Sunday, December 5
Sunday, December 5, 2021
1 PM
Join Osmund Bopearachchi—art historian, numismatist, and archaeologist—for an in-depth exploration of how Gandharan artists depicted episodes in the life of the Buddha as seen in the exhibition Beyond Boundaries.
Included with admission
Series
Talks & Conversations 2022
Sunday, December 5, 2021
11 AM-7 PM
Sunday, December 5, 2021
1:30 PM
Ric Burns,
United States,
2019,
(114 mins)
“At once tender and thrilling,” this moving and insightful portrait of neurologist and author Oliver Sacks centers on intimate interviews from his final months, facing death and looking back on his extraordinary life (Variety).
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
Sunday, December 5, 2021
2 PM
Sunday, December 5, 2021
2 PM
The award-winning author of Unstill Life, Gabrielle Selz, introduces her new biography of the artist Sam Francis, Light on Fire: The Art and Life of Sam Francis (UC Press), in conversation with noted journalist and author Frances Dinkelspiel with a book signing to follow.
Included with admission.
Series
Readings 2021
Sunday, December 5, 2021
4 PM
Melvin Van Peebles,
France,
1968,
(87 mins)
Digital Restoration
The Thursday, December 2 screening features an introduction with Ryanaustin Dennis. The Sunday, December 5 screening will be presented without an introduction.
In this exuberant, inventive, and poignant film about an American soldier’s sojourn in Paris, Melvin Van Peebles brilliantly balanced French New Wave style with profound social critique and psychological substance.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
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Ryanaustin Dennis
Introduction, December 2Ryanaustin Dennis is cocurator of BAMPFA’s Black Life series.
Monday, December 6
Tuesday, December 7
Wednesday, December 8
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
7 PM
Jean-Luc Godard,
France, Switzerland,
1980,
(87 mins)
This achingly lyrical film—“a stunning, original work”—about the selling of the self revolves around three characters: a filmmaker, his estranged partner, and a prostitute.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
Thursday, December 9
Thursday, December 9, 2021
12:15 PM
Thursday, December 9, 2021
6 PM
UC Berkeley professor and filmmaker Nicolás Pereda joins MATRIX artist Jumana Manna for a conversation about her new film, Foragers (2022), and the resonances between their filmmaking practices.
Included with admission.
Series
Talks & Conversations 2022
Thursday, December 9, 2021
7 PM
Ric Burns,
United States,
2019,
(114 mins)
“At once tender and thrilling,” this moving and insightful portrait of neurologist and author Oliver Sacks centers on intimate interviews from his final months, facing death and looking back on his extraordinary life (Variety).
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
Friday, December 10
Friday, December 10, 2021
2 PM-7 PM
Friday, December 10, 2021
7 PM
Wong Kar Wai,
Hong Kong,
1994,
(102 mins)
Digital Restoration
Wong Kar Wai’s love letter to Hong Kong combines separate tales of two cops (Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu-wai) and their tenuous romantic connections (Brigitte Lin, Faye Wong) in “a film with style to burn” (Los Angeles Times).
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
Saturday, December 11
Saturday, December 11, 2021
12:30 PM
For ages 6–12 with accompanying adult(s)
Express your positive message in a visually dynamic poster to keep you inspired and powerful.
Advance registration required. The registration form will be available on Wednesday and Thursday, December 8 and 9, to receive a Zoom link on Saturday, December 11.
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Raphael Noz
With artistRaphael Noz holds an MS in education from Wheelock College and an MFA from California College of the Arts.
Series
Family Events
Saturday, December 11, 2021
2:30PM
Recommended for ages 8 and up
Meet Ryan Hart, who approaches the challenges in her life with bravery, common sense, and humor.
Advance registration required. The registration form will be available on Wednesday and Thursday, December 8 and 9, to receive a Zoom link on Saturday, December 11.
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Adoria Williams
Reading led byAdoria Williams is a former BUSD school librarian.
Series
Family Events
Saturday, December 11, 2021
3:30 PM
Francis Ford Coppola,
United States,
1982,
(107 mins)
Restored 35mm Print
Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia, and Nastassja Kinski float through an even more artificial version of Las Vegas in Francis Ford Coppola’s lavishly surreal, giddily romantic valentine to a cinema of pure attractions.
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
Saturday, December 11, 2021
7 PM
Hou Hsiao-hsien,
Taiwan,
1998,
(113 mins)
Digital Restoration
Tony Leung Chiu-wai stars in Hou Hsiao-hsien’s period-piece reverie set in a Shanghai brothel circa 1890. “‘Surrender’ is the key to this visually ravishing masterpiece” (Phillip Lopate).
Face masks covering nose and mouth (without valves) are required at all times.
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