Film Archive

Through Bergman's Lens: SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT / WILD STRAWBERRIES

Bergman looks back at bygone summers in the final two films in Through Bergman's Lens: Ingmar Bergman Centenary Film Series. Bosley Crowther asked of Smiles of a Summer Night, "Who would have thought that august Sweden would be sending us a film comedy as witty and cheerfully candid about the complexities of love as any recent French essay on l'amour?: Our closing film, Wild Strawberries, was called by Geoff Andrew "one of Bergman's warmest, and therefore finest films" Introduction by Professor John MacKay.

Treasures from the Yale Film Archive: SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER...AND SPRING

Join us for a 15th anniversary screening of Kim Ki-duk's chamber drama Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring, with an introduction by Young Sun Park. Set entirely at a floating monastery, the film chronicles the life of a Buddhist monk from childhood to old age. Critic Derek Elley called it "a sublime, witty, gritty, and transcendental movie," while Andrew Sarris said it "probably represents the purest and most transcendent distillation of the Buddhist faith ever rendered on the screen." 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive.

Indie Lens Pop-Up: RUMBLE: THE INDIANS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with CPTV, the Yale Native American Cultural Center, and the Yale Film Study Center at an Indie Lens Pop-Up screening of Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World. This new documentary by Catherine Bainbridge and Alfonso Maiorana will be followed by a discussion with Yale's Kelly Fayard and Jay Gitlin.

Through Bergman's Lens: THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY / PERSONA

It's a night of psychological dramas in Through Bergman's Lens: Ingmar Bergman Centenary Film Series. TIME called Through a Glass Darkly "one of the best and certainly the ripest of Ingmar Bergman's creations," while Michael Wilmington praised Persona as "one of the screen's supreme works and perhaps Ingmar Bergman's finest film." Introduction by Professor David Bromwich. 35mm prints from the Yale Film Archive.

Treasures from the Yale Film Archive: KATHO UPANISHAD

Treasures from the Yale Film Archive welcomes director Asishish Avikunthak and cinematographer Basab Mullik for a screening of Katho Upanishad. Adapted from the ancient Sanskrit treatise of the same name, this experimental feature from 2011 centers on a metaphysical dialogue in which Yama (Ram Gopal Bajaj) instructs Nachiketa (Suvrat Joshi) about the path to enlightenment.

Treasures from the Yale Film Archive: MARIE ANTOINETTE

Join us as we explore conspicuous consumption, extreme income inequality, and the power of celebrity through Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette.

Indie Lens Pop-Up: DAWNLAND

Join the Native American Law Students Association, the Office of Students Affairs, Lilian Goldman Law Library, the Yale Native American Cultural Center, the Yale Film Study Center, and CPTV for a special screening of Dawnland, a new documentary by Adam Mazo and Ben Pender-Cudlip. The Indie Lens Pop-Up screening will be followed by a discussion with Mazo, Esther Anne of Maine-Wabanaki REACH, and YLS alumna Jami Johnson.

Through Bergman's Lens: THE SEVENTH SEAL / THE MAGICIAN

Max von Sydow stars in the next two films in Through Bergman's Lens: Ingmar Bergman Centenary Film Series. Elliott Stein described The Seventh Seal as "Bergman’s visually striking medieval morality play, the work that gained him an international reputation," while John Monaghan admired The Magician's "elements of Gothic horror and philosophy, along with lusty, low comedy rolls." Introduction by Professor Martin Hägglund.

Treasures from the Yale Film Archive: MEDIUM COOL

To mark the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, we invite you to join us for Haskell Wexler's Medium Cool, followed by a discussion with Professor Bevery Gage.

Through Bergman's Lens: SUMMER WITH MONIKA / SAWDUST AND TINSEL

Through Bergman's Lens: Ingmar Bergman Centenary Film Series begins with two films from 1953 starring the great Harriet Andersson. Dave Kehr wrote that Summer with Monika shows Bergman's "developing ability to probe the psychology of a rich, vital woman without losing his objectivity," while Derek Adams praised Sawdust and Tinsel's "richly baroque compositions and persistent use of deep focus brilliantly exploiting the circus and theatre settings." 35mm prints from the Yale Film Archive.

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