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Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival: The Unholy Three (1925)
Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival: The Unholy Three (1925)
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Three sideshow performers leave their lives of captivity and become “The Unholy Three.” The ventriloquist (Lon Chaney) assumes the role of a kind old grandmother who runs a bird shop. Soon an incredible crime wave is launched from their little store.
Hong Kong Cinema Classics: Bullet In The Head (1990)
Hong Kong Cinema Classics: Bullet In The Head (1990)
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Cited by John Woo as his personal favorite of his films, where signature themes of brotherhood, loyalty, honor, and betrayal are explored to their maximum strengths. A brilliant anti-war film that doesn't retreat from the brutal side of conflict.
Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival: The Gold Rush (1925)
Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival: The Gold Rush (1925)
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Brand new 4K restoration! In this classic silent comedy, the Little Tramp (Charles Chaplin) heads north to join the Klondike gold rush where prospectors, a blizzard, good fortune and a love interest await. One of the greatest films of the silent era.
Hong Kong Cinema Classics: Hard Boiled (1992)
Hong Kong Cinema Classics: Hard Boiled (1992)
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Violence as poetry, rendered by a master. Brilliant and passionate, John Woo tells the story of jaded detective, played with controlled fury by Chow Yun-fat, who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers and goes on a mission to catch them.
Hong Kong Cinema Classics: Peking Opera Blues (1986)
Hong Kong Cinema Classics: Peking Opera Blues (1986)
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
In the aftermath of China’s first democratic revolution, three high-spirited young women from very different backgrounds cross paths on a quest for liberation, elegantly blending action, comedy, and social satire into a colorful production.
Hong Kong Cinema Classics: The Killer (1989)
Hong Kong Cinema Classics: The Killer (1989)
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
John Woo’s masterpiece stars Chow Yun-fat as a disillusioned mob hitman, responsible for the blinding of a nightclub singer. When his plan to make it right goes awry, he teams up with an obsessed cop to clean things up in this melodramatic bromance.
Hong Kong Cinema Classics: City on Fire (1987)
Hong Kong Cinema Classics: City on Fire (1987)
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Chow Yun-fat plays a cop who's deep undercover. A bunch of ruthless strong-arm bandits have been ripping off jewelry stores and Chow gets a chance: break up the job they have planned for Christmas, and he can come in from the cold.
A Little Prayer
A Little Prayer
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
A loving father (David Strathairn) grapples with how to protect his daughter-in-law (Jane Levy) when he discovers that his son is having an affair in a sensitive and searching portrait of a Southern family.
International Art House Classics: Diva (1982)
International Art House Classics: Diva (1982)
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Beineix’s legendarily thriller returns to the big screen in a sparkling new restoration. In Paris, music lover Jules finds himself on the run from drug dealers, music pirates and the cops after obtaining a recording a never-before-taped opera star.
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
From its humble beginnings as a London fringe play to its rise, fall, and triumphant return as the biggest cult film of all time, this documentary tells the definitive story of The Rocky Horror Show, released in theaters 50 years ago.
A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant
A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Bill Banowski’s fascinating film is takes us into the life and work of cartoonist Patrick Oliphant, whose politics and cartoons are simply the most skilled, brilliant, biting, and indeed savage ever devised.
Orwell: 2+2=5
Orwell: 2+2=5
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Juxtaposing images from George Orwell’s life against chilling archival and contemporary footage of political violence, social unrest, and global warfare, ORWELL: 2+2 = 5 underscores how prophetic his literary warnings about totalitarianism were.
Urchin
Urchin
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Actor-turned-filmmaker Harris Dickinson (Triangle of Sadness, Babygirl) makes his directorial debut with Urchin, a raw yet deeply compassionate and surprisingly buoyant portrait of life on society’s margins.
Checkpoint Zoo
Checkpoint Zoo
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Checkpoint Zoo documents a daring rescue led by a heroic team of zookeepers and volunteers who risked their lives to save thousands of animals trapped in a zoo behind enemy lines during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Steel City Horror Show
Steel City Horror Show
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Host Sean Collier will tell you all about our surprise flick, while the mysterious Dr. Gielgud returns with in-theater scares and pre-show surprises — but which Dr. Gielgud will we meet this time?
Coco (2017)
Coco (2017)
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Come see this beautiful and moving Pixar film on the big screen as part of the Día de los Muertos celebration at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust!

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About the Harris Theater

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Harris Theater is one of the most active arts facilities in the region showing art films nearly every day of the year.

Formerly known as the Art Cinema, the Harris Theater represents a milestone in the redevelopment of Liberty Avenue. The Art Cinema was the first moving picture house in Pittsburgh to commercially show art movies until competition from other city theaters led to its conversion to an adult movie house in the 1960s. As part of its mission to transform the Cultural District, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust purchased and restored the facility leading to further conversions of run-down properties along the Liberty Avenue corridor. With a total of 194 seats, including a fully restored balcony, the Harris Theater officially opened to the public for movies and live performances on November 9, 1995. The theater is one of the few that has retained 35mm film projectors that are utilized regularly.

The Harris was named through a gift from the Buhl Foundation after John P. Harris, co-founder of the Nickelodeon—the first theater solely dedicated to the showing of motion pictures—and a Pennsylvania State Senator. The Harris Theater features contemporary, foreign, and classic films.

Films For All

The Harris Theater has installed the necessary equipment to provide closed movie captioning and audio description to patrons for digital films that offer these features. Films with captioning and audio description available will be noted when available.

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Concessions

Concessions are available for all screenings and the Harris Theater is now BYOB. Guests who bring alcoholic beverages must be 21 years or older and provide valid photo ID upon request, a $5 charge will be issued per guest.

Directions

The address is 809 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Call the Harris directly at 412-930-8053.


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