Limited Engagements & Special Screenings 2017
Limited Engagements & Special Screenings 2017
Ongoing
Recent releases, restored classics, and special guests grace the Barbro Osher Theater.
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Faces Places
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Blow-Up
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Unforgiven
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Mildred Pierce
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California Typewriter
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Dolores
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Films - Past
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Past Films
Tampopo
Juzo Itami
Japan, 1986New 4K Restoration
Friday, January 20 7 PMView DetailsJuzo Itami’s hit Japanese satire of samurai films and Westerns, one of the best-loved foodie films ever made. “Gleefully sensual and inventive” (Film Comment).
Tampopo
Juzo Itami
Japan, 1986New 4K Restoration
Saturday, January 21 8:15 PMView DetailsJuzo Itami’s hit Japanese satire of samurai films and Westerns, one of the best-loved foodie films ever made. “Gleefully sensual and inventive” (Film Comment).
Tampopo
Juzo Itami
Japan, 1986New 4K Restoration
Friday, January 27 4 PMView DetailsJuzo Itami’s hit Japanese satire of samurai films and Westerns, one of the best-loved foodie films ever made. “Gleefully sensual and inventive” (Film Comment).
In the Last Days of the City
Tamer El Said
Egypt/Germany, 2016East Bay Premiere
Friday, January 27 7:30 PMView DetailsA personal portrait of Cairo during the fall of the Mubarak regime, and a snapshot of the Arab Spring. “A city requiem rather than a city symphony” (Variety).
The Battle of Algiers
Gillo Pontecorvo
Italy/Algeria, 1966New 4K Restoration
Saturday, January 28 5:30 PMView DetailsOne of the best films on revolution ever made, Pontecorvo’s agit-prop classic concerns Algeria’s struggle for independence against its French overlords. “A masterpiece! Surely the most harrowing political epic ever!” (New Yorker).
In the Last Days of the City
Tamer El Said
Egypt/Germany, 2016East Bay Premiere
Sunday, January 29 4 PMView DetailsA personal portrait of Cairo during the fall of the Mubarak regime, and a snapshot of the Arab Spring. “A city requiem rather than a city symphony” (Variety).
In the Last Days of the City
Tamer El Said
Egypt/Germany, 2016East Bay Premiere
Friday, February 3 4 PMView DetailsA personal portrait of Cairo during the fall of the Mubarak regime, and a snapshot of the Arab Spring. “A city requiem rather than a city symphony” (Variety).
The Battle of Algiers
Gillo Pontecorvo
Italy/Algeria, 1966New 4K Restoration
Saturday, February 4 8:15 PMView DetailsOne of the best films on revolution ever made, Pontecorvo’s agit-prop classic concerns Algeria’s struggle for independence against its French overlords. “A masterpiece! Surely the most harrowing political epic ever!” (New Yorker).
One-Eyed Jacks
Marlon Brando
United States, 1961New 4K Restoration
Friday, February 10 7 PMView DetailsMarlon Brando's first and only directorial effort, a Freudian Western loosely based on the legend of Billy the Kid. "Mean, moody, and magnificent" (Time Out).
One-Eyed Jacks
Marlon Brando
United States, 1961New 4K Restoration
Friday, February 17 4 PMView DetailsMarlon Brando's first and only directorial effort, a Freudian Western loosely based on the legend of Billy the Kid. "Mean, moody, and magnificent" (Time Out).
One-Eyed Jacks
Marlon Brando
United States, 1961New 4K Restoration
Saturday, February 25 7:30 PMView DetailsMarlon Brando's first and only directorial effort, a Freudian Western loosely based on the legend of Billy the Kid. "Mean, moody, and magnificent" (Time Out).
Chan Is Missing
Wayne Wang
United States, 1982New 35mm Print
Thursday, March 2 7 PMWayne Wang in personView DetailsTouted as the first all–Chinese American feature film, Wang’s irreverent, refreshingly authentic movie follows two cab drivers searching S.F.’s Chinatown for an elusive flim-flam man. “A small, whimsical treasure of a film” (Roger Ebert). With Wang’s short Dim Sum Take-Out.
