Week of January 24, 2016

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Sunday, January 31

Sunday, January 31, 2016
11 AM
A free, all-day event to welcome the community to the new BAMPFA.
To ensure entry, reserve a timed ticket today (nominal service fee applies). A limited number of tickets will be available at the door.
Admission Free. Timed-ticked reservations recommended.

Monday, February 1

Tuesday, February 2

Wednesday, February 3

Wednesday, February 3, 2016
12 PM

In Conversation with Shannon Jackson

In this Big Ideas conversation, Nick Mathew discusses French composer Olivier Messiaen’s Des canyons aux etoiles (From the Canyons to the Stars) (1974) with Shannon Jackson.
Included with admission
  • Nick Mathew
    In Conversation
    Nicholas Mathew is a professor of music history at UC Berkeley whose work focuses on the relationships between music and politics in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: the place o
  • Shannon Jackson
    In Conversation
    Shannon Jackson is associate vice chancellor for the arts and design at UC Berkeley and a professor in the Departments of Rhetoric and of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies. Her work fo
Series Big Ideas
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
7:30 PM
Ingmar Bergman,
Sweden,
1957,
(96 mins)

New 35mm Print!

A medieval knight challenges Death to a game of chess in Ingmar Bergman’s iconic work of cinematic philosophy. 
Please note that the 7 PM screening on February 7 will be without guest introductions.
  • Barbro Osher
    Introduction by Barbro Osher
    Barbro Osher is the Honorary Consul General of Sweden
  • Linda Haverty Rugg
    Introduction by Linda Haverty Rugg
    A professor in the Department of Scandinavian at UC Berkeley, Linda Haverty Rugg has written extensively on Ingmar Bergman.

Thursday, February 4

Thursday, February 4, 2016
12:15 PM
Get more out of your visit with a guided tour of BAMPFA's inaugural exhibition, Architecture of Life.
Included with admission; no advance reservations necessary.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
4–7 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Visit the Art Lab to participate in an evolving series of hands-on projects with a focus on drawing, collage, prints, and books. For all ages.

Included with admission

Thursday, February 4, 2016
7 PM
Marlen Khutsiev,
USSR,
1962,
(197 mins)

35mm Imported Print!

Introduced by Tom Luddy This "poem of Moscow," one of the key works in Soviet film history, tells of three childhood friends from the old industrial region of the city.
  • Tom Luddy
    Introduced by Tom Luddy
    Tom Luddy was program director in 1972 and appointed as director and curator of the Pacific Film Archive in 1975, a post he held until 1980.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
All Day
Galleries free all day.
Admission free

Friday, February 5

Friday, February 5, 2016
12:15 PM

Lunchtime Talk

At this lunchtime talk, UC Berkeley associate professor of civil and environmental engineering Evan Variano responds to the drawings and models of late nineteenth-century Austrian naturalistand inventor Victor Schauberger.
Included with admission
Friday, February 5, 2016
4–9 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Visit the Art Lab to participate in an evolving series of hands-on projects with a focus on drawing, collage, prints, and books. For all ages.

Included with admission

Friday, February 5, 2016
6 PM
Get more out of your visit with a guided tour of BAMPFA's inaugural exhibition, Architecture of Life.
Included with admission; no advance reservations necessary.
Friday, February 5, 2016
6:30 PM
Maurice Pialat,
France,
1968,
(102 mins)

Imported 35mm Prints! 

A tender but unflinching study of an orphaned boy whose erratic, aggressive behavior leads him to be passed from one set of foster parents to another. With short Love Exists.
Friday, February 5, 2016
8:30 PM
(65 mins)
Introduced by Sheldon Renan A selection of classic short films drawn largely from the BAMPFA collection selected by founding PFA director Sheldon Renan.
  • Sheldon Renan
    Sheldon Renan was the founding director of the Pacific Film Archive, where he worked between 1967 and 1973; he is also well known for his writing on underground film.

Saturday, February 6

Saturday, February 6, 2016
11 AM–9 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Visit the Art Lab to participate in an evolving series of hands-on projects with a focus on drawing, collage, prints, and books. For all ages.

Included with admission

Saturday, February 6, 2016
2 PM
Take a guided tour to learn more about the design of the new BAMPFA.
No advance reservations necessary
Included with admission
Saturday, February 6, 2016
6:30 PM
(41 mins)
Introduced by Edith Kramer Three powerful films, Bruce Conner’s A Movie, George Kuchar’s Hold Me While I’m Naked, and Octavio Cortázar's For the First Time.
  • Edith Kramer
    Edith Kramer was assistant film curator at the Pacific Film Archive between 1975 and 1980 and served as acting director in 1980.
Saturday, February 6, 2016
8:00 PM
Douglas Sirk,
United States,
1957,
(91 mins)

New 35mm Print!

Introduced by Lynda Myles Reporter Rock's fascination with the marginal lives of fairground flier Stack and his wife Malone.
  • Lynda Myles
    Introduction by Lynda Myles
    Lynda Myles was director and curator of the Pacific Film Archive between 1980 and 1982 and is currently a film producer in London.