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Entrances:
2626 Bancroft Way
2621 Durant Avenue
(Between College and Bowditch)
Gallery admission prices
$10 general admission; $7 non-UC Berkeley students, senior citizens (65 & over), disabled persons, and young adults (13-17), free admission for children (12 and under), BAM/PFA Members, and UC Berkeley students, faculty, staff, and retirees
Entrance to the Theater Gallery, Museum Store, and cafe is always free.
Free First Thursdays at BAM/PFA. The BAM/PFA galleries are open to the public at no cost of admission on the first Thursday of each month.
About BAM/PFA:
The mission of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is to inspire the imagination and ignite critical dialogue through art and film.
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is the visual arts center of the University of California, Berkeley. Through art and film programs, collections and research resources, we aspire to be locally connected and globally relevant, engaging audiences from the campus, community, and beyond.
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58 reviews
I'm constantly impressed with the neverending lineup of spectacular films at PFA. Specializing in older and more obscure cinema, the PFA screens many masterpieces that can sometimes be hard to find at your standard, crappy video store.
The theater itself is basically a lecture room, and not quite as charming as some theaters you might find in San Francisco, but they generally offer some interesting series. For example, this month they're showing 14 medieval-era films, including The Seventh Seal and Alexander Nevsky. If the middle ages doesn't turn you on, PFA screens a huge variety of other genres, from all over the world, old and new. A while back, I saw "U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha," a South-African version of Bizet's opera "Carmen."
If you love movies, you're bound to find something of interest to you at PFA.