Today in the PFA Theater

Current Film Series

	Watching the Unwatchable: Films Confront Torture November 1 - December 6 Filmmakers take on torture and other atrocities in this thought-provoking program, presented in conjunction with the BAM exhibition Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series.
	Alternative Visions November 3 - December 1 The avant-garde in your backyard: PFA’s Tuesday evening showcase brings new works by Ute Aurand, Harun Farocki, and others to Berkeley.
	A Woman’s Face: Ingrid Bergman in Europe November 4 - December 17 A chance to discover rare works by a beloved actress, this series looks beyond Bergman’s Hollywood fame to consider her work across the Atlantic, from her early years in Sweden to her work with Roberto Rossellini and that other Bergman, Ingmar.
	In Time: The Films of Alain Resnais November 6 - December 15 Exploring the structures of time and memory, Resnais created a cinema of ideas that transformed the idea of cinema. This series revisits the unforgettable work of a true modernist master, including the groundbreaking Night and Fog and Last Year at Marienbad.
	Jesters and Gestures: Performing Yiddish Culture from Silent Cinema to Avant-Garde Film November 12 - November 24 This journey into the world of Yiddish cinema showcases spectacular film performances and celebrates the varieties of Eastern European Jewish culture with an abundance of music, humor, irony, and self-awareness.

Upcoming Film Series

	Alexander Black: Cinema Pioneer November 22 Discover the work of an unjustly neglected film forefather—including shorts recently preserved by PFA—in an illustrated presentation by scholar Kaveh Askari.
	Otto Preminger: Anatomy of a Movie November 27 - December 20 “Otto Preminger must hold some sort of record for one of the longest stretches of provocative and intelligent mainstream filmmaking in American cinema” (Village Voice). We survey the director’s work from noir classics like Laura through the feisty indies of the fifties and sixties.
	Screening and Conversation: Godard’s Made in U.S.A. December 3 “Godard’s ultimate statement about his love/hatred for the aesthetics/politics of American movies/life” (Jonathan Rosenbaum) is the subject of a conversation between Kaja Silverman and Jonathan Everett Haynes.
	Four by Hungarian Master Miklós Jancsó December 5 - December 18 Visual ballet meets political analysis in the films of this Hungarian artist. “An essential director whose work cannot be seen, should not be seen, anywhere other than on the big screen” (Cinematheque Ontario).
	Readings on Cinema: Hitchcock’s Psycho December 5 To mark the publication of his new book The Moment of Psycho, critic David Thomson introduces a special screening of Hitchcock’s film.
	An Evening with Mark Morris December 16 The celebrated choreographer presents films that illuminate his own work and spotlight classic performances, from Charlie Chaplin to the great black musical artists of the forties.