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This Month At Your Museum: August 2024
This Month At Your Museum: August 2024

We’re halfway through the summer, yet there’s still so much in store. From Cig Harvey sharing how Maine influences her work to the Summer Party to a special Jeremy Frey themed Family Day, August at the museum is like an Aperol spritz for your soul.

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SHOP THE JEREMY FREY COLLECTION

From the only book on award-winning Indigenous basket maker Jeremy Frey to exclusive products developed alongside the artist, the PMA Store is your one-stop-shop to bring Woven home with you.

Woven Events

Featured
Family Day: Woven World
Aug 10
Family Day: Woven World

Explore the woven worlds of beauty, innovation, and tradition through Jeremy Frey's art. Engage in art-making activities with local artists, explore the galleries, and connect with others.

PMA Films: "Jeremy Frey Selects": The Princess Bride (1987) (Free Family Day screening)
Aug 10
PMA Films: "Jeremy Frey Selects": The Princess Bride (1987) (Free Family Day screening)

98 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Rob Reiner. In English.

A man regales his ailing grandson with a tale of romance and adventure in this lighthearted fairy tale. This is a free Family Day screening and the first in a series of films selected by Jeremy Frey.

PMA Films: "Jeremy Frey Selects": Clash of the Titans (1981)
Aug 17
PMA Films: "Jeremy Frey Selects": Clash of the Titans (1981)

118 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Desmond Davis. In English.

To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head and battling the feared Kraken. Screening as part of “Jeremy Frey Selects.”

PMA Films: "Jeremy Frey Selects": A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Aug 24
PMA Films: "Jeremy Frey Selects": A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

108 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Charles Chrichton. In English.

An American flirts with a crook, a barrister and a mercenary to find diamonds in London in this classic caper, screening as part of “Jeremy Frey Selects.”

Basket Weaving Demo with Jeremy Frey
Sep 7
Basket Weaving Demo with Jeremy Frey

Join Passamaquoddy Artist Jeremy Frey for a live demonstration and insight into his basket weaving process.

Open Hours

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Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Thursday: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m.–8 p.m.
(Free admission 4–8 p.m.)
Saturday: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

 

Programs and Events

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Featured
The PMA Summer Party
Aug 7
The PMA Summer Party

The party of the season is free for Director's Circle and Contemporaries, $75 for members

PMA Films: Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye
Aug 9
PMA Films: Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye

83 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Glenn Holsten. In English. DCP.

As the heir to an unparalleled three-generation dynasty in American art, Jamie Wyeth struggles to find his own voice during the colorful turmoil of pop culture and politics from the 1960s to the present.

PMA Films: Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye
Aug 9
PMA Films: Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye

83 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Glenn Holsten. In English. DCP.

As the heir to an unparalleled three-generation dynasty in American art, Jamie Wyeth struggles to find his own voice during the colorful turmoil of pop culture and politics from the 1960s to the present.

Art in the Park
Aug 10
Art in the Park

Come say hello to the PMA at Art in the Park, happening at Mill Creek Park in South Portland.

Learn

Connected, by Finn, Age 11

Check out Susie Konkel Family Gallery online, featuring masterpieces by kids, teens, and young adults, and then add your own work to the collection!

PMA Magazine
Down East Magazine: The Modern Master of Wabanaki Basketry
Down East Magazine: The Modern Master of Wabanaki Basketry

“His legacy is a new energy — a boldly contemporary take on an ancient woodland craft. ‘I’ve worked for more than 20 years reinventing this traditional art form,’ Frey says.”

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Apollo Magazine: Jeremy Frey weaves new worlds
Apollo Magazine: Jeremy Frey weaves new worlds

Frey wants to have it all: to be a contemporary traditionalist, an artist-artisan, an internationalist exponent of his own tribe. It hasn’t been easy. More than two decades of unremitting effort, willpower and imagination have been necessary to get him this far.

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New York Times: 36 Hours in Portland, Maine
New York Times: 36 Hours in Portland, Maine

While at the museum, you can see paintings by Winslow Homer and N.C. Wyeth, but don’t miss the work of artists who have broadened and deepened the legacy of Maine art in recent decades, including paintings by Reggie Burrows Hodges and Daniel Minter, and sculpture by Lauren Fensterstock.

