Current circumstances have caused us to cancel several Treasures from the Yale Film Archive screenings, but that doesn't mean we can't continue to share Yale's excellent film resources with Yale students, faculty, and staff. If you're missing Treasures, please enjoy the streaming versions of select 35mm films we've shown in the series over the years, along with their original Film Notes. These offerings are part of Yale University Library's extensive streaming video collections.
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Within Our Gates (Oscar Micheaux, 1920)
Restored silent-era African-American melodrama
Film Notes
Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais, 1961)
High fashion and high drama in an isolated chateau
Film Notes
The Triplets of Belleville (Sylvain Chomet, 2003)
Animation, song and dance, and the Tour de France
Film Notes
The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966)
A gritty classic about Algeria's fight for independence
Film Notes
Volver (Pedro Almodóvar, 2006)
Penelope Cruz leads an all-star cast of Spanish women
Film Notes
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (Errol Morris, 1997)
An offbeat documentary about four extraordinary characters
Film Notes
Un Prophète (Jacques Audiard, 2009)
A dark prison drama starring Tahir Rahim and Niels Arestrup
Film Notes
M (Fritz Lang, 1931)
An impeccable crime film with Peter Lorre at his best
Film Notes
The Emperor Jones (Dudley Murphy, 1933)
Paul Robeson stars in this Eugene O'Neill adaptation
Film Notes
The Mark of Zorro (Fred Niblo, 1920)
Douglas Fairbanks leads a swashbuckling silent classic
Film Notes
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring (Kim Ki-duk, 2003)
A chamber drama set in a floating Buddhist monastery
Film Notes
The City of Lost Children (Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1995)
The fable of a mad scientist stealing children's dreams
Film Notes
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)
A mother reels from a son's unfathomable actions
Film Notes
What is Treasures from the Yale Film Archive?
Treasures from the Yale Film Archive is an ongoing series of classic and contemporary films in 35mm curated by the Yale Film Study Center and screened at the Whitney Humanities Center.