Here you see the 2022-23 Cine Club listings. We’ll be back in September of 2023 with a whole new year of Cine Club. Stay tuned!
Films at the Randall Museum (199 Museum Way, near the Castro) start with refreshments at 6:30 and the film presentation begins at 7pm unless otherwise noted.
Films on zoom can be watched at any time during the week. The zoom discussion takes place at 8:30pm. Email isaiah@artandfilm.org for the links.
SEPTEMBER
SEPT 16 ZOOM
Richard Lester A HARD DAY’S NIGHT (1964)
A rock-and-roll movie classic! 36 madcap hours in the lives of John, Paul, George, and Ringo at the height of Beatlemania as the band prepares for a television performance. If you’re a Beatles fan, this one’s for you.
SEPT 23 RANDALL MUSEUM
Francis Ford Coppola THE GODFATHER (1972)
Early start! Doors at 6pm, film at 6:30.
In 1940’s New York City, the Corleones are one of the most powerful crime families, until a mob war threatens to destroy it all. What begins as a chronicle of an Italian Mafia becomes a social epic about the values that distort and destroy America. A film that set the standard for American movie-making for the next decade!
SEPT 30 RANDALL MUSEUM
Alfonso Cuarón ROMA (2018)
A brilliant portrait of a live-in housekeeper and the upper class family she works for in 1970’s Mexico City. Cuarón surprised everyone by shooting the film himself, and went on to win Academy Award for best director and film. A first rate social-epic in every way.
Content Warning: some sex and nudity
OCTOBER
OCT 7 RANDALL MUSEUM
Carol Reed THE THIRD MAN (1949)
An American novelist travels to Europe in search of a job, only to find his friend dead under mysterious circumstances. A thrilling hunt for the truth through the ruins of WWII Vienna— full of murder, corruption and intrigue. Film-noir at its finest!
OCT 14 RANDALL MUSEUM
Pedro Almodóvar VOLVER (2006)
A family of women living in a wind-swept suburb of Madrid must confront their best-kept secrets when their matriarch returns from the dead to complete some unfinished business. Heartfelt and funny, this movie has it all.
OCT 21 ZOOM
Jean Luc Godard BANDE A PART (1964)
We share this film in recognition of Godard's great contributions to film over the course of his 72 year career that ended this September. In this iconic work of the French New Wave, crime caper meets comedy. Two restless young men meet a charming young woman at school. Between bouts of flirtation, the three plan to rob a house. It all goes badly, but the film itself is full of charm, originality and visual style. Featuring some of the most iconic scenes in French filmmaking!
OCT 28 RANDALL MUSEUM
Alfred Hitchcock PSYCHO (1960)
Start your halloween weekend with this classic of psychological horror! This film established a template that horror films would follow for decades. A secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer and goes on the run, but danger lurks when she hides out in a remote motel run by a meek young man and his domineering mother.
NOVEMBER
NOV 4 RANDALL MUSEUM
Satyajit Ray WORLD OF APU (1959)
The final film in Ray’s immortal Apu Trilogy. Apu, now an unemployed young writer, unexpectedly stumbles into marriage and must find a way to provide for his new family. This film is a beautiful exploration of love, death and rebirth.
NOV 11 RANDALL MUSEUM
Elem Klimov COME AND SEE (1985)
The horrors of World War II seen up close through the eyes of a teenager as he runs headfirst into the fight and then must struggle to survive. Moving, lyrical, powerful, this is a wonder of filmmaking that you’ll never forget. One of the greatest anti-war films ever made.
WARNING: This film graphically depicts war and genocide.
NOV 18 RANDALL MUSEUM
Jayro Bustamante IXCANUL (2015)
Maria, a teenager growing up in a volcanic village in Guatemala has been betrothed to a wealthy landowner in an arranged marriage. However, matters get complicated when she becomes pregnant with another man’s child. A stunning debut by Bustamante and the first film produced in the Mayan Kaqchikel language.
DECEMBER
DEC 2 RANDALL MUSEUM
Federico Fellini LA DOLCE VITA (1960)
Early start! Doors at 6pm, film at 6:30.
This masterpiece follows a newspaper reporter as he covers much of the social phenomena of the late 1950’s—the arrival of a film actress from Hollywood, the report of a sighting of the Virgin Mary, etc. mixed with his own crisis and those of the crowd he runs with. This film is episodic, full of wild entertainment with Fellini as the ultimate carnival ringleader.
