Sunday, March 17
Sunday, March 17, 2019
11 AM— 7 PM
Sunday, March 17, 2019
2 PM
Chantal Akerman,
Belgium,
1975,
(201 mins)
The repetitive domestic routines of a bourgeois widow (Delphine Seyrig) become a source of Hitchcockian suspense in Akerman’s tour de force.
Sunday, March 17, 2019
2 PM
Explore Hans Hofmann’s dynamic and influential work with a guided tour.
Included with admission
Series
Guided Tours 2019
Sunday, March 17, 2019
3 PM
Ulrike Ottinger,
Germany,
2016,
(193 mins)
Ottinger traces the paths of past explorers in a multipart exploration of the peoples, landscapes, and legends of the Bering Sea. This extraordinarily beautiful work is perhaps Ottinger’s magnum opus.
Screenings presented in Theater 2. Regular film ticket prices apply.
Series
Afterimage: Ulrike Ottinger
Sunday, March 17, 2019
7 PM
Nelson Pereira dos Santos,
Brazil,
1956,
(93 mins)
Five youth from the wrong side of the tracks hit Rio’s tourist zones in dos Santos’s first film, which adds a tropical beat and heat to Italian neorealism. Banned at the time, it’s now a startling time capsule of fifties samba and street style.
Monday, March 18
Monday, March 18, 2019
6:30 PM
Presented by Berkeley Center for New Media
The media artist, activist, educator, and curator discusses some of her projects focused on topics such as 3D fabrication, activism, digital colonialism, monstrosity, and fabulation.
Free admission
Tuesday, March 19
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
7:00 PM
King Hu,
Hong Kong,
1975,
(103 mins)
Open to all members
As part of March Member Appreciation Month, all members are invited to a complimentary screening of King Hu's masterful action film set in thirteenth-century China.
Members-only event. Each member cardholder is allowed one guest.
Space for this screening is limited. RSVP by March 18.
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Susan Oxtoby
IntroductionBAMPFA Senior Film Curator
Wednesday, March 20
Wednesday, March 20, 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, March 20, 2019
12:15 PM
Explore Hans Hofmann’s dynamic and influential work with a guided tour.
Included with admission
Series
Guided Tours 2019
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
3:10 PM
Hirokazu Kore-eda,
Japan,
2008,
(114 mins)
Imported 35mm Print
A family reunites for the anniversary of a son’s tragic death in Kore-eda’s deceptively unadorned examination of grown children and growing-older parents. This Ozuesque film shows “a sage-like understanding of what makes modern families tick” (Time Out).
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.
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Marilyn Fabe
LectureMarilyn Fabe is the author of Closely Watched Films and was the longtime teacher for the popular BAMPFA lecture/screening series Film 50: History of Cinema.
Series
In Focus: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
7 PM
Programmed by Mahealani Uchiyama
This local ensemble brings us music and dance from the coastal areas of Peru, where indigenous, African, and European influences intersect.
Included with admission. Seating for Full is limited.
Series
Full 2019
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
7 PM
Joshua Bonnetta, J. P. Sniadecki,
United States,
2017,
(94 mins)
Weaving breathtaking footage of the Sonoran Desert with eerie off-camera interviews, this film captures the desperation and haunting beauty that the land between Mexico and the United States has come to represent.
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Diana Ruíz
IntroductionDiana Ruíz is a PhD candidate in the Department of Film and Media at UC Berkeley. Her dissertation is entitled "Resources of Perception: Visuality and Power at the U.S.-Mexico Border."
Series
Documentary Voices 2019
Thursday, March 21
Thursday, March 21, 2019
12 PM
Kathryn Roszak offers a dancer’s insights into Get Dancin’, focusing on images of dancers she especially admires.
Thursday, March 21, 2019
2— 7 PM
Thursday, March 21, 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, March 21, 2019
7 PM
Bill Gunn,
United States,
1980,
New Restoration
Gunn’s black soap opera unfolds with the natural rhythm and melancholy of the blues. Conceived by Ishmael Reed, it “abounds with matchless talkers, improvisers, and scene-stealers” (Melissa Anderson, 2018 Ten Best List, Artforum).
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Ishmael Reed
In Person
Series
African Film Festival 2019
Friday, March 22
Friday, March 22, 2019
2— 7 PM
Friday, March 22, 2019
4 PM
Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Dora Jobim,
Brazil,
2011,
(85 mins)
BAMPFA Student Committee Pick
Dos Santos and codirector Dora Jobim (Antonio’s granddaughter) offer a catchy musical memorial to the master of bossa nova with this blend of archival performances (featuring Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra, et al.) and more contemporary interpretations.
Friday, March 22, 2019
6:30 PM
Ulrike Ottinger,
Germany,
2016,
(192 mins)
The second chapter in Ottinger’s Arctic exploration takes her to Chukotka in the Russian Far East.
Screenings presented in Theater 2. Regular film ticket prices apply.
Series
Afterimage: Ulrike Ottinger
Friday, March 22, 2019
7 PM
Peter Watkins,
Norway, Sweden,
1974,
(167 mins)
This portrait of the painter is “the standard by which all subsequent films of artists’ lives will be measured” (New Yorker Films). “In the end the paintings do Munch’s talking for him, both directly and through the prefigurations and echoes in the film’s set pieces” (Time Out).
Series
Painters Painting
Saturday, March 23
Saturday, March 23, 2019
Open to all members
As part of March Member Appreciation Month, members can enjoy 20-percent off of most purchases at the BAMPFA Store and coffee drinks at Babette cafe for one weekend only.
Saturday, March 23, 2019
11 AM— 7 PM
Saturday, March 23, 2019
3 PM
(85 mins)
A selection of works by Dennis Tupicoff, one of the most accomplished Australian independent animators working today, whose unique style mixes hand-drawn animation with live-action elements.
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Dennis Tupicoff
In Person
Saturday, March 23, 2019
5:30 PM
Yasujiro Ozu,
Japan,
1952,
(115 mins)
Digital Restoration
A series of extraordinarily revealing domestic details forms a portrait of middle-class marriage, domestic tension, and reconciliation. One of Ozu’s less screened works, recently digitally restored.
Saturday, March 23, 2019
8 PM
Alain Resnais,
France,
1963,
(115 mins)
Delphine Seyrig stars as a widow haunted by a former love, as her son is haunted by memories of the Algerian War, in this film from the director of Last Year at Marienbad.
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