EXHIBITION On Screen

Michelangelo: Love and Death

Thursday, May 29   1pm

Spanning his 88 years, Michelangelo: Love and Death takes a cinematic journey through the print and drawing rooms of Europe through the great chapels and museums of Florence, Rome and the Vatican to seek out a deeper understanding of this legendary figure’s tempestuous life, his relationship with his contemporaries and his incredible legacy…MORE INFO

National Theatre Live

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

Wednesday, June 11 7pm
Tuesday, June 24 7pm

Gillian Anderson (Sex Education), Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), and Ben Foster (Lone Survivor) lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece, returning to cinemas. As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski…MORE INFO

East Bay Film! Albany FilmFest and the Berkeley Film Foundation Present:

Skin of Glass

Thursday, June 19  7pm

When a celebrated modernist glass skyscraper in Sao Paolo, Brazil, has become occupied by hundreds of homeless families, the architect’s daughter and filmmaker is brought face to face with the intimate, human consequences of an exploding population and global housing crisis…MORE INFO

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Democracy Noir

Thursday, July 17  7pm

As Viktor Orbán dismantles Hungary’s democratic institutions, three women—a journalist, a politician, and a nurse—work tirelessly to fight for their country’s soul, facing a well-financed and sophisticated opposition as they try and win back democracy and precious freedoms…MORE INFO

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The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane

Thursday, August 14  7pm

The underground history of a singer-agitator whose unbending principles guide her through notoriety, obscurity, and finally, music legend. Dane emanated the people-powered connectivity of folk, the defiance of blues and the elemental cool of jazz, propelling major historic events with boldness and subversion that cut through commercial artifice…MORE INFO

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Between the Sun and the Sidewalk

Thursday, September 18  7pm

Two fiercely dedicated young Latino political organizers lead a team of new recruits to mobilize their community to support a sugary drink tax. When the state government passes a stealth law to ban all local soda taxes until 2030, these young activists fearlessly battle the corporate lobbying efforts to block them…MORE INFO

National Theatre Live

INTER ALIA

Monday, October 6 7pm
Wednesday, October 22 7pm

Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play
from the team behind Prima Facie. Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent. When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright?…MORE INFO

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Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on The Brink

Thursday, October 16  7pm

The story of a secretive hedge fund that is plundering what is left of America’s newspapers, and the journalists who are fighting back. Backed by the NewsGuild union, they go toe-to-toe with their “vulture capitalist” owners in a battle to save and rebuild local journalism in America…MORE INFO