Spotlight Archive

1st China Onscreen Biennial

Friday, Oct. 26 - Wednesday, Oct. 31

The Archive collaborates with UCLA Confucius Institute on a landmark event highlighting the rare and cutting-edge in contemporary Chinese cinema.

IN-PERSON: director Li Yu (10/26) and director Wuershan (10/31).

UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Andrew J. Kuehn Jr. Foundation present

The Archive's year-long salute to an idea, and its representative films and artists continues on with the genre-bending Zero Patience (1993), which explores the myth of the introduction of HIV to North America by one individual dubbed, "Patient Zero," in outrageous fashion.

Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012)

Wednesday, October 31 @ 7:30 p.m.

FREE Admission for patrons in Halloween costume!

Director Wuershan joins us in-person for his visually sumptuous romantic fantasy that is the highest-grossing Chinese domestic release of all time.

IN-PERSON: director Wuershan.

Archive Documentary Spotlight: Invoking Justice (2011)

Friday, November 2 @ 7:30 p.m.

Frustrated with male-run Jamaats (community judicial councils), where they have neither voice nor place, Muslim women in rural South India find the courage to reform a corrupt system.

FREE Admission!

Universal Pictures: Celebrating 100 Years

Now on Tour!

Our exhibition celebrating the unique and storied history of Universal Pictures will hit the road this December with stops at both the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio and the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago, Illinois.

The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer Museum present

Family Flicks: Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

Sunday, October 28 @ 11 a.m.

Let the wild rumpus start! Our monthly series bringing you the best in family-friendly film continues this fall with Spike Jonze's ambitious big screen adaptation of Maurice Sendak's beloved children's book.
FREE Admission!

Out of the Past: Film Restoration Today

Monday, December 3 @ 7:30 p.m.

Our behind-the-scenes look into contemporary restoration concerns and screenings of newly restored prints comes to a close Monday.

Join us for an eclectic collection of Recent Work From Anthology Film Archives, a leader in preserving independent and avant-garde cinema.

IN-PERSON: John Klacsmann, Anthology Film Archives (12/3).

FREE Admission!

Archive Preview: Wuthering Heights (2011)

Sunday, October 7 @ 7:00 p.m.

The Archive presents a special "sneak peek" at the latest work from acclaimed filmmaker Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank). Arnold brings a ferocious raw vision and sumptuous visuals to her interpretation of Emily Brontë’s classic tale of doomed passion.

FREE Admission!

See the trailer.