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Hyperallergic: Alex Katz’s Love Affair With Maine
Hyperallergic: Alex Katz’s Love Affair With Maine

The artist has donated over 150 works from his foundation’s collection to the Portland Museum of Art, among other institutions in the state.

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Boston Art Review: Fourteen Must-See Museum Exhibitions to Check Out in New England This Summer
Boston Art Review: Fourteen Must-See Museum Exhibitions to Check Out in New England This Summer

“Passamaquoddy artist Jeremy Frey has become one of the most awarded and collected Indigenous basket weavers in the country for his contemporary mastery of the Wabanaki weaving tradition.”

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Maine Calling: Jeremy Frey, Theresa Secord, and Ramey Mize
Maine Calling: Jeremy Frey, Theresa Secord, and Ramey Mize

“Wabanaki people originally wove baskets for functional purposes, but, over time, basketmaking has evolved into more of an art form. Today, some have taken the art of basketmaking to new levels--such as the renowned Passamaquoddy artist Jeremy Frey.”

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American Craft Magazine: Craft Happenings, Summer 2024
American Craft Magazine: Craft Happenings, Summer 2024

Frey, a celebrated seventh-generation Indigenous basketmaker, uses the traditional designs of the Wabanaki tribal confederation of New England and the Canadian Maritimes as takeoff points for bold departures.

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Boston Globe: In a solo show at the Portland Museum of Art, Passamaquoddy artist Jeremy Frey transforms an ancient tradition
Boston Globe: In a solo show at the Portland Museum of Art, Passamaquoddy artist Jeremy Frey transforms an ancient tradition

Frey’s baskets, frankly, astonish.

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Boston Magazine: Three Art and Design Books for Your Summer 2024 Reading List
Boston Magazine: Three Art and Design Books for Your Summer 2024 Reading List

"...at last, there is a book available for the masses that celebrates [Frey's] impressive work."

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Vogue: Artist Jeremy Frey Puts His Own Spin on a Traditional Art
Vogue: Artist Jeremy Frey Puts His Own Spin on a Traditional Art

“The exhibition is a dazzling showcase of his ability to take unconventional materials…and create objects of delicate, rhythmic delight.”

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New York Times: Baskets Holding the Identity of an Indigenous People
New York Times: Baskets Holding the Identity of an Indigenous People

The baskets of Jeremy Frey from the Passamaquoddy tribe in Maine have caught the attention of the art world.

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Portland Museum of Art's seventh annual 'Art in Bloom' takes place this week
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'Art in Bloom' exhibit at Portland Museum of Art
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Portland Press Herald: See these new acquisitions by Portland Museum of Art, before they go back into storage
Portland Press Herald: See these new acquisitions by Portland Museum of Art, before they go back into storage

The museum has a collection of 19,000 objects and counting, and only a fraction are on display at any given time. We look at how these pieces get to the museum and where they go when they're not on display.

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207: This Maine museum owns thousands of works of art—and only a fraction of them are on display
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Boston Spirit Magazine: Portland Museum of Art’s ‘+ collection’ expands narrative about curation and exhibition process
Boston Spirit Magazine: Portland Museum of Art’s ‘+ collection’ expands narrative about curation and exhibition process

Portland Museum of Art’s ‘+ collection’ expands narrative about curation and exhibition process.

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Portland Press Herald: Art review: Historic photos from Caribbean paired with contemporary art of the diaspora
Portland Press Herald: Art review: Historic photos from Caribbean paired with contemporary art of the diaspora

[Fragments of Epic Memory is] a celebration of kaleidoscopic talent and – with its companion display of 19th-century photography – extraordinary resilience.

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Portland Press Herald: Our View: Portland Museum of Art plan deserves to proceed
Portland Press Herald: Our View: Portland Museum of Art plan deserves to proceed

The city received 2,000 responses from the public during an uncommonly collaborative selection process. Much has been made of the selected plan’s homage to the Wabanaki and of its use of “mass timber,” an environmentally friendly category of wood product that the museum wants to source here in Maine.

