Week of July 17, 2022

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Sunday, July 24

Sunday, July 24, 2022
11 AM–7 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Sunday, July 24, 2022
7 PM
Max Ophuls,
France,
1950,
(97 mins)

BAMPFA Collection

Love’s ceaseless roundabout, set in the Vienna of the waltz. “Ophuls displays dazzling technical virtuosity and cinematic elegance” (Chicago Reader).

Monday, July 25

Tuesday, July 26

Wednesday, July 27

Wednesday, July 27, 2022
7 PM
Nina Menkes,
United States,
1991,
(77 mins)

Digital Restoration

Shot with beautiful compositional rigor, Queen of Diamonds follows the life of Firdaus (Tinka Menkes), a blackjack dealer in a Las Vegas landscape that juxtaposes glittering casino lights and barren desert landscapes. 

Thursday, July 28

Thursday, July 28, 2022
7 PM
Kinuyo Tanaka,
Japan,
1955,
(102 mins)

4K Digital Restoration

When a childhood acquaintance arrives in the picturesque town of Nara to set up a telecommunications hub, the youngest of three sisters begins a relentless matchmaking campaign to bring him together with her disinterested sibling.
  • Lili Hinstin
    Introduction
    Lili Hinstin, an artistic director and programmer, helmed Entrevues Belfort International Film Festival from 2013 to 2018 and the Locarno Film Festival from 2018 to 2020.

Friday, July 29

Friday, July 29, 2022
2 PM–7 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Friday, July 29, 2022
7 PM
Samuel Fuller,
United States,
1953,
(80 mins)

Archival 35mm Print

Fuller managed to irk Herbert Hoover and leftist critics by depicting honest crooks caught between the cops and a Communist plot. 

Saturday, July 30

Saturday, July 30, 2022
11 AM–7 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Saturday, July 30, 2022
7 PM
Kinuyo Tanaka,
Japan,
1955,
(106 mins)

4K Digital Restoration

The Saturday, July 30 screening features an introduction by Lili Hinstin.

In this uncompromising account of a woman’s struggle for self-realization, Tanaka depicts the progress of poet Fumiko Nakajo from resigned submission to intellectual self-assurance, sexual fulfilment, and professional success as she battles breast cancer.
  • Lili Hinstin
    Introduction, July 30
    Lili Hinstin, an artistic director and programmer, helmed Entrevues Belfort International Film Festival from 2013 to 2018 and the Locarno Film Festival from 2018 to 2020.