Programs & Events Spotlight Archive

Universal Pictures: Celebrating 100 Years

Universal Pictures: Celebrating 100 Years

Friday, May 4 - Sunday, June 24

UCLA Film & Television Archive has partnered with American Express to honor Universal Pictures’ 100th anniversary.

IN PERSON: producer Brian Grazer (5/4); actress Carla Laemmle (5/5); actor Arthur Gardner (5/11); actress/author Marilyn Knowlden and author/historian Miles Kreuger (5/19); cinematographer Isidore Mankofsky, A.S.C. (6/4); author/historian James Curtis (6/8); and actress/author Marilyn Knowlden (6/10).

Universal Pictures: Celebrating 100 Years

Do the Right Thing (1989)

Friday, May 18 @ 7:30 p.m.

Spike Lee's masterpiece, Do the Right Thing (1989) explores racial tensions in Brooklyn.

IN PERSON: actor Roger Guenveur Smith; moderator Prof. Allyson Nadia Field, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Universal Pictures: Celebrating 100 Years

Show Boat (1936)

Saturday, May 19 @ 4:00 p.m.

Enjoy director James Whale's rare, beloved Show Boat (1936).

IN PERSON: actress/author Marilyn Knowlden; and author/historian Miles Kreuger ("Show Boat: The Story of a Classic American Musical").

 

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

NQC @ 20: Revisting New Queer Cinema

The Hours and Times (1991)

Sunday, June 3 @ 7:00 p.m.

Speculative fiction and truth meet in The Hours and Times (1991), preceded by the hilarious short L is for the Way You Look (1991).

IN PERSON: filmmaker Christopher Munch and actor Ian Hart; filmmaker Jean Carlomusto. 

Universal Pictures: Celebrating 100 Years

Somewhere in Time (1980)

Monday, June 4 @ 7:30 p.m.

Somewhere in Time (1980), a tale of time travel and long lost love, is a cherished romance.

IN PERSON: cinematographer Isidore Mankofsky, A.S.C.

UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Million Dollar Theater present

UCLA Film & Television Archive on Broadway

Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

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

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

Universal Pictures: Celebrating 100 Years

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Friday, May 11 @ 7:30 p.m.

An unforgettable experience, All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) is being presented in a new restoration.

IN PERSON: actor Arthur Gardner.

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

NQC @ 20: Revisiting New Queer Cinema

Filmmaker Todd Haynes

Saturday, May 12 @ 7:30 p.m.

Join us for Todd Haynes' (Safe, Mildred Pierce) first feature, Poison (1991), inspired by the writings of Jean Genet.

IN PERSON: filmmaker Todd Haynes; critic B. Ruby Rich.

Archive Documentary Spotlight

Our School (2011)

Wednesday, April 25 @ 7:30 p.m.

The award-winning documentary Our School (2011) looks at three Roma children in rural Romania caught up in efforts to racially integrate public schools.

IN PERSON: filmmaker Mona Nicoara.

FREE admission!

Universal Pictures: Celebrating 100 Years

Dracula (1931)

Saturday, May 5 @ 7:30 p.m.

Enjoy a horrifying double feature: a new print of Dracula (1931) with The Black Cat (1934).

IN PERSON: actress Carla Laemmle.