Chishu Ryu and Setsuko Hara star in this eloquent story of filial devotion and parental sacrifice. A near-perfect film, and one of Ozu's own favorites.
Use Feldenkrais methods and listening meditations to explore new ways of perceiving visual works in relation to museum architecture. Inspired by Space, Time, Energy–themed works on view in Berkeley Eye.
Two angels haunt the streets and skies of Berlin, listening in on the dreams and sorrows of its residents, in this gothic, poetic masterpiece, inspired by Rilke.
King Lear in feudal Japan. “A majestic piece of filmmaking, a lush tapestry of lordly tableaux, ruthless betrayals, and flaming carnage” (Village Voice).
Bruegel’s painting The Way to Calvary is brought to life in this technologically stunning interpretation “starring” Rutger Hauer, Michael York, and Charlotte Rampling. With short Black Mirror at The National Gallery.
Wenders and famed Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto meet and muse together in this thoughtful essay film "about fashion, transience, and identity” (Janet Maslin).
This masterpiece of gentle slapstick about the vacation of a clumsy fellow at a French seaside resort abounds in brilliantly choreographed sight gags that will amuse the whole family.
A precursor to American film noir, Fritz Lang’s masterpiece is a terrifying excursion into an urban underworld where it is difficult to distinguish morally between organized crime and law enforcement. Peter Lorre stars.
Introduced by Marilyn Fabe.Trying to infiltrate a group of Nazis in Latin America, Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman find themselves entangled in a cruel love affair in Hitchcock's polished, perverse thriller.
Marilyn Fabe
Introduction
Senior lecturer emerita in the Department of Film and Media at UC Berkeley and author of Closely Watched Films: An Introduction to the Art of Narrative Film Technique