Week of May 15, 2016

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Sunday, May 22

Sunday, May 22, 2016
11 AM to 4 PM

Free admission!

Hands-on art making, Unique Derique in performance, the Library on Wheels, and a screening of The Red Balloon. All ages. Free admission.
Free admission! Free tickets for the film will be available at the admissions desk beginning at 2:30.
Sunday, May 22, 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

Sunday, May 22, 2016
6 PM
Tito Davison,
Mexico,
1948,
(91 mins)
Mexico’s glamour queen María Felix channels Bergman, Bacall, and Hayworth as a refugee hiding—or scheming—in Mexico City during World War II. 
Sunday, May 22, 2016
8 PM
Antonio Pietrangeli,
Italy,
1965,
(115 mins)

4K Digital Restoration

BAMPFA Student Committee Pick!

A beautiful ingenue chases her dreams in the Rome of La dolce vita in this biting critique of sexual politics and celebrity culture in 1960s Italy. “Brilliantly entertaining” (Alexander Payne).

Monday, May 23

Tuesday, May 24

Wednesday, May 25

Wednesday, May 25, 2016
12 PM
Open to BAMPFA members only
Admission free
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
6 PM
Sketch in the galleries!
Included with admission
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
7 PM
Wim Wenders,
Federal Republic of Germany,
1971,
(100 mins)

4K Digital Restoration

Kicked out of a game and bored of the rules, a goalie begins a journey across contemporary West Germany. "My favorite postwar German film . . . a quiet poem of various desolations" (Stanley Kauffmann).

Thursday, May 26

Thursday, May 26, 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, May 26, 2016
6 PM
A hands-on workshop that explores correspondences between ancient maps of acupuncture points and our experience of our bodies.
Included with admission
Thursday, May 26, 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

Thursday, May 26, 2016
7 PM
Vincent Bataillon,
United States,
2014,
(97 mins)

Free Admission

Tickets available onsite beginning one hour before showtime.
Free Admission

Friday, May 27

Friday, May 27, 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, May 27, 2016
6:30 PM
Antonio Pietrangeli,
Italy,
1965,
(115 mins)

4K Digital Restoration

BAMPFA Student Committee Pick!

A beautiful ingenue chases her dreams in the Rome of La dolce vita in this biting critique of sexual politics and celebrity culture in 1960s Italy. “Brilliantly entertaining” (Alexander Payne).
Friday, May 27, 2016
8:45
Seijun Suzuki,
1967,
(91 mins)
Suzuki’s anarchic send-up of B-movie clichés stars Jo Shishido as an assassin who winds up a target. Cited as an inspiration by filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, Jim Jarmusch, and John Woo.

Saturday, May 28

Saturday, May 28, 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, May 28, 2016
6:30 PM
Roberto Gavaldón,
Mexico,
1952,
(85 mins)
Introduced by Steve Seid A Nietzschean jai alai star obliviously struts his way through a succession of broken-hearted lovers and conniving gangsters in this atmospheric noir starring Mexican matinee idol Pedro Armendáriz.
  • Steve Seid
    Introduction
    Steve Seid recently retired after twenty-seven years as BAMPFA’s video curator
Saturday, May 28, 2016
8:30 PM
Seijun Suzuki,
1964,
(90 mins)
A gang of tough prostitutes try to survive in the ruins of postwar Tokyo, but a lusty ex-soldier (Jo Shishido) soon upsets their fragile camaraderie. Part social-realist drama, part sadomasochistic trash opera.