King of Jazz
John Murray Anderson
United States, 1930New 4K Digital Restoration
Sunday, March 5 4:45 PMView DetailsOne of Hollywood’s most ambitious musicals, featuring the top jazz orchestras and dancers of the day, is brought back to life in this dazzling restoration from the original two-color Technicolor negative.
King of Jazz
John Murray Anderson
United States, 1930New 4K Digital Restoration
Friday, March 10 4 PMView DetailsOne of Hollywood’s most ambitious musicals, featuring the top jazz orchestras and dancers of the day, is brought back to life in this dazzling restoration from the original two-color Technicolor negative.
King of Jazz
John Murray Anderson
United States, 1930New 4K Digital Restoration
Saturday, March 11 4 PMView DetailsOne of Hollywood’s most ambitious musicals, featuring the top jazz orchestras and dancers of the day, is brought back to life in this dazzling restoration from the original two-color Technicolor negative.
The Great Dictator
Charles Chaplin
United States, 1940Friday, March 24 4 PMView DetailsChaplin takes on that other famous guy with a small black moustache. “A time capsule, a timeless document and a profound work of conscience. . . . See it with a crowd” (San Francisco Chronicle).
Gerhard Richter Painting
Corinna Belz
Germany, 2011Saturday, March 25 4 PMView DetailsThis strikingly visual document of artist Gerhard Richter’s creative process is “a must-see for followers of contemporary painting” (Hollywood Reporter).
The Great Dictator
Charles Chaplin
United States, 1940Sunday, March 26 6:30 PMView DetailsChaplin takes on that other famous guy with a small black moustache. “A time capsule, a timeless document and a profound work of conscience. . . . See it with a crowd” (San Francisco Chronicle).
The Great Dictator
Charles Chaplin
United States, 1940Thursday, March 30 7 PMView DetailsChaplin takes on that other famous guy with a small black moustache. “A time capsule, a timeless document and a profound work of conscience. . . . See it with a crowd” (San Francisco Chronicle).
Gerhard Richter Painting
Corinna Belz
Germany, 2011Friday, March 31 4 PMView DetailsThis strikingly visual document of artist Gerhard Richter’s creative process is “a must-see for followers of contemporary painting” (Hollywood Reporter).
Gerhard Richter Painting
Corinna Belz
Germany, 2011Saturday, April 1 4 PMView DetailsThis strikingly visual document of artist Gerhard Richter’s creative process is “a must-see for followers of contemporary painting” (Hollywood Reporter).
My Love Affair with the Brain: The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond
Catherine Ryan, Gary Weimberg
United States, 2016Saturday, April 22 2 PMCo-directors Catherine Ryan and Gary Weimberg will introduce the 4/22 screening, and introduce and lead a discussion following the 4/28 screening.View DetailsThis biography-cum-scientific adventure is a fascinating, engaging voyage into the human brain and the work of UCB professor emeritus Marian Diamond, one of the founders of modern neuroscience.
Amarcord
Federico Fellini
Italy, 1974Sunday, April 23 7 PMView DetailsFellini’s free-spirited portrait of Rimini in the 1930s, when fascism was a fact of life, shines in this new print. “A film of exhilarating beauty” (New York Times).
My Love Affair with the Brain: The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond
Catherine Ryan, Gary Weimberg
United States, 2016Friday, April 28 4 PMCo-directors Catherine Ryan and Gary Weimberg will introduce the 4/22 screening, and introduce and lead a discussion following the 4/28 screening.View DetailsThis biography-cum-scientific adventure is a fascinating, engaging voyage into the human brain and the work of UCB professor emeritus Marian Diamond, one of the founders of modern neuroscience.
Amarcord
Federico Fellini
Italy, 1974Saturday, April 29 5:30 PMView DetailsFellini’s free-spirited portrait of Rimini in the 1930s, when fascism was a fact of life, shines in this new print. “A film of exhilarating beauty” (New York Times).
Amarcord
Federico Fellini
Italy, 1974Saturday, May 13 8 PMView DetailsFellini’s free-spirited portrait of Rimini in the 1930s, when fascism was a fact of life, shines in this new print. “A film of exhilarating beauty” (New York Times).
Kedi
Ceyda Torun
Turkey, United States, 2016Wednesday, June 7 7 PMView DetailsA “splendidly graceful and quietly magical documentary about the multifaceted feline population of Istanbul” (Variety).
