Announcing a new season of screenings from the Yale Film Archive, all free and open to the public!
We've got a knockout slate of films for you this fall, with a focus on filmmakers Luis Valdez, Andrzej Wadja, and Frederick Wiseman, plus a look back at some of the Sundance Film Festival's biggest hits, a selection of newly-made 35mm prints, and live musical accompaniment for a 100-year-old film starring Rudolph Valentino. Join us for all that and more!
Fall Series
Treasures from the Yale Film Archive, an ongoing series of classic and contemporary films from our collection.
Man of Vision: Andrzej Wajda Centenary Film Series, celebrating the Polish director through six of his greatest films.
Viva Valdez, a look at the life and work of filmmaker Luis Valdez, co-presented with the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library as part of Yale’s Hispanic Heritage Month festivities.
Sundance Revisited, a selection of 35mm films from our collection that had their American or world premieres in Park City, UT. This series was inspired by the Sundance Film Festival’s upcoming move to Boulder, CO.
Wisemania, a multi-year exploration of the works of documentarian Frederick Wiseman.
Cinemix, stand-alone screenings of standout films, co-presented with our colleagues from across campus and beyond.
Fall Films
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
(Steven Soderbergh, 1989, 35mm, 100 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4
HQ L02, 320 York
A Generation
(Andrzej Wajda, 1955, DCP, 87 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10
HQ L01, 320 York
Kanal
(Andrzej Wajda, 1957, DCP, 91 mins)
9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10
HQ L01, 320 York
Ashes and Diamonds
(Andrzej Wajda, 1958, DCP, 103 mins)
2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20
HQ L02, 320 York
Hoop Dreams
(Steve James, 1994, 35mm, 170 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24
HQ L02, 320 York
The Promised Land
(Andrzej Wajda, 1975, DCP, 179 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1
HQ L01, 320 York
Zoot Suit
(Luis Valdez, 1981, DCP, 103 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, October 2
HQ L02, 320 York
An Autumn Afternoon
(Yasujirō Ozu, 1962, 35mm, 113 mins)
2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4
HQ L02, 320 York
New print!
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
(David Alvarado, 2026, DCP, 92 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8
HQ L01, 320 York
The Usual Suspects
(Bryan Singer, 1995, 35mm, 106 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9
HQ L02, 320 York
Brick
(Rian Johnson, 2005, 35mm, 110 mins)
9:05 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9
HQ L02, 320 York
La Bamba
(Luis Valdez, 1987, DCP, 108 mins)
2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11
HQ L02, 320 York
The Son of the Sheik
(George Fitzmaurice, 1926, 16mm, 68 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15
HQ L02, 320 York
Live musical accompaniment by Donald Sosin & Joanna Seaton!
100th anniversary screening!
Belfast, Maine
(Frederick Wiseman, 1999, 16mm, 249 mins)
2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18
HQ L01, 320 York
I Walked with a Zombie ♦
(Jacques Tourneur, 1943, 35mm, 69 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29
53 Wall Street Auditorium
New print!
Black Zombie
(Maya Annik Bedward, 2026, DCP, 90 mins)
8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29
53 Wall Street Auditorium
The Murder of Fred Hampton ♦ (Howard Alk, 1971, 35mm, 88 mins)
May Day x 4 (Brian Meacham, 2026, DCP, 35 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5
HQ L01, 320 York
Sampada Aranke and Brian Meacham in person!
New print!
Titicut Follies
(Frederick Wiseman, 1967, 16mm, 84 mins)
2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8
HQ L01, 320 York
Gun Crazy ♦
(Joseph H. Lewis, 1950, 35mm, 87 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13
HQ L02, 320 York
New print!
Bound
(Lana & Lilly Wachowski, 1996, 35mm, 109 mins)
8:50 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13
HQ L02, 320 York
30th anniversary screening!
Man of Marble
(Andrzej Wajda, 1977, DCP, 160 mins)
2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15
HQ L02, 320 York
Daughters of the Dust
(Julie Dash, 1991, 35mm, 113 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19
HQ L02, 320 York
Little Miss Sunshine
(Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, 2006, 35mm, 101 mins)
7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4
HQ L02, 320 York
20th anniversary screening!
Welcome to the Dollhouse
(Todd Solondz, 1995, 35mm, 88 mins)
9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4
HQ L02, 320 York
When We Were Kings
(Leon Gast, 1996, 35mm, 88 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10
HQ L02, 320 York
30th anniversary screening!
Run Lola Run
(Tom Tykwer, 1998, 35mm, 80 mins)
8:50 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10
HQ L02, 320 York
The Store
(Frederick Wiseman, 1983, 16mm, 118 mins)
2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13
HQ L01, 320 York
Man of Iron
(Andrzej Wajda, 1981, DCP, 156 mins)
7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17
HQ L01, 320 York
The Yale Film Archive's public screenings are presented with support from Paul L. Joskow '70 M.Phil., '72 Ph.D.
Prints marked with ♦ were made through Cinema Veritas, a joint project of the Yale Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Yale University Library.
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