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Synopsis

An unsolved murder at Portland's infamous Paranoid Park brings detectives to a local high school, propelling a young skater into a moral odyssey in which he must not only deal with the pain and disconnect of adolescence but also the consequences of his own actions. As director of "My Own Private Idaho", "Good Will Hunting", "To Die For", and "Elephant", Gus Van Sant has created some of the most memorable works about youth ever committed to film. At the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, he was awarded the 60th Anniversary Prize for Paranoid Park, which is largely considered one of his finest films.

Film Information

• Genre: Drama
• Director: Gus Van Sant
• Written By: Blake Nelson (novel), Gus Van Sant
• Starring: Gabe Nevins, Daniel Liu, Taylor Momsen, Jake Miller, and Lauren McKinney
• Running Time: 90 minutes, approx.
• MPAA Rating: R for some disturbing images, language and sexual content
• Language: English
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Reviews

"The pleasing circularity of Gus Van Sant's masterful Paranoid Park is not only a function of the film's narrative structure but reflects the arc of its maker's career. Few directors have revisited their earliest concerns with such vigor."

   - J. Hoberman, Village Voice

"A haunting, voluptuously beautiful portrait of a teenage boy who, after being suddenly caught in midflight, falls to earth."

   - Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

"Appropriately structured like a ride on skateboard: It swoops back and forth in time, hovers in midair, twists back on itself over and over again, then rolls into silence."

   - David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle

"Youth and death meet again in Gus Van Sant?s Paranoid Park, a gorgeously stark, mesmerizingly elliptical story told in the same lyrical-prosaic style that has characterized his latest films."

   - Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times

"It's a film assembled from moments out of time, destined forever to weigh down the boy at their center."

   - Keith Phipps, The Onion (A.V. Club)

Showtimes

• Wednesday, May 7th
  9:45 pm
• Thursday, May 8th
  7:15 pm
• Friday, May 9th
  9:30 pm
• Saturday, May 10th
  9:30 pm
• Sunday, May 11th
  7:00 pm
• Monday, May 12th
  9:30 pm
• Tuesday, May 13th
  9:30 pm