Kedi
Ceyda Torun
Turkey, United States, 2016Friday, June 9 6:30 PMView DetailsA “splendidly graceful and quietly magical documentary about the multifaceted feline population of Istanbul” (Variety).
Kedi
Ceyda Torun
Turkey, United States, 2016Sunday, June 11 5 PMView DetailsA “splendidly graceful and quietly magical documentary about the multifaceted feline population of Istanbul” (Variety).
Notes on Blindness
Peter Middleton, James Spinney
United Kingdom, France, 2016Saturday, June 17 6:30 PMView DetailsA taped journal that theologian John Hull (1935–2015) kept after the onset of blindness in 1980 forms the basis of this “beautiful, accessible, and thoughtful work of art” (The Guardian).
An Evening with Sophie Calle
Thursday, June 22 7 PMView DetailsCombining a key early work, a recent documentary, and an in-person discussion, this special evening provides an unparalleled introduction to one of the world’s leading contemporary artists. Featuring No Sex Last Night and the documentary Sophie Calle, Untitled.
Notes on Blindness
Peter Middleton, James Spinney
United Kingdom, France, 2016Saturday, June 24 8:30 PMView DetailsA taped journal that theologian John Hull (1935–2015) kept after the onset of blindness in 1980 forms the basis of this “beautiful, accessible, and thoughtful work of art” (The Guardian).
Panique
Julien Duvivier
France, 1947New Digital Restoration
Sunday, July 2 4:30 PMView DetailsDuvivier’s long-unseen Simenon adaptation, starring Michel Simon and Viviane Romance, is an “allegory of wartime collaborationism and the cruel madness of rumor, fear and spite” (Village Voice).
Revolution: New Art for a New World
Margy Kinmonth
United Kingdom, 2016Saturday, July 8 6:30 PMView Details“Stunning research and archive footage conjures Revolutionary Russia and the courage of artists in the avant-garde” (State Magazine).
Revolution: New Art for a New World
Margy Kinmonth
United Kingdom, 2016Sunday, July 9 5 PMView Details“Stunning research and archive footage conjures Revolutionary Russia and the courage of artists in the avant-garde” (State Magazine).
Panique
Julien Duvivier
France, 1947New Digital Restoration
Friday, July 14 6:30 PMView DetailsDuvivier’s long-unseen Simenon adaptation, starring Michel Simon and Viviane Romance, is an “allegory of wartime collaborationism and the cruel madness of rumor, fear and spite” (Village Voice).
Revolution: New Art for a New World
Margy Kinmonth
United Kingdom, 2016Saturday, July 15 6:30 PMView Details“Stunning research and archive footage conjures Revolutionary Russia and the courage of artists in the avant-garde” (State Magazine).
Panique
Julien Duvivier
France, 1947New Digital Restoration
Saturday, July 15 8:15 PMView DetailsDuvivier’s long-unseen Simenon adaptation, starring Michel Simon and Viviane Romance, is an “allegory of wartime collaborationism and the cruel madness of rumor, fear and spite” (Village Voice).
An Evening with Ernie Gehr
Wednesday, July 19 7 PMView DetailsAs part of Canyon Cinema’s fiftieth-anniversary celebrations, Gehr makes a rare visit to the Bay Area to present a selection of his recent digital films: Picture Taking, Autumn, Transport, and A Commuter’s Life (What a Life!).
Panique
Julien Duvivier
France, 1947New Digital Restoration
Saturday, July 29 8 PMView DetailsDuvivier’s long-unseen Simenon adaptation, starring Michel Simon and Viviane Romance, is an “allegory of wartime collaborationism and the cruel madness of rumor, fear and spite” (Village Voice).
Obit.
Vanessa Gould
United States, 2016Friday, August 11 8:30 PMView Details“An entertaining inside look at the obituary writers of The New York Times. . . . [This] doc makes a strong case for the well-wrought obituary as something of an art form” (Film Journal International).
Obit.
Vanessa Gould
United States, 2016Sunday, August 13 5 PMView Details“An entertaining inside look at the obituary writers of The New York Times. . . . [This] doc makes a strong case for the well-wrought obituary as something of an art form” (Film Journal International).
Obit.
