Week of July 17, 2016

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Sunday, July 24

Sunday, July 24, 2016
2 PM
Included with admission; no advance reservations necessary.
Sunday, July 24, 2016
5:30 PM
Nicolas Philibert,
France,
1995,
(70 mins)

Imported Print

A droll and engrossing look at the restoration of Paris's Natural History Museum and the reinstatement of its inhabitants—elephants, badgers, butterflies, and more. With shorts Circuit (Amie Siegel) and The Wake (Dana Levy). 
Sunday, July 24, 2016
7:15 PM
Alfred Hitchcock,
United States,
1958,
(128 mins)
Detective Jimmy Stewart combs the Bay Area looking for the secret behind Kim Novak’s beauty in Hitchcock’s sinister ode to voyeurism, death, and amorous fixation. Voted best film of all time in a 2012 Sight and Sound poll.

Monday, July 25

Tuesday, July 26

Wednesday, July 27

Wednesday, July 27, 2016
7 PM

Open to all BAMPFA members

A festive evening to celebrate our summer exhibitions. 
Open to all BAMPFA members
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
7:30 PM
Billy Wilder,
United States,
1950,
(115 mins)
Introduced by David ThomsonFledgling screenwriter William Holden stumbles into the mansion of faded silent-film superstar Gloria Swanson in Billy Wilder’s poison pen letter to Hollywood. Winner of three Academy Awards.
  • David Thomson
    Introduction
    Film critic and historian David Thomson is the author of more than twenty books, including The New Biographical Dictionary of Film.

Thursday, July 28

Thursday, July 28, 2016
12:15 PM
Included with admission; no advance reservations necessary.
Thursday, July 28, 2016
7 PM
Oeke Hoogendijk,
Netherlands,
2014,
(131 mins)
A fascinating trip through the battles, discussions, and minutiae behind the remodeling of Amsterdam’s famed Rijksumusem. “An elegant portrait of dysfunction.” (LA Weekly).

Friday, July 29

Friday, July 29, 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.

Admission free during the month of June

Friday, July 29, 2016
6:30 PM
Max Ophuls,
Germany,
1932,
(88 mins)

Archival Print

From Ophuls's early German period, an adaptation of a Schnitzler play about love that outlives life under an oppressive military authority. Set in turn-of-the-century Vienna.
Friday, July 29, 2016
8:30 PM
François Truffaut,
France,
1960,
(81 mins)
Truffaut’s homage to the American gangster film stars Charles Aznavour as a dejected barroom tinkler with a tragic past. 

Saturday, July 30

Saturday, July 30, 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.

Admission free during the month of June

Saturday, July 30, 2016
6 PM
Aleksandr Sokurov,
Germany, Japan, Russia,
2002,
(96 mins)
Sokoruv’s technically astounding feature—shot entirely in one continuous, unbroken take—moves through St. Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum, and entire eras of Russian history and culture.  “A magnificent conjuring act, an eerie historical mirage” (NY Times).
Saturday, July 30, 2016
8:15 PM
Wim Wenders,
Cuba, Germany, United States,
1999,
(105 mins)

Digital Restoration

One of the most critically acclaimed and adored music documentaries of the past twenty years, Buena Vista Social Club is a love letter to Cuba, its music, its people, and its soul.
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