and singer Jake Goldwasser, at the World Body Painting Festival, in Austria. The April 12 Film Kitchen, curated by Matthew R. Day, also includes a new music video from Amoeba’s band, Amoeba Knievel, “Cowboy Ed and the Caterpillar,” also by Smoke This Productions. (Bill O’Driscoll) 8 p.m. Tue., April 12 (7 p.m. reception). Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Ave., Oakland. $5. phatmandee@gmail.com or www.pfpca.org HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD AND LOVE ALL THE THNGS CLIMATE CAN’T CHANGE. This new documentary from Josh Fox (Gasland) checks in with environmentalists and climatechange “warriors” to see how the fight is being waged against global warming. Fox will attend for a post-screening Q&A. 7 p.m. Wed., April 13. Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. Free, but tickets required at www. howtoletgomovie.com. Film Kitchen
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Cathedral of Learning, Pitt campus, Oakland. Free. www.italianfilmfests.org ME, MYSELF AND HER. Maria Sole Tognazzi directs this recent romantic comedy about two women who are not sure if they are a couple or not. In Italian, with subtitles. 7 p.m. Fri., April 8. Frick Fine Arts Building, Pitt campus, Oakland. Free. www.italianfilmfests.org A SCANNER DARKLY. In Richard Linklater’s rotoscoped adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s 1977 novel set in some “near future,” an undercover cop and drug addict struggles to sort out reality. April 8-12 and April 14. Row House Cinema BEFORE SUNRISE. Two young people — Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy — drift and talk during one night in Vienna, in Richard Linklater’s 1995 indie romance. April 8-10 and April 12-14. Row House Cinema BOYHOOD. Richard Linklater’s 2014 ode to growing up, being a child and being a parent was filmed with the same actors over 12 years. April 8-13. Row House Cinema
TAXI DRIVER. Ride around New York City with Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro), nightshift cabbie and severely disengaged paranoid, in Martin Scorsese’s 1976 neo-noir classic. The city’s a cesspool, a literal manifestation of the nation’s moral decay. No way to fix it but to arm up and get violent. Scorsese captures the fullsenses assault with jump-cuts, swoopy cameras and mad colors, and is ably aided by Bernard Hermann’s moody score. Pure America, on a dark, dark day. 7:30 p.m. nightly April 12-14. Hollywood (AH)
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THE BREAKFAST CLUB. A little sad, a little happy is one way to sum up this 1985 dramedy about high school from John Hughes. You don’t need me to retell the plot (five kids from different cliques discover they have plenty in common). So, whether you’re a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess or a criminal — just be there when the bell rings. 7:30 p.m. Wed., April 13. AMC Waterfront. $5 PALIO. Cosima Spender’s recent documentary covers the “Palio,” the oldest horse race in the world, held in Siena. In Italian, with subtitles. 7 p.m. Thu., April 14. Frick Fine Arts Building, Pitt campus, Oakland. Free. www.italianfilmfests.org
FILM KITCHEN. The monthly series for local and independent artists features local alterna-celebrities Phat Man Dee and Tommy Amoeba. The main attraction are episodes from “Take It to the Bridge With Phat Man Dee,” a video series in which the jazz vocalist, during her recent trip to Europe, performs duets with musicians and dancers on literal bridges across the Continent. The films are by Smokin’ McQueen, of Smoke This Productions; duet partners include musician Nik Phelps, in Belgium; poet Moe Seager, in Paris; dancer Wonderful Ginger, in Rome;
SCHOOL OF ROCK. Jack Black is a loser guitarist who finds new purpose in teaching kids to rawk; Richard Linklater directs this 2003 comedy. April 8-11 and April 13-14. Row House Cinema AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron star in Vincente Minnelli’s 1951 Technicolor musical comedy about an American painter who attracts the attention of an heiress. Singing, dancing and romance abound! 11 a.m. Sun., April 10. Hollywood MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER. Robert Altman’s revisionist 1971 Western set in the Sierras at the turn of the century finds the frontier a muddy, near-inhospitable mess mired in violence, opportunism and corruption. This downbeat, semi-improvised film features Warren Beatty as a dreamy gambler and Julie Christie as a business-minded prostitute who’s his ostensible partner in a new brothel. A discussion hosted by the Denis Theater Foundation will follow; sandwiches, popcorn and soda provided. 6:45 p.m. Sun., April 10. Hollywood. Free but donations welcome. RSVPs required at 412-668-0737
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(1992) 4/5 @ 7:30pm, 4/6 @ 7:30pm, 4/7 @ 7:30pm David Lynch’s misunderstood masterpiece depicts the 7 days leading up to Laura Palmer’s death. __________________________________________________
3rd Annual Twin Peaks Party with Silenco 4/8 @ 8:00pm - Live music by the David Lynch
inspired band Silencio, surrealistic projections on the big screen, contests, pie, damn good coffee, and more! __________________________________________________
Breakfast and a Movie - 4/10 @ 10:30am Featuring the movie An American In Paris (1951).
Buy tickets by 4/7 for delicious catered brunch. __________________________________________________
Reel To Real: McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) 4/10 @ 6:45pm - The Denis Theater Foundation hosts a screening of this Robert Altman film starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie. Free to attend! __________________________________________________
Taxi Driver (1976) 4/12 @ 7:30pm, 4/13 @ 7:30pm, 4/14 @ 7:30pm - 40th Anniversary screenings of
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