Spotlight Archive

Kino-Eye: The Revolutionary Cinema of Dziga Vertov

Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

Saturday, February 11 - 
Saturday, March 31

The bold aesthetic experiments of Russian filmmaker Dziga Vertov have influenced generations; this retrospective is the the most comprehensive ever presented in Los Angeles.

IN PERSON: Jan-Christopher Horak (2/11, 2/12, 2/25); Margarita Nafpaktitis (2/17, 3/3, 3/9, 3/10)

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UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum present

Family Flicks

Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

Sunday, February 12 @ 11:00 a.m.

 

Director Don Chaffey’s retelling of Jason and the Argonauts (1963) finds heroic Jason sailing the world in search of the magical “golden fleece.”

FREE admission!

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UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hugh M. Hefner Classic American Film Program present

Spencer Tracy: That Natural Thing

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

Saturday, January 7 - Friday, March 30

Spencer Tracy starred in more than 70 features, often portraying an embattled man with a palpable, if understated, moral dimension.

IN PERSON: author James Curtis and actress Donna Anderson (1/7); actor Darryl Hickman (3/11); Karen Kramer (3/30)

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Nina Menkes: Cinema as Sorcery

Phantom Love (2007)

Saturday, February 18 - 
Wednesday, March 7

Independent filmmaker Nina Menkes—a graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television—has secured a distinct position within the international avant-garde.

IN PERSON: Nina Menkes.

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Research Travel Funding

Call for Applications

Visiting Researcher Stipend for 2012

Visiting Researcher Stipend for 2012

A stipend in the amount of $3,000 will be awarded to offset travel and lodging expenses associated with an extended research visit to the Archive.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive, Outfest and The Andrew J. Kuehn Jr. Foundation present

NQC @ 20: Revisiting New Queer Cinema

Swoon (1992)

Friday, February 3 @ 7:30 p.m.

For the 20th anniversary of "New Queer Cinema," we present a series of Legacy Project screenings, beginning with Swoon (1992).

IN PERSON: filmmaker Tom Kalin; actor Craig Chester; and scholar B. Ruby Rich.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Million Dollar Theater present

UCLA Film & Television Archive on Broadway

Shampoo (1975)

Wednesdays @ 7:30 p.m. in Downtown L.A.

The UCLA Film & Television Archive continues its weekly film screenings at the Million Dollar Theater in Downtown Los Angeles.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive, Visual Effects Society and Universal Pictures present

An Evening with Douglas Trumbull

Silent Running (1972)

Friday, February 10 @ 7:30 p.m.

Celebrate inventor, producer and artist Douglas Trumbull’s career and legacy with a special screening of the digitally restored Silent Running (1972).

IN PERSON: Douglas Trumbull.

The RSVP list for this event is full.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive and the UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies present

Marina Goldovskaya: Documentary Film Retrospective

Marina Goldovskaya

Friday, January 20 @ 7:30 p.m.

Over an illustrious career spanning nearly five decades, UCLA Professor Marina Goldovskaya has become the leading documentary chronicler of modern-day Russia.

IN PERSON: filmmaker Marina Goldovskaya.

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UCLA Festival of Preservation Now on Tour

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)

Portland, Columbus and Houston

Continues at Wexner Center for the Arts (Columbus, 2/3–2/23).

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