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.

Be sure to stop by the Hoffman Center on Saturday, July 23rd, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

We’re excited to show off some of the changes to our performance and gallery spaces, as well as the newly expanded Clay Studio.  Plus, you’re invited to explore all sorts of demonstrations of what the Hoffman Center has to offer, including clay, drawing, writing, reading, music, letterpress, mixed media, and book and paper arts.  Click on the Hoffapalooza Schedule for a printable schedule of events.  There’s no admission.

Local businesses and individuals have also generously donated over $1,500 worth of products and services for our fabulous raffle and silent auction prizes. Enter to win a $25 gas card from Bayside Shell & Grocery, just for showing up. Click on this list of Hoffapalooza prizes to see all of the wonderful raffle prizes and special silent auction items.  Raffle tickets are just $1 each,  12 for $10, or 25 for $20.    All proceeds go to the Hoffman Center Operating Fund.

And that’s not all!  Over 20 local artists will be showing and selling their art, including pieces made in the Hoffman Center Clay and Life Drawing Studios, and other art classes.  There also will be a display of art by kids in the Outside the Box Arts program.

Did we forget anything?  Well, there will be a lemonade stand on the front porch, plus tasty hand baked goods donated by Kim Miller.

We’ll see you there!

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.

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.

Original 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers to be screened on October 30.

The Manzanita Film Series is proud to present The Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1956) on Saturday October 30^th at 7pm.  Admission is $6 and we are encouraging attendees to dress up in their favorite costumes to add to the festivities.  There will be prizes and giveaways all night long.

In this disturbing classic science fiction/ alien invasion film, Kevin McCarthy is Dr. Miles Bennell, a physician who returns to his small town practice to find his town has been taken over by an evil presence. Several of his patients are suffering from the paranoid delusion that their friends or relatives are impostors. The doctor is skeptical at first but then there are too many signs that the people in the town are being replaced by emotionless doppelgangers. When it becomes apparent that he and his finance are the only ones not yet “possessed” they make a desperate escape to get out of town and warn others.

The Manzanita Film Series is a program of the Hoffman Center in Manzanita, Oregon. Films are screened on the 4^th 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.

You'll always meet interesting people at the Hoffman Center!

A colorful crowd gathered for the first movie in what we hope becomes an ongoing Film Series.  It was Halloween Night after all, and we screened the 1922 silent film classic Nosferatu.  Film afficionados, Craig Nern and Terri Desaro organized the event.  Craig introduced the film with interesting facts about the movie’s inception.  It was in effect an unauthorized interpretation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.  Only a few names were changed, but otherwise the story was basically the same.

An excellent example of the Expressionist movement in film, Nosferatu has a dark and moody atmosphere — perfect for Halloween — and Max Schreck (whose last name in German means ‘fright’), played his role to perfection.  A creepier vampire would be hard to find (even Klaus Kinski couldn’t do it better, in the 1979 remake Nosferatu, the Vampyre).

Who is that lady with the Fez?

Right now we’re looking for volunteers to further develop the Hoffman Center Film Series.  We’re lucky enough to have received start-up funds for the movie licensing fees for several more shows, as well as promotional activities.   If you love movies and maybe have even dreamed of running your own cinema or film festival, here’s a splendid opportunity to go for it.  If you’re interested, email us at hoffmancenter@nehalemtel.net.