This is one of the reasons people stay home and not go to the movies. Tuesday night, my wife and I went to Regal's United Artists multiplex in downtown Berkeley. We enjoyed the movie, Knives Out, but we had to sit through a whole lot of garbage to see it. [I made a correction in this … Continue reading Regal Theaters & Knives Out
Category: Theaters
Varda, Fellini, Lynch, and more during Winter at BAMPFA
As the weather turns cold and the film festivals disappear, you can find warmth and cinema (along with other arts) at the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, better known as BAMPFA. UC Berkeley's revival movie theater doesn't just do films. They do film series. Here are the series coming up in December through February: Agnès … Continue reading Varda, Fellini, Lynch, and more during Winter at BAMPFA
Tati, Caine, & Riggs: Three films I saw at BAMPFA
Over Sunday and Monday, I saw three very different films at the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive…also known as BAMPFA. Here they are, in the order I saw them: Traffic After tearing down architecture in Playtime, Jacques Tati finds the humor in the not-quite-open road. Traffic isn't his best, but is still very, very funny. … Continue reading Tati, Caine, & Riggs: Three films I saw at BAMPFA
Great Movies are Better on the Big Screen
Who would shell out money and travel across town to see a movie they already own on Blu-ray? I would. Nothing you can do in your own home competes with the theatrical experience. Within the last 10 days, my wife and I bought tickets and crossed town to see two favorites on the big screen: … Continue reading Great Movies are Better on the Big Screen
Winter at the BAMPFA
The Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) recently announced its winter schedule, running from December through February, with eleven different film series. These are the ones that caught my eye: The Puppet Master: The Films of Jirí Trnka Dec 1–19 This Czech animator turned a kiddie genre into political satire. I saw his version of … Continue reading Winter at the BAMPFA
Free Tickets at the New Parkway (if you have the right job)
I should have written about this a month ago. My apologies, but I've been busy. Oakland's New Parkway is giving out free movie tickets based on the recipients' professions. In September (or what's left of it), people who work in the nonprofit sector get in free. Come October, media workers such as myself get the … Continue reading Free Tickets at the New Parkway (if you have the right job)
Summer at the Pacific Film Archive
The Pacific Film Archive (or, as they'd prefer I call it, BAMPFA) pretty much shuts down in the second half of May. But come June, the movies come back. Here are the ten series running from June through August: Bergman 100: A Summer Interlude (June 1–July 15) This subdivision of the PFA's year-long Bergman 100 … Continue reading Summer at the Pacific Film Archive
