Check out what is new and ongoing @bampfa.bsky.social (2155 Center Street) in December! 🖼️ 📽️ More Info: bampfa.org Mikio Naruse: The Auteur as Salaryman (Jul 3 - Dec 21) Lee ShinJa: Drawing with Thread (Aug 6 - Feb 1, 2026)

Now at the @brokeassstuart.bsky.social website: preview of the @bampfa.bsky.social Winter 2025 program, featuring everything from a look at Truffaut's #films from a personal perspective to Wong Kar-Wai's films restored in 4K and on the big screen. www.tinyurl.com/4mvmuhfs #Filmsky

📽️ Upcoming Screenings: Nov 12 @ 7 PM—Gunvor Nelson: Program 1 Nov 13 @ 7 PM—Fire of Wind Nov 14 @ 7 PM—Marta Mateus: Poetry, Portraiture, and Place Nov 15 @ 7 PM—Trás-os-Montes Nov 16 @ 2 PM—Gunvor Nelson: Program 2 Nov 16 @ 5 PM—Husband and Wife Nov 16 @ 7 PM—Ana 🎟️ wfly.co/q7MYa

Bonus archive posts: Jonathan Mackris on António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro, two of whose category-defying films "recapturing some of the oral traditions of the villages" of northeastern Portugal are screening this weekend at @bampfa.bsky.social: www.screenslate.com/articles/ant...

📽️ Upcoming Screenings: Wed / Nov 5 @ 7 PM—The Films of Tomonari Nishikawa Thu / Nov 6 @ 3:30 PM—Rice People Thu / Nov 6 @ 7 PM—Lightning Fri / Nov 7 @ 2:30 PM—The Missing Picture Fri / Nov 7 @ 7 PM—Meeting with Pol Pot 👇

Opening Saturday at @bampfa.bsky.social! www.kqed.org/arts/1398046...

Marta Mateus (BARBS, WASTELAND; FIRE OF WIND) is presenting and discussing her work and influences @anthologyfilm.bsky.social, the Siskel + Doc Films, @acropoliscinema.bsky.social, and @bampfa.bsky.social — www.criterion.com/current/post...

Kopi Bar is now open at @bampfa.bsky.social! Welcome to #downtown #berkeley! ☕️ @mayoradenaishii.bsky.social

📽️This Week in Film: Wed / Oct 29 @ 7 PM—BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions (Free admission!) Thu / Oct 30 @ 7 PM—Crows and Sparrows Fri / Oct 31 @ 4:30 PM—Four Nights a Dreamer Fri / Oct 31 @ 6:30 PM—Apocalypse Now: Final Cut 👇

This Week in Film: Oct 15 @ 7 PM — Cheryl Dunye’s Short Work (Sold out!) Oct 16 @ 7 PM — A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence Oct 17 @ 7 PM — No. 89 Shimen Road Oct 18 @ 3 PM — Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 👇

📽️This Week in Film: Oct 8 @ 7 PM—Crazy Love Oct 9 @ 7 PM—Calle Málaga (Standby!) Oct 10 @ 4:30 PM—State of Firsts Oct 10 @ 7 PM—The Mastermind (Standby!) Oct 11 @ 2 PM—It Was Just an Accident (Standby!) 👇

📽️This Week in Film: Oct 1 @ 7 PM—Everything Is Now: J. Hoberman in Person (Sold out!) Oct 2 @ 7 PM—Flowers of Shanghai Oct 3 @ 4 PM—The Alabama Solution Oct 3 @ 7:15 PM—Promised Sky 👇

Check out what is new and ongoing @bampfa.bsky.social (2155 Center Street) in October! 🖼️ 📽️ More Info: bampfa.org Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California (June 8 - November 30) Mikio Naruse: The Auteur as Salaryman (July 3 - December 21)

