Pickford Film Center

Pickford Film Center Independent cinema in Downtown Bellingham—open every day, because stories never sleep. Members enjoy tickets for only $9.75.
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With five screens at two locations, we present new releases, repertory classics, and film series all year long. At 1318 Bay Street, Pickford Film Center has two screens, seating 132 and 70, and a large lobby, concessions and café area as well as gallery and meeting spaces. PFC's Limelight Cinema (formerly the home of the original Pickford Cinema) is located at 1416 Cornwall Ave, with one screen se

ating 75. PHONE NUMBERS:
Movie Line with showtimes: 360.738.0735
Office Answering Machine: 360.647.1300

A rat in the theater. A drunk projectionist. A cinephile stealing posters. And a decision that will change everything. O...
07/25/2026

A rat in the theater. A drunk projectionist. A cinephile stealing posters. And a decision that will change everything.

Once Upon a Time in Cinema opens today on Bay St. A love letter to the movie house, set over one chaotic Friday night at a small-town Irish cinema. Written and directed by someone who grew up in a family of cinema owners. It knows exactly how hard this is, and exactly how joyful.

Pull up a seat, grab some popcorn, and let us take it from here. 🍿New week at Pickford Film Center: Four new films, five...
07/24/2026

Pull up a seat, grab some popcorn, and let us take it from here. 🍿

New week at Pickford Film Center: Four new films, five screens, two locations, and something worth seeing every single day. See you in the dark.

Your mind is the scene of the crime. Inception runs Friday through Monday at the Grand. The perfect pairing with The Ody...
07/24/2026

Your mind is the scene of the crime.

Inception runs Friday through Monday at the Grand. The perfect pairing with The Odyssey. Two Nolan puzzle boxes, both fantasies of fallible heroes and world-stretching adventures.

In revolutionary Iran, a professor and seven students meet in secret to read books the government has banned. Reading Lo...
07/24/2026

In revolutionary Iran, a professor and seven students meet in secret to read books the government has banned. Reading Lo**ta in Tehran opens Friday on Bay St.

Based on Azar Nafisi's bestselling memoir, a story of courage and curiosity that feels increasingly urgent.

In keeping with our celebration of the Pickford Grand, you can’t get much grander than dinosaurs. Steven Spielberg effor...
07/23/2026

In keeping with our celebration of the Pickford Grand, you can’t get much grander than dinosaurs. Steven Spielberg effortlessly blends CGI and practical effects in a way that still astounds over 30 years later. Like any truly grand film, it’s packed with unforgettable moments, from the iconic “Clever girl” line to the legendary T. rex attack that changed blockbuster filmmaking forever. Spielberg knows how to make movies that stand the test of time, and Jurassic Park is one of the greatest examples in cinema.

A ship that vanished thirty years ago just came back. So did its crew. Rose of Nevada opens Friday at the Grand, from Ma...
07/23/2026

A ship that vanished thirty years ago just came back. So did its crew.

Rose of Nevada opens Friday at the Grand, from Mark Jenkin, shot on 16mm, a haunting and hallucinatory ghost story, time-travel mystery, and cinematic séance all at once.

Tomorrow's screening of Rebel with a Clause sold out, so we added another one!The grammar table is available in the lobb...
07/23/2026

Tomorrow's screening of Rebel with a Clause sold out, so we added another one!

The grammar table is available in the lobby at 5 PM for everyone who needs grammar advice. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Brandt Johnson and Ellen Jovin herself. Can't make it? Encore screening August 9.

Musical lovers, unite. 🎭Hadestown comes to the Grand this Thursday: the eight-time Tony Award-winning Broadway productio...
07/22/2026

Musical lovers, unite. 🎭

Hadestown comes to the Grand this Thursday: the eight-time Tony Award-winning Broadway production, featuring the original cast. Modern American folk meets New Orleans jazz in a hell-raising retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice.

Six good ones leave Thursday. Spielberg's wonder, Zoey Deutch going to LA for Jon Hamm, John Early's unhinged debut, a S...
07/21/2026

Six good ones leave Thursday.

Spielberg's wonder, Zoey Deutch going to LA for Jon Hamm, John Early's unhinged debut, a Spanish coming-of-age, a camp with a voice in the woods, and Glasgow showing up for its neighbors.

National Arthouse Theater Day is July 30, and we're calling all movie lovers to show up for their local cinema. We're sc...
07/21/2026

National Arthouse Theater Day is July 30, and we're calling all movie lovers to show up for their local cinema. We're screening Boots Riley's Sorry to Bother You on Bay St.

Come make a statement. Come see a movie. Come be part of something.

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1318 Bay Street
Bellingham, WA
98225

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+13607380735

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