Week of May 28, 2017

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Sunday, May 28

Sunday, May 28, 2017
11 AM-7 PM

Drop-In Art Making

Included with admission

Monday, May 29

Tuesday, May 30

Wednesday, May 31

Wednesday, May 31, 2017
7 PM
Philip Kaufman,
United States,
1978,
(114 mins)
A remake of the classic 1956 sci-fi flick, adapted from Jack Finney’s novel about an alien invasion, here set in San Francisco. Starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, and Jeff Goldblum.
In Conversation preceding the screening
  • Philip Kaufman
  • David Thomson
    David Thomson is author of The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies—and What They Have Done to Us; Have You Seen . . . ?

Thursday, June 1

Thursday, June 1, 2017
12:15 PM
Free admission; no advance reservation required
Thursday, June 1, 2017
4-7 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Included with admission

Thursday, June 1, 2017
4–7 PM
Drop by our art study centers on Free First Thursdays and get an up-close view of treasures from the BAMPFA collection.
Free admission
Thursday, June 1, 2017
7 PM
Andrei Tarkovsky,
USSR,
1979,
(163 mins)

Digital Restoration

A writer, a scientist, and their “stalker” guide venture into a mysterious wasteland known as the Zone. “A dense, complex, often contradictory, and endlessly pliable allegory about human consciousness” (Slant).
  • Geoff Dyer
    Introduction
    Geoff Dyer, writer in residence at the University of Southern California, is the author of four novels and nine works of nonfiction; his latest, The Street Philosophy of Garry Winogrand, will be publi
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Thursday, June 1, 2017
All Day
Galleries free all day.
Admission free

Friday, June 2

Friday, June 2, 2017
4-9 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Included with admission

Friday, June 2, 2017
7 PM
Juan Carlos Rulfo,
Mexico,
2017,
(120 mins)
A very personal profile of the great Mexican author and photographer Juan Rulfo, created by his son Juan Carlos, whose film In the Pit won Best Documentary at Sundance.
In Conversation
  • Juan Carlos Rulfo
  • Jorge Ruffinelli
    Jorge Ruffinelli, a professor in the department of Iberian and Latin American Cultures at Stanford University, is the author of numerous books on Latin American literature and cinema, and is an a

Saturday, June 3

Saturday, June 3, 2017
11 AM-9 PM

Drop-in Art Making

Included with admission

Saturday, June 3, 2017
1–5 PM
Create colorful drawings of rainbows in an artist-led workshop. Your art could be shown in BAMPFA’s Ugo Rondinone exhibition this summer!
Ages 4 to 10 with accompanying adult(s)
Free for kids plus one adult
Saturday, June 3, 2017
3 PM
Agnieszka Holland,
United States,
1993,
(103 mins)

Recommended for ages 8 and up

A lonely but enterprising young girl discovers a secret garden on her uncle’s isolated estate in this magical adaptation of the famed children’s novel. “Elegantly expressive . . . celebrating nature as a force for freedom” (New York Times).
  • Caroline Paul
    Introduction
    Caroline Paul is the author of four books, including Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology and the New York Times bestseller The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic A
Saturday, June 3, 2017
5:30 PM
Neil Ortenberg, Daniel O’Connor,
United States,
2007,
(127 mins)
Go behind the scenes of the legendary Grove Press, publisher of Samuel Beckett, Malcolm X, Che Guevara, and more, in this illuminating documentary and testament to free speech. With A Very British Pornographer: The Jack Kahane Story.
  • Robert Scheer
    Introduction
    Robert Scheer, known for his fearless journalism, cofounded the online progressive news magazine Truthdig.
Saturday, June 3, 2017
8:30 PM
Paul Schrader,
United States,
1985,
(120 mins)

Director’s Cut

Paul Schrader and his brother Leonard joined together with Bay Area producer Tom Luddy for this rich, compelling profile of the controversial Japanese literary giant Yukio Mishima, who committed suicide in 1970 after a failed coup attempt.
  • Rachel Kushner
    Introduction
    Rachel Kushner is the author of two novels, The Flamethrowers and Telex from Cuba, both of which were finalists for the National Book Award, as well as The Strange Case of Rachel K, a collection of sh