Yale Film Archive News

Join us for a 30th anniversary screening of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, followed by a discussion with Yale's Daphne Brooks, Aimee Cox, and Daniel HoSang. The Oscar-noinated screenplay by Lee sets...

Post by Archer Neilson on September 6, 2019 - 1:47pm

Join us for a free 35mm screening of Sally Potter's Orlando, starring Tilda Swinton in the gender-bending title role. Adapted from a novel by Virginia Woolf, this two-time Oscar-nominated drama spans...

Post by Archer Neilson on August 29, 2019 - 2:02pm

Treasures from the Yale Film Archive invites you to join us for a year-long celebration of women filmmakers, beginning this fall with four feature films in 35mm and an evening of short films by Yale...

Post by Archer Neilson on August 26, 2019 - 11:41am

The Yale Film Study Center has received a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation to support preservation of James Baldwin: From Another Place, a documentary by Yale alumnus Sedat Pakay...

Post by Archer Neilson on July 25, 2019 - 1:09pm

The Yale Film Study Center has completed preservation of The Beginnings of Bebop (1981), a film that documents a guided tour of significant locations in the history of bebop music, led by legendary...

Post by Archer Neilson on July 16, 2019 - 8:54am

As an architecture student at Yale in the late 1960s, Josh Morton lived in New Haven's Hill neighborhood, half a block from the local chapter headquarters of the Black Panther Party. Looking for a...

Post by Archer Neilson on June 26, 2019 - 1:56pm

Buckle up for a free 35mm screening of Speed Racer, starring Emile Hirsch in the title role. "This is a movie that is giddily, gorgeously overwhelming," wrote critic Tom Maurstad, "from the cool slow...

Post by Archer Neilson on May 14, 2019 - 1:12pm

Join us for Jane Austen's story of Emma Woodhouse, as adapted for the screen by writer and first-time director Douglas McGrath. "A fine cast, speedy pacing, and playful direction make this a solid...

Post by Archer Neilson on April 25, 2019 - 2:55pm

Musical theater and mockumentary take center stage in Waiting for Guffman, the 1996 ensemble comedy from director Christopher Guest. This "madcap gem" (in the words of Owen Gleiberman) was described...

Post by Archer Neilson on April 16, 2019 - 9:53am

Join us for a free screening of Wrestle, a new documentary by Suzannah Herbert and Lauren Belfer, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers along with New Haven Wrestling head coach Marcello...

Post by Archer Neilson on April 16, 2019 - 9:42am

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