“Singin’ in the Rain” (1952) Sunday, Apr. 12, 11 a.m. 35mm! In this classic musical, a silent movie star (Gene Kelly) tries to make the leap to talkies, while a chorus girl (Debbie Reynolds) finds her entry into Hollywood no less complicated. Co-presented by @hammer.ucla.edu Free! ucla.in/4dzlhNs

4/12: Please, Don’t Bury Me Alive! (1976) Director in person Considered the 1st Chicano feature, Efraín Gutiérrez’s film offers a look at ’70s South Texas Chicano culture. Its character questions his place in a society that undervalues Latinos, many of whom had been killed in Vietnam ucla.in/4smfA9s

Thank you to L.A. Times Staff Writer Mark Olsen for featuring our film series “The Black Pack: Rewriting American Comedy,” which begins tonight! Details: ucla.in/3PlgjK9 www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

The Hearst Metrotone News Collection and the Spanish Civil War Friday, Apr. 10, 7:30 Marking the 90th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War, Silvia Ribelles de la Vega, a historian at The Packard Humanities Institute, will give a talk featuring rarely seen footage of the war. Free! ucla.in/4mdE4QS

“Would you like me to tell you the little story of right-hand/left-hand? The story of good and evil?” Robert Mitchum stars in “The Night of the Hunter” (1955), director Charles Laughton’s classic Southern Gothic thriller, screening Sunday, Apr. 5, 7 p.m. 35mm! 🎞️ Free: ucla.in/4bX88eJ

“Hollywood Shuffle” (1987) — 35mm! Fri 4/3, 7:30 p.m. In his razor-sharp satire, Robert Townsend stars as an actor pressured to fit an “Eddie Murphy type” while auditioning for a Blaxploitation knockoff. In person: author Artel Great, actor Anne-Marie Johnson, Spring Mooney Free! ucla.in/4179w9B

On our blog, UCLA M.L.I.S. graduate Christina Scholze highlights the rich history of the UCLA Animation Workshop, which has been teaching students the art and craft of animation since the late 1940s. 13 animated student films from our collection are newly available online 🎨 ucla.in/4dLvqqm

The Black Pack: Rewriting American Comedy Apr. 3–26 In the 1980s, five comedy pioneers — Eddie Murphy, Paul Mooney, Robert Townsend, Keenen Ivory Wayans and Arsenio Hall — formed a creative alliance, fusing politically Black satire with edgy, defiant humor in Hollywood hits: ucla.in/3PlgjK9

Sunday 3/29: “To Sleep With Anger” (1990) — 35mm! Book signing + free screening When a family in South L.A. is visited by a mysterious old friend from the South (Danny Glover), his presence casts a spell over the household. In person: director Charles Burnett, author Ashley Clark ucla.in/47eC0BH

This spring, @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social, a unit of UCLA Library, presents free public programs March 22-June 28. Restorations, retrospectives and a biennial festival of preservation explore comedy, film history, experimental filmmaking and international storytelling. Full details: ucla.in/4dmHPkk

Gunvor Nelson Tribute Trilogy Mar. 22–28 A pioneer of personal cinema and feminist film, Nelson combined painting, collage and sound experimentation in her works, embodying humor, resistance, intimacy and tactile sensation. Co-presented by L.A. Filmforum/Rotations and Academy Museum ucla.in/4scD3dQ

Sunday 3/22, 7 p.m. “Devoted to You” (1986) + “Love Unto Waste” (1986) 🎞️ 35mm double feature about 1980s Hong Kong youth starring Tony Leung, Chow Yun-fat Join us for the closing night of “Echoes From Spring Street: The World of Sing Lee and Chinese-Language Cinema in L.A.” Free! ucla.in/3P6fMf8

3/21: “THE DREAM & THE LIE” (2024) In 2018, Albanian American artist Elena Dorfman was granted unprecedented access to the Albanian National Film Archive. Her experimental feature documentary brings scenes from the archive’s film holdings together in a widescreen triptych. Free! ucla.in/4baqydc

“A Face in the Crowd” (1957) — 35mm! 🎞️ Friday 3/20, 7:30 p.m. Scouted in jail by a radio producer (Patricia Neal), opportunistic guitar picker “Lonesome” Rhodes (Andy Griffith) is vaulted to fame and political power through the new medium of television. Free! ucla.in/40ZvJ9s

Thank you to @latimes.com Staff Writer Mark Olsen for highlighting our film series “From John Doe to Lonesome Rhodes: Anti-fascism From the Archive,” continuing tonight and Saturday (Mar. 6 & 7)! Schedule: ucla.in/49KZy1n Read the Times: bit.ly/3ORn3iJ

