Sunday, January 27
Sunday, January 27, 2019
11 AM–7 PM
Sunday, January 27, 2019
2 PM
(63 mins)
A local art cinema pioneer in the 1940s, Stauffacher made films celebrating the Bay Area’s history, landscape, and urban sites. We present his three short works, plus James Broughton’s Mother’s Day, with cinematography by Stauffacher.
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Barbara Stauffacher Solomon
In PersonArtist and graphic designer Barbara Stauffacher Solomon’s Art Wall installation is currently on view at BAMPFA.
Series
Out of the Vault
Sunday, January 27, 2019
4 PM
Mia Hansen-Løve,
France,
2011,
(110 mins)
BAMPFA Student Committee Pick
A young woman moves beyond a teenage love affair in Hansen-Løve’s semiautobiographical film, both a nuanced portrayal of evolving relationships and a study of the creative power generated through love.
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Mia Hansen-Løve
In Person
Sunday, January 27, 2019
7 PM
Masahiro Shinoda,
Japan,
1969,
(100 mins)
BAMPFA Collection
Shinoda’s “remix” of a classic Japanese bunraku puppet play finds live actors, puppets, and their handlers all part of the action, heightened by a Brechtian divide between “story” and “telling” and a jarring score by Toru Takemitsu.
Monday, January 28
Monday, January 28, 2019
6:30 PM
Presented by Berkeley Arts + Design
Local writer Frock joins the cultural affairs officers of the cities of Berkeley and Oakland for an imaginative conversation about the possibilities for culturally enriched civic spaces in urban communities.
Free admission
Tuesday, January 29
Wednesday, January 30
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
12 PM-1 PM
Peruse a series of the artist's notebooks, which offer insight into his singular approach, in the Works on Paper Study Center.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
12:15 PM
Expert tour guides share highlights of exhibitions on view throughout the museum.
Included with admission
Series
Guided Tours 2019
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
3:10 PM
Mia Hansen-Løve,
France,
2016,
(102 mins)
Philosophy professor Isabelle Huppert competently juggles career and family—until an unexpected series of events forces her to rethink her entire life—in Hansen-Løve’s festival favorite. “Huppert is extraordinary” (Time).
Special admission: General: $15; BAMPFA members: $11; UC Berkeley students: $7; UC Berkeley faculty and staff, non–UC Berkeley students, disabled persons, ages 65+ and 18 & under: $12.
In Conversation
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Mia Hansen-Løve
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Linda H. Rugg
Linda H. Rugg is a scholar of literature and cinema and a professor in the Department of Scandinavian at UC Berkeley. She will join writer/director Mia Hansen-Løve in conversation after the screening.
Series
In Focus: Writing for Cinema
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
4:30 PM
Hear from the authors of the new publication Bruce Nauman: Spatial Encounters, the first book devoted solely to the artist’s architectural installations.
Included with admission
Series
Readings 2019
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
7 PM
Jasmina Metwaly, Philip Rizk,
Egypt,
2015,
(71 mins)
Ten Egyptian workers distill their experiences of injustice and exploitation at the hands of bosses, police, and the court system into a series of vignettes for this documentary that engages “ideas about labor, social justice, and the circulation of images” (MoMA).
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Jasmina Metwaly
In Person
Series
Documentary Voices 2019
Thursday, January 31
Thursday, January 31, 2019
12 PM
Playwright and director Zimmerman—whose play Metamorphoses appears at Berkeley Rep this season—joins Arts + Design Thursdays series cocurator Lai to discuss adaptation as a theatrical method.
Free admission
Thursday, January 31, 2019
4–7 PM
Thursday, January 31, 2019
5 PM-6 PM
Peruse a series of the artist's notebooks, which offer insight into his singular approach, in the Works on Paper Study Center.
Thursday, January 31, 2019
7 PM
Mia Hansen-Løve,
France,
2009,
(110 mins)
An indie film producer juggles vocation, familial demands, and impending financial ruin in this bittersweet portrait of complex relationships in the world of cinema and beyond, inspired by the real life of producer Humbert Balsan.
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Mia Hansen-Løve
In Person
Friday, February 1
Friday, February 1, 2019
4–9 PM
Friday, February 1, 2019
6:30 PM
Jean-Luc Godard,
France, Switzerland,
2018,
(84 mins)
The newest essay film by Jean-Luc Godard is “a kaleidoscopic bulletin on the state of our world” (Variety). Winner of the first Special Palme d’Or award in the history of the Cannes Film Festival.
Friday, February 1, 2019
7 PM
Programmed by Alix Blevins
Sarah Davachi presents an evening of modern compositions for electric organ and Mellotron, with an opening performance by composer and sound artist Sean McCann.
Included with admission
Friday, February 1, 2019
8:30 PM
Gérard Blain,
France,
1974,
(83 mins)
Imported 35mm Print
A jazz musician and new father winds up in jail to satisfy his wife’s upwardly mobile desires; years later, she’s remarried, and he’s an ex-con trying to get back into his son’s life. An achingly moving portrait of paternal love and desperate measures.
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Mia Hansen-Løve
Introduction
Saturday, February 2
Saturday, February 2, 2019
11 AM–9 PM
Saturday, February 2, 2019
2 PM
Michal Goldman,
United States,
2016,
(82 mins)
An intriguing overview of Egypt’s political history in the modern age, Nasser’s Republic examines the transformative influence of the country’s second president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, on the Arab world.
Saturday, February 2, 2019
4:30 PM
Fritz Lang,
Germany,
1924,
(148 mins)
Digital Restoration
Lang’s two-part superproduction of the thirteenth-century saga that also inspired Wagner’s Ring cycle is a triumph of studio artifice. “Stunning . . . very highly recommended” (Chicago Reader).
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Judith Rosenberg
On Piano
Saturday, February 2, 2019
7:30 PM
Mia Hansen-Løve,
France,
2007,
(105 mins)
Hansen-Løve’s assured debut feature is a generous, unflinching look at a loving family gradually undone by addiction. Winner of France’s Louis Deluc Prize for Best First Film.
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Mia Hansen-Løve
In Person
Through July 7
Through July 14
Through September 22
Through May 2
Through May 5
Through May 11
Through July 3
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