COMING SOON
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School
- Today, Mar 6
Run Time: 93 min.
Tickets $15. A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.
The Moment
- Sat, Mar 7
Run Time: 103 min.
Tickets $15. A sharp, semi-true pop satire inspired by Charli xcx's viral 2024 “brat summer.”
Hanami // Cascade Festival of African Films
- Sat, Mar 7
Run Time: 96 min. Language: English/ Japanese/ French/ Portuguese, Kabuverdianu/ English subtitles
Tickets FREE. Join us between 6:15 and 6:50 pm for dancing before the movie! On a remote volcanic island that everybody wants to leave, little Nana learns to stay.
My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow
- Sun, Mar 8
Run Time: 324 min. Language: Russian w/ English Subtitles
Tickets $15. American filmmaker Julia Loktev, born in the Soviet Union and now based in the U.S., returned to Moscow in 2021 to document the growing crackdown on independent journalism in Putin’s Russia. This screening is brought to you by MUBI! All attendees receive a tote bag and 60 days of access to MUBI at mubi.com/pamcut, where you can continue discovering bold and ambitious cinema from around the world.
Energia Vitale // Vibram Presents
- Tue, Mar 10
Run Time: 60 min.
Tickets $5. Between Milan and the mountains runs a story of connection, memory, and movement. Energia Vitale combines the achievements of today’s climbers on historic routes opened by Vitale Bramani, mountaineer and founder of Vibram, with stories and memories from those who lived the pioneering age of mountaineering.
The Last Waltz x Johnny Franco and his Real Brother Dom
- Thu, Mar 12
Run Time: 117 min.
Ticket $15. It Started as a Concert. It Became a Celebration. Martin Scorcese's documentary about The Band's farewell tour.
Six Short Films by Barbara Hammer x Lesbian Cinema Club
- Fri, Mar 13
Run Time: 85 min.
Tickets $15. With a career spanning fifty years, Barbara Hammer is recognized as a pioneer of queer cinema. Working primarily in film and video, Hammer created a groundbreaking body of experimental work that illuminates lesbian histories, women’s health and aging, and global political struggles.
Once Within a Time
- Sat, Mar 14
Run Time: 90 min.
Tickets $15. An anarchic comedy told without words, a sensory feast to be felt through art and music, featuring an electrifying score by Philip Glass with a performance of "Pastoral Music Reimagined," an original electro acoustic music composition feeding into audio reactive visual synthesis prior to the film.
Peaches Goes Bananas
- Sat, Mar 14
Run Time: 73 min.
Tickets $15. Discover Peaches’ electrifying concerts, her close bond with her sister and how her boundless energy, fearless exploration on and off stage has transformed every phase of her life into a captivating work of art.
Red Carpet Awards Watch Party w/ Ry Bred
- Sun, Mar 15
Run Time: 240 min.
Tickets Free! Join us for an awards viewing party, hosted by the one-and-only Ry Bred! Watch Hollywood’s biggest night unfold on the big screen—complete with wins, snubs, speeches, surprises, and all the drama worth arguing about. Come dressed in your red-carpet best, and stick around for games, prizes, and plenty of chances to loudly defend your hot takes throughout the night.
His Monster // w/ Q&A
- Tue, Mar 17
Run Time: 87 min.
Tickets $15. When his young daughter is mysteriously swept out to sea, a struggling alcoholic remains alone, hunting the woods to find what he believes is responsible.
Rose Colored Moon: An Evening Tribute to Elliott Smith in Film and Music
- Thu, Mar 19
Run Time: 160 min.
Tickets $25. As part of PAM CUT's March music month, we are presenting this special event in tribute to Elliott and his legacy including two rarely screened films, music videos, and music performances.
Josie and the Pussycats
- Sat, Mar 21
Run Time: 98 min.
Tickets $15. Josie, Melody and Val are three small-town girl musicians determined to take their rock band out of their garage and straight to the top, while remaining true to their look, style, and sound.
Undertow
- Sat, Mar 21
Run Time: 140 min. Language: Spanish
Tickets $15. An unforgettable night of film, music, and conversation as we celebrate the queer classic and this Sundance winning film. Join us as we welcome writer and director Javier Fuentes-León who will be in conversation with local composer Eric Nordin to share an inside look at their bold new musical adaptation of the film.
