San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
MICK LASALLE’S MOVIE PICKS
“Grand Hotel”:
All-star, Oscar winning classic from 1932, with Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore and Wallace Beery. 7 p.m. Sunday, June 24. The Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“Wild Strawberries”:
Ingmar Bergman’s 1957 meditation on old age tells the story of a professor (Victor Seastrom) looking back on his long life. 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 27. The Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“L’avventura”:
Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1960 presentation of modern alienation is a landmark of Italian cinema — but also boring. So have a cup of coffee and go. 7 p.m. Thursday, June 28. The Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley. www.bampfa.berkeley. edu
“Anna Karenina”:
A well-acted, though rather sexless, telling of Leo Tolstoy’s novel, highlighted by Garbo’s acting but limited by 1935’s censorship rules. 7 p.m. Saturday, June 29. The Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“Red Desert”:
Monica Vitti finally has the nervous breakdown she was threatening in two previous Antonioni films, in this first Antonioni movie shot in color. 6 p.m. Saturday, June 30. The Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu