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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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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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
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
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“(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
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
“(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
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
Thank you to @laist.com's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez for spotlighting an interview with the groundbreaking mariachi musician Rebecca Gonzales (1953 - 2024) from the UCLA Library Center for Oral History Research project “Mariachi Music in Los Angeles and beyond.” Explore the full collection: ucla.in/4qDdp0z
How trailblazer Rebecca Gonzales broke through mariachi machismo in the 70's
Rebecca Gonzales’ oral history sheds light on the rewards and the pain of her breakthrough.
laist.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Thank you to @laist.com's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez for spotlighting an interview with the groundbreaking mariachi musician Rebecca Gonzales (1953 - 2024) from the UCLA Library Center for Oral History Research project “Mariachi Music in Los Angeles and beyond.” Explore the full collection: ucla.in/4qDdp0z
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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
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
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
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
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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)
🎬 “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
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)
🎬 “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)
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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
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
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
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
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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...
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
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...
Restored by the Archive & @thefilmfoundation.bsky.social w/ funding from Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation
www.filmcomment.com/blog/the-bes...
Happy first day of winter! Take a winter walk through some Los Angeles parks with these photos from the LA Views Photograph Collection 99, stewarded by UCLA Library Special Collections ❄️ 🏞️ ucla.in/4akT9fs
December 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Happy first day of winter! Take a winter walk through some Los Angeles parks with these photos from the LA Views Photograph Collection 99, stewarded by UCLA Library Special Collections ❄️ 🏞️ ucla.in/4akT9fs
During International Education Week, Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian Athena N. Jackson joined UCLA faculty, staff and students to discuss and exchange ideas about shaping the future of international education through global perspectives: ucla.in/4a91CSX
December 20, 2025 at 6:20 AM
During International Education Week, Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian Athena N. Jackson joined UCLA faculty, staff and students to discuss and exchange ideas about shaping the future of international education through global perspectives: ucla.in/4a91CSX
UCLA Library has been awarded a $296,615 Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources, enabling the Library to increase access to its significant collection of Middle Eastern and Islamicate manuscript volumes: ucla.in/4qgfZJY
December 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
UCLA Library has been awarded a $296,615 Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources, enabling the Library to increase access to its significant collection of Middle Eastern and Islamicate manuscript volumes: ucla.in/4qgfZJY
Season's greetings from UCLA Library! Wishing you a season of joyful turns and gliding momentum into a bright New Year 🎁❄️
All UCLA Library locations and services will be closed, December 20 - January 4. Libraries will reopen on January 5.
All UCLA Library locations and services will be closed, December 20 - January 4. Libraries will reopen on January 5.
December 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Season's greetings from UCLA Library! Wishing you a season of joyful turns and gliding momentum into a bright New Year 🎁❄️
All UCLA Library locations and services will be closed, December 20 - January 4. Libraries will reopen on January 5.
All UCLA Library locations and services will be closed, December 20 - January 4. Libraries will reopen on January 5.
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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
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
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
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
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In honor of #OurLadyofGuadalupe, the David Lopez mural that was originally located in the Maravilla Housing Project (now located here: maps.app.goo.gl/on4BQw5SFwsg...).
Photo (1973) from the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center / @uclalibrary.bsky.social: digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:...
Photo (1973) from the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center / @uclalibrary.bsky.social: digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:...
December 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In honor of #OurLadyofGuadalupe, the David Lopez mural that was originally located in the Maravilla Housing Project (now located here: maps.app.goo.gl/on4BQw5SFwsg...).
Photo (1973) from the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center / @uclalibrary.bsky.social: digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:...
Photo (1973) from the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center / @uclalibrary.bsky.social: digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:...
Matthew Vest, a music inquiry and research librarian at the Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library, has received a UCLA Global Research Award for Resonate 2026, a global open access musical score project.
Read more about Resonate 2026 and other winning projects: ucla.in/4p9w9o1
Read more about Resonate 2026 and other winning projects: ucla.in/4p9w9o1
December 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Matthew Vest, a music inquiry and research librarian at the Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library, has received a UCLA Global Research Award for Resonate 2026, a global open access musical score project.
