Movie Matinees for All Ages 2019
Ongoing
Treat the family to an afternoon at the movies.
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The Adventures of Prince Achmed
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The Wizard of Oz
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Films - Past
Films - Past
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Past Films
The Gold Rush
Charles Chaplin
United States, 1925, reedited 1942Recommended for ages 8 & up
Friday, December 28 2:30 PMView DetailsA hapless prospector tries his luck in the frozen north in a film that glitters with some of Charlie Chaplin’s most memorable nuggets of comedy.
The Gold Rush
Charles Chaplin
United States, 1925, reedited 1942Recommended for ages 8 & up
Saturday, January 19 3:30 PMView DetailsA hapless prospector tries his luck in the frozen north in a film that glitters with some of Charlie Chaplin’s most memorable nuggets of comedy.
Alamar
Pedro González-Rubio
Mexico, 2009Recommended for ages 10 & up
Saturday, February 16 2:30 PMView DetailsThis effortlessly beautiful film follows a Mayan father and his young son as they spend a summer working (and playing) along the Mexican Caribbean coast.
Work and Play: Three Charlie Chaplin Shorts
Recommended for ages 7 & up
Saturday, March 16 3 PMView DetailsSpend an old-fashioned afternoon at the movies with three shorts that find Charlie Chaplin’s character at work and at play: Sunnyside, A Day’s Pleasure, and Pay Day.
March of the Penguins
Luc Jacquet
France, 2005Recommended for ages 6 & up
Saturday, May 4 3 PMView DetailsFollow the exploits of emperor penguins as they migrate, search for food, raise their young, and waddle about the ice in this documentary, one of the biggest nonfiction hits of the 2000s. Presented with English narration by Morgan Freeman.
Song of the Sea
Tomm Moore
Ireland, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Denmark, 2014Recommended for ages 7 & up
Saturday, June 22 3 PMView DetailsThe director behind The Secret of Kells returns with a gorgeous animation inspired by Irish legends and Celtic folk art. This Miyazaki-like wonder is “one of the most blissfully beautiful animated films ever made” (Toronto Review).
The Black Stallion
Carroll Ballard
United States, 1979Digital Restoration
Recommended for ages 7 & upSaturday, July 27 3:30 PMView DetailsA young boy’s friendship with a wild stallion anchors this mesmerizing adaptation of the classic novel. “May be the greatest children’s movie ever made” (Pauline Kael).
The White Balloon
Jafar Panahi
Iran, 1995Imported Print
Recommended for ages 7 & upSaturday, August 31 3:30 PMView DetailsA seven-year-old girl navigates the busy streets of Tehran while trying to buy a goldfish in the utterly charming debut of Jafar Panahi (3 Faces). Cowritten by Abbas Kiarostami, it’s “a reminder that the simplest forms of filmmaking can be the most satisfying” (Los Angeles Times).
Ernest & Celestine
Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner
France, Belgium, Luxembourg, 2012Recommended for ages 8 & up
Saturday, September 28 3:30 PMView DetailsNominated for Best Animated Feature at the 2012 Oscars, this magical film (inspired by the Belgian children’s books) follows Celestine the mouse, a dentist-in-training, and Ernestine the bear, a musician and poet.
Green Days
Ahn Jae-hoon, Han Hye-jin
South Korea, 2011Free Admission!
Recommended for ages 10 & upSunday, September 29 3:30 PMAhn Jae-hoon in PersonView DetailsThree high schoolers come of age in a small Korean town in this warmhearted, hand-drawn animated feature, presented in conjunction with Korea Week 2019.
CANCELED—Abbas Kiarostami: Five Short Films
Canceled
This screening has been canceled due to the UC Berkeley campus power shutdown. Please watch this page for updates on rescheduling and ticket refund information.Digital Restorations
Recommended for ages 10 & upSaturday, October 26 3 PMView DetailsAnyone curious about what episodes of Sesame Street would look like if they were directed by one of the world’s greatest filmmakers should catch this collection of shorts by Kiarostami, made for an Iranian children’s cultural institute.
M. Hulot's Holiday
Jacques Tati
France, 1953Recommended for ages 9 & up
Sunday, October 27 2 PMView DetailsThis cinematic postcard from a seaside summer resort is “the most important comic work in world cinema since the Marx Brothers and W. C. Fields . . . an event in the history of sound film” (André Bazin).
Free Screening: Films by Sally Cruikshank
Free Admission!
Recommended for ages 7 & upSunday, November 3 3 PMView DetailsEnjoy the wildly colorful, wonderfully detailed films of animator Sally Cruikshank, including the psychedelic classic Quasi at the Quackadero and her musical animations for Sesame Street.
My Uncle
Jacques Tati
France, Italy, 1958English Version
Recommended for ages 10 & upSaturday, November 16 3 PMView DetailsThe wonders of an ultramodern house come in for classic Tati mockery. “Slapstick heaven” (New Yorker).
M. Hulot's Holiday
Jacques Tati
France, 1953Recommended for ages 9 & up
Friday, November 29 1:30 PMView DetailsThis cinematic postcard from a seaside summer resort is “the most important comic work in world cinema since the Marx Brothers and W. C. Fields . . . an event in the history of sound film” (André Bazin).
The Wizard of Oz
Victor Fleming
United States, 1939Recommended for ages 5 & up
Saturday, November 30 1:30 PMView DetailsWhat better activity for a holiday weekend than a trip down the Yellow Brick Road with Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion, and the Tin Woodsman? Experience this enduring classic the old-fashioned way, in a 35mm print.
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
Lotte Reiniger
Germany, 1926Hand-Tinted 35mm Print
Recommended for ages 7 & upSaturday, December 28 3 PMJudith Rosenberg on pianoView DetailsOne of the world’s first animated features, Reiniger’s enchanting work uses intricate silhouettes to enact a tale from the Arabian Nights. It offers “exquisite craftsmanship, balletic movement, expressive romanticism, and moments of potent sensuousness and poetry” (Time Out).
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