Thursday, January 21
Confortorio (85 min., 1992). Watching the Unwatchable: Films Confront Torture (PFA, 7:00)
Le Petit Soldat (88 min., 1960). Watching the Unwatchable: Films Confront Torture (PFA, 8:45)
Friday, January 22
Cat People (73 min., 1942). Complicated Shadows: The Films of Val Lewton (PFA, 7:00)
The Seventh Victim (71 min., 1943) Complicated Shadows: The Films of Val Lewton (PFA, 8:40)
Saturday, January 23
Bay Area International Children’s Film Festival. A program of four feature films and several award-winning shorts. (Michaan’s Auctions, Alameda, 11:00 a.m.)
Sunday, January 24
Early Capra in the San Francisco Bay Area (total running time 67 min., 1921-2). Before “Capraesque”: Early Frank Capra (PFA, 2:00)
Traffic (100 min., 1971). Playtime: The Modern Comedy of Jacques Tati (PFA, 4:30)
Tuesday, January 26
Amelie (122 min., 2001). Free Movie Night (924 Gilman St., Berkeley, 7:30)
The Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society Dream Films (total running time 58 min., 1926-72). Alternative Visions (PFA, 7:30)
Wednesday, January 27
Coming of Age: African Shorts (total running time 66 min., 2008). African Film Festival (PFA, 7:00)
