Sunday, August 13
Sunday, August 13, 2023
11 AM–7 PM
Sunday, August 13, 2023
2 PM
Tours of Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory are led by UC Berkeley graduate students in history of art, Chicanx/Latinx studies, and theater, dance, and performance studies.
Included with admission.
Series
Exhibition Tours 2023
Sunday, August 13, 2023
5 PM
Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Yuliya Solntseva,
USSR,
1939,
(128 mins)
While Stalin commissioned this epic on the “Red Commander of the Ukraine,” Mykola Shchors, “as in all [Oleksandr Dovzhenko’s] best work, Shchors leaves in the memory burning images of death and of passionate life” (Jay Leyda). With an extract from Solntseva’s film remembrance of Dovzhenko, The Golden Gates.
Monday, August 14
Tuesday, August 15
Wednesday, August 16
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
7 PM
Yuliya Solntseva,
USSR,
1958,
(128 mins)
“Poem of the Sea, which tells of the construction of an artificial sea, necessitating the flooding of a village, is remarkable for its confidence, grandeur and glowing beauty” (Ronald Bergan, Camera Lucida). With an extract from Solntseva’s film remembrance of Dovzhenko, The Golden Gates.
Thursday, August 17
Thursday, August 17, 2023
7 PM
Andrew Stanton,
United States,
2003,
(100 mins)
Recommended for all ages
Nemo is a little fish kid whose overprotective dad, Marlin, is perfectly voiced by Albert Brooks. When Nemo defiantly swims too far out to sea, the adventures begin. “It’s all tremendously entertaining stuff, with oodles of wonderful detail and superb direction by Andrew Stanton” (Peter Bradshaw, Guardian).
Friday, August 18
Friday, August 18, 2023
2 PM–7 PM
Friday, August 18, 2023
7 PM
Hayao Miyazaki,
Japan,
2001,
(125 mins)
Original Japanese version
Recommended for ages 8 and up
The English version of Spirited Away screens on Saturday, August 12.
In this celebrated Hayao Miyazaki fantasy, ten-year-old Chihiro and her parents stumble upon an abandoned theme park that turns out to be a true magic kingdom. Joe Hisaishi’s exquisite score enhances a cinematic feast. Winner of the 2003 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
A limited number of wheelchair accessible spaces may still be available for this screening. Please contact
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Bobbie O’Steen
IntroductionBobbie O’Steen is a New York–based writer, teacher, and film historian, specializing in editing; she is the author of The Invisible Cut and Cut to the Chase.
Saturday, August 19
Saturday, August 19, 2023
11 AM–7 PM
Saturday, August 19, 2023
5 PM
Claude Barras,
France, Switzerland,
2017,
(66 mins)
English version
Recommended for ages 12 and up
Will Forte, Nick Offerman, Elliot Page, and Amy Sedaris lend their voices to this stylized and sympathetic stop-motion animation about an orphan boy called Zucchini. Nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature.
In Conversation
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Bobbie O’Steen
Bobbie O’Steen is a New York–based writer, teacher, and film historian, specializing in editing; she is the author of The Invisible Cut and Cut to the Chase. -
Ken Schretzmann
Ken Schretzmann is a film editor known for his work at Pixar on animated features such as Cars and Toy Story 3.
Saturday, August 19, 2023
7:30 PM
Preston Sturges,
United States,
1942,
(90 mins)
Preston Sturges pits the idle rich, embodied by Rudy Vallee and Mary Astor, against the ingenious but impoverished Claudette Colbert and Joel McCrea in this fractured fairy tale.
Through July 6
Through July 13
Through August 17
Through December 31
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