Spotlight Archive

Kino-Eye: The Revolutionary Cinema of Dziga Vertov

Kino-Eye (1924)

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, Outfest and The Andrew J. Kuehn Jr. Foundation present

NQC @ 20: Revisiting New Queer Cinema

The Living End: Remixed and Remastered (1992)

Sunday, March 25 @ 7:00 p.m.

Our second "NQC @ 20" screening, The Living End: Remixed and Remastered (1992), presents a hustler and a film critic—both gay and HIV+—who set off on an anarchic road trip.

IN PERSON: filmmaker Gregg Araki; and actors Mike Dytri and Craig Gilmore.

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Archive Treasures

Walter Grauman in Person

"The Fugitive: Fear in a Desert City" (1963)

Friday, March 23 @ 7:30 p.m.

Be among the first audiences to see the unaired and never publicly screened version of the pilot episode of "The Fugitive" as part of our tribute to director Walter Grauman ("The Untouchables").

IN PERSON: Walter Grauman

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UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum present

Family Flicks

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)

Sunday, March 4 @ 11:00 a.m.

 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972) comes to vivid life in a rare, live-action, British film adaptation featuring Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore and Michael Crawford.

FREE Admission!

 

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UCLA Film & Television Archive and UCLA Moving Image Archive Studies (MIAS) Program present

Warner Archive Collection at UCLA

"From Demon Computers to Cary Grant: The Warner Archive Collection at UCLA"

Saturday, March 10 @ 12:00 noon

MIAS graduate students will present research on, and excerpts from, the Warner Archive Collection at UCLA.  DVD door prizes and dessert reception!

FREE admission!

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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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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, 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; next up: The Living End: Remixed and Remastered (1992).

IN PERSON: filmmaker Gregg Araki; and actors Mike Dytri and Craig Gilmore.

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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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