Amplifying Your Auditorium Experience
There’s a whole new immersive experience happening at the PMA...






If you’re one of the hundreds who watched the Joan Baez documentary, I Am Noise, recently, you were among the first to witness the first digital cinema offerings in PMA’s storied history.
This past summer, with assistance from a friend of the museum, we made major upgrades to the Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium, with a goal to improve visitor experience during films, lectures, ceremonies, and the multitudes of events that take place in the PMA’s auditorium. We are thrilled to say that we are now able to offer a better, more engaging experience for all at PMA Films and beyond.
The most notable change is the addition of a new projector for the museum to exhibit modern Digital Cinema Compliant feature films and lecture images in high resolution and full color. This work allowed for the integration of a Dolby Sound Processor, the restoration of the theater’s center channel, and the infrastructure to provide calibrated multichannel sound performance (Dolby 5.1).
Our auditorium is not only better than ever with updated stage and podium microphones, but now supports wireless hearing-assistance devices. Over the next few weeks, we will make further improvements to audio and will add high-definition television cameras to record presentations and enable live-streaming.
Check out what’s coming up and enjoy the improvements yourself!
99 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Miranda Yousef. In English. DCP.
Thomas Kinkade’s pastoral landscapes made him the most collected and despised painter of all time. After his shocking death, his family discovers a vault of unseen paintings that reveal a complex artist whose life and work embody our divided America.
99 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Miranda Yousef. In English. DCP.
Thomas Kinkade’s pastoral landscapes made him the most collected and despised painter of all time. After his shocking death, his family discovers a vault of unseen paintings that reveal a complex artist whose life and work embody our divided America.
99 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Miranda Yousef. In English. DCP.
Thomas Kinkade’s pastoral landscapes made him the most collected and despised painter of all time. After his shocking death, his family discovers a vault of unseen paintings that reveal a complex artist whose life and work embody our divided America.
99 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Miranda Yousef. In English. DCP.
Thomas Kinkade’s pastoral landscapes made him the most collected and despised painter of all time. After his shocking death, his family discovers a vault of unseen paintings that reveal a complex artist whose life and work embody our divided America.
99 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Miranda Yousef. In English. DCP.
Thomas Kinkade’s pastoral landscapes made him the most collected and despised painter of all time. After his shocking death, his family discovers a vault of unseen paintings that reveal a complex artist whose life and work embody our divided America.
201 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Chantal Akerman. In French with English subtitles. DCP.
Named the “greatest film of all time” in Sight & Sound’s 2022 poll of film critics, Chantal Akerman’s endlessly engaging feminist masterpiece kicks off a series of landmark films from 1975.
201 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Chantal Akerman. In French with English subtitles. DCP.
Named the “greatest film of all time” in Sight & Sound’s 2022 poll of film critics, Chantal Akerman’s endlessly engaging feminist masterpiece kicks off a series of landmark films from 1975.
112 minutes. Rated G. Directed by David Lynch. In English.
Lynch’s most surprising feature, about a man who drives his lawnmower to visit his estranged brother, continues our retrospective of feature films by the late director.
108 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Charles Burnett. In English. DCP.
James Earl Jones, Margot Kidder, and Lynn Redgrave star in this romance by the great Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, To Sleep with Anger), which has been newly restored and screens for free.
108 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Charles Burnett. In English. DCP.
James Earl Jones, Margot Kidder, and Lynn Redgrave star in this romance by the great Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, To Sleep with Anger), which has been newly restored and screens for free.
116 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Constance Tsang. In English and Mandarin with English subtitles. DCP.
Constance Tsang’s debut feature is a humane and stirring story of belonging centered around a massage parlor in Flushing, Queens about two migrants navigating romance, happiness, and the obligations of family thousands of miles from home.
92 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Eva Soltes. In English.
An intimate portrait of Lou Harrison, artist, writer and activist who followed his own dreams for over seven decades. Screens as part of “Black Mountain Artists in Film,” a series of films accompanying “Jo Sandman: Skin Deep,” about artists who attended Black Mountain College.
88 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Sean Baker. In English. DCP.
Oscar phenom Sean Baker’s (Anora) breakthrough film is a hilarious and trenchant one-crazy-night odyssey through various subcultures of Los Angeles. A free screening for Portland Pride.
116 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Constance Tsang. In English and Mandarin with English subtitles. DCP.
Constance Tsang’s debut feature is a humane and stirring story of belonging centered around a massage parlor in Flushing, Queens about two migrants navigating romance, happiness, and the obligations of family thousands of miles from home.
