Join us for the next Film Series event on Saturday, April 28th at 7:30 pm. We will be screening Freakonomics (2010).

Freakonomics is a collection of documentaries that explores the hidden side of human nature through the use of the science of economics. From the directors of Super Size Me, Jesus Camp, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Why We Fight, and The King of Kong. Running time is 93 minutes.

Admission is $7, refreshments will be available and a discussion follows the film.

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 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.

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 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.”

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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The 36th Annual Best of the Northwest Film & Video Festival

The Hoffman Center’s Manzanita Film Series will host a showing of “The Best of the 36th Northwest Film & Video Festival” at 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 22. Admission is $7. Theater concessions, including beer and wine, will be available for purchase.

The collection of 14 short films was selected by the Northwest Film Center of Portland from its annual juried film festival. The total running time is 90 minutes.

Works to be shown are: “The Mouse That Soared” Kyle T. Bell, Portland; “Nous Deux Encore” Heather Harlow, Portland; “The Fancy” Eric Maxen, Portland; “Nature On Its Course” Su-An Ng, Port Moody; “Is That Me” Elijah M. Hasan, Portland; “Eros” Megan Griffiths, Seattle; “Endless Tunnel” Tommy Thompson, Olympia; “Missed Aches” Joanna Priestley, Portland; “Trolls” Brianne Nord-Stewart, Vancouver; “122 Random Seconds” Karl Lind, Portland; “Damian And Ende” Benjamin Schuetze, Vancouver; “Stick” Patrick Beechinor, Justin Longoz and Chris McKinlay, Vancouver; “Don’t Worry It’s A New Century” Jeff Guay, Portland; and “Somewhere” Salise Hughes, Seattle.

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

True Grit Screening at the Hoffman Center

The Manzanita Film Series is proud to present True Grit on Saturday November 27th at 7pm. Admission is $6.

 John Wayne was given an Oscar for his performance as the drunken, uncouth, one-eyed U.S. Marshall, Rooster Cogburn, in this extraordinary Western. Cogburn is hired by a young girl (Kim Darby) to kill the man who murdered her father and to steal the family nest egg, and she insists on accompanying Cogburn on his quest. Cogburn isn’t happy about this, nor with the Texas Ranger La Boeuf (Glen Campbell) who also tags along and wants the reward. Laughter and tears punctuate the wild action as this odd threesome form a reluctant bond.

 The Manzanita Film Series is a program of the Hoffman Center in Manzanita, Oregon. Films are screened on the 4th weekend of the month through out the year. Admission is $6 and theater concessions, as well as beer and wine, are available for purchase. Please contact Franz Hasslacher, at franzhass@gmail.com for volunteer opportunities.