“The cinema is always as perfect as it can be”

What is Amigos del Cine Latinoamericano? According to their blog it’s “a weekly screening of Latin American and Latino related films, shorts, documentaries, videos, and video art that shows a wide variety of perspectives of/on the region’s culture, politics, and social issues. It takes place in the Oakland area of the city of Pittsburgh. PA.” There’s much more there in both English and Spanish, including film descriptions and information about the opening and closing receptions. All of these screenings are free and open to the public. Here’s the film schedule:

(All films will be screened at the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium on the University of Pittsburgh’s campus at 7:30pm.)

August 27: Historias Mínimas (2002)
September 3: Subterra (2003)
September 10: Habana Blues (2005)
September 17: House of Sand (2005)
September 24: El Método (2005)
October 1: Valentin (2002)
October 8: 25 Watts (2001)
October 15: Duck Season (2004)
October 22: The Waiting List (2000)
October 29: Me You Them (2000)
November 5: Las Doce Sillas (1962)
November 12: Ashes From Paradise (1997)
November 19: TBA
November 26: TBA
December 3: TBA
December 10: Cleopatra (2003)

There will be a free screening of Barbarella (1968) at 8pm at the Lawrenceville coffeehouse Your Inner Vagabond on Wednesday, October 8. For more information, check out their calendar.

Via a University of Pittsburgh press release:

As part of Pitt’s film series, Beur Is Beautiful: Maghrebi-French Filmmaking, French films will be shown Sept. 26 through Oct. 30 in the University of Pittsburgh’s Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. Film screenings begin at 7 p.m. and are free to the public.

The series is sponsored by Pitt’s Global Studies Program, European Studies Center, Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, Less-Commonly-Taught Languages Center, and Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures.

Here’s the schedule:

Friday, September 26: Bled Number One (2006)
Thursday, October 9: Memories of October 17 (2002) and Memoire D’Immigres (1997) (Part One)
Thursday, October 16: Memoire D’Immigres (Part Two)
Thursday, October 23: Wesh Wesh Qu’est ce qui se Passe? (2001)
Thursday, October 30: Voisins, Voisines (2005)

The University of Pittsburgh’s History of Art & Architecture department is hosting a graduate student symposium called “Storytelling: Playful Interactions and Spaces of Imagination in Contemporary Visual Culture” from October 10 through October 12. This event will feature a number of film studies scholars and cinema themes. Click on the link for more information.

An interdisciplinary conference called “Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia” will take place at the University of Pittsburgh from October 10 until October 12. This event will feature a free screening of the film Gubra (2006) at Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ Melwood Screening Room at 7:30pm on October 10, among other film-related things.

There will be a free screening of the film Gubra (2006) at Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ Melwood Screening Room on October 10 at 7:30pm as part of the University of Pittsburgh’s interdisciplinary conference “Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia.” More information is available at the conference’s website.

The Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh will be screening three films at CMU’s McConomy Auditorium as part of a Japanese Film Festival. Via the Asian Studies Center’s website, details and a schedule:

The 2008 Japanese Film Festival’s theme will be “From Comics to the Screen,” featuring movies based on popular Japanese comic books (manga). Admission is free to all. All films will be shown in McConomy Hall, University Center at Carnegie Mellon University.

September 26: Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)

October 3: Honey & Clover (2006)

October 10: Happily Ever After (2007)

The listed start time of 8pm is just a guess; I’ll update this post if I find out I’m wrong.

The Oaks Theater has set up a blog for an upcoming series of screenings they’re hosting called the “Moonlit Mayhem Film Fest 2008.” The festivities kick off on Friday, October 3 at 10pm with the “Pittsburgh premiere” of Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2007). An encore screening follows on Saturday, and then each of the next four weekends features an October-appropriate double feature. Here’s the full schedule:

Friday, October 3 and Saturday, October 4: Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
Friday, October 10 and Saturday, October 11: Cannibal Holocaust (1980) and Cannibal Ferox (1981)
Friday, October 17 and Saturday, October 18: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) and Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
Friday, October 24 and Saturday, October 25: Beetlejuice (1988) and Gremlins (1984)
Friday, October 31: Shock Treatment (1981) and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

All screenings start at 10pm. For more information, including descriptions of the films, check out that blog.

As mentioned in the City Paper’s “Fall Film Guide,” the Warhol Museum will present four recently restored “rarely shown early masterpieces” in an “Unseen Treasures” film series this fall. Here’s the schedule:

Friday, October 10: I Kiss Your Hand, Madame (1929)
Friday, October 31: The Unholy Three (1930)
Friday, November 28: The Big Parade (1925)
Friday, December 12: Prix de Beauté (1930)

All of these screenings will start at 8pm; tickets will cost $7.50. For more information, including descriptions of the films, see the Warhol’s calendar.

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Main (Oakland) branch screens a double feature consisting of one “classic” movie and one “current” one on the second Saturday of every month as part of a “Double Dose Film Series.” All films start at 1pm in the Center for Museum Education - Classroom A. For more information, including film descriptions, go to the CLP’s “Events” page and select “Films/Videos” in the first dropdown menu. Here’s the full schedule:

September 13: Heist Films
Classic: How to Steal a Million (1966)
Current: The Bank Job (2008)

October 11: Halloween Humor
Classic: Ghostbusters (1984)
Current: Shaun of the Dead (2004)

November 8: Martial Arts
Classic: Enter the Dragon (1973)
Current: Fearless (2006)

December 13: Espionage
Classic: Dr. No (1962)
Current: The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)