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Boston Globe: The fine art of remaking a collection
Boston Globe: The fine art of remaking a collection

“This is a big shift,” said Shalini Le Gall, the museum’s chief curator. “I’m an art historian, but art history is not the only way to access art in a museum. We want to show people that art by its nature is not stable, and the scope of interpretation will always be changing.”

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News Center Maine: A Trip to Winslow Homer's home is a treat – even if he didn't like visitors
News Center Maine: A Trip to Winslow Homer's home is a treat – even if he didn't like visitors

Tours begin at the Portland Museum of Art, where patrons can look at some of Homer’s paintings. Then a shuttle bus whisks visitors to Prout’s Neck to take in the studio and the yard that slopes down to the ocean. It is a step back in time to a place that feels surprisingly relatable.

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Boston Art Review: Elizabeth Colomba’s “Mythologies” Reclaims Whitewashed Narratives
Boston Art Review: Elizabeth Colomba’s “Mythologies” Reclaims Whitewashed Narratives

When the French-born, Harlem-based artist Elizabeth Colomba starts an oil painting, she does so like the masters.

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Musée Magazine: Drawn to the Light
Musée Magazine: Drawn to the Light

The show reveals the untold stories of stewards and students, the shadowed innovation, and the profound impact a small school in Rockport, Maine has had on photography. 

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DownEast Magazine: Sharp Images From 50 Years of Maine Media Workshops
DownEast Magazine: Sharp Images From 50 Years of Maine Media Workshops

A Portland Museum of Art exhibit takes a snapshot of a half-century of boundary-blurring photo workshops in Rockport.

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Portland Press Herald: Replicas of famous paintings mark trails at Maine state parks
Portland Press Herald: Replicas of famous paintings mark trails at Maine state parks

The Portland Museum of Art has expanded a program that showcases its collection to people enjoying the outdoors.

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Portland Phoenix: Art Seen: Photo fest at Bowdoin College and the Portland Museum of Art

Taken together, “Drawn to the Light” and “People Watching” provide an insightful selection of fine art photographs and make the point that Maine holds a significant place in contemporary photography.

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News Center Maine: Portland Museum of Art launches 'Art Outside and on the Trail'
News Center Maine: Portland Museum of Art launches 'Art Outside and on the Trail'

The PMA has placed more than two dozen replicas of its collection outdoors. Most of the original pieces can be seen inside the walls of the museum, and this project is a way for Mainers and tourists to enjoy some of the art the museum has to offer as they walk, run, jog, and enjoy the great outdoors.

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Bangor Daily News: Maine museums are overflowing with world-class photography exhibits
Bangor Daily News: Maine museums are overflowing with world-class photography exhibits

By bringing out the big guns, the show seeks to attract a wide audience, of course, but also show the outsized, cross-pollinating impact the little Maine school has had on the photographic world over the years. 

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Boston Globe Review: In Portland, celebrating a neighbor’s 50th anniversary
Boston Globe Review: In Portland, celebrating a neighbor’s 50th anniversary

The show includes almost 100 photographs from nearly 80 photographers, as well as a selection of Workshops-related publications.

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Portland Press Herald Art review: Portland, Ogunquit museums give collections contemporary context
Portland Press Herald Art review: Portland, Ogunquit museums give collections contemporary context

It’s a show where labels really matter because they give new, contemporary context with which to consider the works on view. They really push us to think in new ways about who gets to write the history of art in America, who was left out of it and how that is – thankfully – changing.

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Portland Press Herald: Indie Film - Making coming-of-age story ‘Light Attaching to a Girl’ was a family affair
Portland Press Herald: Indie Film - Making coming-of-age story ‘Light Attaching to a Girl’ was a family affair

With a nod toward the Portland Museum of Art’s lasting influence on producer [Karlina] Lyons, the film is coming to Portland as part of a 10-city U.S. tour.

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Programs & Events
PMA Films: Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye
Aug 9
PMA Films: Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye

83 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Glenn Holsten. In English. DCP.

As the heir to an unparalleled three-generation dynasty in American art, Jamie Wyeth struggles to find his own voice during the colorful turmoil of pop culture and politics from the 1960s to the present.

PMA Films: Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye
Aug 9
PMA Films: Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye

83 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Glenn Holsten. In English. DCP.