Vanessa Gould
United States, 2016Sunday, August 20 7 PMView Details“An entertaining inside look at the obituary writers of The New York Times. . . . [This] doc makes a strong case for the well-wrought obituary as something of an art form” (Film Journal International).
Il Boom
Vittorio De Sica
Italy, 1963Digital Restoration
Bay Area Theatrical Premiere!Friday, September 1 6:30 PMView DetailsThe director of The Bicycle Thief shows off his comic side in this hilarious sendup of Italy’s early 1960s economic miracle, starring the great Italian comic Alberto Sordi and finally released theatrically in the US after over fifty years.
Il Boom
Vittorio De Sica
Italy, 1963Digital Restoration
Bay Area Theatrical Premiere!Saturday, September 2 6 PMView DetailsThe director of The Bicycle Thief shows off his comic side in this hilarious sendup of Italy’s early 1960s economic miracle, starring the great Italian comic Alberto Sordi and finally released theatrically in the US after over fifty years.
Stalker
Andrei Tarkovsky
USSR, 1979Digital Restoration
Saturday, September 9 7 PMView DetailsA writer, a scientist, and their “stalker” guide venture into a mysterious wasteland known as the Zone. “A dense, complex, often contradictory, and endlessly pliable allegory about human consciousness” (Slant).
Il Boom
Vittorio De Sica
Italy, 1963Digital Restoration
Bay Area Theatrical Premiere!Sunday, September 10 7 PMView DetailsThe director of The Bicycle Thief shows off his comic side in this hilarious sendup of Italy’s early 1960s economic miracle, starring the great Italian comic Alberto Sordi and finally released theatrically in the US after over fifty years.
Serenade for Haiti
Owsley Brown
United States, 2016Friday, September 15 7:30 PMOwsley Brown in Person (September 15 screening only)View DetailsShot over a period of years both before and after Haiti’s deadly 2010 earthquake, this vibrant documentary testifies to the role of music in creating community and sustaining hope under the most difficult of circumstances.
Le bonheur
Agnès Varda
France, 1965BAMPFA Collection Print
Saturday, September 16 5:30 PMView DetailsAgnès Varda’s strikingly colorful, lyrical film examines a love triangle within a circular structure.
Le bonheur
Agnès Varda
France, 1965BAMPFA Collection Print
Friday, September 22 4 PMView DetailsAgnès Varda’s strikingly colorful, lyrical film examines a love triangle within a circular structure.
Stalker
Andrei Tarkovsky
USSR, 1979Digital Restoration
Friday, September 22 7 PMView DetailsA writer, a scientist, and their “stalker” guide venture into a mysterious wasteland known as the Zone. “A dense, complex, often contradictory, and endlessly pliable allegory about human consciousness” (Slant).
Il Boom
Vittorio De Sica
Italy, 1963Digital Restoration
Bay Area Theatrical Premiere!Saturday, September 23 6 PMView DetailsThe director of The Bicycle Thief shows off his comic side in this hilarious sendup of Italy’s early 1960s economic miracle, starring the great Italian comic Alberto Sordi and finally released theatrically in the US after over fifty years.
Serenade for Haiti
Owsley Brown
United States, 2016Sunday, September 24 3 PMOwsley Brown in Person (September 15 screening only)View DetailsShot over a period of years both before and after Haiti’s deadly 2010 earthquake, this vibrant documentary testifies to the role of music in creating community and sustaining hope under the most difficult of circumstances.
Il Boom
Vittorio De Sica
Italy, 1963Digital Restoration
Bay Area Theatrical Premiere!Friday, September 29 4 PMView DetailsThe director of The Bicycle Thief shows off his comic side in this hilarious sendup of Italy’s early 1960s economic miracle, starring the great Italian comic Alberto Sordi and finally released theatrically in the US after over fifty years.
Serenade for Haiti
Owsley Brown
United States, 2016Saturday, September 30 6:15 PMOwsley Brown in Person (September 15 screening only)View DetailsShot over a period of years both before and after Haiti’s deadly 2010 earthquake, this vibrant documentary testifies to the role of music in creating community and sustaining hope under the most difficult of circumstances.
Serenade for Haiti
Owsley Brown
United States, 2016Sunday, October 8 2 PMOwsley Brown in Person (September 15 screening only)View DetailsShot over a period of years both before and after Haiti’s deadly 2010 earthquake, this vibrant documentary testifies to the role of music in creating community and sustaining hope under the most difficult of circumstances.
