Film Archive

Eight Men Out (John Sayles, 1988, 119 mins)
John Sayles in person! Based on the true story of the 1919 "Black Sox" scandal, Sayles's indie drama shows the best team in baseball playing dirty when low-balled by the boss and bribed by gangsters. Called "essential moviegoing" by Peter Travers, Eight Men Out's all-star ensemble includes John Cusack, John Mahoney, Clifton James, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn, and Christopher Lloyd. 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive.

Time/Date:
7 p.m. Thursday, June 22

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001, 146 mins)
Spanning 2,000 years, this sci-fi fairy tale follows a robot programmed to love (Haley Joel Osment) as he struggles to win his human mother’s acceptance, and seeks the Blue Fairy in hopes of becoming a real boy. Based on a long-simmering project by Stanley Kubrick, A.I. was hailed by Mark Kermode as Spielberg’s “enduring masterpiece”. 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive. Co–presented with Films at the Whitney.