Special Screenings
Special Screenings
Ongoing
Recent releases, restored classics, and special guests grace the Barbro Osher Theater.
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Charles Chaplin: Modern Times, 1936
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Maurice Pialat: La maison des bois, 1971
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Luchino Visconti: Bellissima, 1951
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Tsai Ming-liang: The Hole, 1998
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Luchino Visconti: White Nights, 1957
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Modern Times
Charles Chaplin
United States, 1936Recommended for ages 8 & up
Saturday, September 12, 4 PMView DetailsCharlie Chaplin’s politically outspoken film also contains some of his funniest scenes, in which he causes complete chaos simply by being human.
The Hole
Tsai Ming-liang
Taiwan, France, 1998New 35mm Print
Saturday, September 19, 7 PMView DetailsIn Taipei it’s the end of the world as we know it, thanks to a mysterious plague, but even the most alienated urbanite is dreaming of 1950s movie musicals in Tsai Ming-liang’s delirious exploration of modern isolation, quarantines, and dance numbers.
Bellissima
Luchino Visconti
Italy, 19514K Digital Restoration
Sunday, September 20, 4:30 PMView DetailsLuchino Visconti is in an unusually comic mode for this satire on urban life and movieland ambition. The incomparable Anna Magnani plays a mother trying to launch her young daughter in show business.
La maison des bois: Episodes 1–3
Maurice Pialat
France, 19714K Digital Restoration
Saturday, October 17, 2 PMView DetailsMaurice Pialat’s seven-part series La maison des bois, considered by many to be the director’s best film, is finally available for theatrical exhibition in this new 4K restoration.
White Nights
Luchino Visconti
Italy, France, 19574K Digital Restoration
Saturday, October 17, 6:30 PMView DetailsMarcello Mastroianni stars in a romantic, sublimely artificial adaptation of a Fyodor Dostoyevsky story about people drifting along crossing, doubling paths.
La maison des bois: Episodes 1–3
Maurice Pialat
France, 19714K Digital Restoration
Friday, October 23, 3:30 PMView DetailsMaurice Pialat’s seven-part series La maison des bois, considered by many to be the director’s best film, is finally available for theatrical exhibition in this new 4K restoration.
La maison des bois: Episodes 4–7
Maurice Pialat
France, 19714K Digital Restoration
Saturday, October 24, 2 PMView DetailsMaurice Pialat’s seven-part series La maison des bois, considered by many to be the director’s best film, is finally available for theatrical exhibition in this new 4K restoration.
La maison des bois: Episodes 4–7
Maurice Pialat
France, 19714K Digital Restoration
Friday, October 30, 2:30 PMView DetailsMaurice Pialat’s seven-part series La maison des bois, considered by many to be the director’s best film, is finally available for theatrical exhibition in this new 4K restoration.
CineSpin
Free admission. Tickets available at the admissions desk beginning at 6:30 PM.
Friday, November 20, 7:30 PMView DetailsJoin us for CineSpin, the BAMPFA Student Committee’s annual event featuring terrific UC Berkeley student musicians and/or DJs providing original live accompaniment for great movies.
Modern Times
Charles Chaplin
United States, 1936Recommended for ages 8 & up
Friday, November 27, 3:30 PMView DetailsCharlie Chaplin’s politically outspoken film also contains some of his funniest scenes, in which he causes complete chaos simply by being human.
Bellissima
Luchino Visconti
Italy, 19514K Digital Restoration
Saturday, November 28, 6:30 PMView DetailsLuchino Visconti is in an unusually comic mode for this satire on urban life and movieland ambition. The incomparable Anna Magnani plays a mother trying to launch her young daughter in show business.
White Nights
Luchino Visconti
Italy, France, 19574K Digital Restoration
Sunday, November 29, 2:30 PMView DetailsMarcello Mastroianni stars in a romantic, sublimely artificial adaptation of a Fyodor Dostoyevsky story about people drifting along crossing, doubling paths.