Almost Famous Crafternoon w/ Ritual Dyes
- Sun, Mar 22
Run Time: 124 min.
Tickets $15. Bring your own knitting, crocheting, and fiber arts to the Tomorrow Theater for this special event co-hosted by RITUAL DYES, who will be there to offer assistance and support.
Stop Making Sense
- Sun, Mar 22
Run Time: 88 min.
Tickets $15. Why stop making sense? Why a movie? Why a big suit? Where do the odd movements come from? What will the band do next?
Idiotka
- Wed, Mar 25
Run Time: 82 min.
Tickets $15. In this sharp, irreverent comedy, a disgraced fashion designer with a dangerously low credit score, Margarita (Anna Baryshnikov) enters a reality show with a six-figure cash prize to save her babushka’s West Hollywood apartment. But as the competition intensifies, slick producer Nicol (Camila Mendes) pushes her to spin her family’s struggle into spectacle, forcing Margarita to decide whether to play along or take control of her own narrative, one unhinged look at a time.
Party Girl x Colibri + Frances May
- Thu, Mar 26
Run Time: 94 min.
Tickets $15. Join Colibri + Frances May for a night celebrating chaotic fashion, florals, and fun. Bianca of Colibri and Pam of Frances May will introduce the film and kick off the night in advance of a special screening of Party Girl.
Wigstock: The Movie – Movie Bingo w/ Violet Hex
- Fri, Mar 27
Run Time: 95 min.
Tickets $15. Join us for another Movie Bingo, hosted by the one-and-only Violet Hex! For this edition, we'll journey into the technicolor time capsule of drag herstory that is Wigstock: The Movie!
Selena
- Sat, Mar 28
Run Time: 127 min.
Tickets $15. A biographical drama about Tejano music star Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.
Altered Evening: The Pander Brothers’ indie thriller ALTERED EGO & Cross-Media Works
- Sat, Mar 28
Run Time: 140 min.
Tickets: $15. Join Portland-based filmmakers, comic artists, animators, writers, and visual artists, the Pander Brothers as they present their award-winning, Portland-based feature thriller Altered Ego along with an exciting and colorful selection of their cross-media films for graphic novels, and story-driven music videos.
The Fly x Brain Dead
- Sun, Mar 29
Run Time: 96 min.
Tickets $15. Join Brain Dead—L.A.’s boundary-pushing creative collective—for a one-day-only special screening of the 1986 body horror and sci-fi classic The Fly.
Purple Rain
- Sun, Mar 29
Run Time: 111 min.
Tickets $15. The 1984 cult classic starring Prince and the Revolution.
Tree Fest
- Thu, Apr 2
Run Time: 120 min.
Presented by PAMCUT in collaboration with Trees & Co and NW Doc, this special event invites audiences to reflect on the deep and lasting connections between people and forests. Tree Fest features a curated selection of short films that explore how trees influence our daily lives, our histories, and our hopes for the future. Through
Demolition Man
- Fri, Apr 3
Run Time: 115 min.
Tickets $15. Marco Brambilla’s feature debut, reflects his fascination with future worlds and cultural collision. Experience this ’90s sci-fi action classic on the big screen as a vivid expression of the dreamscapes—and nightmares—cinema can create.
By Design
- Sat, Apr 4
Run Time: 91 min.
Tickets $15. The movie you didn’t know you needed? It’s about a woman (played by Juliette Lewis) who swaps bodies with a chair—and everyone prefers her that way.
24 Hour Party People
- Sat, Apr 4
Run Time: 117 min.
Tickets $15. A true story told with wild invention, 24 Hour Party People drops you into the myth-making madness of Manchester’s music scene—from punk’s first shockwaves to the birth of Factory Records and The Haçienda.
The Decline of Western Civilization
- Sun, Apr 5
Run Time: 100 min.
Tickets $15. Their message is brutally clear: Destroy the old and make way for the new. This is the punk's violent revolution, their lawless world. This is THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION.
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
- Sun, Apr 5
Run Time: 93 min.
Tickets $15. In the mid 80's a new scene took over the Los Angeles nightlife—Heavy Metal. Loud, rude, sexy, sexist and anti-authoritarian. Penelope Spheeris takes an in-depth look at rabid fans, desperate groupies, wanna-be rock stars that go so far as to threaten suicide if they don't "make it."
