Sunday, September 29
Sunday, September 29, 2019
11 AM–7 PM
Sunday, September 29, 2019
2 PM
Explore the spirit of Surrealism with a guided tour of Strange.
Included with admission
Series
Guided Tours 2020
Sunday, September 29, 2019
3:30 PM
Ahn Jae-hoon, Han Hye-jin,
2011,
(98 mins)
Free Admission!
Recommended for ages 10 & up
Three high schoolers come of age in a small Korean town in this warmhearted, hand-drawn animated feature, presented in conjunction with Korea Week 2019.
Free admission. Tickets available at the will-call table beginning at 2:30 PM.
In Coversation
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Ahn Jae-hoon
After the screening and Q&A, Ahn Jae-hoon will draw caricatures for interested audience members. -
Erick Oh
Korean filmmaker and animator Erick Oh worked at Pixar Animation Studios from 2010 to 2016, and joined the Berkeley-based animation studio Tonko House in 2016.
Sunday, September 29, 2019
4 PM
Programmed by Cole Solinger
Readings by three artists whose work crosses and transcends disciplinary boundaries.
Included with admission
Series
Readings 2019
Sunday, September 29, 2019
7 PM
Tony Richardson,
United Kingdom,
1962,
(104 mins)
Imported Print
Tom Courtenay in Tony Richardson’s famously experimental narrative recounting the events in the life of a Borstal lad as he runs track—running for his life.
Monday, September 30
Monday, September 30, 2019
6:30 PM
Beirut- and Bay Area–based, internationally acclaimed author Rabih Alameddine joins BAMPFA Director and Chief Curator Lawrence Rinder for a conversation on concepts of “strangeness.”
Free admission. Doors open at 6 PM.
Tuesday, October 1
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
5:30-8 PM
Open to all members
Members' reception featuring after-hours access to our fall exhbitions
Space is limited. RSVP by September 23.
Each member cardholder admits two.
Wednesday, October 2
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
12 PM
Exhibition curator Julia White introduces the first US exhibition focused on the art of Sakaki Hyakusen, the founding father of the Nanga school of painting in Japan.
Included with admission
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
12:15 PM
Explore the spirit of Surrealism with a guided tour of Strange.
Included with admission
Series
Guided Tours 2020
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
3:10 PM
Tony Richardson,
United Kingdom,
1960,
(97 mins)
Laurence Olivier as a has-been music-hall performer—and Alan Bates and Albert Finney in their screen debuts—in John Osborne’s play-turned-film, Olivier’s “greatest contemporary role” (Pauline Kael).
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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David Thomson
LectureDavid Thomson is the author of The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies—and What They Have Done to Us; Have You Seen . . . ?
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
7 PM
Luis Buñuel,
France,
1930,
(88 mins)
Buñuel’s Surrealist classic, cowritten by Salvador Dali, represents a golden age of revolutionary filmmaking, a cinema of humor, eros, and outrage. With Jean Vigo’s À propos de Nice.
Series
Alternative Visions 2019
Thursday, October 3
Thursday, October 3, 2019
1:15 PM
Expert tour guides share highlights of exhibitions on view throughout the museum.
Included with admission
Series
Guided Tours 2019
Thursday, October 3, 2019
2–7 PM
Thursday, October 3, 2019
4 PM–7 PM
This viewing session is an idiosyncratic celebration of two of the world’s most beautiful cities.
Free admission
Series
Five Tables 2019
Thursday, October 3, 2019
7 PM
Shi Dongshan,
China,
1932,
(85 mins)
Digital Restoration
The tale of a young woman’s battle against her bullying father expands into a rousing cry against all tyranny in Shi Dongshan’s strikingly fresh 1932 melodrama, recently rediscovered through a brilliant restoration from the China Film Archive.
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Paul Fonoroff
IntroductionPaul Fonoroff is a film critic, historian, collector, and expert on Chinese cinema. -
Weihong Bao
IntroductionWeihong Bao is an associate professor of East Asian languages and cultures and film studies at UC Berkeley. -
Zheng Dali
IntroductionZheng Dali will be unable to attend this screening in person as originally announced. -
Judith Rosenberg
On Piano
Friday, October 4
Friday, October 4, 2019
2–7 PM
Friday, October 4, 2019
6:00 PM
Open to Curator’s Circle members at the $1,000 level and above
Join Senior Curator of Asian Art Julia White, fellow Curator’s Circle members, and special guests for a festive reception in Babette followed by an intimate tour of Hinges: Sakaki Hyakusen and the Birth of Nanga Painting.
Curator's Circle members only event.
Series
Curator's Circle Events
Friday, October 4, 2019
7 PM
Sun Yu,
China,
1932,
(95 mins)
Digital Restoration
A warlord’s lusty nephew destroys a simple farming family’s pastoral idyll and sends its favorite son into tropical exile in Sun Yu’s delirious fusion of Chinese peasant drama with Hollywood-style island exotica.
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Paul Fonoroff
IntroductionPaul Fonoroff is a film critic, historian, collector, and expert on Chinese cinema. -
Weihong Bao
IntroductionWeihong Bao is an associate professor of East Asian languages and cultures and film studies at UC Berkeley. -
Zheng Dali
IntroductionZheng Dali will be unable to attend this screening in person as originally announced. -
Judith Rosenberg
On Piano
Saturday, October 5
Saturday, October 5, 2019
1 PM
Complementing Hinges: Sakaki Hyakusen and the Birth of Nanga Painting, this colloquium explores the fascinating relations between Chinese art of the Ming and Qing dynasties and Japanese art of the Edo period, especially Hyakusen’s role in the transformation of painting in eighteenth-century Japan.
Included with admission
Saturday, October 5, 2019
11 AM–7 PM
Saturday, October 5, 2019
4:30 PM
Harrod Blank,
United States,
2019,
(93 mins)
A chance encounter between recently transitioned mechanic Rusty Tidenberg and filmmaker Harrod Blank sparked this captivating portrayal of the multifaceted life of a transgender woman, captured through a series of intimate conversations about cars, drag races, and resilience.
Special admission: General: $16.50; BAMPFA members, CFI members: $14; Seniors (65+), disabled persons: $15; Youth (12 & under), students, educators (with valid ID): $8. BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to these programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged.
In Person
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Harrod Blank
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Rusty Tidenberg
Saturday, October 5, 2019
5 PM
Join the Light Appreciation Society for a participatory dive into mind-altering illuminated experimentation and projection play.
Included with admission
Series
Workshops 2019
Saturday, October 5, 2019
7 PM
Wagner Moura,
Brazil,
2019,
(155 mins)
Acclaimed actor Wagner Moura (Narcos) makes his directorial debut with this no-holds-barred biopic of one of Brazil’s most divisive historical figures, the politician and Marxist insurrectionist Carlos Marighella.
Special admission: General: $16.50; BAMPFA members, CFI members: $14; Seniors (65+), disabled persons: $15; Youth (12 & under), students, educators (with valid ID): $8. BAMPFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to these programs. Tickets are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged.
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