With more than 50 restaurants in walking distance to theaters, the Cultural District offers a wide variety of dining options to satisfy your personal tastes and budget. Enjoying a relaxing meal before a show or capping off the evening with cocktails and dessert add to a pleasurable experience in the Cultural District.
A Pittsburgh Cultural District-wide gift card can be used to purchase tickets for Pittsburgh Cultural Trust events as well as any event taking place in the Cultural District. With so many exciting shows, concerts, and exhibitions, there is truly something for everyone!
The Cultural District is accessible by public transportation, including Port Authority buses, "T" light-rail service and Pittsburgh's famous inclines. Driving to the show? There is also ample parking in and around the District -- for real-time garage parking information, try ParkPGH.
Explore the life, career, and legacy of Roberto Clemente. From his childhood in Puerto Rico, his years with the Pittsburgh Pirates, to becoming one of baseball’s most beloved and iconic players, CLEMENTE is a celebration of a man who gave his all.
An exclusive collection of animated shorts by talented artists from around the world, curated by legendary animator Don Hertzfeldt, featuring recent films from rising animators and classics that originally inspired Hertzfeldt to start animating.
Takashi Shimura stars as Kanji Watanabe, a bureaucrat as good as dead while living who suddenly struggles hard to live once he learns he is dying. He finds a ray of hope in one last act of kindness through his work that will stand as his legacy.
The Brothers Quay spin another fantastical stop motion yarn with this surreal story inspired by the work of Polish writer Bruno Schulz, about a young man on a ghostly train ride toward a sanatorium that may exist out of time and space.
In Sokcho, a small seaside village in South Korea, Soo-Ha lives in a bit of a rut, when a French man arrives in the boarding house where she works. As winter settles over the town, a delicate bond develops between them.
A restaurant-owning couple employs former juvenile offenders, aiding their return to society. Among them is 18-year-old Yuto, eager for a fresh start and determined to make the most of this opportunity.
After the passing of his wife, March is tormented by sorrow and also by the spirits that haunt his family’s crumbling household appliance factory. His late wife returns as one of those spirits, refusing to move on by possessing an old vacuum cleaner.
Days before a crucial festival appearance, aspiring teenage rock stars Kyoko and Nozomi find themselves without a band. Now, their only chance for superstardom lies in a new vocalist who has never been in a band and barely speaks Japanese.
Brace yourself for a totally new experience in cutting-edge animation. Based on the classic comic created by Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy), written by Japanese anime legend Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira) and directed by Rintaro (Galaxy Express 999).
Two brothers, one a successful counterfeiter (Lung Ti) and the younger a fledgling graduate of the HK police academy (Leslie Cheung), find their worlds colliding and their loyalties tested when their father is murdered. Costarring Chow Yun-Fat.
Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, and Chow Yun-Fat return with the explosive sequel that out-guns the original! The action blasts its way from New York City to Hong Kong in a jaw-dropping showdown of brotherhood, loyalty, and bullet-riddled revenge.
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.
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?
In this beloved cult classic fantasy, a traveling tax collector (Leslie Cheung), short on funds, opts to take shelter in a seemingly abandoned temple. He discovers a beautiful maiden (Joey Wang) there and falls for her ghostly beauty and grace.
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.
This vibrant sequel to the 1987 original finds our innocent tax collector hero (Leslie Cheung) falsely imprisoned. Upon escaping, he crosses paths with a pair of rebellious women only to face a new series of paranormal encounters and adventures.
In a prequel to the revered film series, Mark (Chow Yun Fat) travels to Saigon during the Vietnam War to join his cousin. The two start trafficking black market weapons with a beautiful female assassin, leaving the three in a complex love triangle.
The beloved series concludes with fresh characters in a new, haunting 4K restoration for another wild joyride where laws of gravity are jettisoned in favor of exhilarating kung fu involving flying monks, monsters and mixed with a kinky subtext.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Support the Harris Theater and Become a Member!
Help keep the projectors running at the Harris Theater by making a membership gift to support the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. We are excited to announce new membership benefits at the Harris Theater that you can enjoy all year long!
Make a gift of $100 or more to receive $1 off each movie ticket at the Harris Theater (available online and at the door*), and other great benefits!
Make a gift of $250 or more to receive one free popcorn at every visit*, and other great benefits!
*Must show membership card to receive these discounts on-site
Additional membership benefits available at other giving levels. Support the Harris Today!
Take a deep dive into the creation of the 2022 Januscary Film Festival!
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.