Horse Feathers
Norman McLeod
United States, 1932Friday, October 20 4 PMView DetailsBAMPFA celebrates Homecoming Weekend with this perennial favorite in which college president Groucho and the other Marx Brothers wreak havoc on higher education.
Horse Feathers
Norman McLeod
United States, 1932Saturday, October 21 4:30 PMView DetailsBAMPFA celebrates Homecoming Weekend with this perennial favorite in which college president Groucho and the other Marx Brothers wreak havoc on higher education.
Horse Feathers
Norman McLeod
United States, 1932Sunday, October 22 2 PMView DetailsBAMPFA celebrates Homecoming Weekend with this perennial favorite in which college president Groucho and the other Marx Brothers wreak havoc on higher education.
The End of the Ottoman Empire
Mathilde Damoisel, Sylvie Jézéquel
France, Switzerland, 2016Film to Table dinner follows the November 4 screening
Saturday, November 4 5 PMView DetailsBack by popular demand! This new documentary offers an overview of the Ottoman Empire and its decline, the essential backstory of our world today.
The End of the Ottoman Empire
Mathilde Damoisel, Sylvie Jézéquel
France, Switzerland, 2016Film to Table dinner follows the November 4 screening
Friday, November 10 4 PMView DetailsBack by popular demand! This new documentary offers an overview of the Ottoman Empire and its decline, the essential backstory of our world today.
Almost Sunrise
Michael Collins
US, 2016Veterans Day screening cosponsored by KQED and the Cal Veteran Services Center at UC Berkeley
Saturday, November 11 4:30 PMMichael Collins, Tom Voss, Anthony Anderson, Marty Syjuco, and Rita Nakashima Brock in PersonView DetailsThis documentary follows two friends as they walk from Wisconsin to California to bring attention to the plight of veterans of the Afghan and Iraq wars. “Deepen[s] the picture of what troubles many veterans” (New York Times).
Dolores
Peter Bratt
US, 2017Sunday, November 12 7 PMView DetailsPeter Bratt’s intimate yet universal documentary profiles one of the US’s most dedicated community organizers, Dolores Huerta (cofounder of the United Farm Workers), and reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one’s life to social justice.
Dolores
Peter Bratt
US, 2017Saturday, November 18 3:30 PMView DetailsPeter Bratt’s intimate yet universal documentary profiles one of the US’s most dedicated community organizers, Dolores Huerta (cofounder of the United Farm Workers), and reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one’s life to social justice.
Blow-Up
Michelangelo Antonioni
United Kingdom, 1966New Digital Restoration
Saturday, November 18 8 PMView Details“Set in a vividly mod Swinging London, Antonioni’s first English-language film [is] a cryptic murder mystery . . . a landmark of the decade’s observational outrage and Pop disposability” (Time Out).
The End of the Ottoman Empire
Mathilde Damoisel, Sylvie Jézéquel
France, Switzerland, 2016Film to Table dinner follows the November 4 screening
Sunday, November 19 2:30 PMView DetailsBack by popular demand! This new documentary offers an overview of the Ottoman Empire and its decline, the essential backstory of our world today.
Dolores
Peter Bratt
US, 2017Friday, November 24 5:30 PMView DetailsPeter Bratt’s intimate yet universal documentary profiles one of the US’s most dedicated community organizers, Dolores Huerta (cofounder of the United Farm Workers), and reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one’s life to social justice.
Blow-Up
Michelangelo Antonioni
United Kingdom, 1966New Digital Restoration
Friday, November 24 7:30 PMView Details“Set in a vividly mod Swinging London, Antonioni’s first English-language film [is] a cryptic murder mystery . . . a landmark of the decade’s observational outrage and Pop disposability” (Time Out).
Blow-Up
Michelangelo Antonioni
United Kingdom, 1966New Digital Restoration
Friday, December 1 7 PMView Details“Set in a vividly mod Swinging London, Antonioni’s first English-language film [is] a cryptic murder mystery . . . a landmark of the decade’s observational outrage and Pop disposability” (Time Out).
