UCLA Film & Television Archive

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A unit of UCLA Library. Dedicated to preserving moving image history. The second-largest archive of original film and television materials in the U.S. FREE screenings at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum 📽 cinema.ucla.edu

@uclaftvarchive.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 8:56 PM

“U.S. Steel Hour” was one of the most prestigious anthology series. 5 episodes have been newly added online featuring Gene Hackman, Jane Wyatt, Jeanne Crain, Teresa Wright:

Little Tin God, Little Lost Sheep, The Big Laugh, The Other Woman, Marriage Marks the Spot
www.cinema.ucla.edu/collections/...

Above: Gene Hackman sitting outside a building. Below: Jeanne Crain looking concerned and walking away from a stern looking man in a living room.

@uclaftvarchive.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 8:48 PM

📽 Saturday, Oct. 17, 7:30 p.m.
“Like Nothing Happened” (Japan, 2003)
“Passion” (Japan, 2008)

Part of “Ryusuke Hamaguchi: Early Works,” co-presented by Yanai Initiative

Free admission: ucla.in/4AYP0Zm

A woman and man sitting on a sofa. The man is holding the woman's hand while she rests her head on his shoulder.

A woman and man sitting along a wall, both looking down.

@latimes.com Oct 6, 2026, 9:32 PMReposted by @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social

Eva Marie Saint, a graceful actor best known for her Oscar-winning film debut in “On the Waterfront” and for her turn as a sultry spy in another 1950s film classic “North by Northwest,” died Tuesday. She was 102.

www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Los Angeles Times Obituary Eva Marie Saint 1924-2026. Photo of Saint smiling at the camera and wearing a black dress and three strands of pearls.

@uclaftvarchive.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 5:54 PMReposted by @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social

Wed. 10/7: An Evening With Cagney & Lacey in Person

Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless star as detectives who navigate the ethics and perils of law enforcement and confront the complexities of 1980s feminist politics through the microcosm of the NYC police force.

Free screening and Q&A! ucla.in/4h0jH8F

Portrait of Cagney and Lacey in front of a 1980s graphic background.

Cagney and Lacey posing with a police car.

@uclaftvarchive.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 8:34 PM

“Her Wedding Night” (1930) — 35mm 🎞
Fri. Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m. Free!

Clara Bow flees wannabe Paris grooms for the French Riviera, where comic mayhem ensues amid Art Deco sets.

In person: author David Stenn, “Clara Bow: Runnin’ Wild”

Co-presented by Art Deco Society of Los Angeles
ucla.in/3VO9zYp

Clara Bow smiling and sitting on a sofa in an Art Deco interior.

Clara Bow and a man embracing, about to kiss.

@uclaftvarchive.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 6:53 PM

Happy Silent Movie Day! 🎞 ✨
@filmpreservation.bsky.social has newly added 5 silent films to their online screening room, including 3 preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive:

My Lady’s Lips (1925)
The Roaring Road (1919)
Automobile Thieves (1906)

www.filmpreservation.org/blog/2026/9/...

William Powell and Clara Bow facing each other, looking pensive.

Two men riding in a race car from the 1910s on a dirt road.

Two cars from the 1900s driving alongside each other on a dirt road. One driver is handing a rope to the other car.

@filmpreservation.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 3:59 PMReposted by @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social

The NFPF is excited to celebrate Silent Movie Day with 5 new streaming films, including MY LADY'S LIPS featuring Clara Bow preserved by @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social with new music by @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social.

Full lineup here: www.filmpreservation.org/blog/2026/9/...

@uclaftvarchive.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 10:05 PM

Ryusuke Hamaguchi: Early Works
Oct 17–Nov 22 | Free

Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” won the Oscar for Best International Feature in 2022 and was the first Japanese film nominated for Best Picture. But well before this, he was busy making films that have rarely screened outside of Japan: ucla.in/3VDR3Sp

Three young adults sitting and talking at a bar.

@uclaftvarchive.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 8:56 PM

Update: Please note that Tyne Daly is no longer able to join for this program

@sundance.org Sep 25, 2026, 10:13 PMReposted by @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social

30 years after “Unzipped” strutted onto screens, director Douglas Keeve looks back on Isaac Mizrahi, the supermodel era, and the creative chaos behind the iconic doc. The 4K restoration is now in theaters.

Read more: sndnc.org/4yj0vt2

@uclaftvarchive.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 9:52 PM

North American premieres of new 35mm restorations! 🎞

Pre-Code “Man Trouble” (1930) + silent drama “The Man Who Came Back” (1924), both Fox films starring Dorothy Mackaill, restored from nitrate prints by the Archive

Wed. Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m. Free admission!
ucla.in/4rtSpLB

A man lighting a cigarette with a suspicious expression. Behind him, a woman is concealed behind a wall.

Closeup of a woman with an intense and weary gaze.

@uclaftvarchive.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 5:24 PM

Assuming there are no technical issues and everyone gives their permission, we will make the Q&A recording available later on our YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@UCLAFTVArch...). Thanks for your interest!

@openingthisweek.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 12:06 AMReposted by @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social

@uclaftvarchive.bsky.social just posted the schedule for their Fall 2026 screening program. Definitely worth checking out some of these if you're in the LA area. All screenings are free!

@mezzaninefilm.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 9:33 PMReposted by @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social

Just announced: we are thrilled to present a rare 35mm screening of the theatrical version of Peter Watkins’ EDVARD MUNCH (1974), one of the great films about art and art-making, in tribute to the late filmmaker. Collection print courtesy of
@uclaftvarchive.bsky.social! 10/11 at Brain Dead Studios.

@uclaftvarchive.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 5:54 PM

Wed. 10/7: An Evening With Cagney & Lacey in Person

Free screening and Q&A! ucla.in/4h0jH8F

@uclaftvarchive.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 11:50 PM

Announcing our FREE fall 2026 programs! We’re so excited to welcome you back for an eclectic lineup of film and TV classics, restoration premieres, contemporary international cinema, silent films with benshi and musical accompaniment, author talks and Q&As with special guests! cinema.ucla.edu/events

Dorothy Dandridge smiling and climbing a jeep.

Two men standing and looking down in front of a building stoop.

@readteachwrite.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 4:33 AMReposted by @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social

Having a lot of fun with @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social's YouTube channel!:

youtu.be/cSLdpgG4Jjs?...

@uclaftvarchive.bsky.social Sep 1, 2026, 11:38 PM

Video description: Layered red and blue footage of mostly young adults walking, talking and gathering in front of Canter’s Deli in the 1960s.

@uclaftvarchive.bsky.social Sep 1, 2026, 11:38 PM

POV: It’s 1966 and you’re hanging outside Canter’s Deli in L.A. 🎥 (clip from the student film “Kinky”)

On our blog, UCLA MLIS graduate Jackie Forsyte continues to dive into the rich history of student filmmaking at UCLA, this time focusing on the mid- to late 1960s: cinema.ucla.edu/blog/viewing...

@uclaftvarchive.bsky.social Aug 26, 2026, 7:59 PM

The new restoration of “Black Girl” (Ossie Davis, 1972) will air on @tcmtv.bsky.social as part of their tribute to actor Brock Peters. Aug. 28, 7:15 pm (PT) bit.ly/45P2ngE

Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive and @thefilmfoundation.bsky.social with funding from Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation

Three scenes from "Black Girl." A father speaks in a living room while a mother stands behind him with a surprised expression. A young woman exits an airplane. Two smiling young women exchange an envelope in a church.

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