The Decline of Western Civilization Part III
- Sun, Apr 5
Run Time: 86 min.
Tickets $15. DECLINE III is an unflinching look into the lives of the hardcore fans of punk rock in Los Angeles, 20 years later.
I Live Here Now
- Wed, Apr 8
Run Time: 91 min.
Tickets $15. A dreamlike, psychological horror inspired by the works of Dario Argento and David Lynch. This screening will include an intro from the film's co-star Sheryl Lee, as well as custom film merch giveaways.
Graphic Means: A History of Graphic Design Production
- Thu, Apr 9
Run Time: 85 min.
Tickets $15. A journey through the transformative Mad Men-era of pre-digital design production to the advent of the desktop computer. It explores the methods, tools, and evolving social roles that gave rise to the graphic design industry as we know it today.
Best in Show Movie Bingo w/ Violet Hex
- Fri, Apr 10
Run Time: 90 min.
Tickets $15. Join us for a Best in Show Movie Bingo with Portland icon Violet Hex, where the mayhem of the Mayflower Dog Show meets your bingo card.
There Was, There Was Not
- Sat, Apr 11
Run Time: 115 min. Language: Armenian
Tickets $15. There Was, There Was Not follows four women living in the Republic of Artsakh, an unrecognized country reckoning with the aftermath of one war while on the precipice of another. Presented as part of Genocide Awareness Month.
My Father’s Shadow
- Sat, Apr 11
Run Time: 93 min.
Tickets $15. The acclaimed debut feature from director Akinola Davies Jr. that made history in 2025 as the first Nigerian‑backed film to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival’s official selection.
The Short Films of David Lynch
- Sun, Apr 12
Run Time: 112 min.
Tickets $15. Join us for expanded 2K digital restorations of seven short films by David Lynch.
Eraserhead
- Sun, Apr 12
Run Time: 89 min.
Tickets $15. David Lynch’s 1977 debut feature is both a lasting cult sensation and a work of extraordinary craft and beauty.
Pavements x Record Store Day
- Wed, Apr 15
Run Time: 128 min.
Tickets $15. Pavements is an examination of the iconic 90s indie band, “Pavements” appears to be just another music documentary, until it doesn't. A prismatic, narrative, scripted, documentary, musical, metatextual hybrid, the film intimately shows the band preparing for their sold-out 2022 reunion tour while simultaneously tracking the preparations for a musical based on their songs, a museum devoted to their history and a big-budget Hollywood biopic inspired by their saga as the most important band of a generation.
Pickles, Pickles, Pickles with Dillon T. Pickle
- Thu, Apr 16
Run Time: 90 min.
Tickets $15. Join Portland's favorite team, Portland Pickles Baseball, for a brand new documentary covering their history as the most celebrated and unhinged collegiate wood bat team in America. Come early for your chance to meet and take pics with Dillon T. Pickle!
Films From Earth – A 16mm Showcase from Making Earth Cool and the Nyback Archive
- Fri, Apr 17
Run Time: 100 min.
Tickets $15. Making Earth Cool joins forces with the Portland based Nyback Archive to present a special screening featuring rare 16mm nature films.
Predator x Brain Dead
- Sat, Apr 18
Run Time: 107 min.
Tickets $15. Join Brain Dead—L.A.’s boundary-pushing creative collective—for a one-day-only special screening of the 1987 action classic Predator. This is your chance to see this iconic movie on the big screen and get your hands on a limited-edition Brain Dead x Predator collection.
More Beautiful Perversions x Future of Film is Female
- Sat, Apr 18
Run Time: 100 min.
Tickets $15. As part of PAM CUT's celebration of nature in the month of April, we welcome director Pavli Serenetsky for their second feature film, an eco-parable shot on 16mm film.
Marie Antoinette Crafternoon x Ritual Dyes
- Sun, Apr 19
Run Time: 123 min.
Tickets $15. Rumor. Scandal. Sex. Fame. Revolution. Crafting. Bring your own knitting, crocheting, and fiber arts to the Tomorrow Theater for this special event co-hosted by RITUAL DYES.
Waiting for Guffman
- Sun, Apr 19
Run Time: 84 min.
Tickets $15. Christopher Guest’s brilliantly awkward mockumentary about small-town theater kids chasing big Broadway dreams.
Carte Blanche: Sam Green x The Oldest Person in the World
- Wed, Apr 22
Run Time: 117 min.
