Week of February 14, 2016

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Sunday, February 21

Sunday, February 21, 2016
11 AM-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

Sunday, February 21, 2016
1:30 PM
Maurice Pialat,
France,
1991,
(158 mins)

Imported 35mm Print!

The artist's world in the last two months of his life.
Sunday, February 21, 2016
2 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.
Sunday, February 21, 2016
4:45 PM
Charles Vidor,
United States,
1946,
(110 mins)

Digital Restoration

Rita Hayworth stars as a nightclub performer caught between her casino-owner husband and her ex-lover in perhaps the most polished of film noirs, with gorgeous camerawork by Rudolph Maté.
Also screens on February 17 as part of In Focus: The Role of Film Archives

Monday, February 22

Monday, February 22, 2016
7 PM
An evening of composer-performers including Evan Ziporyn, Christine Southworth, Amy X Neuburg, and Luciano Chessa.
Please note seating is very limited
Included with admission; advance tickets available onsite only.
Series Full 2016
Monday, February 22, 2016
7 PM
Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque,
Canada,
2013,
(95 mins)
Filmed during the split between Sudan and South Sudan, this poetic, hopeful, heartbreaking documentary introduces us to the people (and future) of the region. With Omani short Cholo.

Tuesday, February 23

Wednesday, February 24

Wednesday, February 24, 2016
12 PM
(90 mins)
Admission free. Please note that a ticket is required to visit the galleries.
Series Big Ideas
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
3:10 PM
(170 mins)

Lecture/screening class (3 hours). Special admission applies. 
Live Music / Judith Rosenberg on piano

Lecture by Jeff Lambert. Judith Rosenberg on piano The executive director of the National Film Preservation Foundation presents films the NFPF has helped preserve, including works by Gregory La Cava, Frank Stauffacher, Sid Laverents, and others.
General admission: $13.50; BAMPFA members: $9.50; UC Berkeley students: $7.50; Seniors, disabled persons, UC Berkeley faculty and staff, non-UC Berkeley students, and 18 & under: $10.50
  • Jeff Lambert
    Archival Practice, American Style
    Executive Director of the National Film Preservation Foundation
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
7 PM
Lucia Small, Ed Pincus,
United States,
2014,
(107 mins)
Renowned autobiographical filmmaker Ed Pincus returns to documentary cinema with this self-reflective look at mortality, relationships, and trauma, made in collaboration with Lucia Small. “Thorny, tender, and unvarnished” (LA Times).

Thursday, February 25

Thursday, February 25, 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 25, 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 25, 2016
6:30 PM
Thursday, February 25, 2016
7 PM
Eduardo Coutinho,
Brazil,
1984,
(119 mins)
Introduced by Natalia Brizuela In 1964 Coutinho was shooting a feature on a farmworkers’ union leader when filming stopped due to a military coup; twenty years later, he uncovers what has happened in the lives of the people involved.
  • Natalia Brizuela
    Introduction
    Guest curator Natalia Brizuela, who teaches in UC Berkeley’s Department of Spanish and Portuguese, edited a special issue of Film Quarterly dedicated to Coutinho’s films.

Friday, February 26

Friday, February 26, 2016
12:15 PM

Lunchtime Talk

UC Berkeley professor emeritus of anthropology and curator at the Hearst Museum of Anthropology Patrick V. Kirch discusses the intricate Marshall Islands navigational charts on view in Architecture of Life.
Included with admission
Friday, February 26, 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 26, 2016
6:30 PM
Maurice Pialat,
France,
1987,
(97 mins)

Imported 35mm Print!

Gérard Depardieu displays his range as an actor in this film about a parish priest for whom life is an endless struggle with Satan. Sandrine Bonnaire costars. Winner, Cannes Palme d'or.
Friday, February 26, 2016
8:15 PM
Maurice Pialat,
France,
1972,
(106 mins)
Pialat's daringly autobiographical story concerns a woman extricating herself from a partner who delights in degrading her. Jean Yanne, Marlène Jobert star.

Saturday, February 27

Saturday, February 27, 2016
1 PM
Catherine Ryan, Gary Weimberg,
United States,
2016,
(90 mins)

Special Preview

Followed by a panel, award presentation, and a reception in celebration of Dr. Diamond

Limited seating; please arrive early.
Admission free
  • Daniela Kaufer
    Introduction
    Associate Professor of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley
Saturday, February 27, 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 27, 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 27, 2016
6 PM
Eduardo Coutinho,
Brazil,
2007,
(107 mins)
Introduced by Brenno Kaneyasu Maranhão Twenty-three women speak about their lives; their stories provide the scripts for actresses who then play them, in Coutinho’s exploration of staging and acting.
  • Brenno Kaneyasu Maranhão
    Introduction
    Assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Southern California
Saturday, February 27, 2016
8:30 PM
Maurice Pialat,
France,
1980,
(105 mins)

Imported 35mm Print!

A bourgeoise leaves her husband for a working-class layabout in this absorbing study of desire.