Next Stop: The Criterion Mobile Closet in Portland, Oregon
Since its debut in 2024 at the New York Film Festival, the Criterion Mobile Closet has made wildly successful stops in cities across the United States and Canada. For our first trip this year, in partnership with PAM CUT, Criterion is bringing the Mobile Closet to Portland, Oregon, in May—and visitors can look forward to some exciting additional programming, including a series of screenings and a live recording of Adventures in Moviegoing with Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, the actors, writers, and cocreators behind Portlandia. Read on for more details!
May 29–31: Criterion x PAM CUT
Location
SW Madison Street and South Park Blocks, across the street from the Portland Art Museum’s main entrance
Opening Hours
Friday, May 29: 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
Saturday, May 30: 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
Sunday, May 31: 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Stocked with more than 1,700 of the greatest films from around the world, the Criterion Collection Closet may offer more cinematic inspiration per square foot than any other place on the planet. Filmmakers, stars, and creative luminaries of all kinds come to Criterion to champion their favorite films in our popular Criterion Closet Picks video series.
Since we started taking the Closet out on the road, film lovers across the country have joined us to explore the collection and make their own Closet videos. Portland will be our eighth stop.
If you’re planning to join us in Portland, please sign up here to get important real-time updates on location, the opening and closing of our line, logistics, etc.
Please note: signing up here does not guarantee entry to our Mobile Closet experience.
Additional Programming
PAM CUT will present three films programmed by Criterion: Monterey Pop (May 23), Paris Is Burning (May 24), and Something Wild (May 30).
On Sunday, May 31, at 7 p.m., Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein will join us for a live recording of the Criterion Channel original series Adventures in Moviegoing. In this intimate conversation, the longtime collaborators will reflect on how they came to love cinema and on the movies that inspire them.
Buy tickets here!
Enjoy this teaser for our weekend in Portland!
Getting to the Mobile Closet
Public Transportation: Multiple bus, streetcar, and MAX light-rail lines will drop you off within a few short blocks of the museum. Use TriMet’s Trip Planner to map out the best transit route from your location.
Parking: Ample paid parking is available within a few blocks of the museum, including street parking, surface lots, and parking garages.
How It Works
- The Criterion Closet is stocked with every in-print edition from the Criterion Collection, including box sets, as well as all in-print releases from our Eclipse and Criterion Premieres lines.
- The Mobile Closet will be open to the general public until we reach capacity for the day.
- There is currently no reservation or advance ticketing system in place; just show up at the location at the designated time and take your place in line. Out of respect for the communities we visit, we thank you for arriving just before we form the line. Up to four people can share a Closet visit, so bring your friends or make friends in line! (We encourage group visits.)
- As long as supplies last, you’ll receive a Criterion tote bag and a printed pocket guide to the Criterion Collection.
- Use the pocket guide to find films you love from the Collection. The numbered order of the films in the guide matches the order of the films in the Closet so that you can easily find what you’re looking for once inside.
- If you don’t know what to choose, don’t worry! Just tell us about a film or filmmaker you love, and we’ll help you find something that fits you.
- Although we’ll have our camera rolling throughout the Closet visit, there’s absolutely no pressure to perform or talk about your selections. Your experience in the Closet is yours to create!
- If you would like to film or photograph your visit on your own camera or phone, you’re welcome to use our wall mount.
- Each Closet visit will last three minutes. Once the clock starts (spoiler: it’s when you enter!), you’ll have that time to explore the collection or talk about your selections. Don’t worry—the Criterion Closet team is there to help you find what you’re looking for, and if all you want to do is look around, that’s okay too!
- No purchase is required, but you are able to buy up to three items with our special Mobile Closet discount of 40 percent off. A limited amount of Criterion merch may also be available for purchase at the time of your visit. We accept credit cards only.
- At the end of every Closet visit, we take a Polaroid of our visitors with their selections, which will be yours to keep as a souvenir along with the tote bag and guide to the Collection, while supplies last.
- You might be featured on our social feeds, so keep an eye out and be sure to follow us on social media: Instagram, X, and Facebook.
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