This Week in Film: Sep 24 @ 7PM—16mm Notebooks and Diaries Sep 25 @ 7PM—You, the Living Sep 26 @ 7PM—Stranger Inside (Free Admission!) Sep 27 @ 1PM—Exile Shanghai Sep 27 @ 7PM—The Fall of Otrar Sep 28 @ 4PM—Short Films & Commercials by Roy Andersson Sep 28 @ 7PM—Scattered Clouds 🎟 wfly.co/l8D0X

This Weekend: 𝙅𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙣 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙤𝙣: 𝘾𝙊𝙎𝙈𝙊𝙂𝙀𝙉𝙀𝙎𝙄𝙎, our three-day symposium opening this weekend, presented in partnership with SF Cinematheque and @bampfa.bsky.social https://grayarea.org/event/jordan-belson-cosmogenesis/ 🎥 Meditation - 1971 Courtesy of the Jordan Belson Estate

In the post-WW2 years, aJordan Belson helped shape a new West Coast avant-garde. His films are being shown Fri/26-Sun/28 by @grayarea.org @bampfa.bsky.social @sfcinematheque.bsky.social #ScreenGrabs

📽️ This Week in Film: Sep 17 @ 7PM—Rituals in Transfigured Time: Maya Deren, Sidney Peterson, and Kenneth Anger (Sold out!) Sep 18 @ 7PM—The Watermelon Woman (Sold out!) Sep 19 @ 3:30PM—Yõg ãtak: My Father, Kaiowá Sep 19 @ 7PM—Suzhou River (Sold out!) 👇

Check out what is new and ongoing @bampfa.bsky.social (2155 Center Street) in September! 🖼️ 📽️ More Info: bampfa.org Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California (June 8 - November 30) Mikio Naruse: The Auteur as Salaryman (July 3 - December 21)

Now at the @brokeassstuart.bsky.social website: preview of Fall programs at @bampfa.bsky.social with shoutouts to @cheryldunye.bsky.social, Frederick Wiseman et al. #filmsky #films www.tinyurl.com/4zxjnb34

📽️ This Week in Film: Sep 3 @ 7 PM — The Seashell and the Clergyman and The Blood of a Poet Sep 5 @ 7 PM — Repast Sep 6 @ 3:30 PM — Apocalypse Now: Final Cut Sep 6 @ 7 PM — A Swedish Love Story Sep 7 @ 4:30 PM — Late Chrysanthemums Sep 7 @ 7 PM — Caught by the Tides bampfa.org/film

📽️ This Week in Film: Sep 3 @ 7 PM — The Seashell and the Clergyman and The Blood of a Poet Sep 5 @ 7 PM — Repast Sep 6 @ 3:30 PM — Apocalypse Now: Final Cut Sep 6 @ 7 PM — A Swedish Love Story Sep 7 @ 4:30 PM — Late Chrysanthemums Sep 7 @ 7 PM — Caught by the Tides bampfa.org/film

📽️ This Week in Film: Aug 27 @ 7 PM–Vive l’amour Aug 28 @ 7 PM–The Hole Aug 29 @ 3:30 PM–The Sacrifice Aug 29 @ 7 PM–What Time Is It There? Aug 30 @ 1 PM–McCabe & Mrs. Miller Aug 30 @ 4 PM–Goodbye, Dragon Inn Aug 30 @ 7 PM–Stray Dogs Aug 31 @ 3 PM–Sand Aug 31 @ 6 PM–Days 🎟️ bampfa.org/film

Routed West @bampfa.bsky.social is stunning & worth the visit. I’d already planned to go but happened to meet one of the quilters leaving a coffee shop a few days before. She told me “look for the red cardinals” (her quilt) next to her grandmother’s (age 109) & great aunt’s quilts. Very memorable—

This week, Delaney Holton on Tsai Ming-liang's masterpiece of isolation and longing, Vive l'amour, screening Wednesday at @bampfa.bsky.social with Tsai and actor Lee Kang-sheng in person www.screenslate.com/articles/viv...

