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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
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
February 2, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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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...
January 30, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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...
Hundreds of Chinese-language Film Reels Saved
Once the heart of Chinese-language cinema in L.A., given new life.
www.latimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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
January 29, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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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
January 28, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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
January 28, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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
January 23, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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today!!!!!
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
January 23, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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
January 22, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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
January 22, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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
January 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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
January 16, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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Can’t wait to share the experience of seeing this films with all in attendance 🥰💕
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
January 15, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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
January 14, 2026 at 11:09 PM
“(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
January 12, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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
January 6, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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
January 2, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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)
December 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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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
December 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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
December 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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...
The Best Restorations of 2025
In with the old: the best restorations, preservations, reprints, and remasters of 2025
www.filmcomment.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Friday 12/19, 7:30 p.m.
Punishment Park (1971) — 35mm
Ice (1970)

In Peter Watkins’ mockumentary, dissidents are given a choice: go to prison or try to survive 3 days while being hunted by cops. Next, Robert Kramer depicts a revolutionary network organizing against a fascist takeover ucla.in/4s6bpzG
December 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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This winter, the @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social, a unit of UCLA Library, brings a dynamic mix of programming to the Billy Wilder Theater @hammer.ucla.edu.

Dozens of screenings of restorations, premieres and film and TV treasures are free to the public, Jan 16-March 22.

Full lineup: ucla.in/3YdQLzE
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Sun 12/14, 7 p.m.
“British Sounds” (1970)
“The Third Generation” (1979)

A primer in Marx and the deconstruction of capitalist image production, “British Sounds” was Godard’s first completed film with the Dziga Vertov Group. Next, Fassbinder satirizes bourgeois revolutionaries. Free! ucla.in/48ZnqiB
December 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM