Harakiri

Fri · Nov 6·7 PM – 9:15 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

Harakiri (BAMPFA) — Tatsuya Nakadai plays a penniless samurai seeking permission for ritual suicide, with additional killings, hailed as possibly the best samurai film.

Fri · Nov 20·Los Angeles, CA · Berkeley

Cal Berkeley men’s water polo competes in the MPSF Championship at a neutral Los Angeles venue.

Fri · Nov 20·Athens, Ga. · Berkeley

Cal Berkeley women's tennis faces opponents at the neutral NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships in Athens, Georgia.

Fri · Nov 20·10:30 AM – 11 AM·West Branch · Berkeley

Storytime in Spanish and English with songs, movement, clapping, and reading at Berkeley Public Library West Branch, for ages 6–30 months.

Fri · Nov 20·11 AM – 12 PM·UC Botanical Garden Berkeley

Integral Taiji & Qigong class at UC Botanical Garden Berkeley offers standing and walking meditation, Microcosmic Orbit, Taiji Ruler, Eight Treasures, and element embodiment, all ages.

Fri · Oct 23·3:30 PM – 4:30 PM·BAMPFA · Berkeley

Screening the first three episodes of Maurice Pialat’s WWI miniseries La maison des bois at BAMPFA.

Fri · Oct 23·7 PM – 8:30 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

The Arch (BAMPFA) — A Ming dynasty widow, praised for poetic beauty, faces temptation from a soldier, exploring propriety, tradition, and repression.

Sat · Oct 24·2 PM – 6 PM·BAMPFA, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

4K restoration of Maurice Pialat’s *La maison des bois* Episodes 4–7 screens at BAMPFA.