As the heir to an unparalleled three-generation dynasty in American art, Jamie Wyeth struggles to find his own voice during the colorful turmoil of pop culture and politics from the 1960s to the present.

PMA Films: "Jeremy Frey Selects": The Princess Bride (1987) (Free Family Day screening)
Aug 10
PMA Films: "Jeremy Frey Selects": The Princess Bride (1987) (Free Family Day screening)

98 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Rob Reiner. In English.

A man regales his ailing grandson with a tale of romance and adventure in this lighthearted fairy tale. This is a free Family Day screening and the first in a series of films selected by Jeremy Frey.

PMA Films: Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye
Aug 10
PMA Films: Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye

83 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Glenn Holsten. In English. DCP.

As the heir to an unparalleled three-generation dynasty in American art, Jamie Wyeth struggles to find his own voice during the colorful turmoil of pop culture and politics from the 1960s to the present.

PMA Films: Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye
Aug 11
PMA Films: Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye

83 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Glenn Holsten. In English. DCP.

As the heir to an unparalleled three-generation dynasty in American art, Jamie Wyeth struggles to find his own voice during the colorful turmoil of pop culture and politics from the 1960s to the present.

PMA Films: Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye
Aug 11
PMA Films: Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye

83 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Glenn Holsten. In English. DCP.

As the heir to an unparalleled three-generation dynasty in American art, Jamie Wyeth struggles to find his own voice during the colorful turmoil of pop culture and politics from the 1960s to the present.

PMA Films: Crossing
Aug 16
PMA Films: Crossing

106 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Levan Akin. In Georgian and Turkish with English subtitles. DCP.

A retired school teacher living in Georgia seeks out her long lost niece, a transgender woman, after learning she has crossed the border into Turkey in this moving tale of cross-generational acceptance and connection.

PMA Films: Crossing
Aug 16
PMA Films: Crossing

106 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Levan Akin. In Georgian and Turkish with English subtitles. DCP.

A retired school teacher living in Georgia seeks out her long lost niece, a transgender woman, after learning she has crossed the border into Turkey in this moving tale of cross-generational acceptance and connection.

PMA Films: Crossing
Aug 17
PMA Films: Crossing

106 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Levan Akin. In Georgian and Turkish with English subtitles. DCP.

A retired school teacher living in Georgia seeks out her long lost niece, a transgender woman, after learning she has crossed the border into Turkey in this moving tale of cross-generational acceptance and connection.

PMA Films: "Jeremy Frey Selects": Clash of the Titans (1981)
Aug 17
PMA Films: "Jeremy Frey Selects": Clash of the Titans (1981)

118 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Desmond Davis. In English.

To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head and battling the feared Kraken. Screening as part of “Jeremy Frey Selects.”

PMA Films: Crossing
Aug 18
PMA Films: Crossing

106 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Levan Akin. In Georgian and Turkish with English subtitles. DCP.

A retired school teacher living in Georgia seeks out her long lost niece, a transgender woman, after learning she has crossed the border into Turkey in this moving tale of cross-generational acceptance and connection.

PMA Films: Crossing
Aug 18
PMA Films: Crossing

106 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Levan Akin. In Georgian and Turkish with English subtitles. DCP.

A retired school teacher living in Georgia seeks out her long lost niece, a transgender woman, after learning she has crossed the border into Turkey in this moving tale of cross-generational acceptance and connection.

PMA Films: Sugarcane
Aug 23
PMA Films: Sugarcane

107 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie. In English and Secwepemctsín with English subtitles. DCP.

A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning.  

PMA Films: Sugarcane
Aug 23
PMA Films: Sugarcane

107 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie. In English and Secwepemctsín with English subtitles. DCP.

A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning.  

PMA Films: Sugarcane
Aug 24
PMA Films: Sugarcane

107 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie. In English and Secwepemctsín with English subtitles. DCP.

A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning.  

PMA Films: "Jeremy Frey Selects": A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Aug 24
PMA Films: "Jeremy Frey Selects": A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

108 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Charles Chrichton. In English.

An American flirts with a crook, a barrister and a mercenary to find diamonds in London in this classic caper, screening as part of “Jeremy Frey Selects.”

