Week of March 13, 2016

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Sunday, March 20

Sunday, March 20, 2016
2:30 PM
Take a guided tour to learn more about the design of the new BAMPFA.
No advance reservations necessary
Included with admission
Sunday, March 20, 2016
4 PM
Carol Reed,
United Kingdom,
1960,
(111 mins)

New 4K Digital Restoration!

A vacuum-cleaner salesman in steamy Cuba becomes the intelligence source for the British Secret Service in this droll spy spoof written by Graham Greene, featuring Alec Guinness and Noel Coward.
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Sunday, March 20, 2016
4 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, March 20, 2016
6:30 PM
Luchino Visconti,
France, Italy,
1960,
(172 mins)

New 4k Digital Restoration!

Visconti’s masterwork about a southern Italian family seeking a better life in Milan has “the emotional sweep of a Verdi opera and the narrative density of a 19th-century novel” (NY Times). 
Sunday, March 20, 2016
All Day

Monday, March 21

Tuesday, March 22

Wednesday, March 23

Wednesday, March 23, 2016
7 PM
An exploration of the human voice with virtuoso singers Pamela Z, Richard Mix, and the Cornelius Cardew Choir.
Please note seating is very limited
Included with admission
Series Full 2016
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
7 PM
Luchino Visconti,
France, Italy,
1960,
(172 mins)

New 4k Digital Restoration!

Visconti’s masterwork about a southern Italian family seeking a better life in Milan has “the emotional sweep of a Verdi opera and the narrative density of a 19th-century novel” (NY Times). 

Thursday, March 24

Thursday, March 24, 2016
7 PM
Nuri Bilge Ceylan,
Turkey,
2014,
(196 mins)
Inspired by Dostoevsky, Ibsen, and Chekhov, Ceylan’s slow-burning masterpiece of fear and self-loathing among a well-off family in breathtakingly beautiful Cappadocia won the Palme d’Or at Cannes. 

Friday, March 25

Friday, March 25, 2016
6-8 PM
Friday, March 25, 2016
6:30 PM
Maurice Pialat,
France,
1983,
(102 mins)

Imported 35mm Print!

The "best film of the year" (Village Voice) revolves around a teenage girl (Sandrine Bonnaire) and her disruptive erotic power over her own family.
Friday, March 25, 2016
8:30 PM
Maurice Pialat,
France,
1995,
(102 mins)

Imported 35mm Print!

Gérard Depardieu once again shows his extraordinary range, this time as a Parisian deciding whether or not to leave his wife for his mistress. 

Saturday, March 26

Saturday, March 26, 2016
6 PM
Nuri Bilge Ceylan,
Turkey,
1997,
(102 mins)
Ceylan’s feature debut is a wistful look at village life and the structures that bind communities and family together, based on an autobiographical story by the director’s sister. With short Cocoon.
Saturday, March 26, 2016
8 PM
Jean Epstein,
France,
1933,
(97 mins)

Archival Prints!

An ode to transportation, as well as to every possible kind of cinematic movement, Epstein’s film combines a love triangle and the theme of world travel. With short La villanelle des rubans.
Series Jean Epstein