Featuring eleven newly restored movie gems, BAM’s annual series showcases a wide range of influential works spanning five decades of filmmaking. Catch awe-inspiring big-screen favorites like Charles Burnett’s portrait of working-class LA, Killer of Sheep; Peter Weir’s eerie 1977 classic, Picnic at Hanging Rock; Lav Diaz’s Jersey City-set Batang West Side, and a lot more—all meticulously restored with loving care and attention.
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FilmA Man and a Woman
Fri, Aug 8, 2025
A Man and a Woman
Fri, Aug 8, 2025A widowed script supervisor and a race-car driving widower find love in the shadow of their former relationships in what Pauline Kael called “probably the most efficacious make-out movie of the swinging ’60s.” -
FilmPicnic at Hanging Rock
Aug 9—Aug 11, 2025
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Aug 9—Aug 11, 2025A small group of students from an all-female college vanish with their chaperone while on a Valentine’s Day outing in this sensual, striking film, which helped to usher in a new era of Australian cinema. -
FilmCompensation
Aug 9—Aug 11, 2025
Compensation
Aug 9—Aug 11, 2025Zeinabu irene Davis’s moving, ambitious portrait of the struggles of Deaf African Americans and the complexities of loving relationships depicts couples in 1910 Chicago and almost 80 years later. -
FilmHis Motorbike, Her Island
Aug 9—Aug 13, 2025
His Motorbike, Her Island
Aug 9—Aug 13, 2025An aimless biker finally finds purpose when he falls in love with a young woman with an obsession for motorcycles. But when she gets her own bike, he worries her road may lead to dire consequences. -
FilmA Woman is a Woman
Aug 9—Aug 14, 2025
A Woman is a Woman
Aug 9—Aug 14, 2025When a young woman wants to have a baby but finds her boyfriend unwilling, she goes to his friend, proving how far she'll go to realize her dream in Jean-Luc Godard’s most colorful and purely entertaining film. -
FilmBatang West Side
Sun, Aug 10, 2025
Batang West Side
Sun, Aug 10, 2025As a police detective investigates the murder of a young man shot dead one winter night, plumbing the depths of Filipino youth gangs of Jersey City who trade in shabu—crystal meth—bigger questions emerge. -
FilmKiller of Sheep
Aug 10—Aug 13, 2025
Killer of Sheep
Aug 10—Aug 13, 2025Among the crown jewels of the L.A. Rebellion, Charles Burnett's cinematic masterpiece evokes the everyday trials, fragile pleasures, and tenacious humor of blue-collar African Americans in 1970s L.A. -
FilmWithnail and I
Aug 11—Aug 14, 2025
Withnail and I
Aug 11—Aug 14, 2025Two unemployed actors in 1960s London escape their squalid flat for a week in the country in Bruce Robinson’s intelligent, superbly acted, and hilarious semi-autobiographical cult favorite, presented uncut. -
FilmCentral Park
Aug 12—Aug 14, 2025
Central Park
Aug 12—Aug 14, 2025Venerated documentation Frederick Wiseman focuses on the famous New York City landmark of the title, the variety of ways people use it, and how the Parks Department deals with complex problems to keep it open. -
FilmLove & Pop
Aug 12—Aug 13, 2025
Love & Pop
Aug 12—Aug 13, 2025Armed only with a cellphone, Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi dates older men for money in order to purchase an expensive ring in the live-action feature debut from Hideaki Anno, creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
