One-Night Stands
Thursday, September 11
Berkeley in the Sixties (117 min., 1990). Activate Yourself: The Free Speech Movement at Fifty (BAM/PFA, Berkeley, 7:00)
The Royal Tenenbaums (110 mins., 2001). Parkway Classics (Parkway, 9:30)
Bringing up Baby (102 min., 1938). Cerrito Classics (Rialto Cinemas El Cerrito, 7:00)
The 2014 9/11 Truth Film Festival (The New Pearl Harbor, The Devil is in the Details, Blowback or Bloody Treason, American Anthrax, Anatomy of a Great Deception). Full day of screenings and presentations (Grand Lake Theatre, Oakland, 1:00-11:00)
Chinatown (131 min., 1974). (UA Berkeley 7, 9:00)
Laughter in Paradise (94 min., 1951). (Magick Lantern, Point Richmond, 7:30)
Where Should Birds Fly? (2012). (Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists’ Hall, 7:00)
Dreambody/Earthbody (80 min., 2012). (Finnish Kaleva Hall, Berkeley, 8:30)
Friday, September 12
Sympathy for the Devil (111 min., 1968). Jean-Luc Godard: Expect Everything from Cinema (BAM/PFA, 7:00)
Rebel Without a Cause (111 min., 1955). James Dean, Restored Classics from Warner Bros. (BAM/PFA, 9:10)
Mystery Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (Parkway, 10:30)
Last Hero in China (111 min., 1993). Martial Arts Matinee (Parkway, 3:00)
Belle & Sebastian (85 min., 2014). (Magick Lantern, Point Richmond, 5:00)
Saturday, September 13
Spartacus (197 min., 1960). Eyes Wide: The Films of Stanley Kubrick (BAM/PFA, 7:00)
Banjo Tales (57 min., 2014) followed by Musical Holdouts (104 min., 1976). With John Cohen and Alexia Smith in person (BAM/PFA, 7:30)
Second Opinion: Laetrile at Sloan-Kettering (76 min., 2014). (Rialto Cinemas Elmwood, Noon)
Derby Crazy Love (68 min., 2014). Strong Girls Rule Community Engagement Film Series (Berkeley Public Library Central Branch, 3:00)
Mayhem: Mayweather VS Maidana (210 min., 2014). Live screening. (AMC Bay Street 16, 5:00)
Sunday, September 14
Rio (96 min., 2011) Benefit for Easter Seals (Parkway, 12:30)
Post 72 Hour Sleep Less Make More Film Festival (2014) Screening and voting (Parkway, 3:00)
A Will for the Woods (93 min., 2014) Doc Night (Parkway, 7:00)
Of Many (34 min., 2014). (David Brower Center, Berkeley, 4:30)
Shapeshifters Cinema presents Tommy Becker (Temescal Art Center, 8:00)
Tuesday, September 16
National Theater Live: A Streetcar Named Desire (Young Vic) (180 min., 2014). Live screening. (AMC Bay Street 16, Emeryville, 7:00)
Wednesday, September 17
Films of James Broughton (65 min., 1948-81). Alternative Visions (BAM/PFA, 7:00)
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? (88 min., 2013). (Grand Lake, 7:00)
Pop-Up Film Festival: Short Films & Big ideas for Sustainable Food and Farming (120 min., 2014 Real Food Media Contest finalists). (La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, 6:30)
Blueberry Soup (90 min., 2012). Conversation with Eileen Jerrett (Boalt Hall, School of Law, UC Berkeley, 6:00)
Dancing Salmon Home (70 min., 2012). Post-film discussion (PowerBar Building, Berkeley, 4:00)
Years of Living Dangerously (Episode 3: The Surge, 53 min.). (Humanist Hall, Oakland, 7:30)