Past Films
Viridiana
Luis Buñuel
Spain, Mexico, 19614K Digital Restoration
Saturday, December 13 6:30 PMView DetailsViridiana (Silvia Pinal) dreams of becoming a nun until the attentions of her lecherous uncle change her path. Luis Buñuel’s irreverent vision of life as a beggar’s banquet is regarded by many as his masterpiece.
Such a Pretty Little Beach
Yves Allégret
France, 1949Digital Restoration
Thursday, December 18 7 PMJanuary 24 screening introduced by Polina BarskovaView Details“Marvelously photographed by Henri Alekan and arguably Gérard Philipe’s finest study of romantic despair” (David Thomson, Biographical Dictionary of Film).
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Lewis Milestone
United States, 1946Digital Restoration
Saturday, December 20 6 PMView DetailsThis masterful psychological noir thriller directed by Lewis Milestone stars a fiery Barbara Stanwyck. The screenplay by Robert Rossen is tight, tough, and cynical.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Lewis Milestone
United States, 1946Digital Restoration
Saturday, January 10 4 PMView DetailsThis masterful psychological noir thriller directed by Lewis Milestone stars a fiery Barbara Stanwyck. The screenplay by Robert Rossen is tight, tough, and cynical.
Cairo Station
Youssef Chahine
Egypt, 19584K Digital Restoration
Sunday, January 11 4:30 PMView DetailsCombining Italian neorealism, Egyptian romanticism, and overheated film noir, Cairo Station is unlike anything anyone had seen in 1958, or indeed today. With short Cairo as Seen by Chahine.
Viridiana
Luis Buñuel
Spain, Mexico, 19614K Digital Restoration
Wednesday, January 14 7 PMView DetailsViridiana (Silvia Pinal) dreams of becoming a nun until the attentions of her lecherous uncle change her path. Luis Buñuel’s irreverent vision of life as a beggar’s banquet is regarded by many as his masterpiece.
Such a Pretty Little Beach
Yves Allégret
France, 1949Digital Restoration
Saturday, January 24 4 PMJanuary 24 screening introduced by Polina BarskovaView Details“Marvelously photographed by Henri Alekan and arguably Gérard Philipe’s finest study of romantic despair” (David Thomson, Biographical Dictionary of Film).
My Undesirable Friends: Part 1—Last Air in Moscow: Crackdown Chapters 1–3
Julia Loktev
United States, 2024Chapters 4–5 screen Saturday, February 14, 4:15 PM & Friday, February 27, 7 PM
Saturday, February 14 12 PMView DetailsHailed as one of the must-see documentaries of the last year. “A scary and riveting portrait of Russia’s last independent news channel” (Lauren Wissot, IndieWire).
My Undesirable Friends: Part 1—Last Air in Moscow: First Week of War Chapters 4–5
Julia Loktev
United States, 2024Chapters 1–3 screen Saturday, February 14, 12 PM & Thursday, February 26, 7 PM
Saturday, February 14 4:15 PMView DetailsHailed as one of the must-see documentaries of the last year. “A scary and riveting portrait of Russia’s last independent news channel” (Lauren Wissot, IndieWire).
Cairo Station
Youssef Chahine
Egypt, 19584K Digital Restoration
Saturday, February 21 4:30 PMView DetailsCombining Italian neorealism, Egyptian romanticism, and overheated film noir, Cairo Station is unlike anything anyone had seen in 1958, or indeed today. With short Cairo as Seen by Chahine.
My Undesirable Friends: Part 1—Last Air in Moscow: Crackdown Chapters 1–3
Julia Loktev
United States, 2024Chapters 4–5 screen Saturday, February 14, 4:15 PM & Friday, February 27, 7 PM
Thursday, February 26 7 PMView DetailsHailed as one of the must-see documentaries of the last year. “A scary and riveting portrait of Russia’s last independent news channel” (Lauren Wissot, IndieWire).
My Undesirable Friends: Part 1—Last Air in Moscow: First Week of War Chapters 4–5
Julia Loktev
United States, 2024Chapters 1–3 screen Saturday, February 14, 12 PM & Thursday, February 26, 7 PM
Friday, February 27 7 PMView DetailsHailed as one of the must-see documentaries of the last year. “A scary and riveting portrait of Russia’s last independent news channel” (Lauren Wissot, IndieWire).
