Behind the scenes of @tcmtv.bsky.social at Warner Bros. Studios. Join TCM Noir Alley host Eddie Muller and Archive Director May Hong HaDuong as they kick off “60 Years of the UCLA Film & Television Archive,” a 24 hr. programming block on TCM! Starts Thursday, Sept. 25, 8 p.m. (PT) 📺 ucla.in/4nlxQOb

Robert Altman series closing night 📽 Friday 9/26, 7:30 p.m. “Short Cuts” (1993) — 35mm! Set in Los Angeles, this sprawling mosaic is a symphony of experience — love, jealousy, infidelity, tragedy, creativity, cruelty, farce, sheer stupidity — summoned up from the everyday. Free! ucla.in/46NboYD

Sunday 9/28, 7 p.m. 📽 “The Little American” (1917) Director Cecil B. DeMille’s silent classic stars Mary Pickford as an American torn between two lovers on the opposite sides of the trenches of WWI. Digital restoration by UCLA and the Mary Pickford Foundation. Free! ucla.in/46bBd4q

Sunday 9/21, 7 p.m. “Blonde Venus” (1932) on 35mm! ✨ In this Josef von Sternberg classic, Marlene Dietrich portrays a former cabaret singer, forced to return to work to support her husband’s medical treatments. Co-starring Cary Grant and Herbert Marshall. Preserved by UCLA. Free! ucla.in/46aFntp

Join us for a weekend of some of Robert Altman’s best-known films: 📽 Fri 9/19: “McCabe & Mrs. Miller” (1971, 35mm 🎞️) starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie + “Popeye” (1980, 35mm 🎞️) starring Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall 📽 Sat 9/20: “The Player” (1992) starring Tim Robbins Free! ucla.in/40rVK1r

Rest in peace, Robert Redford. The beloved actor and filmmaker not only brought unforgettable characters to the screen, he also championed independent cinema and opened doors for new voices as the founder of @sundance.org. The Archive is honored to steward the Sundance Institute Collection at UCLA.

70 years ago, in the heat of mid-September 1955, Los Angeles endured the worst smog on record. Visit our blog to learn more + view historical smog-related photos from @uclalibrary.bsky.social Special Collections: ucla.in/46drNE8 Footage from our Hearst Metrotone News Collection, released 9/16/1955

Saturday 9/27, 7:30 p.m. “Beyond Terror: Vincent Price on Television” Join us for an evening of TV programs showcasing the many facets of horror icon Vincent Price, from a tour of his art-filled home to talk show appearances with Dinah Shore. @imvictoriaprice.bsky.social in person! ucla.in/4n0vNiy

The Archive’s Artist-in-Residence Program will host an emerging artist for two weeks during the late spring of 2026 to activate the Archive’s collection in their artistic practice, focusing on the Hearst Metrotone News, In the Life LGBTQ+ series and/or KTLA News collections. cinema.ucla.edu/air2026

Sunday 9/14, 7 p.m. “Thieves Like Us” (1974) “Kansas City” (1996) 35mm! In Robert Altman’s Depression-era film about robbers, a love story emerges between Keith Carradine’s criminal and Shelley Duvall’s ingenue. Followed by an homage to 1930s Kansas City with Harry Belafonte. Free: ucla.in/4667DMg

Saturday 9/13, 7:30 p.m. Two by Robert Altman starring Elliott Gould! “The Long Goodbye” (1973) — 35mm “California Split” (1974) Detective Philip Marlowe moves from dive bar to Malibu beach house in 1970s L.A. Next, two gamblers seduce us into a subculture of heavy bettors. Free: ucla.in/4mSwDOj

To celebrate our 60th anniversary, @tcmtv.bsky.social will air 18 film & TV titles preserved by the Archive! Restoration world premieres of “Black Girl” (Ossie Davis, 1972) and “The Magnificent Matador” (Budd Boetticher, 1955), a TV noir directed by Ida Lupino + more. Sep. 25–26: ucla.in/4nlxQOb

📽️ @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social, a unit of UCLA Library, presents more than 50 free screenings this fall, October 17-December 20. Lineup includes Los Angeles and restoration premieres, tributes and classics, Academy Award–nominated shorts and feature films, in-person guests and more: ucla.in/4lVmJtX

Saturday 8/23, 7:30 p.m. “L’inhumaine” (France, 1924) Live accompaniment by Cliff Retallick! 🎹 Leading artists/designers contributed to this film about a secret society in thrall to a mysterious diva plotting to transform the world through mysticism and futuristic technology. Free: ucla.in/4mdY4ln

Friday, Aug. 22, 7:30 p.m. “Monkey Business” (1931) “The Black Cat” (1934, on 35mm!) 🎞️ Join us for a double feature of Marx Brothers and Boris Karloff/Bela Lugosi classics showcasing Art Deco in the movies, co-presented by the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles! Free: ucla.in/4mdY4ln

The @latimes.com spotlights our Robert Altman retrospective, “a look at the monumental filmmaker’s wildly unpredictable body of work to mark 100 years since his birth. The designated home of Altman’s personal print collection, the archive will show many of the films in 35mm.”