DEC 9 ZOOM
Caro & Jeunet DELICATESSEN (1991)
A post-apocalyptic Sweeney Todd, this film follows a bloodthirsty French landlord who begins to butcher and sell human meat as a cheaper alternative. This is a hilarious and dark comedy, made by the director of Amelie. A fun watch to gear up for Halloween.
DEC 16 RANDALL MUSEUM
Ingmar Bergman FANNY & ALEXANDER (1982)
Early start! Doors at 6pm, film at 6:30.
The story of a brother and sister growing up in Sweden in the 1910’s, coping with the death of their father and their mother’s remarriage. A Christmas story, a fairy tale, a swansong to the theater... this film overflows with an astonishing love of life.
JANUARY
JAN 13 ZOOM
Kelly Reichardt WENDY AND LUCY (2008)
Michelle Williams plays Wendy, a homeless woman traveling with her dog, hoping to find work in Alaska. Made by a master of independent filmmaking, this is a drama that balances matter of fact realism with emotionally charged narrative. Be sure to bring tissues!
JAN 20 EXPLORATORIUM - KANBAR FORUM
Alain Resnais HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR (1959)
A French actress falls in love with a Japanese architect while filming in post-atomic bomb Hiroshima. They bond over their shared trauma from the war, but shared trauma does not equal shared understanding. One of the most beguiling and influential films of all time.
JAN 27 EXPLORATORIUM - KANBAR FORUM
Xavier Giannoli LOST ILLUSIONS
A sumptuous and piercing social epic. Lucien de Rubempré arrives in 1821 Paris as a sensitive, and idealistic young poet determined to write a reputation-making novel. Instead, he finds himself swept into journalism, whose influence and reach is booming. A contemporary tale of corruption amidst an early form of "fake news."
FEBRUARY
FEB 3 RANDALL MUSEUM
Charles Burnett MY BROTHER’S WEDDING (1983)
This tragicomedy set in South Central LA centers around Pierce, a young man working in his family’s dry cleaners who is struggling to figure out what to do with his life, caught between loyalty to his friends and meeting his family’s expectations.
FEB 10 RANDALL MUSEUM
Tsai Ming-liang REBELS OF THE NEON GOD (1992)
The debut film of one of the premier directors of Taiwan’s new cinema movement. A cabdriver's son quits his college studies to get revenge on two petty thieves that vandalized his father's car. All three face alienation, loneliness, and existential crisis within the urban gloom of Taipei.
FEB 17 RANDALL MUSEUM
Dee Rees MUDBOUND (2017)
Two veterans, one black and one white, return to their homes in Mississippi after fighting in World War II. Instead of being hailed as heroes, each is made to struggle with the realities of racism and the lingering effects of war. A character driven drama that is not to be missed.
Content Warning: This film contains depictions of racially charged violence.
FEB 24 RANDALL MUSEUM
Akira Kurosawa RAN (2000)
Early Start! Film at 6:30
Kurosawa’s historical epic inspired by King Lear. In feudal Japan, an elderly warlord decides to divide his land and castles among his three sons, but in a fit of pride turns on his youngest. This film, filled with vivid color and breathtaking battle scenes, is Shakespeare as you’ve never seen before.
WARNING: contains graphic violence
MARCH
MAR 3 RANDALL MUSEUM
Jane Campion ANGEL AT MY TABLE (1990)
This biographical film chronicles the life of Janet Frame—from her small town childhood, through her struggles with poverty and mental illness to her ascension as one of New Zealand’s greatest writers. Campion is a master of detailed storytelling and this film is no exception.
MAR 10 ZOOM
Aki Kaurismäki LE HAVRE (2011)
Marcel, an aging bohemian, leads a simple life based around his wife, Arletty, and his favorite bar. Just as Arletty suddenly becomes seriously ill, Marcel crosses paths with a boy who has immigrated illegally. Marcel attempts to hide him from the police, but an immigration detective is hot on their heels.
MAR 17 RANDALL MUSEUM
Ang Lee BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (2005)
A neo-western that tells the tale of forbidden love between two cowboys over the course of their twenty year affair. Featuring stunning performances and gorgeous cinematography, this box-office hit makes for a compelling and heartbreaking story about how damaging repression can be. An absolute must watch.
MAR 24 RANDALL MUSEUM
Robert Altman NASHVILLE (1975)
Yes, the sixties were really like this! Altman’s masterpiece weaves the lives of over twenty characters into a tapestry about music, love, religion, and country in a time of great social and political change. Packed with powerful performances and great songs, this film is as relevant today as it ever was.