Week of March 20, 2016

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Sunday, March 27

Sunday, March 27, 2016
4:30 PM
Jean Epstein,
France,
1923,
(72 mins)

Archival Print!

Judith Rosenberg on piano Based on a Balzac novella, this extraordinary “double narrative” unfolds two stories in parallel—one during an elegant dinner in Paris, the other in an isolated Alsace inn.
  • Judith Rosenberg
    Live Music
    on piano
Series Jean Epstein
Sunday, March 27, 2016
6:30 PM
Nuri Bilge Ceylan,
Turkey,
1999,
(130 mins)
Ceylan’s second film—in some ways a “making of” his first—tells the story of a filmmaker who returns to the village of his childhood to scout locations for a new project.

Monday, March 28

Tuesday, March 29

Wednesday, March 30

Wednesday, March 30, 2016
12 PM
(90 mins)

In Conversation with Nicholas de Monchaux

Admission free. Please note that a ticket is required to visit the galleries.
Series Big Ideas
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
7 PM
Charles Ferguson,
United States,
2010,
(105 mins)
Charles Ferguson in person Ferguson’s Academy Award–winning documentary charts the sadly all-too-human causes of the 2008 global financial meltdown. It “will leave you both thunderstruck and boiling with rage” (LA Times).
  • Charles Ferguson
    In Person

Thursday, March 31

Thursday, March 31, 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, March 31, 2016
7 PM
Charles Ferguson,
United States,
2015,
(100 mins)
Charles Ferguson in person Ferguson’s latest documentary takes on global climate change from Indonesia to Appalachia, China to California, unmasking not only its causes and effects but, more importantly, what we can do to combat it.
  • Charles Ferguson
    In Person

Friday, April 1

Friday, April 1, 2016
12:15 PM

Lunchtime Talk

Julia Bryan-Wilson, associate professor of modern and contemporary art at UC Berkeley, talks about Ruth Asawa’s wire sculptures and Louise Bourgeois’s hanging bronzes.
Included with admission
Friday, April 1, 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, April 1, 2016
6-9 PM

Drop-in Artmaking

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, April 1, 2016
6:30 PM
Jean Epstein,
France,
1924,
(93 mins)

Archival Print!

Judith Rosenberg on piano A young Indian prince (the great Ivan Mosjoukine) flees his kingdom for Paris due to a doomed love affair, only to fall in love again, in Epstein’s almost forgotten treasure.
  • Judith Rosenberg
    Live Music
    on piano
Series Jean Epstein
Friday, April 1, 2016
8:30 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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Saturday, April 2

Saturday, April 2, 2016
11 AM-9 PM

Drop-in Artmaking

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, April 2, 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, April 2, 2016
3:30 PM
Hayao Miyazaki,
Japan,
1998,
(105 mins)

English-language version

Recommended for ages 5 & up

BAMPFA Student Committee Pick

The thirteen-year-old witch Kiki leaves home and discovers a soaring independence as she masters her mother’s broom.
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Saturday, April 2, 2016
6 PM
Radu Muntean,
France, Germany, Romania, Sweden,
2015,
(93 mins)

East Bay Premiere!

"An expertly executed slow-burn thriller reminiscent of Hitchcock’s Rear Window.”—TIFF
Saturday, April 2, 2016
8 PM
Nuri Bilge Ceylan,
Turkey,
2002,
(110 mins)
Winner of the Cannes Grand Jury Prize Introduced by Deniz Göktürk A lonely photographer haunts the windswept streets of Istanbul, until the arrival of a small-town cousin interrupts—or compounds—his solitude.
  • Deniz Göktürk
    Introduction
    Chair of the Department of German at UC Berkeley and an authority on contemporary Turkish cinema