Sun 8/24 “M*A*S*H” (’70) + “Brewster McCloud” (’70) on 35mm Robert Altman’s take on the absurdities of war stars Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould as misbehaving army surgeons. Next, Brewster (Bud Cort) works on a winged contraption in the Astrodome while a killer is on the loose: ucla.in/4lxNjJE

Art Deco found its way into film early on, as art directors and costume designers mobilized its streamlined elegance to evoke both the optimism and anxiety of the day. Join us & Art Deco Society of L.A.: 8/22: Monkey Business (1931) + The Black Cat (1934) 8/23: L’inhumaine (1924) ucla.in/4mdY4ln

Sunday, Aug. 17, 7 p.m. “The Inheritance” (2020) Set mostly in a West Philadelphia home where young Black artists and activists form a collective, this vibrant film blends scripted drama with documentary reflection on the 1985 MOVE bombing. Director Ephraim Asili in person! Free: ucla.in/4mwZd7c

Saturday, Aug. 16, 7:30 p.m. 📽️ Robert Altman double feature: “3 Women” (1977) starring Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek and Janice Rule “Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean” (1982) starring Karen Black, Cher and Sandy Dennis — 35mm! Free: ucla.in/4fvaFOL

Friday 8/15, 7:30 p.m. “In the Heat of the Night” (1967) This five Oscar-winning noir stars Sidney Poitier as a detective drawn into a murder investigation in a racially hostile town. He forms a tense alliance with a bigoted police chief (Rod Steiger) to unravel the mystery. Free: ucla.in/3HdfuiU

Sun 8/10: “The Exorcist” (1973) James Baldwin’s critique of “The Exorcist” provided the inspiration for titling his book “The Devil Finds Work.” Join us for a screening + book excerpt reading by actors Justice Smith & Nic Ashe! On-screen captions & ASL interpretation provided Free: ucla.in/47bUFif

Friday, Aug. 8, 7:30 p.m. 📽 “Tales of Manhattan” (Julien Duvivier, 1942) This star-studded film follows a gentleman’s tailcoat as it passes between owners — a stage actor, a jilted lover, a pianist and a Southern Black community — becoming a vessel for varied chamber pieces. Free! ucla.in/4lVjd3y

The Robert Altman centennial is being celebrated with series @brattletheatre.bsky.social, the Siskel Film Center, @bampfa.bsky.social, and @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social — www.criterion.com/current/post...

Sunday, Aug. 3, 7 p.m. 📽 “In This Our Life” (dir. John Huston, 1942) Among the films discussed by James Baldwin in his book “The Devil Finds Work” is this melodrama starring ​Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland, which stood out for its pointed critique of racial injustice. Free! ucla.in/4l3ssh2

🎬 “Robert Altman’s America: A Centennial Review” Aug. 1–Sep. 26 Opens Friday with “Nashville” (1975)! The hustle for fame and votes run parallel across a tapestry of stories featuring Karen Black, Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, Jeff Goldblum, Lily Tomlin and more. Free! ucla.in/40rVK1r

🗃 Before the @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social “Psychedelic Noir: Dragnet 1967–68” screening August 9, UCLA Library Performing Arts Curator Miki Bulos will display a selection of related archival paper materials from UCLA Library Special Collections in the lobby. Free admission! Details: ucla.in/40DMiIr

Saturday, Aug. 9, 7:30 p.m. “Psychedelic Noir: Dragnet 1967–68” ☮️ In the ’60s, actor-producer-director Jack Webb revived TV’s “Dragnet” in Technicolor along with his alter ego Sergeant Joe Friday. Join us for three psychedelic episodes that are delightful time capsules of L.A. Free! ucla.in/40DMiIr

Saturday, August 2, 7:30 p.m. “Dark Waters” (1944) — 35mm! 🎞️ Join us for a screening of André de Toth’s Southern gothic noir starring Merle Oberon + book talk and Q&A with Mayukh Sen, author of “Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star.” Free! ucla.in/4f0aGK5

i loved hosting this conversation with lupita and diego about their films on housing and displacement—we were cooking! much love to @challengeineq.bsky.social and @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social for having us ✊🏾

📽 “Bye Bye Tiberias” (2023) Filmmaker Lina Soualem returns with her mother, actor Hiam Abbass (“Succession”), to their Palestinian village and delves into family archives to paint a lyrical portrait of four generations of women shaped by exile and longing. Sat. 7/19, 7:30 p.m. Free ucla.in/4nQR9ji

Happy Bastille Day! 🇫🇷 🎇 The Hollywood classic “A Tale of Two Cities” (1935) is a sweeping adaptation of Dickens’ novel, starring Ronald Colman as a disillusioned lawyer who makes a redemptive sacrifice during the French Revolution. Join us for a free screening on Sun. July 27, 7 pm! ucla.in/3IteNSK

Space Age TV Rarity: William Shatner Starring in “The Night of the Auk” (1960) 📺 Saturday, July 26, 7:30 pm Before “Star Trek,” @williamshatner.bsky.social starred in this apocalyptic tale about the fateful actions of an egotistical industrialist who finances a space flight. Free: ucla.in/3GGQqQU