180 minutes. Rated R. Directed by David Lynch. In English and Polish with English subtitles. DCP.
David Lynch’s final feature film – the great work of early digital cinema – is an epic tumble through the rabbit hole, featuring a career-best performance by Laura Dern.
116 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Constance Tsang. In English and Mandarin with English subtitles. DCP.
Constance Tsang’s debut feature is a humane and stirring story of belonging centered around a massage parlor in Flushing, Queens about two migrants navigating romance, happiness, and the obligations of family thousands of miles from home.
116 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Constance Tsang. In English and Mandarin with English subtitles. DCP.
Constance Tsang’s debut feature is a humane and stirring story of belonging centered around a massage parlor in Flushing, Queens about two migrants navigating romance, happiness, and the obligations of family thousands of miles from home.
116 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Constance Tsang. In English and Mandarin with English subtitles. DCP.
Constance Tsang’s debut feature is a humane and stirring story of belonging centered around a massage parlor in Flushing, Queens about two migrants navigating romance, happiness, and the obligations of family thousands of miles from home.
116 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Constance Tsang. In English and Mandarin with English subtitles. DCP.
Constance Tsang’s debut feature is a humane and stirring story of belonging centered around a massage parlor in Flushing, Queens about two migrants navigating romance, happiness, and the obligations of family thousands of miles from home.
110 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Maria Fredriksson. In Swedish, English, and Norwegian with English subtitles. DCP.
In this stranger-than-fiction documentary, a seemingly divine premonition leads Norwegian sisters Kari and May to buy an apartment in the small Swedish town of Gullspång. To their surprise, the seller looks remarkably similar to their older sister Astrid, who committed suicide thirty years earlier.
110 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Maria Fredriksson. In Swedish, English, and Norwegian with English subtitles. DCP.
In this stranger-than-fiction documentary, a seemingly divine premonition leads Norwegian sisters Kari and May to buy an apartment in the small Swedish town of Gullspång. To their surprise, the seller looks remarkably similar to their older sister Astrid, who committed suicide thirty years earlier.
126 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. In English, German, Spanish, and French with English subtitles. DCP.
Michelangelo Antonioni’s stunning existentialist travelogue and romantic thriller, starring a rarely-better Jack Nicholson, screens as part of a series of landmark films from 1975.
126 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. In English, German, Spanish, and French with English subtitles. DCP.
Michelangelo Antonioni’s stunning existentialist travelogue and romantic thriller, starring a rarely-better Jack Nicholson, screens as part of a series of landmark films from 1975.
124 minutes. Rated R. Directed by David Lynch. In English. DCP.
Edgy and controversial, David Lynch’s road-tripping neo-noir fantasia, starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern, concludes our retrospective of the director’s work.
110 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Maria Fredriksson. In Swedish, English, and Norwegian with English subtitles. DCP.
In this stranger-than-fiction documentary, a seemingly divine premonition leads Norwegian sisters Kari and May to buy an apartment in the small Swedish town of Gullspång. To their surprise, the seller looks remarkably similar to their older sister Astrid, who committed suicide thirty years earlier.
110 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Maria Fredriksson. In Swedish, English, and Norwegian with English subtitles. DCP.
In this stranger-than-fiction documentary, a seemingly divine premonition leads Norwegian sisters Kari and May to buy an apartment in the small Swedish town of Gullspång. To their surprise, the seller looks remarkably similar to their older sister Astrid, who committed suicide thirty years earlier.
110 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Maria Fredriksson. In Swedish, English, and Norwegian with English subtitles. DCP.
In this stranger-than-fiction documentary, a seemingly divine premonition leads Norwegian sisters Kari and May to buy an apartment in the small Swedish town of Gullspång. To their surprise, the seller looks remarkably similar to their older sister Astrid, who committed suicide thirty years earlier.
110 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Maria Fredriksson. In Swedish, English, and Norwegian with English subtitles. DCP.
In this stranger-than-fiction documentary, a seemingly divine premonition leads Norwegian sisters Kari and May to buy an apartment in the small Swedish town of Gullspång. To their surprise, the seller looks remarkably similar to their older sister Astrid, who committed suicide thirty years earlier.
125 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Albert Serra. In Spanish with English subtitles. DCP.
The latest film from the visionary Albert Serra (Pacifiction) is a spellbinding documentary that turns its gaze on the ceremonial splendor and devastating brutality of bullfighting in Spain.
125 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Albert Serra. In Spanish with English subtitles. DCP.
The latest film from the visionary Albert Serra (Pacifiction) is a spellbinding documentary that turns its gaze on the ceremonial splendor and devastating brutality of bullfighting in Spain.