• Special Seasons 2008
    • Roman Polanski
      February 20 - March 05
    • François Truffaut
      April 16 - April 30
    • Andrzej Wajda
      May 7 - May 21
    • Cathay
      May 28 - June 11
    • Carl Dreyer
      June 25 - July 9
    • Fritz Lang
      August 20 - September 3
    • Cinema '68
      September 17 - October 15
    • Arnaud Desplechin
      October 22 - November 5
    • Pedro Costa
      November 12 - November 26
    • Howard Hawks
      December 3 - December 17
  • Browse Films by Title
    • 6 Bagatelas
      (2001 Pedro Costa)
    • A
    • A Hell of a Good Life: Howard Hawks
      (1978 Hans C. Blumenburg)
    • A Woman of Paris
      (1923 Charles Chaplin)
    • Airey's Inlet
      (1997 Corinne & Authur Cantrill)
    • America is Hard to See
      (1970 Emilio de Antonio)
    • Ashes & Diamonds
      (1959 Andrzej Wajda)
    • B
    • Backstage
      (1919 Roscoe Arbuckle)
    • Bones
      (1997 Pedro Costa)
    • C
    • Carlton + Godard = Cinema
      (2003 Nigel Buesst)
    • Casa De Lava
      (1995 Pedro Costa)
    • Chinese Firedrill
      (1968 Will Hindle)
    • Ceiling Zero
      (1936 Howard Hawks)
    • Colossal Youth
      (2006 Pedro Costa)
    • Come Out Fighting
      (1973 Nigel Buesst)
    • D
    • Day For Night
      (1973 François Truffaut)
    • Day of Wrath
      (1943 Carl Dreyer)
    • Demoiselles de Wilko
      (1979 Andrzej Wajda)
    • Die Vier um Die Frau
      (1921 Fritz Lang)
    • Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler pt 1
      (1922 Fritz Lang)
    • Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler pt 2
      (1922 Fritz Lang)
    • Dracula
      (1958 Terrence Fisher)
    • E
    • Eaux D'artifice
      (1953 Kenneth Anger)
    • Escorts Over Tiger Hills
      (1969 Wang Xinglei)
    • Esther Kahn
      (2000 Arnaud Desplechin)
    • F
    • From The Highway
      (1970 Zhang Zengze)
    • Fury
      (1936 Fritz Lang)
    • G
    • Gertrud
      (1964 Carl Dreyer)
    • Glimpse of the Garden
      (1957 Marie Menken)
    • H
    • Hearts & Minds
      (1968 Bruce Petty)
    • Histoire(s) du Cinèma
      (1988-1998 Jean-Luc Godard)
    • I
    • If...
      (1968 Lindsay Anderson)
    • Interviews with My Lai Veterans
      (1970 Joseph Strick)
    • In Vanda's Room
      (2000 Pedro Costa)
    • J
    • Jules et Jim
      (1961 François Truffaut)
    • K
    • Kanal
      (1956 Andrzej Wajda)
    • Kings & Queen
      (2004 Arnaud Desplechin)
    • Knife in the Water
      (1962 Roman Polanski)
    • L
    • La Sentinelle
      (1992 Arnaud Desplechin)
    • Landscape After Battle
      (1970 Andrzej Wajda)
    • Landscape Suicide
      (1986 James Benning)
    • Les Deux Anglaises et le Continent
      (1971 François Truffaut)
    • Lichtenstein in London
      (1968 Bruce Beresford)
    • M
    • Macbeth
      (1971 Roman Polanski)
    • Mambo Girl
      (1970 Yi Wen)
    • Mammals
      (1963 Roman Polanski)
    • Man of Marble
      (1977 Andrzej Wajda)
    • Medium Cool
      (1969 Haskell Wexler)
    • Mississippi Mermaid
      (1969 François Truffaut)
    • Moonfleet
      (1955 Fritz Lang)
    • My Sex Life...Or How I Got Into An Argument
      (1996 Arnaud Desplechin)
    • N
    • Ne Change Rien
      (2005 Pedro Costa)
    • Near Coober Pedy
      (1977 C & A Cantrill)
    • Night of The Eagle (Burn Witch Burn)
      (1961 Sidney Hayers)
    • No Vietnamese Ever Called Me Nigger
      (1969 Loeb Wiess)
    • O
    • Once Upon a Time
      (1922 Carl Dreyer)
    • Only Angels Have Wings
      (1939 Howard Hawks)
    • Ordet
      (1955 Carl Dreyer)
    • Our Sister Hedy
      (1957 Qin Tao)
    • P
    • Petulia
      (1968 Richard Lester)
    • Picnic With Wiessmann
      (1968 Jan Švankmajer)
    • Playing "In The Company of Men"
      (2003 Arnaud Desplechin)
    • Q
    • R
    • Remember the Night
      (1939 Mitchell Leisen)
    • Rosemary's Baby
      (1968 Roman Polanski)
    • Russian Ark
      (2002 Alexander Sokurov)
    • S
    • Scarlett Street
      (1945 Fritz Lang)
    • Sister Long Legs
      (1960 Tang Huang)
    • State Legislature
      (2007 Frederick Wiseman)
    • T
    • Targets
      (1968 Peter Bogdanovich)
    • Tarrafal
      (2007 Pedro Costa)
    • Tess
      (1979 Roman Polanski)
    • Tiger Shark
      (1932 Howard Hawks)
    • The 400 Blows
      (1959 François Truffaut)
    • The Blood
      (1989 Pedro Costa)
    • The Bride Wore Black
      (1968 François Truffaut)
    • The Criminal Code
      (1931 Howard Hawks)
    • The Crowd Roars
      (1932 Howard Hawks)
    • The Dawn Patrol
      (1930 Howard Hawks)
    • The Fat & The Lean
      (1961 Roman Polanski)
    • Dance Of The Vampires
      (1967 Roman Polanski)
    • The First Sword
      (1967 Tu Guangqi)
    • The Flat
      (1968 Jan Švankmajer)
    • The Garden
      (1968 Jan Švankmajer)
    • The Godless Girl
      (1929 Cecil B. Demille)
    • The Hayseed
      (1919 Roscoe Arbuckle)
    • The End of St. Petersburg
      (1927 Vsevolod Pudovkin)
    • The Joke
      (1969 Jaromil Jires)
    • The Land of Nothing
      (1996 Péter Forgács)
    • The Lottery
      (1969 Larry Yust)
    • The Mother & The Whore
      (1973 Jean Eustache)
    • The Passion of Joan of Arc
      (1927 Carl Dreyer)
    • The Palm Beach Story
      (1942 Preston Sturges)
    • The President
      (1919 Carl Dreyer)
    • The Rabbit Hunters
      (2007 Pedro Costa)
    • The Shores of Pho
      (1972 Stan Brakhage)
    • The Tailor From Torzhok
      (1925 Yakov Protazonov)
    • The Wedding
      (1973 Andrzej Wajda)
    • The Witchfinder General
      (1968 Michael Reeves)
    • T.O.U.C.H.I.N.G.
      (1968 Paul Sharits)
    • Two Men & A Wardrobe
      (1958 Roman Polanski)
    • U
    • V
    • Valentin de las Sierras
      (1968 Bruce Baillie)
    • Vampyr
      (1932 Carl Dreyer)
    • W
    • Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?
      (2001 Pedro Costa)
    • Wild Night in El Reno
      (1978 George Kuchar)
    • Witches' Hammer
      (1969 Otakár Vavra)
    • X
    • Y
    • You Only Live Once
      (1937 Fritz Lang)
    • Z
  • Browse Films by Date
    • February 13
      Opening Night: Classic Horror
    • February 20
      Roman Polanski Season
    • February 27
      Roman Polanski Season
    • March 5
      Roman Polanski Season
    • March 12
      "Women in Trouble"
    • March 19
      "Eternal St. Petersburg"
    • March 26
      Jean-Luc Godard
    • April 2
      Frederick Wiseman
    • April 9
      "Experimental Landscapes"
    • April 16
      François Truffaut Season
    • April 23
      François Truffaut Season
    • April 30
      François Truffaut Season
    • May 7
      Andrzej Wajda Season
    • May 14
      Andrzej Wajda Season
    • May 21
      Andrzej Wajda Season
    • May 28
      Cathay Season
    • June 4
      Cathay Season
    • June 11
      Cathay Season
    • June 18
      Nigel Buesst
    • June 25
      Carl Dreyer Season
    • July 2
      Carl Dreyer Season
    • July 9
      Carl Dreyer Season
    • July 16
      "American Screwball"
    • BREAK
      No screenings.
    • August 20
      Fritz Lang Season
    • August 27
      Fritz Lang Season
    • September 3
      Fritz Lang Season
    • September 10
      Jean Eustache
    • September 17
      Cinema 68' Season
    • September 24
      Cinema 68' Season
    • October 1
      Cinema 68' Season
    • October 8
      Cinema 68' Season
    • October 15
      Cinema 68' Season
    • October 22
      Arnaud Desplechin Season
    • October 29
      Arnaud Desplechin Season
    • November 5
      Arnaud Desplechin Season
    • November 12
      Pedro Costa Season
    • November 19
      Pedro Costa Season
    • November 26
      Pedro Costa Season
    • December 3
      Howard Hawks Season
    • December 10
      Howard Hawks Season
    • December 17
      Howard Hawks Season

