Thursday, February 19

Letters to Max (103 min., 2014). Eric Baudelaire / MATRIX 257, free admission (BAM/PFA, Berkeley, 3:00)

Short Films by Mati Diop (76 min., 2009-12). Afterimage: Filmmakers and Critics in Conversation: Mati Diop (BAM/PFA, 7:00)

The Internal Man (2014). With live music by Rico G and Najee Amaranth and a post-film Q&A (The New Parkway, Oakland, 9:00)

National Theatre Live: JOHN (Rialto Cinemas Elmwood, 7:00)

Back to the Future (116 min., 1985). (UA Berkeley 7, 9:00)

Friday, February 20

Letters to Max (103 min., 2014). Eric Baudelaire / MATRIX 257, free admission (BAM/PFA, Berkeley, 3:00)

A Thousand Suns (45 min., 2013). Afterimage: Filmmakers and Critics in Conversation: Mati Diop (BAM/PFA, 7:30)

Back to the Future (116 min., 1985). New Parkway Cult Night (Parkway, 10:30)

Boyhood (164 min., 2014). Free outdoor screening by SUPERB (Memorial Glade, UC Berkeley, 7:00)

Plastic China (30 min.). Screening followed by presentation by filmmaker Wang Jiuliang (180 Doe Library, UC Berkeley, 4:00)

Saturday, February 21

Big Green Valley (80 min., 1968). Discovering Georgian Cinema (BAM/PFA, 6:15)

35 Shots of Rum (100 min., 2008). Afterimage: Filmmakers and Critics in Conversation: Mati Diop in person (BAM/PFA, 8:00)

American Bear: An Adventure in the Kindness of Strangers (93 min., 2015). With post-film Q&A with filmmakers Sarah Sellman and Greg Grano (Parkway, 3:00)

The Royal Opera 2014/15: Andrea Chenier (Rialto Elmwood, 10:00 am)

Sunday, February 22

2015 Academy Award Viewing Party (Rialto Cinemas, El Cerrito, 4:00)

2015 Academy Award Viewing Party (Parkway, 4:00)

2015 Academy Awards (Grand Lake, 4:00)

Tuesday, February 24

Images of the World and the Inscription of War (75 min., 1988). Documentary Voices (BAM/PFA, 7:00)

Sayama (2013).  Pre-film discussion led by the Asian Prisoner Support Committee & East Point Peace Academy (Parkway, 7:00)

Profit and Loss: Spring 2015 Film Series (57 min., 2013). Post-film discussion with filmmaker (International House, UC Berkeley, 7:00)

Wednesday, February 25

Bigger Than Life (95 min., 1956). Film 50: History of Cinema (BAM/PFA, 3:10)

Anina (80 min., 2013). (2060 Valley Life Sciences Building, UC Berkeley, 7:00)

Hapax Legomena (202 min., 1971-72). Introduction by Michael Zryd (BAM/PFA, 7:00)

National Theatre Live: JOHN (Rialto Cerrito, 7:00)

Seeds of Time (77 min.). Reel to Real Film Series, Q&A with special guest Sibella Kraus (David Brower Center, 7:00)