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!
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Focusing on his unique creative process, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers explores the artist’s years in the south of France, where he revolutionised his style.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Focusing on his unique creative process, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers explores the artist’s years in the south of France, where he revolutionised his style.
85 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Brad Bird. In English.
Brad Bird's masterful, Maine-set animated feature about a young boy who befriends a robot from outer space screens as part of November's Family Day activities.
167 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Frederick Wiseman. In English. DCP.
Frederick Wiseman’s monumental documentary, shot at a New York welfare office, screens in a brand-new 4K restoration.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Focusing on his unique creative process, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers explores the artist’s years in the south of France, where he revolutionised his style.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Focusing on his unique creative process, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers explores the artist’s years in the south of France, where he revolutionised his style.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Focusing on his unique creative process, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers explores the artist’s years in the south of France, where he revolutionised his style.
112 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Aaron Schimberg. In English. DCP.
Aaron Schimberg’s thrilling and unclassifiable tragicomedy stars Sebastian Stan as aspiring actor Edward, who undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance.
112 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Aaron Schimberg. In English. DCP.
Aaron Schimberg’s thrilling and unclassifiable tragicomedy stars Sebastian Stan as aspiring actor Edward, who undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance.
75 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Frederick Wiseman. In English. DCP.
Frederick Wiseman’s portrait of Northeast High School, one of the first “direct cinema” documentaries, screens in a brand-new 4K restoration.
90 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English. DCP.
Focusing on his unique creative process, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers explores the artist’s years in the south of France, where he revolutionised his style.
112 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Aaron Schimberg. In English. DCP.
Aaron Schimberg’s thrilling and unclassifiable tragicomedy stars Sebastian Stan as aspiring actor Edward, who undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance.
118 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Nora Fingscheidt. In English. DCP.
After living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. She returns to the wild beauty of Scotland’s Orkney Islands — where she grew up — hoping to heal.
119 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Andrea Arnold. In English. DCP.
Andrea Arnold’s (Fish Tank, American Honey) fiercely empathetic coming-of-age film follows a pre-teen girl who meets a mysterious stranger who may alter her challenging life.
119 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Andrea Arnold. In English. DCP.
Andrea Arnold’s (Fish Tank, American Honey) fiercely empathetic coming-of-age film follows a pre-teen girl who meets a mysterious stranger who may alter her challenging life.
81 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Frederick Wiseman. In English. DCP.
Frederick Wiseman’s examination of the daily routines of members of the Kansas City, Missouri police department screens in a brand-new 4K restoration.
118 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Nora Fingscheidt. In English. DCP.
After living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. She returns to the wild beauty of Scotland’s Orkney Islands — where she grew up — hoping to heal.
119 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Andrea Arnold. In English. DCP.
Andrea Arnold’s (Fish Tank, American Honey) fiercely empathetic coming-of-age film follows a pre-teen girl who meets a mysterious stranger who may alter her challenging life.
119 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Andrea Arnold. In English. DCP.
Andrea Arnold’s (Fish Tank, American Honey) fiercely empathetic coming-of-age film follows a pre-teen girl who meets a mysterious stranger who may alter her challenging life.
118 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Nora Fingscheidt. In English. DCP.
After living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. She returns to the wild beauty of Scotland’s Orkney Islands — where she grew up — hoping to heal.
119 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Andrea Arnold. In English. DCP.
Andrea Arnold’s (Fish Tank, American Honey) fiercely empathetic coming-of-age film follows a pre-teen girl who meets a mysterious stranger who may alter her challenging life.
176 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Frederick Wiseman. In English. DCP.
Frederick Wiseman’s sumptuous and sublime exploration of Central Park – its activity and its inner workings - screens in a brand-new 4K restoration.
119 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Andrea Arnold. In English. DCP.
Andrea Arnold’s (Fish Tank, American Honey) fiercely empathetic coming-of-age film follows a pre-teen girl who meets a mysterious stranger who may alter her challenging life.
118 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Nora Fingscheidt. In English. DCP.
After living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. She returns to the wild beauty of Scotland’s Orkney Islands — where she grew up — hoping to heal.
68 minutes (followed by discussion). Not Rated. Directed by Mati Diop. In French with English subtitles. DCP.
In 2021, 26 objects from the Kingdom of Dahomey leave Paris and are returned to present-day Benin. How should these art treasures, stolen from ancestors, be received in a country which has reinvented itself in their absence?
68 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Mati Diop. In French with English subtitles. DCP.
In 2021, 26 objects from the Kingdom of Dahomey leave Paris and are returned to present-day Benin. How should these art treasures, stolen from ancestors, be received in a country which has reinvented itself in their absence?
68 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Mati Diop. In French with English subtitles. DCP.
In 2021, 26 objects from the Kingdom of Dahomey leave Paris and are returned to present-day Benin. How should these art treasures, stolen from ancestors, be received in a country which has reinvented itself in their absence?
105 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Chris McKim. In English.
Exclusive access to his breathtaking body of work – including paintings, journals, and films – reveals how Wojnarowicz emptied his life into his art and activism. This is a free screening in commemoration of World AIDS Day on December 1.
68 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Mati Diop. In French with English subtitles. DCP.
In 2021, 26 objects from the Kingdom of Dahomey leave Paris and are returned to present-day Benin. How should these art treasures, stolen from ancestors, be received in a country which has reinvented itself in their absence?
68 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Mati Diop. In French with English subtitles. DCP.
In 2021, 26 objects from the Kingdom of Dahomey leave Paris and are returned to present-day Benin. How should these art treasures, stolen from ancestors, be received in a country which has reinvented itself in their absence?