Public Screenings

WHAT'S ON SCREEN?

Yale Screenings

For a full list of public screenings on campus, select "Film & Media Screenings" on the Yale Calendar of Events.

Yale Film Archive Screenings

These screenings are always free and open to the public, and take place on the Lower Level of the Yale Humanities Quadrangle, located at 320 York Street in New Haven, CT.

Spring Series

  • Treasures from the Yale Film Archive, an ongoing series of classic and contemporary films from our collection.
  • The World of James Ivory, presenting highlights from across his filmmaking career, using personal prints he donated to the Yale Film Archive in 2023.
  • Cinemix, stand-alone screenings of standout films, presented with our colleagues from across campus and beyond.

Spring Films

A TIME FOR BURNING
7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12
(Barbara Connell & Bill Jersey, 1967, 35mm, 58 mins)
New print!

MR. & MRS. BRIDGE
7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18
(James Ivory, 1990, 35mm, 126 mins)

THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Location: 53 Wall Street Auditorium
7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19
(Jonathan Glazer, 2023, DCP, 105 mins)

INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23
(Steven Spielberg, 1989, 35mm, 127 mins)
35th anniversary screening!

DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB
7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25
(Stanley Kubrick, 1964, 35mm, 95 mins)
60th anniversary screening! New print!

JACKALS & FIREFLIES
Location: 53 Wall Street Auditorium
7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30
(Charlie Kaufman, 2023, DCP, 20 mins)
Charlie Kaufman and Eva H.D. in person!

BOYS DON'T CRY
7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1
(Kimberly Peirce, 1999, 35mm, 118 mins)
25th anniversary screening!

PERFECT DAYS
Location: 53 Wall Street Auditorium
7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8
(Wim Wenders, 2023, DCP, 123 mins)

SHAKESPEARE WALLAH
7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9
(James Ivory, 1965, 35mm, 120 mins)
James Ivory in person!

THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15
(James Ivory, 1993, 35mm, 134 mins)

NEW YORK NINJA
7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20
(John Liu/Kurtis Spieler, 1984/2021, 35mm, 93 mins)
Kurtis Spieler in person!

PAST LIVES
53 Wall Street Auditorium
7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23
(Celine Song, 2023, DCP, 105 mins)

PASSAGES
7 p.m. Friday, March 1
(Ira Sachs, 2023, 35mm, 91 mins)
Ira Sachs in person! New print!

DAISIES
(Vera Chytilová, 1966, 35mm, 75 mins)
END OF THE ART WORLD
(Alexis Krasilovsky, 1971, 16mm, 33 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, March 7
Alexis Krasilovsky in person! New prints!

HEAT AND DUST
7 p.m. Thursday, March 28
(James Ivory, 1983, 35mm, 130 mins)

FILM: THE LIVING RECORD OF OUR MEMORY
7 p.m. Tuesday, April 2
(Inés Toharia, 2021, DCP, 120 mins)

WITHIN OUR GATES
(Oscar Micheaux, 1920, 35mm, 83 mins)
SOLOMON SIR JONES FILMS
(Solomon Sir Jones, 1924-1928, DCP, 16 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, April 4
Live musical accompaniment by Donald Sosin!

CHINATOWN
7 p.m. Friday, April 12
(Roman Polanski, 1974, 35mm, 130 mins)
50th anniversary screening! New print!
Special thanks to Paramount Pictures Corporation.

SLAVES OF NEW YORK
7 p.m. Thursday, April 18
(James Ivory, 1989, 35mm, 124 mins)
35th anniversary screening!

CLASS PICTURES: STUDENT ARCHIVIST SCREENING NIGHT #4
7 p.m. Tuesday, April 30
(Selected 16mm rarities, 90 mins)
Student archivists in person!

CLUELESS
7 p.m. Thursday, May 2
(Amy Heckerling, 1995, 35mm, 97 mins)

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GET INVOLVED

Do you have an idea for a public film screening or series? Are you interested in presenting films from the Yale Film Archive's collection? The Yale Public Screening Partnership program welcomes proposals for public screenings from academic units, student groups, museums, and other Yale organizations.

Students interested in film programming should consider joining some of the many great film groups on campus:

COLLABORATIONS

The Yale Film Archive is always looking for opportunities to collaborate. Over the last decade, we have:

  • Co-presented screenings with over 30 Yale departments and organizations.
  • Co-presented screenings with over 30 local and national community groups.
  • Included more than 50 Yale faculty members in film introductions and panel discussions.
  • Included 30 Yale students in film introductions and panel discussions.
  • Included more than 20 representatives of local community groups in panel discussions.
  • Had numerous students write Film Notes for Treasures screenings.
  • Included graduate students as co-programmers for our biennial “Class Pictures” screenings.
  • Collaborated with faculty to turn several course screenings into public events.
  • Mentored graduate and undergraduate students on their series and conferences.
  • Created the Public Screening Partnership program to encourage the use of Yale Film Archive prints in campus screenings.
  • Worked with fellow FIAF archives to bring prints from their collections to Yale for screenings.
  • Promoted Yale screenings on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages.
  • Included Yale faculty, alumni, and local experts in the Treasure Talks video discussion series.

If you would like to collaborate on an upcoming screening or series, please get in touch! We welcome your ideas.

SPECIAL GUESTS

Guest artists at Yale Film Archive screenings have included:

  • Actors Brooke Adams, Abigail Breslin, Keir Dullea, Julian Sands, and Seret Scott
  • Film critics Bilge Ebiri and Wesley Morris
  • Musical accompanists Makia Matsumura and Donald Sosin
  • Academy Award-winning screenwriter William Goldman
  • Academy Award-winning producer Bruce Cohen
  • Documentarians Lauren Belfer, Sarah Botstein, Peter Davis, Suzannah Herbert, Laura Israel, and Leopold Pospisil
  • Filmmakers Ashish Avikunthak, Curtis Hanson, James Ivory, Caroline Mouris, Robert Mulligan, Bob Rafelson, Michael Roemer, John Sayles, Charlie Shackleton, and Norman Weissman
  • Yale alumni filmmakers Max Barbakow, Phyllis Chillingworth, Lee Isaac Chung, Nick Doob, Warrington Hudlin, Alexis Krasilovsky, Sandra Luckow, Lynn Novick, Frank Mouris, Willie Ruff, and Oliver Stone

PAST SERIES

The Yale Film Archive has presented several stand-alone series in the past, including the following:

CONTENT ADVISORIES

The Yale Film Archive does not generally provide advisories about subject matter or potentially triggering content in films, as sensitivities vary from person to person. Information about content and age-appropriateness for specific films can be found at Common Sense Media, DoesTheDogDie.com, and IMDb.

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