Finally! Something delicious is coming to the long vacant cafe space at @bampfa.bsky.social. Can't wait to patronize Kopi Bar & Bakery! 😋 www.kqed.org/arts/1398046... via @kqedfood.bsky.social @theluketsai.bsky.social

📽️ This Week in Film: Aug 20 @ 7 PM–Persona Aug 21 @ 7 PM–Stalker (Sold out!) Aug 22 @ 7 PM–Rebels of the Neon God (Sold out!) Aug 23 @ 4:30 PM–Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts Aug 23 @ 7 PM–A Swedish Love Story Aug 24 @ 4 PM–Nostalghia Aug 24 @ 6:30 PM–Nashville (Sold out!) 🎟️ wfly.co/b7ZBn

With a 63-by-30 foot art installation, Stephanie Syjuco explores education and activism at @bampfa.bsky.social news.berkeley.edu/2025/08/15/w...

📽️This Week in Film: Aug 13 @ 7 PM–Through a Glass Darkly Aug 14 @ 7 PM–Dragon Inn (Sold out!) Aug 15 @ 7 PM–Yearning Aug 16 @ 4 PM–Popeye Aug 16 @ 7 PM–Solaris Aug 16 @ 7 PM–Desert Hearts (Free outdoor screening!) Aug 17 @ 5 PM–Wife! Be Like a Rose! Aug 17 @ 7 PM–Mirror 🎟️https://wfly.co/Lx8k1

This week, Steve Macfarlane on Popeye, Robert Altman's sublime clusterfuck disasterpiece starring Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall in roles they were born for, screening on 35mm Saturday afternoon at @bampfa.bsky.social www.screenslate.com/articles/pop...

Absolutely gorgeous work in an inspiring show of African-American quilts @bampfa.bsky.social recently acquired an enormous collection that is likely the most important and largest in the world. Highly recommended!

This week, Saffron Maeve on Robert Altman's Van Gogh biopic, Vincent & Theo, made immediately before his late-career renaissance began, screening Sunday evening at @bampfa.bsky.social: www.screenslate.com/articles/vin...

Check out what is happening @bampfa.bsky.social (2155 Center Street)! 🖼️ 📽️ More Info: bampfa.org Collection Focus / Sky Hopinka: Sunflower Siege Engine (March 12 - August 24) Teaching Wall / Beyond Face Value: Meditations on Portraiture (May 7 - August 17)

Make time to see this remarkable @bampfa.bsky.social exhibit. It’s about quilts, but it’s mostly about history and connection and resilience and it’s just what we need. ❤️

📷 This Week in Film Aug 6 @ 7 PM The Player Aug 7 @ 7 PM Smiles of a Summer Night Aug 8 @ 7 PM Daughters, Wives, and a Mother Aug 9 @ 4:30 PM The 400 Blows Aug 9 @ 7 PM Andrei Rublev Aug 10 @ 4 PM A Wanderer’s Notebook Aug 10 @ 7 PM Vincent & Theo 🎟️ wfly.co/Tr58B

📽️ This Week in Film: Jul 30 @ 7 PM – Él Jul 31 @ 7 PM – Untamed Aug 1 @ 7 PM – Andrei Tarkovsky: A Cinema Prayer Aug 2 @ 4 PM – Gosford Park Aug 2 @ 7 PM – Summer with Monika Aug 3 @ 4 PM – Ivan’s Childhood Aug 3 @ 6:30 PM – 3 Women 🎟️ wfly.co/Nz70V

📽️ This Week in Film: Jul 23 @ 7 PM – The Long Goodbye (sold out!) Jul 24 @ 7 PM – The Phenix City Story Jul 25 @ 7 PM – A Wife’s Heart Jul 26 @ 5 PM – Elvira Madigan Jul 27 @ 7 PM – Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean 🎟️ wfly.co/Xv93B

📽️This Week in Film: Jul 16 @ 7 PM – Floating Clouds Jul 17 @ 7 PM – Nostalghia Jul 18 @ 7 PM – Nightmare Alley Jul 19 @ 5 PM – The Count of the Old Town Jul 19 @ 7 PM – Flowing Jul 20 @ 4:30 PM – A Photographic Memory Jul 20 @ 6:30 PM – The Sacrifice 🎟️ wfly.co/Ub12R

This week, @feuilladist.bsky.social on @bampfa.bsky.social's sprawling Mikio Naruse retrospective, The Auteur as Salaryman, which opens Thursday, July 3 with his best-known film, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, on 35mm: www.screenslate.com/articles/mik...

