MICK LASALLE’S MOVIE PICKS
“Crisis”: Early Ingmar Bergman film from 1946 about a young woman torn between the virtuous countryside and the amoral city. 3 p.m. Sunday, April 8. The Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley. www. bampfa.berkeley.edu
“Casablanca”: You haven’t quite seen this classic until you see it in its natural habitat, the big screen. 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 8. Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto. www.stanfordtheatre.org
“Alexander Nevsky”: Director Sergei Eisenstein’s 1938 film, about Russia beating back a foreign invasion, became prescient in light of World War II. Featuring a score by Sergei Prokofiev. 3:10 p.m. Wednesday, April 11. The Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“Gaslight” (1940): No, not the 1944 Hollywood version, but the acclaimed British version starring Diana Wynyard as a woman whose husband is trying to make her think she’s crazy. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11. The Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto. www.stanfordtheatre.org
“To Be or Not to Be”: Film scholar Annette Insdorf will receive the Mel Novikoff Award and, following a discussion, will present this 1942 classic, a comedy-drama about the Nazi invasion of Poland as experienced by a Polish theatrical troupe. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Carole Lombard (her last role) and Jack Benny. A presentation of the SFFilm Festival. 1 p.m. Saturday, April 14. SFMOMA, S.F. www.sffilm.org