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Treasures from the Yale Film Archive: EXPERIMENTS IN FRENCH SILENT CINEMA

Experiments in French Silent Cinema explores films from various 1920s avant-garde movements, presented with live musical accompaniment by Donald Sosin and Joanna Seaton. In addition to Germaine Dulac's The Smiling Madame Beudet, the night features Entr'acte and Paris Qui Dort by René Clair, as well as Un Chien Andalou by Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel. Screening in conjunction with the course "Global Silent Cinema" with an introduction by Oksana Chefranova. Prints from the Yale Film Archive.

Treasures from the Yale Film Archive: WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, and Ezra Miller star in Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin, a harrowing story of a mother reeling from a son's unthinkable violence. "Ramsay, filming in lurid reds and unblinking close-ups, lets no one off the hook here," wrote Moira MacDonald. "This is truly a domestic horror story, with no easy answers and nobody blameless." Adapted from the novel by Lionel Shriver, much of this 2011 psychological thriller was filmed nearby in Stamford, CT. 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive.

Special Presentation: HAVE YOU SEEN MY MOVIE?

Told entirely with found footage, Have You Seen My Movie? is a love letter to the magic and power of cinematic experiences as shared by strangers in the dark. From the audience members' rush to get seats to the cool command of the projectionist in the booth, director/editor Paul Anton Smith (assistant editor on Christian Marclay's The Clock) tells the story of movie-going by turning the camera back on the audience.

Treasures from the Yale Film Archive: IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL

Join us for a free 35mm screening of In the Realms of the Unreal, accompanied by the classic Maya Deren experimental short Meshes of the Afternoon in 16mm. Directed by Oscar-winning Yale alumna Jessica Yu '87, Realms explores the mysterious life and astonishing artwork of Henry Darger, author and illustrator of a 15,145-page fantasy manuscript about the heroic "Vivian Girls." Prints from the Yale Film Archive.

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Treasures from the Yale Film Archive: CITIZEN KANE

Join us for the 1941 Orson Welles masterpiece Citizen Kane, considered by many to be the greatest film ever made. Welles stars as Charles Foster Kane, a newspaper magnate whose secrets elude reporters after his death. Featuring the Oscar-winning writing of Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz, the cinematography of Gregg Toland, and the music of Bernard Herrmann, Citizen Kane was part of the first group of films selected for the National Film Registry.

The Yale Film Study Center Preserves SCREENTEST

The Yale Film Study Center has completed preservation of Screentest, a short film made by Frank and Caroline Mouris in 1975. This live-action 16mm film from the Mourises, made with a grant from the American Film Institute, features nine creative artists donning costumes and taking part in performances on screen, while the soundtrack is made up of the artists' multilayered commentary on the film.

Treasures from the Yale Film Archive: CHOCOLAT

Join us for a free 35mm screening of Chocolat, directed and co-written by Claire Denis. In this 1988 drama, a young French woman revisits the landscapes and relationships of her childhood home in colonial Cameroon. Vincent Canby wrote of Denis's work on her debut film, "She is astonishing. There are no dark corners in the story. Everything that happens is vivid and clear, though subject to the kind of speculation that tantalizes and rewards." Isaach De Bankolé, Giulia Boschi, and François Cluzet star. Introduction by Dudley Andrew and Xavier Lee.

Treasures from the Yale Film Archive: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Yale alumna Jodie Foster '85 directs Home for the Holidays, screening in 35mm as part of the Treasures from the Yale Film Archive series. The all-star ensemble for this tale of a Thanksgiving family reunion includes Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Dylan McDermott, Geraldine Chaplin, Steve Guttenberg, Claire Danes, and more. 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive.

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Time/Date:
2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17

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