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, unless noted.

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 L01, 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!

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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, programs, and organizations.
  • Co-presented screenings with over 30 local and national community groups.
  • Included more than 60 Yale faculty members in film introductions and panel discussions.
  • Included more than 40 Yale students in film introductions and panel discussions.
  • Included more than 20 representatives of local community groups in panel discussions.
  • Had nearly 30 students write Film Notes for Treasures screenings.
  • Included graduate students as co-programmers for our biennial “Class Pictures” screenings.
  • Collaborated with faculty to turn numerous 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, Threads, and Instagram accounts.
  • 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, Noah Gittell, 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, Alexander Horwath, Laura Israel, and Leopold Pospisil
  • Filmmakers Ashish Avikunthak, Curtis Hanson, James Ivory, Charlie Kaufman, Caroline Mouris, Robert Mulligan, Bob Rafelson, Martín Rejtman, Michael Roemer, John Sayles, Stephen Scher, 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, Josh Morton, Frank Mouris, Willie Ruff, Ira Sachs, 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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