“Razing Liberty Square” director Katja Esson & “Moonlight” co-writer Tarell Alvin McCraney in person Fri 7/18! This program focuses on the historically Black neighborhood of Liberty City, Miami, and the fight against gentrification. Co-presented by @challengeineq.bsky.social Free: ucla.in/4lpdaUE

On Monday, L.A. lost LGBTQ+ trailblazer Jewel Thais-Williams, founder of Jewel’s Catch One disco, which provided a safe space for LGBTQ+ and Black communities from 1972 to 2015. Several interviews are available via our YouTube channel: youtu.be/CkpUKNfDLgg youtu.be/x-ei3AzbKCQ youtu.be/dg0WP46ARsQ

“The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin’s Cinema of the Mind” 📽️ Jul. 25–Aug. 15 This series presents films analyzed by Baldwin in his 1976 book “The Devil Finds Work,” a blend of memoir and film criticism, with live readings by @roxanegay.bsky.social and other special guests! Free: ucla.in/3Ie2tG1

“(Dis)placement: Fluctuations of Home” Jul 13–Aug 17 The films in this series examine the fragile, shifting meaning of home — not just as shelter, but as identity, belonging and collective memory — in Los Angeles and global contexts. Free: ucla.in/43Pmv0H Co-presented by @challengeineq.bsky.social

Join us and chef/restaurateur Alice Waters for a “Food and Film” screening on 7/12: Satyajit Ray’s “Pather Panchali” (1955) is an eloquent expression of the profound role of food. The threat of hunger lays bare the physical, cultural, emotional dimensions of even the simplest meals. ucla.in/402hgJP

Join us on Friday, July 11, 7:30 p.m. for two critically acclaimed, women-directed stories about girlhood, loss, resilience and hope: “Summer 1993” (dir. Carla Simón, Spain, 2017) “System Crasher” (dir. Nora Fingscheidt, Germany, 2019) Prerecorded Q&A with Nora Fingscheidt. Free! ucla.in/3HX2f62

Delighted to share that “Science Fiction Against the Margins: Cinematic Futures, Global Imaginaries,” the companion book to our 2024 film series, has been published! This compilation of 15 essays was co-edited by Archive staff Maya Montañez Smukler and Nicole Ucedo: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780895...

🗓️ Tuesday, June 24 at 7:30PM 🎟️ Free admission, first come first served 📍 Hammer Museum 🎥 Co-presented by TransUP (Transgender UCLA Pride) and the Ucla Film TV Archives. hmmr.buzz/heightenedsc...

The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with director Sam Feder, producer Amy Scholder, and journalist, critic, editor, and podcaster Tre’vell Anderson, moderated by Alex Schmider of GLAAD.

🎞️ Watch with us a special screening of a new documentary “Heightened Scrutiny,” which follows the battle against anti-trans laws and ACLU attorney Chase Strangio as he becomes the first openly transgender person to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema continues this weekend, highlighting powerful stories from artists in Iran and the Iranian diaspora. ucla.in/42WApxF RSVPs have “sold out,” there will be standby lines. 6/20: The Witness (2024) 6/21: The Old Bachelor (2024) 6/22: Celluloid Underground (2023)

Thrilled to see these get @criterion.bsky.social releases! ✨ “Compensation” (dir. Zeinabu irene Davis, 1999) Restored by UCLA with Wimmin with a Mission Productions and Sundance Institute. “Killer of Sheep” (dir. Charles Burnett, 1977) Restored by UCLA with Milestone Film and Criterion Collection.

The 2025 UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema opens this weekend with deeply affecting stories of perseverance and resistance in the face of oppression and exile. RSVPs for this free series have “sold out.” There will be standby lines. ucla.in/42WApxF Program generously funded by Farhang Foundation.

Excited to partner with @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social on the upcoming film series "(Dis)Placement: Fluctuations of Home." Join us for opening night on July 13th with #UCLA Activists-in-Residence @jaisuazo.bsky.social, Lupita Limon Corrales & filmmaker Diego Robles>> cinema.ucla.edu/events/displ...

Sunday, June 8, 7 p.m. 🦋 “We Are the Radical Monarchs” (2019) Linda Goldstein Knowlton’s film traces the launch and remarkable growth of the Radical Monarchs, a social justice-focused troop for girls of color. Filmmakers and Radical Monarchs co-founder Anayvette Martinez in person! ucla.in/3TaOZwM

Rest in peace, Edmund White. The groundbreaking author was “among a generation of gay writers who in the 1970s became bards for a community no longer afraid to declare its existence.” Two interviews with White from our collection are viewable online youtu.be/PgPmOb9GWNM?... youtu.be/8RrZ3JlQ64U?...

Saturday, June 7, 7:30 p.m. “The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love” (1995) — 35mm! Celebrating its 30th anniversary, director Maria Maggenti’s indie gem captures first love’s exhilaration and awkwardness, offering a refreshingly joyful take on queer coming-of-age. Free! ucla.in/3Zfa8JU