“Conbody vs Everybody” ep. 1–5 (2024) Mar. 13–14 Director Debra Granik (“Winter’s Bone”) documents the journey of former drug dealer turned fitness entrepreneur Coss Marte as he builds CONBODY, a NYC gym that empowers previously incarcerated people. Free screening and Q&A! ucla.in/40PuZU9

Sat 3/7: Restoration premiere of “The Burning Cross” (1947) + “Open Secret” (1948) The independently made “The Burning Cross” was one of the boldest US films of its era to tackle homegrown fascism. Followed by a noir that takes a grittier approach to antisemitism than its precedents ucla.in/4bg0uNj

Tribute to Gene Hackman: “CBS Playhouse: My Father and My Mother” (1968) 📺 Sun. Mar. 8, 7 p.m. Between his star-making turns in “Bonnie and Clyde” and “The French Connection,” Hackman landed a lead role on the prestigious TV anthology “CBS Playhouse.” Join us for a free screening: ucla.in/46wkSak

📽 Friday, Mar. 6, 7:30 p.m. “Arch of Triumph” (dir. Lewis Milestone, 1948) — 35mm “Voice in the Wind” (dir. Arthur Ripley, 1944) UCLA restorations! Both films powerfully express the disorientation and despair of European refugees in the wake of fascism. Free admission: ucla.in/401a14x

📽 Sunday, Mar. 1, 7 p.m. “Cloak and Dagger” (dir. Fritz Lang, 1946) — 35mm! “Keeper of the Flame” (dir. George Cukor, 1942) — 35mm! Join us for a WWII espionage thriller starring Gary Cooper + a mystery melodrama starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Free! ucla.in/3MstDeP

Announcing our free spring lineup! 🌼 Starting in late March: Tribute to Swedish/S.F. Bay Area experimental filmmaker Gunvor Nelson The Black Pack: When Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Paul Mooney, Robert Townsend and Keenen Ivory Wayans Rewrote American Comedy + much more: cinema.ucla.edu/events

📽️ “Giannis in the Cities” (Greece, 2024) Sunday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m. Writer-director Eleni Alexandrakis tells the story of Giannis Atzakas, who grew up in government-run “Childcare Cities” during the Greek Civil War, unable to forget his rebel father. Filmmaker in person! Free: ucla.in/3On4zGv

Tonight is the world premiere of Charles Burnett's restored MY BROTHER'S WEDDING! Thank you to Berlinale Forum, @kinolorber.com, @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social, @bampfa.bsky.social, Prasad, Deluxe, and to @mayascade.bsky.social Charles, and Jill Borders, who oversaw the restoration!

Feb. 15: Archive Talks: Hitchcock and Herrmann Film historian Steven C. Smith will join us for a book signing and give an illustrated talk about the collaboration between director Alfred Hitchcock and composer Bernard Herrmann. Followed by screening of “Psycho” (1960) and Q&A. Free! ucla.in/4awGDbe

On our blog, UCLA M.L.I.S. graduate Jackie Forsyte delves into the rich history of UCLA student filmmaking from the beginning, 1947–1965. After WWII, “students and faculty forged ahead with building a film education rooted in technical proficiency and creative experimentation.” ucla.in/3M0OKEQ

Saturday 2/14: “Echoes From Spring Street: The World of Sing Lee and Chinese-Language Cinema in L.A.” continues Valentine’s Day with a pair of Hong Kong films about love and friendship, directed by Sylvia Chang and Ann Hui 💕 35mm! 🎞 “Passion” (1986) “Starry Is the Night” (1988) ucla.in/4ralGd2

Friday 2/3: “(Dis)placement: Fluctuations of Home” continues with films by acclaimed Chilean documentarian Ignacio Agüero & Malaysian-Taiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-liang: “Under Construction (or the place where I was born no longer exists)” (Chile, 2000) “Give Me a Home” (Taiwan, 1991) ucla.in/4r2af7j

Feb 8: Homes Apart: Korea (1991) + American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs (2013) Filmed in North and South Korea, “Homes Apart” follows a man’s journey to reunite with his sister long after the Korean War. Next, a spotlight on philosopher & activist Grace Lee Boggs ucla.in/4qTpAqB

Friday Feb. 6: Food and Film: Two by Les Blank “Always for Pleasure” (1978)—16mm! “Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana” (1990) In the streets, living rooms and kitchens of New Orleans, documentarian Les Blank observes an American city like no other: ucla.in/3NQO2ug

The Los Angeles Times asked film writers to rank their top movies set in L.A. Seven titles on the list have been preserved and restored by the @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social, a unit of UCLA Library: cinema.ucla.edu/blog/la-time...

404 by L.A. Times interviewed our Motion Picture Curator Todd Wiener and former Collections Intern / Harvard Ph.D. candidate @janetlouie.bsky.social about Chinatown’s Sing Lee Theatre and the Chinese-language films saved by the Archive 🎞️ www.latimes.com/0000019c-0ff...

