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The Movie That Wasn’t Supposed to Exist
What does it really take to kill a finished movie? Not a flop… or a script that never got off the ground… or a project that burned through its funds. I mean a movie that’s done. And by done, I mean shot, edited, scored, shown to real audiences who liked it (like, genuinely liked it),…
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The Odyssey Comes Home
Here’s a question worth asking: why did a nearly three-hour, R-rated movie based on a poem older than reading itself just shake up the global cultural zeitgeist? Not “did it.” It did…the best debut of Christopher Nolan’s career and the third-biggest opening of the year, against films that had entire theme parks behind them. The…
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What We Learned Teaching Astoria About Movies
Here’s a number that should not be true for a beginner filmmaking class in a town of about ten thousand people: nearly two dozen. That’s how many showed up for the first session of our Film 1 class at Clatsop Community College. Some people put a lot of miles on their car to be there.…
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What Astoria Knows About the Movies (That Hollywood Forgot)
There’s a question worth asking: why here? Not in a self-deprecating way. We know why we love this town. But from a purely logistical standpoint, why would a studio in Los Angeles, with the entire continental United States at its disposal, keep sending film crews to a small fishing and cannery town at the rainy…
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The New Blueprint: Why Hollywood’s Risk Aversion is the Indie Filmmaker’s Secret Weapon
Take a walk down the Astoria Riverwalk on a moody afternoon, and it’s easy to feel the ghosts of cinema past. We live in a town that practically served as the backlot for the golden age of the high-concept studio gamble. In the 1980s and 90s, Hollywood regularly poured millions into original, mid-budget ideas (think…
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FILM 1 is Open for Registration
We’ve been building toward this one for a while. And now, finally, here it is: FILM 1: Introduction to Cinema — the first course in the APS Film School — is open for registration. The class runs eight Wednesday evenings this summer, July 8 through August 26, from 7:00–8:30 PM at Towler Hall Room 201 on the…
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Hold It: Why Physical Media Is Having Its Moment (Again)
On January 6th, Video Horizons on Duane Street quietly reopened under new ownership. There was no giant inflatable tube man or ribbon-cutting ceremony. Just that familiar, comforting scent of plastic cases and carpet; the kind of smell that promises you’re about to find something weird to watch on a Tuesday night. James Strecker and Coral…
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APS at CCC. Here’s Why That Matters
Good partnerships don’t happen by accident. They happen when two organizations look at each other and recognize they’re trying to solve similar problems from different directions. The relationship between Astoria Picture Show and Clatsop Community College has been built through real conversations — about what the college is trying to accomplish, what a nonprofit film…
Get ready for The MEGA CUT, premiering at our inaugural celebration 10/2/2026!