JULY 16 - "AMERICAN SCREWBALL"

July 16 - 7:00pm

Keaton and Arbuckle

Featuring The Hayseed Roscoe Arbuckle (1919) 18 mins & Back Stage Roscoe Arbuckle (1919) 18 mins. 2 of the more than a dozen films Buster Keaton made as an “apprentice” for Roscoe (“Fatty”) Arbuckle between 1917-1919, the very beginning of his illustrious screen career. These 2 late collaborations show clear evidence of Buster’s growing creative involvement in the process, with a refinement & restraint much closer to Keaton’s style than to the loosely structured series of knockabout & slapstick gags that characterise Arbuckle’s comedy.

July 16 - 7:50pm

The Palm Beach Story

Preston Sturges (1942) 90 mins PG

One of the last great screwball comedies & the last true Sturges romantic comedy, this is probably the most fondly remembered of all the writer-director’s breathless creations. Runaway bride Claudette Colbert lands in Palm Beach & teams up with a wacky millionairess (Mary Astor) & her brother (Rudy Vallee). Hiding its satire under layers of kookiness, such Sturges regulars as Joel McCrea, William Demarest & Franklin Pangborn are taken through mounting heights of absurdity as they skilfully traverse this comedy of mistaken identities & flailing, failing marriage.

35mm print courtesy of the BFI Archive.

July 16 - 9:30pm

Remember the Night

Mitchell Leison (1939) 94 mins

Directed by Leisen from a screenplay by Preston Sturges this luminous film conveys the sentimental gleam of new-found love but goes beyond the hide-bound conventions of romantic comedy. Leisen’s handling of the romance between prosecutor Fred MacMurray & the savvy shoplifter (Barbara Stanwyck) he falls for, caught stealing a diamond bracelet during the Christmas rush, is surprisingly complex & unexpectedly moving. With Beulah Bondi & Sterling Holloway.

35mm print courtesy of UCLA Film & TV Archive.

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