Feb. 7: “Numbskull Revolution” (2026) premiere! A pair of rival conceptual artists (Amy Davis, James Duval) battle for fame and funding. As one ascends the heights of capitalist success, the other seeks inspiration and solace in a new cyber drug. Filmmaker Jon Moritsugu in person! ucla.in/45YVz0r

35mm Li Han-hsiang coming to LA

Sunday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m. 🎞 “Rear Entrance” (Hong Kong, 1960) — 35mm! Directed by the legendary Li Han-hsiang of Shaw Brothers fame, “Rear Entrance” tells the moving story of a woman (silent-to-sound era actor Butterfly Woo) who adopts a young girl. Free! ucla.in/3LY5oVt

1/29 🎥 “Aquarius” (2016) Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho (of the Oscar-nominated “The Secret Agent”), “Aquarius” depicts a woman’s fight to protect her home. Clara (Sônia Braga) enjoys an idyllic life in Recife, Brazil, until she is pressured to leave by real estate developers: ucla.in/4baFY14

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1/31: “The Stringer” (2025) One of the most recognizable photos from the Vietnam War, “The Terror of War” moved the hearts and minds of the world. Bao Nguyen’s gripping film documents a possible revelation of the photograph’s long-held secret. Filmmakers & special guests in person! ucla.in/4qqgdhS

Jan. 25–Mar. 20: “From John Doe to Lonesome Rhodes: Anti-fascism From the Archive” This series presents 11 American films restored by the Archive or held in its collection that were produced in response to the cataclysmic clash of ideologies that marked the mid-20th century. Free! ucla.in/49KZy1n

Sat 1/24: “Rod Serling’s Existential TV Western: The Loner” After “Twilight Zone,” six-time Emmy winner Rod Serling returned to primetime with “The Loner” (CBS, 1965–66). Join us for three Serling-penned episodes starring Lloyd Bridges, Tony Bill, Brock Peters and Dan Duryea. Free! ucla.in/3NqEoyj

1/23: Films by Karen Pearlman + early silent shorts Pearlman has built a feminist film practice that puts cinema’s past & present in dialogue in brilliantly constructed short film essays. Join us for a screening of her work along with the slapstick female performers that inspired it ucla.in/4pHqE09

Can’t wait to share the experience of seeing this films with all in attendance 🥰💕

On our blog, Harvard scholar Janet Louie delves into the history of the Sing Lee Theatre, which opened in 1962 in L.A.’s Chinatown and became a hub for Chinese-language cinema and opera. A significant collection of films was rescued from the shuttered theater by the Archive in 2016: ucla.in/4qmQZB9

“(Dis)placement: Fluctuations of Home, Part II” Jan 17–Feb 20 This series continues our summer 2025 exploration of what it means to be housed, and to truly feel at home, amid ongoing displacement. These international and independent films trace the fragile architecture of belonging: ucla.in/45RfNc6

One of Iranian cinema’s most influential and important filmmakers, Bahram Beyzaie (1938–2025) passed away on Dec. 26. His works are “seamless blends of myth, symbolism, folklore, and classical Persian literature” (The Guardian: bit.ly/3YrT969). Our 2018 Q&A with Beyzaie: youtu.be/Wf9BPzaA6PA

Jan. 16–Mar. 22: “Echoes From Spring Street: The World of Sing Lee and Chinese-Language Cinema in L.A.” This series features films from 1960–1988 Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan, and marks the first public presentation of prints rescued from the shuttered Sing Lee Theatre in Chinatown: ucla.in/4ssjWNC

New restorations from the Archive now streaming on the Criterion Channel (criterionchannel.com) 🎬 “The Annihilation of Fish” (dir. Charles Burnett, 1999) 🎬 “Compensation” (dir. Zeinabu irene Davis, 1999) 🎬 “Pink Narcissus” (dir. James Bidgood, 1971) 🎬 “The Sealed Soil” (dir. Marva Nabili, 1977)

Happy New Year! We're proud to have funded the @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social restoration of REPEAT PERFORMANCE Available to buy from Flicker Alley, bit.ly/3T3C0OJ or stream on Kanopy bit.ly/45uksAw Want to help us fund future restorations? Donate here: bit.ly/4ntPDCr @eddiemuller.bsky.social

Here’s Joan Blondell bringing Hollywood glitz and style to the holiday season ✨ Watch newly digitized home movies from 1936 featuring star couple Joan Blondell and Dick Powell — who made 10 films together at Warner Bros. — now available on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/@UCLAFTVArchive/videos

Thank you to @filmcomment.com.web.brid.gy writer Gina Telaroli for selecting “Black Girl” (dir. Ossie Davis, 1972) as one of the best restorations of the year! Restored by the Archive & @thefilmfoundation.bsky.social w/ funding from Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation www.filmcomment.com/blog/the-bes...