Check out what is happening @bampfa.bsky.social (2155 Center Street)! 🖼️ 📽️ More Info: bampfa.org To Exalt the Ephemeral: The (Im)permanent Collection (August 14, 2024 - July 6, 2025) Art Wall / Tanya Aguiñiga: Border Fall Height (January 18 - July 13)

📽️This Week in Film: Jul 9 @ 7 PM – Stalker Jul 10 @ 7 PM – Hideko the Bus Conductor Jul 11 @ 7 PM – Miss Julie Jul 12 @ 4:30 PM – Lightning Jul 12 @ 7 PM – Touch of Evil Jul 13 @ 4 PM – Intermezzo Jul 13 @ 7 PM – Images Get tickets at bampfa.org/film

This week, @feuilladist.bsky.social on Gustaf Molander's Intermezzo, the movie that convinced David O. Selznick to bring Ingrid Bergman to Hollywood and which was remade for her first American film, screening Sunday, July 13, at @bampfa.bsky.social: www.screenslate.com/articles/int...

📽️This Week in Film: Jul 2 @ 7 PM – They Live by Night Jul 3 @ 7 PM – When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Jul 4 @ 5 PM – Nashville Jul 5 @ 4:30 PM – Leave Her to Heaven Jul 5 @ 7 PM – Mirror Jul 6 @ 4:30 PM – Vermiglio Jul 6 @ 7 PM – That Cold Day in the Park wfly.co/Kg8t4

📽️This Week in Film: Jun 25 @ 7 PM – Detour Jun 26 @ 7 PM – Andrei Rublev Jun 27 @ 7 PM – Films by Bruce Conner: Program 2 Jun 28 @ 4 PM – A Photographic Memory Jun 28 @ 6 PM – Short Cuts Jun 29 @ 5 PM – Él Jun 29 @ 7 PM – Solaris 🎟️https://wfly.co/Gx12J

Got to see this fantastic exhibit at @bampfa.bsky.social #art #textiles #quilt

This #juneteenth morning on @kqednews.kqed.org RADIO… (8:22AM) We’re talking about this new quilts exhibition at @bampfa.bsky.social …and a little about the quilts my Grandma Evelyn made for me.

And finally, #GenHour (I've been saving up) in the context of #Juneteenth, #FamilyHistory, #Genealogy, — and #Storytelling for anyone in the #SFBay area, there's an extraordinary talk planned for a week from Saturday: bampfa.org/event/quilt-... Thank you, @bampfa.bsky.social

📽️This Week in Film: Jun 18 @ 7 PM—Vermiglio Jun 19 @ 7 PM—McCabe & Mrs. Miller Jun 20 @ 7 PM—Ivan’s Childhood Jun 21 @ 4 PM—Vivien’s Wild Ride Jun 21 @ 7 PM—The Reckless Moment Jun 22 @ 4:30 PM—The Steamroller and the Violin Jun 22 @ 7 PM—3 Women 🎟️https://wfly.co/v3BFr

SF Chronicle review of the @bampfa.bsky.social Routed West quilt show in Berkeley. Prepare to be wonderstruck.

Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California @bampfa.bsky.social

Remarkable Double Wedding Ring Room c. 1970 created by Isadora Whitehead. She pieced the quilts during in between moments at her job as a bus driver. Friends donated fabric. She embroidered their names on the quilts. In Routed West at @bampfa.bsky.social