A Theater Near You
9/1/07 to 10/27/07
PFA keeps the Bay Area tradition of vibrant repertory programming alive with this ongoing showcase for international festival hits, documentary discoveries, and recent restorations of beloved classics.
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Lights in the Dusk, October 12, 13
- Upcoming
Films - Past
Films - Past
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Past Films
Le Doulos
Saturday, September 1 6:30 PM"For fans of classic hard-boiled crime cinema, nothing compete[s] with the crystalline new black-and-white print of . . . Jean-Pierre Melville's most influential film."-Salon. Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. Repeated on Sunday, September 2.View DetailsBob le Flambeur
Saturday, September 1 8:40 PM"The cinematic Birth of the Cool, Melville's drollest, most likable gangster movie. . . . Exceedingly light on its feet."-Village VoiceView DetailsLights in the Dusk
Friday, October 12 9:00 PMThe conclusion of Aki Kaurismäki's "loser trilogy" is a lushly colored noir with the oddball lyricism of a Finnish tango. Repeated on Saturday, October 13.View DetailsManufactured Landscapes
Sunday, October 14 4:30 PMA pictorially ravishing tour of China's devastated industrial landscapes with photographer Edward Burtynsky.View DetailsHalf Moon
Thursday, October 18 7:30 PMKurdish musicians attempt the journey from Iranian to Iraqi Kurdistan in this marvelous paean to the power and political vulnerability of music, directed by Bahman Ghobadi (Turtles Can Fly). Repeated on Saturday, October 20.View DetailsKiller of Sheep
Thursday, October 25 7:30 PMCharles Burnett's poetic evocation of working-class Watts. "In its crystalline restoration . . . Killer of Sheep can be seen (and reseen) as a great-the greatest-cinematic tone poem of American urban life."-New York. Repeated on Saturday, October 27.View Details
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