The End of the Ottoman Empire
Mathilde Damoisel, Sylvie Jézéquel
France, Switzerland, 2016Film to Table dinner follows the November 4 screening
Saturday, December 2 4 PMView DetailsBack by popular demand! This new documentary offers an overview of the Ottoman Empire and its decline, the essential backstory of our world today.
Dolores
Peter Bratt
US, 2017Sunday, December 3 2:30 PMView DetailsPeter Bratt’s intimate yet universal documentary profiles one of the US’s most dedicated community organizers, Dolores Huerta (cofounder of the United Farm Workers), and reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one’s life to social justice.
Faces Places
Agnès Varda, JR
France, 2017Friday, December 8 7 PMView DetailsForever young-at-heart filmmaker (and French New Wave legend) Agnès Varda teams up with hipster artist JR on a road trip across rural France. A first-rate achievement in Varda’s brilliant career.
Faces Places
Agnès Varda, JR
France, 2017Wednesday, December 13 7 PMView DetailsForever young-at-heart filmmaker (and French New Wave legend) Agnès Varda teams up with hipster artist JR on a road trip across rural France. A first-rate achievement in Varda’s brilliant career.
Mildred Pierce
Michael Curtiz
US, 1945New Digital Restoration
Friday, December 15 7 PMView DetailsJoan Crawford won an Oscar for her driven performance in this noir melodrama that exposed the nightmare side of upward mobility and domestic virtue.
California Typewriter
Doug Nichol
United States, 2016Saturday, December 16 3:30 PMView DetailsThis hymn to the ordinary typewriter is also a portrait of the countless artists, writers, and collectors (including Tom Hanks and Sam Shepard) who remain steadfast in their love and loyalty. “Pure typewriter heaven” (Don DeLillo).
Faces Places
Agnès Varda, JR
France, 2017Sunday, December 17 4 PMView DetailsForever young-at-heart filmmaker (and French New Wave legend) Agnès Varda teams up with hipster artist JR on a road trip across rural France. A first-rate achievement in Varda’s brilliant career.
California Typewriter
Doug Nichol
United States, 2016Friday, December 22 4 PMView DetailsThis hymn to the ordinary typewriter is also a portrait of the countless artists, writers, and collectors (including Tom Hanks and Sam Shepard) who remain steadfast in their love and loyalty. “Pure typewriter heaven” (Don DeLillo).
Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood
US, 1992New Digital Restoration
Friday, December 22 7 PMView DetailsClint Eastwood’s Western opus chronicles a retired, reformed gunman roped back into action by a much younger (and dumber) man. “A tense, hard-edged, superbly dramatic yarn” (Todd McCarthy, Variety).
California Typewriter
Doug Nichol
United States, 2016Saturday, December 23 3:30 PMView DetailsThis hymn to the ordinary typewriter is also a portrait of the countless artists, writers, and collectors (including Tom Hanks and Sam Shepard) who remain steadfast in their love and loyalty. “Pure typewriter heaven” (Don DeLillo).
Mildred Pierce
Michael Curtiz
US, 1945New Digital Restoration
Saturday, December 23 8:15 PMView DetailsJoan Crawford won an Oscar for her driven performance in this noir melodrama that exposed the nightmare side of upward mobility and domestic virtue.
Mildred Pierce
Michael Curtiz
US, 1945New Digital Restoration
Wednesday, December 27 2 PMView DetailsJoan Crawford won an Oscar for her driven performance in this noir melodrama that exposed the nightmare side of upward mobility and domestic virtue.
California Typewriter
Doug Nichol
United States, 2016Thursday, December 28 2 PMView DetailsThis hymn to the ordinary typewriter is also a portrait of the countless artists, writers, and collectors (including Tom Hanks and Sam Shepard) who remain steadfast in their love and loyalty. “Pure typewriter heaven” (Don DeLillo).
Faces Places
Agnès Varda, JR
France, 2017Thursday, December 28 4:30 PMView DetailsForever young-at-heart filmmaker (and French New Wave legend) Agnès Varda teams up with hipster artist JR on a road trip across rural France. A first-rate achievement in Varda’s brilliant career.
Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood
US, 1992New Digital Restoration
Friday, December 29 4 PMView DetailsClint Eastwood’s Western opus chronicles a retired, reformed gunman roped back into action by a much younger (and dumber) man. “A tense, hard-edged, superbly dramatic yarn” (Todd McCarthy, Variety).