Yale Film Archive News

Mississippi Masala (Mira Nair, 1991, 118 mins) Romance blooms for Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury in this culture-clash tale set around a delta motel, home to a family of Indian-Ugandan...

Post by Archer Neilson on August 29, 2022 - 11:05am

Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955, 111 mins) New print! James Dean, Natalie Wood, and Sal Mineo give career-defining performances, roaming the teenage wasteland of Eisenhower-era Southern...

Post by Archer Neilson on August 29, 2022 - 10:56am

And...action! Treasures from the Yale Film Archive is back all fall with 35mm films on the big screen in front of live audiences as they were meant to be seen. This season, Treasures brings you a mix...

Post by Archer Neilson on August 26, 2022 - 12:43pm

British director Charlie Shackleton visits Yale for a screening and discussion of his experimental feature film The Afterlight. This film exists as just a single 35mm print, hand-delivered by...

Post by Archer Neilson on April 21, 2022 - 12:19pm

John Turturro sits in a theater watching a film in Barton Fink
Introducing Treasures Screentests, a limited series aimed at bringing films from the Yale Film Archive back to the big screen, but in a brand-new location: the newly-renovated Yale Humanities...

Post by Archer Neilson on March 25, 2022 - 10:49am

collage of images of films screened by the Yale Film Archive
The Yale Film archive has joined Letterboxd, a social networking site for people who love film. For us, it is home to a treasure trove of articles, lists, and reviews that document the rich history...

Post by Archer Neilson on December 2, 2021 - 4:38pm

color image of young Apache chef holding a silver bowl in a field from the film Gather
Though conditions don't allow us to gather and celebrate Native American Heritage Month at in-person screenings, we hope you'll nonetheless enjoy this online offering of six documentary films telling...

Post by Archer Neilson on October 29, 2021 - 12:37pm

Join us online for a free Indie Lens Pop-Up screening of Storm Lake, the new documentary by Jerry Risius and Beth Levison, followed by an interactive discussion of the state of local journalism with...

Post by Archer Neilson on October 25, 2021 - 10:07am

Close-up of actress Elsa Lanchester in Bride of Frankenstein.
Though the big screen remains dark for now, we've scared up another witches' brew of film frights to haunt your dreams this Halloween. Stream and scream to ten terrifying treasures from cinema's most...

Post by Archer Neilson on October 18, 2021 - 2:15pm

color photo of filmmaker Cynthia Childs on a bed, talking on the phone
Enjoy Home Movie Day at home this year with a selection of home and amateur movies from one of Yale's first filmmakers. The S.W. Childs, Jr. Collection at the Yale Film Archive is the archive's...

Post by Archer Neilson on October 13, 2021 - 3:40pm

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