Tickets $25. Join us for a one-night-only Carte Blanche conversation with the brilliant artist Sam Green, one of the most innovative voices in contemporary documentary.
Band of Outsiders x Art & About
- Thu, Apr 23
Run Time: 97 min. Language: French
Tickets $15. Join Art & About for a scavenger hunt like no other! Inspired by Band of Outsiders (Bande à part), catch a whodunit, who's got-it, where-is-it-now wild one from Breathless director Jean-Luc Godard!
Tough Shit with Oregon Humanities
- Fri, Apr 24
Run Time: 90 min.
Tickets $15. Tough Shit is an onstage conversation about the most challenging questions Portlanders are facing. We’ll bring together four people with very different experiences of and perspectives on the city to talk through some shit with help from the audience and a moderator.
Natchez
- Sat, Apr 25
Run Time: 86 min.
Tickets $15. Equal parts amusing and disturbing, we journey through an antebellum tourist destination at a crossroads as it grapples with a deeply troubled history that is so thoroughly ingrained in its present, we’re left to wonder if it’s actually past at all.
The Chronology of Water x Movie Book Club w/ Lidia Yuknavitch
- Sun, Apr 26
Run Time: 157 min.
Tickets $15. Our second edition of Movie Book Club features The Chronology of Water, based on the acclaimed memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch, who will join us in person for the post-screening conversation.
Once a Braided River
- Sun, Apr 26
Run Time: 54 min.
Tickets $15. The story of how the North Reach of the Willamette River was transformed from a braided river, rich in biodiversity and home to many bands of Indigenous people, into an industrial sacrifice zone with a ten-mile-long superfund site running from downtown Portland to the river’s confluence with the Columbia River.
Coexistence, My Ass!
- Thu, Apr 30
Run Time: 125 min.
Tickets $15. Noam Shuster Eliassi grew up the literal poster child for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process before making a hard pivot to stand-up comedy and political satire. But as the region sinks deeper into devastating violence, she must meet the moment by challenging her audiences with hard truths that are no laughing matter.
A Body to Live In w/ Dir. Angelo Madsen Minax
- Sun, May 3
Run Time: 128 min.
Tickets $15. An intimate inquiry into the life and work of Fakir Musafar, an influential figure in the queer body-modification community. Director Angelo Madsen Minax will join for a Q&A.
Marc by Sofia
- Sun, May 3
Run Time: 97 min.
Tickets $15. An intimate, unconventional portrait of Marc Jacobs, crafted by Sofia Coppola to capture the genius and singular universe of the iconic American designer.
TCB – The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing
- Thu, May 7
Run Time: 105 min.
Tickets FREE! A biography of the influential writer, filmmaker and cultural worker, who with humor and deep insight, inspired a generation of artists to dedicate themselves to community empowerment.
Serial Mom Movie Bingo
- Fri, May 8
Run Time: 94 min.
Tickets $15. Bingo starlet Violet Hex will add extra chaos to John Waters’ perfectly unhinged suburban nightmare with custom Movie Bingo.
Twister: CineWhimsy – An Immersive 4D Extravaganza
- Sat, May 9
Run Time: 143 min.
Tickets $35. An interactive, immersive adventure where the storm isn’t just on screen! Expect wind-blown surprises, hilarious host commentary, and over-the-top antics, maybe even dodging a flying cow or two.
Pink Flamingos
- Sun, May 10
Run Time: 93 min.
Tickets $15. Join us for a filthy John Waters weekend, where we'll show two gloriously unhinged classics from the mind of the King of Filth. Self-described as an "exercise in poor taste", Pink Flamingos</I is outrageous, confrontational, and still shocking decades later.
Jenni Olson x Lesbian Cinema Club
- Thu, May 14
Run Time: 125 min.
Tickets $15. Join Lesbian Cinema Club for a night of Jenni Olson films, featuring The Joy of Life (2005) + Blue Diary (1998). A special zine and merch will be on sale in advance of the screening.
Clueless Crafternoon x Ritual Dyes
- Sun, May 17
Run Time: 97 min. Release Year: 1995
Tickets $15. Bring your own knitting, crocheting, and fiber arts to the Tomorrow Theater for this special event co-hosted by RITUAL DYES, who will be there to offer assistance and support. We will have the lights on low while playing a fun film.