Announcing a new season of screenings from the Yale Film Archive, all free and open to the public!
This spring, we'll bring you more than 40 films from around the world, with a full Stanley Kubrick retrospective, a musical commemoration of America 250, and an exploration of the artistry of Meredith Monk. All that, plus visits from filmmakers Charlie Kaufman, Rebecca Miller, Greg Mottola, and Alex Ross Perry!
Doors open half an hour before each screening.
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Spring Series
Treasures from the Yale Film Archive, an ongoing series of classic and contemporary films from our collection.
Meredith Monk at the Movies, amplifying the sonic and cinematic range of the visionary artist’s creations.
American Tunes, featuring films that investigate the meaning of America through song, co-presented with the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
Kubrick’s Maze, a complete retrospective of the peerless, provocative cinema of Stanley Kubrick, screened entirely from film prints.
Wisemania, a multi-year exploration of the works of documentarian Frederick Wiseman.
Cinemix, stand-alone screenings of standout films, presented with our colleagues from across campus and beyond.
Spring Films
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
(Vittorio De Sica, 1970, 35mm, 94 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15
HQ L02, 320 York Street
Fear and Desire (Stanley Kubrick, 1952, 35mm, 62 mins)
The Seafarers (Stanley Kubrick, 1953, 16mm, 29 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16
53 Wall Street Auditorium
Blue Velvet ♦
David Lynch, 1986, 35mm, 120 mins)
7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19
53 Wall Street Auditorium
40th anniversary screening! New print!
Killer’s Kiss ♦ (Stanley Kubrick, 1955, 35mm, 67 mins)
Day of the Fight (Stanley Kubrick, 1951, 35mm, 16 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22
53 Wall Street Auditorium
New print!
Videoheaven
(Alex Ross Perry, 2025, DCP, 173 mins)
6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23
HQ L02, 320 York Street
Alex Ross Perry in person!
The Killing ♦
(Stanley Kubrick, 1956, 35mm, 84 mins)
7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24
53 Wall Street Auditorium
70th anniversary screening! New print!
Monk in Pieces
(Billy Shebar & David Roberts, 2025, DCP, 94 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29
HQ L02, 320 York Street
Paths of Glory ♦
(Stanley Kubrick, 1957, 35mm, 88 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30
53 Wall Street Auditorium
New print!
Welfare
(Frederick Wiseman, 1975, 16mm, 167 mins)
2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1
HQ L01, 320 York Street
Honeydripper
(John Sayles, 2007, 35mm, 124 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5
HQ L01, 320 York Street
Lolita
(Stanley Kubrick, 1962, 35mm, 153 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6
53 Wall Street Auditorium
Spartacus
(Stanley Kubrick, 1960, 35mm, 161 mins)
2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8
53 Wall Street Auditorium
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ♦ (Stanley Kubrick, 1964, 35mm, 95 mins)
Flying Padre (Stanley Kubrick, 1951, 35mm, 9 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12
53 Wall Street Auditorium
The Apartment ♦
(Billy Wilder, 1960, 35mm, 125 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13
HQ L02, 320 York Street
New print!
The Daytrippers
(Greg Mottola, 1996, DCP, 87 mins)
7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18
53 Wall Street Auditorium
Greg Mottola in person! 30th anniversary screening!
Book of Days (Meredith Monk, 1989, digital, 75 mins)
16 Millimeter Earrings (Robert S. Withers, 1979, 16mm, 25 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19
HQ L01, 320 York Street
Synecdoche, New York
(Charlie Kaufman, 2008, 35mm, 124 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20
53 Wall Street Auditorium
Charlie Kaufman in person!
True Stories
David Byrne, 1986, 35mm, 89 mins)
7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21
HQ L02, 320 York Street
40th anniversary screening!
A Clockwork Orange
(Stanley Kubrick, 1971, 35mm, 136 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26
53 Wall Street Auditorium
Curse of the Golden Flower
(Zhang Yimou, 2006, 35mm, 114 mins)
7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28
HQ L02, 320 York Street
20th anniversary screening!
Missile
(Frederick Wiseman, 1988, 16mm, 115 mins)
2 p.m. Sunday, March 1
HQ L01, 320 York Street
Notre Musique
(Jean-Luc Godard, 2004, 35mm, 100 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, March 5
HQ L01, 320 York Street
Barry Lyndon
(Stanley Kubrick, 1975, 35mm, 185 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, March 26
53 Wall Street Auditorium
King Kong
(Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933, 35mm, 100 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, March 27
HQ L02, 320 York Street
New print!
The Shining
(Stanley Kubrick, 1980, 35mm, 146 mins)
7 p.m. Saturday, March 28
53 Wall Street Auditorium
1776
Peter H. Hunt, 1972, DCP, 141 mins)
2 p.m. Sunday, March 29
HQ L02, 320 York Street
Mr. Scorsese, Episodes 1 & 2
(Rebecca Miller, 2025, DCP, 117 mins)
7 p.m. Tuesday, March 31
53 Wall Street Auditorium
Rebecca Miller in person!
I Know Where I’m Going! ♦
Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1945, 35mm, 92 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, April 2
HQ L01, 320 York Street
New print!
Full Metal Jacket
(Stanley Kubrick, 1987, 35mm, 116 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, April 3
53 Wall Street Auditorium
The Big Lebowski
(Joel Coen, 1998, 35mm, 117 mins)
7 p.m. Saturday, April 4
HQ L02, 320 York Street
Eyes Wide Shut
(Stanley Kubrick, 1999, 35mm, 159 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, April 9
53 Wall Street Auditorium
District 9
(Neill Blomkamp, 2009, 35mm, 112 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, April 10
HQ L02, 320 York Street
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
(Steven Spielberg, 2001, 35mm, 146 mins)
7 p.m. Saturday, April 11
53 Wall Street Auditorium
Yankee Doodle Dandy
(Michael Curtiz, 1942, 35mm, 126 mins)
2 p.m. Sunday, April 12
HQ L02, 430 York Street
Paprika
(Satoshi Kon, 2006, 35mm, 90 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, April 16
HQ L01, 320 York Street
20th anniversary screening!
2001: A Space Odyssey
(Stanley Kubrick, 1968, 35mm, 149 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, April 17
53 Wall Street Auditorium
Zoo
(Frederick Wiseman, 1993, 16mm, 130 mins)
2 p.m. Sunday, April 19
HQ L01, 320 York Street
Class Pictures: Student Archivist Screening Night #5
(various 16mm shorts, 90 mins)
7 p.m. Tuesday, April 21
HQ L01, 320 York Street
Nashville ♦
Robert Altman, 1975, 35mm, 160 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, April 24
HQ L02, 320 York Street
New print!
Bound for Glory
(Hal Ashby, 1976, 35mm, 147 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, May 1
HQ L02, 320 York Street
50th anniversary screening!
The Yale Film Archive's public screenings are presented with support from Paul L. Joskow '70 M.Phil., '72 Ph.D.
Prints marked with ♦ were made through Cinema Veritas, a joint project of the Yale Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Yale University Library.
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