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January 18, 2023
Wadjda (Haifaa al-Mansour, 2012, 98 mins) Dreams of buying a prized green bicycle lead a rebellious young girl to enter a Quran recitation competition in the first feature film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia, and the first feature by a Saudi woman. Dana Stevens calls Al-Mansour’s boundary-pushing...
January 18, 2023
Pauline Martin began her position as Head of Arts Library Access Services on January 1st. In this role, she supervises six library staff who are responsible for a range of library services including basic reference, library circulation, course reserves, resource sharing (e.g., Borrow Direct, ILL),...
January 17, 2023
The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939, 102 mins) We're off to see the Wizard with Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) and her newfound friends as they face flying monkeys, a wicked witch, and quarelsome talking trees, oh my! This MGM Golden Age classic features Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Billie...
January 15, 2023
The Scent of Green Papaya (Tran Anh Hung, 1993, 104 mins) Set in midcentury Saigon, the first film in Tran's Vietnam Trilogy offers a lushly-photographed look at the lives and interactions of a servant girl, a concert pianist, and a family in genteel decline. Raghu Pratap called ths César winner...
January 3, 2023
Treasures from the Yale Film Archive announces a new season of 35mm film screenings, all free and open to the public. Highlights include Yale-preserved films from the 1970s made by Yale alumni Nick Doob, Josh Morton, and Sedat Pakay, as well as brand-new prints of Billy Wilder's Sunset Blvd., Max...
December 8, 2022
The Untouchables (Brian De Palma, 1987, 119 mins) Prohibition agent Eliot Ness goes after Al Capone in this “unqualified triumph” (James Berardinelli) starring Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Andy García, and an Oscar-winning Sean Connery. “Superb performances, exquisite direction, and that Ennio...
November 14, 2022
Bad Education (Pedro Almodóvar, 2004, 106 mins) A metafictional murder mystery starring an enigmatic Gael García Bernal, Bad Education “throws you a first-love sucker punch that will stagger your heart, mind, and soul” (Logan Hill). Lisa Kennedy called this dark drama "Almodóvar's most fiendishly...

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