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...
Post by Archer Neilson on May 15, 2023 - 9:42am
Treasures from the Yale Film Archive announces a summer of 35mm film screenings, all free and open to the public. Treasures screenings take place in the recently-constructed cinema spaces in the Yale...
Post by Archer Neilson on May 5, 2023 - 10:44am
In Mexico City on April 20, 2023, the Yale Film Archive’s application for full Member status in the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) was approved by an overwhelming majority of...
Post by Archer Neilson on April 25, 2023 - 3:54pm
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...
Post by Archer Neilson on April 13, 2023 - 11:16am
Desert Hearts (Donna Deitch, 1985, 91 mins)
Set in Reno in the ‘50s, Deitch’s “astonishingly polished and nuanced first film” (Paul Attanasio) portrays the romance between a Columbia professor...
Post by Archer Neilson on April 11, 2023 - 4:11pm
What Time Is It There? (Tsai Ming-liang, 2001, 116 mins)
The romantic, melancholy quest for connection is explored through long takes, parallel narratives, and spectral swaths of color. "This...
Post by Archer Neilson on April 5, 2023 - 9:58am
The Catch (Shinji Somai, 1983, 140 mins)
The legendary Ken Ogata stars as a father and fisherman whose daughter's boyfriend wants to learn the perilous trade. Their brutal cross-generational struggle...
Post by Archer Neilson on March 21, 2023 - 10:54am
Sunset Blvd. (Billy Wilder, 1950, 110 mins)
New print! A hack screenwriter hides out at a fading film star's decaying compound in a black comedy that Andrew Sarris called "the best Hollywood movie...
Post by Archer Neilson on March 20, 2023 - 11:17am
Crooklyn (Spike Lee, 1994, 115 mins)
Alfre Woodard and Delroy Lindo lead the cast in a semi-autobiographical family tale written by siblings Spike, Joie, and Cinqué Lee. Set 50 years ago in Bed-Stuy...
Post by Archer Neilson on March 7, 2023 - 10:22am
(Yale-preserved shorts on 16mm and 35mm)
Josh Morton and Kathy Pakay in person! Three Yale-preserved films by Yale filmmakers have their campus preservation premieres: Mayday (May First Media, 1970,...
Post by Archer Neilson on February 27, 2023 - 2:14pm