Andrei Tarkovsky: Stalker, 1979
Film
Summer Films at BAMPFA
Our summer film season kicks off in June with film noirs set in locales beyond the city, a showcase of Robert Altman films across five decades, and the stunning, poetic films of Andrei Tarkovsky.
We'll also dive into the films of Japanese auteur Mikio Naruse and welcome the acclaimed Malaysian-born, Taiwan-based director Tsai Ming-liang in person.
Tickets go on sale Friday, May 9 at 11 AM with a member-exclusive presale starting Wednesday, May 7. Not yet a member? Join today.
Directed by Sylvain George, 2023
In Conversation: Sylvain George, Debarati Sanyal
In the Spanish enclave of Melilla, Morocco, a group of youths try to get to Europe. Obscure Night—Goodbye Here, Anywhere focuses on a reality the Western world would rather not see, dissident dreams that transcend geographical boundaries.
Series: Documentary Voices
Directed by Mai Zetterling, 1964
Digital Restoration
Rescheduled for Sun / May 11 / 3 PM
Our Thursday, May 1 screening of Loving Couples has been rescheduled due to a one-day strike across the University of California system on Thursday, May 1 (BAMPFA is a unit of UC Berkeley).
Directed by John Cassavetes, 1974
35mm Archival Print
John Cassavetes’s masterpiece retains the power to unnerve with its raw, often harrowing depiction of a blue-collar Los Angeles family, with Gena Rowlands in an Oscar-nominated performance as a housewife on the verge.
Directed by Mai Zetterling, 1966
Digital Restoration
“An absorbing, even brilliant film. . . . When it was first exhibited at the Venice Film Festival in 1966, it was considered the most daring film ever made” (Roger Ebert).
Directed by Mai Zetterling, 1986
Introduction: Linda Haverty Rugg
Digital Restoration
Stina Ekblad stars as the controversial writer Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894–1940) in this portrait of the artist, her troubled romance with the notorious older man David Sprengel (Erland Josephson), and her mental health struggles.
Directed by John Cassavetes, 1968
35mm Archival Print
Gena Rowlands, John Marley, and Seymour Cassel star in this unflinching nightlong journey through a marriage on the rocks, a film “against all people that know and for people that just feel” (John Cassavetes).
Directed by John Cassavetes, 1971
John Cassavetes’s take on the screwball comedy stars Gena Rowlands as Minnie, a beautiful, refined museum employee unlucky in love.
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With a BAMPFA membership, Mom will enjoy a year filled with cultural discovery and unforgettable moments.
To purchase a membership, email us at bampfamember@berkeley.edu or call (510) 642-5186.
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