An Early Look at Cinema 21’s Expansion

On October 11, venerable Portland movie theater Cinema 21 will be getting a major expansion. Two new auditoriums, a new lobby, new options, and two new bathrooms will bring the theater—a fixture of Northwest Portland since 1926—into the 21st century. Everything that’s great about Cinema 21 will remain—currently, as an independent, single-screen arthouse theater with a balcony, it’s one of the best places to see movies in the city. It’s just that in a month or so, there’ll be significantly more of it.