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Today in the PFA Theater

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Current Film Series

link image thumbnail In the Realm of Oshima
May 29 - July 18
“No other director of Nagisa Oshima’s generation has made more vital, inventive and challenging films, or taken more risks. He is a giant in contemporary cinema” (Tony Rayns). This retrospective of the Japanese master’s work is a landmark, once-in-a-generation event.



Upcoming Film Series

link image thumbnail Eccentric Cinema: Overlooked Oddities and Ecstasies,
1963–82

July 8 - August 27
A dozen delirious, genre-defying films by the likes of Brian De Palma, Robert Downey, Bill Gunn, Curtis Harrington, and George Romero revel in pictorial excess and a contempt for the customary.


link image thumbnail A Tribute to Hayao Miyazaki
July 12 - July 21
We showcase the stunning artistry, soaring imagination, and social conscience of master animator Hayao Miyazaki in four special screenings.


link image thumbnail A Theater Near You
July 12 - July 23
PFA’s repertory series returns with a new work from Polish master Andrzej Wajda and a fresh print of a beautiful 1961 film by Jean-Pierre Melville.


link image thumbnail Into the Vortex: Female Voice in Film
July 15 - August 26
Exploring the use of the female voice in 1940s Hollywood films, this series includes canonical “women’s pictures,” obscure gems, and other not-so-guilty pleasures.


link image thumbnail Ecco l’uomo: Celebrating Italian Actors
July 24 - August 29
Behind every great Italian auteur stands a great Italian actor. We celebrate the talents of Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Alberto Sordi, and other performers who brought the films of directors like Fellini, Monicelli, and Pasolini to life.


link image thumbnail Secrets Beyond the Door: Treasures from the UCLA Festival of Preservation
August 7 - August 30
From Josef von Sternberg and Frank Borzage to John Cassavetes and John Sayles, from Jazz Age Vitaphone shorts to the first Sri Lankan independent film, this festival of works preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive covers a spectrum of cinema history in sparkling prints.


link image thumbnail Special Screening: Vertigo
August 13
Hitchcock’s extraordinary drama of obsession and illusion makes a vertiginous counterpoint to Into the Vortex.


link image thumbnail Free Outdoor Screening: The Fast and the Furious
August 28
From 1954, the original crash course in fast cats, cool jazz, and careening cars.