Week of January 12, 2014

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Sunday, January 12

Monday, January 13

Tuesday, January 14

Wednesday, January 15

Thursday, January 16

Thursday, January 16, 2014
7 pm
Gregory La Cava (U.S., 1936). In Gregory La Cava's cynical screwball comedy of New York socialites in search of authenticity, "it is the speed, the wit, and the insolence that are so rich” (David Thomson). (95 mins)

Friday, January 17

Friday, January 17, 2014
7:30pm
Satyajit Ray (India, 1955). 35mm Restored Print! Introduced by Josef Lindner. Ravi Shankar provides the score for Ray's debut film, a tale of a young boy in an impoverished Bengal village. The film won a special prize at Cannes: Best Human Document. (122 mins)

Saturday, January 18

Saturday, January 18, 2014
3 pm
Frederick Wiseman (U.S., 2013). For his latest film, Frederick Wiseman turned his lens on UC Berkeley to explore the current state of public education, higher learning, and the American middle class. "An uninhibited love poem to the idea of the university" (Richard Brody, The New Yorker). (244 mins)
Saturday, January 18, 2014
7:30pm
Satyajit Ray (India, 1956). 35mm Restored Print! Introduced by Josef Lindner. The second film in Satyajit Ray's beloved Apu Trilogy follows Apu's family as they travel to the holy city of Benares along the banks of the Ganges. “Graceful, insightful, and moving” (SF Chronicle). “The characterization of Apu lies in the heart of modern India” (SFIFF). (106 mins)