series will host a showing of “The Best of the 37th Northwest Film & Video Festival” at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 27. Admission is $7 and snack concessions will be available for purchase.

The collection of short films was selected by the Northwest Film Center of Portland from its annual juried film festival. The total running time is 82 minutes.

The films to be screened are “Savage” by Lisa Jackson, Vancouver; “Into Darkness” by John Waller, Portland; “Mumbles” by Rick Raxien, Victoria; “Robier Talks About Life, Part 28” by Jim Lowry, Portland; “Shut Up and Ride” by Michael Ward, Portland; “The Thomas Beale Cipher” by Andrew S. Allen, Seattle; “My Voyage to Egypt” by Ian Berry, Portland; “Crossings” by Brian Libby, Portland; “Dear Peter” by Orland Nutt of Portland; and “The True Believers” by Nathaniel Bennett, Medford.

The Manzanita Film Series is a program of the Hoffman Center in Manzanita. Films are screened monthly throughout the year. The Center is located at 594 Laneda Ave.

The Hoffman Center will host the first northern Oregon screening of the independent film “Opal the Movie” Saturday, Nov. 26 at 7:30 p.m. The 2010 feature tells the story of Oregon self-taught nature writer Opal Whiteley.
Raised in a Cottage Grove logging camp, Whiteley catapulted to fame with the publication of her childhood diary in the Atlantic Monthly magazine in 1920, then to infamy when readers suspected a hoax.
The film explores the mystery behind a woman whose life sparked both admiration and controversy. It rides the tension between fact and fiction, and presents a character that embodies the possibilities of both.
Whiteley died in 1992 at age 94.
Written and directed by Diane Ciaulo, “Opal” premiered at the 2010 Mill Valley (California) Film Festival.
Following the Hoffman Center presentation, Ciaulo will hold a Q&A session with the audience via Skype.

The Hoffman Center’s Manzanita Film Series will present the 1981 feature “Friday the 13th Part 2” Saturday, Oct. 22, and one of the stars of the film will be on hand to discuss the film. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $7 and refreshments will be available. The film is rated R.

The film stars Manzanita resident Amy Steel as the intrepid Ginny Field.   She’ll be on hand to discuss the film. The event will also be an early Halloween party, and costumes are encouraged.

Story Line: Mrs. Voorhees is dead, and the infamous Camp Crystal Lake is shut down. However, an unknown assailant is stalking the camp next door. Could it be Mrs. Voorhees’ son Jason who didn’t drown in the lake 30 years before?

On Saturday, August 27, the Manzanita Film Series will show “D.O.A.” at 7:30 pm. It has been called by one reviewer “a high-concept movie before its time”.

A film noir drama, directed by Rudolph Maté, is considered a classic of the genre. The frantically paced plot revolves around a doomed man’s quest to find out who has poisoned him – and why – before he dies.

This film explores the question of what you might do if you were to meet your own killer.

There will be a short discussion about the movie at the end. Come for the popcorn. and a classic film on the silver screen. $7 Suggested donation.

Our first  Hoffapalooza, held Saturday, July 23, 2011 was conceived as an opportunity to show off the wide variety of programs that go on at the Hoffman Center, and to show them off all at once. In a six-hour timespan we had hundreds of people come through the building. A frequent comment, even from full-locals, was, “I had no idea there was this much going on.” It was great to hear that. It meant we were successful.

Check the gallery for some photos of the big day.

The Hoffman Center’s Manzanita Film Series will present the classic 1941 feature “The Maltese Falcon” Saturday, July 23 at 7:30 p.m. Admission will be $7. Refreshments will be available.

The film stars Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet. It was directed by John Huston and based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett.

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

Film Series leader Jonathan Feder will offer commentary before and after the presentation.

The Hoffman Center in Manzanita host its first Hoffapalooza Saturday, July 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to highlight and celebrate the programs and activities that take place at north Tillamook County’s art, culture and education center.

“We’ve been making physical and program improvements to the Center over the past few months and felt the summertime would be a great opportunity to show off what we’re all about,” said event organizer and board member John Freethy. “Considering the scope of what goes on here, ‘Hoffapalooza’ seemed a great name for the event.”

Visitors will be invited to explore a number of family-friendly activities, including clay, drawing, writing, reading, drama, music, letterpress, and book and paper arts. Program volunteers will be on hand to demonstrate and discuss each activity.

“Hoffapalooza” will also feature performances throughout the day by local musicians, dramatic or comic presentations, and raffle prizes.  Local artists and students of the center will also have their art on display and for sale.  There’s no admission to the event, however proceeds of the raffle and art sales go to the Hoffman Center operating fund.

The Manzanita Film Series will present the 1945 film noir classic “Detour” Saturday, June 25 at 7:30 p.m. Admission will be $7 and discussions will be offered before and after the feature.
Story: New York nightclub pianist Al Roberts hitchhikes to Hollywood to join his girl Sue. On a rainy night, the sleazy gambler he’s riding with mysteriously dies. Afraid of reporting the death to police, Roberts takes on the man’s identity. But thanks to a blackmailing dame, Roberts’ every move plunges him deeper into trouble.
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and written by Martin Goldsmith.
Stars: Tom Neal, Ann Savage and Claudia Drake
In 1992, “Detour” was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”

The Hoffman Center’s Manzanita Film Series will present the ground-breaking 1929 Russian documentary film “Man with a Movie Camera” Saturday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. Admission will be $7. Refreshments will be available.

Written and directed by Dziga Vertov, the work documents urban life in the early Soviet Union. “This playful film is at once a documentary of a day in the life of the Soviet Union, a documentary of the filming of said documentary, and a depiction of an audience watching the film,” said commentator George S. Davis. “The film anticipates many of the techniques used (over) 50 years later in Koyaanisqatsi (1982).”

“The Cinematic Orchestra,” a British electronic/jazz group, created a soundtrack for the film.

Film Series leader Jonathan Feder will offer commentary before and after the presentation.

The Hoffman Center is located at 594 Laneda Ave. in Manzanita.

Herzog's Grizzly Man to screen on 2/26

The Hoffman Center’s Manzanita Film Series will present the award-winning 2005 documentary feature “Grizzly Man” Saturday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. Admission will be $7. Refreshments will be available for purchase.

Directed by Werner Herzog, “Grizzly Man” tells the story of amateur bear enthusiast Timothy Treadwell who lived among grizzlies in Alaska off and on over five years before he and his girlfriend Amie Huguenard were killed by one of them in 2003. Treadwell’s footage of his interactions with the bears was later recovered and used to make the film. Herzog also interviewed friends of Treadwell and Huguenard for the documentary.

Film Series leader Jonathan Feder will offer commentary on the feature before and after the presentation.

The Hoffman Center is located at 594 Laneda Ave.

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