PMA Films: Sugarcane
Aug 25
PMA Films: Sugarcane

107 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie. In English and Secwepemctsín with English subtitles. DCP.

A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning.  

PMA Films: Sugarcane
Aug 25
PMA Films: Sugarcane

107 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie. In English and Secwepemctsín with English subtitles. DCP.

A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning.  

PMA Films: The Conversation (1974) (50th Anniversary 4K Restoration)
Aug 30
PMA Films: The Conversation (1974) (50th Anniversary 4K Restoration)

114 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. In English. DCP.

One of the great paranoid thrillers, Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece screens in a new 4K restoration in commemoration of the film’s 50th anniversary.

PMA Films: The Conversation (1974) (50th Anniversary 4K Restoration)
Aug 30
PMA Films: The Conversation (1974) (50th Anniversary 4K Restoration)

114 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. In English. DCP.

One of the great paranoid thrillers, Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece screens in a new 4K restoration in commemoration of the film’s 50th anniversary.

PMA Films: The Conversation (1974) (50th Anniversary 4K Restoration)
Aug 31
PMA Films: The Conversation (1974) (50th Anniversary 4K Restoration)

114 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. In English. DCP.

One of the great paranoid thrillers, Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece screens in a new 4K restoration in commemoration of the film’s 50th anniversary.

PMA Films: Our Lives in Our Hands (1986) (Free Screening)
Aug 31
PMA Films: Our Lives in Our Hands (1986) (Free Screening)

49 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Harald Prins and Karen Carter. In English.

Showing as a companion to our current exhibit, Jeremy Frey: Woven, Our Lives In Our Hands examines the traditional Native American craft of split ash basketmaking as a means of economic and cultural survival for Aroostook Micmac Indians of northern Maine.

PMA Films: The Conversation (1974) (50th Anniversary 4K Restoration)
Sep 1
PMA Films: The Conversation (1974) (50th Anniversary 4K Restoration)

114 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. In English. DCP.

One of the great paranoid thrillers, Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece screens in a new 4K restoration in commemoration of the film’s 50th anniversary.

PMA Films: The Conversation (1974) (50th Anniversary 4K Restoration)
Sep 1
PMA Films: The Conversation (1974) (50th Anniversary 4K Restoration)

114 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. In English. DCP.

One of the great paranoid thrillers, Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece screens in a new 4K restoration in commemoration of the film’s 50th anniversary.

PMA Films: Close Your Eyes
Sep 6
PMA Films: Close Your Eyes

169 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Victor Erice. In Spanish and Catalan with English subtitles. DCP.

Victor Erice’s (The Spirit of the Beehive) first film in 31 years is an entrancing journey into cinema and memory, about a filmmaker examining an abandoned work in hopes of finding his vanished lead actor.

PMA Films: Close Your Eyes
Sep 7
PMA Films: Close Your Eyes

169 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Victor Erice. In Spanish and Catalan with English subtitles. DCP.

Victor Erice’s (The Spirit of the Beehive) first film in 31 years is an entrancing journey into cinema and memory, about a filmmaker examining an abandoned work in hopes of finding his vanished lead actor.

PMA Films: Close Your Eyes
Sep 7
PMA Films: Close Your Eyes

169 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Victor Erice. In Spanish and Catalan with English subtitles. DCP.

Victor Erice’s (The Spirit of the Beehive) first film in 31 years is an entrancing journey into cinema and memory, about a filmmaker examining an abandoned work in hopes of finding his vanished lead actor.

PMA Films: Close Your Eyes
Sep 8
PMA Films: Close Your Eyes

169 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Victor Erice. In Spanish and Catalan with English subtitles. DCP.

Victor Erice’s (The Spirit of the Beehive) first film in 31 years is an entrancing journey into cinema and memory, about a filmmaker examining an abandoned work in hopes of finding his vanished lead actor.

PMA Films: Close Your Eyes
Sep 8
PMA Films: Close Your Eyes

169 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Victor Erice. In Spanish and Catalan with English subtitles. DCP.

Victor Erice’s (The Spirit of the Beehive) first film in 31 years is an entrancing journey into cinema and memory, about a filmmaker examining an abandoned work in hopes of finding his vanished lead actor.

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