Read more about Resonate 2026 and other winning projects: ucla.in/4p9w9o1
Read more about Resonate 2026 and other winning projects: ucla.in/4p9w9o1
The Contemporary Music Score Collection, published by the Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library and Hugo and Christine Davise Fund, has reached 500,000 views on eScholarship! 🎶
🔗 Browse the full collection: ucla.in/47C4OVp
🔗 Browse the full collection: ucla.in/47C4OVp
December 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The Contemporary Music Score Collection, published by the Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library and Hugo and Christine Davise Fund, has reached 500,000 views on eScholarship! 🎶
🔗 Browse the full collection: ucla.in/47C4OVp
🔗 Browse the full collection: ucla.in/47C4OVp
Good luck on finals, Bruins! Whether you’re hitting the books in one of our libraries or studying elsewhere, UCLA Library is here to support you 💙📚 ucla.in/46LsgPZ
📸 University Archives, UCLA Library Special Collections
📸 University Archives, UCLA Library Special Collections
December 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Good luck on finals, Bruins! Whether you’re hitting the books in one of our libraries or studying elsewhere, UCLA Library is here to support you 💙📚 ucla.in/46LsgPZ
📸 University Archives, UCLA Library Special Collections
📸 University Archives, UCLA Library Special Collections
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
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
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
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
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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
“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
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
“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
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📺 “Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television”
Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a screening of beloved classics and archival gems honoring TV pioneer Desi Arnaz, plus a book signing with biographer Todd S. Purdum before the screening and a Q&A afterwards. Free! ucla.in/48OLS5k
Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a screening of beloved classics and archival gems honoring TV pioneer Desi Arnaz, plus a book signing with biographer Todd S. Purdum before the screening and a Q&A afterwards. Free! ucla.in/48OLS5k
December 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
📺 “Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television”
Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a screening of beloved classics and archival gems honoring TV pioneer Desi Arnaz, plus a book signing with biographer Todd S. Purdum before the screening and a Q&A afterwards. Free! ucla.in/48OLS5k
Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m.
Join us for a screening of beloved classics and archival gems honoring TV pioneer Desi Arnaz, plus a book signing with biographer Todd S. Purdum before the screening and a Q&A afterwards. Free! ucla.in/48OLS5k
UCLA Library has completed a yearlong preservation project to digitize 173 audiovisual items from the East West Players — the longest-running Asian American theater group in the United States. Materials are now available for access.
Read about the preservation process: ucla.in/3XpfhxD
Read about the preservation process: ucla.in/3XpfhxD
December 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
UCLA Library has completed a yearlong preservation project to digitize 173 audiovisual items from the East West Players — the longest-running Asian American theater group in the United States. Materials are now available for access.
Read about the preservation process: ucla.in/3XpfhxD
Read about the preservation process: ucla.in/3XpfhxD
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🎬 Reality Frictions (2024)
Fri 12/12, 7:30 p.m.
Co-presented by Los Angeles Filmforum
L.A. premiere! In his essay film, filmmaker and UCLA Prof. Steve F. Anderson explores the “intersection of fact and fiction on the screens of Hollywood.” Followed by Q&A with the filmmaker.
Free! ucla.in/48oL5sN
Fri 12/12, 7:30 p.m.
Co-presented by Los Angeles Filmforum
L.A. premiere! In his essay film, filmmaker and UCLA Prof. Steve F. Anderson explores the “intersection of fact and fiction on the screens of Hollywood.” Followed by Q&A with the filmmaker.
Free! ucla.in/48oL5sN
December 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
🎬 Reality Frictions (2024)
Fri 12/12, 7:30 p.m.
Co-presented by Los Angeles Filmforum
L.A. premiere! In his essay film, filmmaker and UCLA Prof. Steve F. Anderson explores the “intersection of fact and fiction on the screens of Hollywood.” Followed by Q&A with the filmmaker.
Free! ucla.in/48oL5sN
Fri 12/12, 7:30 p.m.
Co-presented by Los Angeles Filmforum
L.A. premiere! In his essay film, filmmaker and UCLA Prof. Steve F. Anderson explores the “intersection of fact and fiction on the screens of Hollywood.” Followed by Q&A with the filmmaker.
Free! ucla.in/48oL5sN
UCLA Library bridges collections, scholarship and innovation, helping students, faculty and public scholars generate knowledge at the intersection of teaching, learning and research.
Take a look at what the Library has achieved in our full 2024-2025 Impact Report: library.ucla.edu/impact/2025
Take a look at what the Library has achieved in our full 2024-2025 Impact Report: library.ucla.edu/impact/2025
December 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
UCLA Library bridges collections, scholarship and innovation, helping students, faculty and public scholars generate knowledge at the intersection of teaching, learning and research.
Take a look at what the Library has achieved in our full 2024-2025 Impact Report: library.ucla.edu/impact/2025
Take a look at what the Library has achieved in our full 2024-2025 Impact Report: library.ucla.edu/impact/2025
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Sunday, Dec. 7, 7 p.m.
35mm double feature! 🎞
“Putney Swope” (dir. Robert Downey Sr., 1969)
“Hi, Mom!” (dir. Brian De Palma, 1970)
Free: ucla.in/48sK1CN
(Clip from “Putney Swope”)
35mm double feature! 🎞
“Putney Swope” (dir. Robert Downey Sr., 1969)
“Hi, Mom!” (dir. Brian De Palma, 1970)
Free: ucla.in/48sK1CN
(Clip from “Putney Swope”)
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Sunday, Dec. 7, 7 p.m.
35mm double feature! 🎞
“Putney Swope” (dir. Robert Downey Sr., 1969)
“Hi, Mom!” (dir. Brian De Palma, 1970)
Free: ucla.in/48sK1CN
(Clip from “Putney Swope”)
35mm double feature! 🎞
“Putney Swope” (dir. Robert Downey Sr., 1969)
“Hi, Mom!” (dir. Brian De Palma, 1970)
Free: ucla.in/48sK1CN
(Clip from “Putney Swope”)