BAMPFA Student Committee Film Festival
Free admission. Tickets available at the admissions desk beginning at 6:30 PM.
Friday, April 10 7:30 PMStudent Filmmakers in PersonView DetailsA selection of outstanding student films from around the Bay Area.
Days and Nights in the Forest
Satyajit Ray
India, 19704K Digital Restoration
Sunday, April 12 4 PMView Details“Adapted from Sunil Gangopadhyay’s celebrated 1968 novel, Days and Nights in the Forest is one of director Satyajit Ray’s greatest achievements, a modern search for connection that conjures the timeless resonance of a folktale” (Janus Films).
Aurora’s Sunrise
Inna Sahakyan
Armenia, Germany, Lithuania, 2022Thursday, April 16 4 PMDzovinar Derderian and Myrna Douzjian in ConversationView DetailsThe film tells the true story of Aurora Mardiganian, a teenage survivor of the Armenian genocide, who escapes to the United States and becomes a silent-era Hollywood star to tell the world about the struggle of her nation.
Days and Nights in the Forest
Satyajit Ray
India, 19704K Digital Restoration
Saturday, May 9 7 PMView Details“Adapted from Sunil Gangopadhyay’s celebrated 1968 novel, Days and Nights in the Forest is one of director Satyajit Ray’s greatest achievements, a modern search for connection that conjures the timeless resonance of a folktale” (Janus Films).
Robert Wilson and the CIVIL warS
Howard Brookner
United States, 1986Digital Restoration
Sunday, May 10 4:30 PMView DetailsDirector Howard Brookner follows theater artist Robert Wilson (1941–2025), composers Philip Glass and David Byrne, and several production troupes over the course of the ill-fated epic historical opera’s conception.
Film and Video Makers at Cal: Works from the Eisner Competition 2026
Free admission. Tickets available at the admissions desk beginning at 1 PM.
Sunday, May 17 2 PMUC Berkeley Student Filmmakers in PersonView DetailsStudent filmmakers join us for a screening of this year’s prizewinners and honorable mentions in the film and video category of the Eisner Prize competition, UC Berkeley’s highest award for creative media making.
Two Prosecutors
Sergei Loznitsa
France, Germany, Netherlands, Latvia, Romania, Lithuania, 2025Friday, June 5 7 PMJune 5 screening introduced by Polina BarskovaView DetailsSergei Loznitsa’s latest triumph is a chilling, Kafka-esque thriller about the impunity of power and matter-of-fact horrors of fascism. “A darkly absurdist odyssey through the Soviet totalitarian nightmare” (Jessica Kiang, Variety).
West Coast Estonian Days: Rolling Papers
Meel Paliale
Estonia, 2024Thursday, June 25 7 PMRain Rannu in PersonView DetailsHapless rappers, stoned philosophers, film nerds, and even skinny-dippers search for meaning—or at least some warmth—in Tallin in this charming, well-received portrait of Estonian youth culture. With Natalia Mirzoyan’s animated short, Winter in March.
Two Prosecutors
Sergei Loznitsa
France, Germany, Netherlands, Latvia, Romania, Lithuania, 2025Sunday, June 28 4 PMJune 5 screening introduced by Polina BarskovaView DetailsSergei Loznitsa’s latest triumph is a chilling, Kafka-esque thriller about the impunity of power and matter-of-fact horrors of fascism. “A darkly absurdist odyssey through the Soviet totalitarian nightmare” (Jessica Kiang, Variety).
Book Launch with David Thomson + Pierrot le fou
Jean-Luc Godard
France, 1965Digital Restoration
Sunday, July 12 3 PMIntroduction and Post-Screening Book Signing by David ThomsonView DetailsDavid Thomson discusses his latest publication, A Sudden Flicker of Light, and presents Jean-Luc Godard’s audacious take on the lovers-on-the-run genre, Pierrot le fou, featuring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina.