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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 2d

“The Future of Reality: From Locarno to L.A.”
Fri. Oct. 24–Sat. Oct. 25

Free screenings and conference exploring the intersection of technology, AI and film history: ucla.in/41LNKJo

Co-presented by Locarno Film Festival, Swissnex in San Francisco and UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television

Above: A distorted image of a person walking through a garden. Below: A woman looking at biometrics on a reflective digital screen.

Above: A woman in a red dress walking in front of two robotic figures. Below: A surreal recreation of a scene from "Vertigo" depicting the Golden Gate Bridge and a woman in the water.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 7d

Oct. 19: “An Evening With Fred Astaire” (1958) & “Another Evening With Fred Astaire” (1959)

“An Evening...” was one of the first TV specials using color videotape. The Archive received an Emmy in 1989 for its restoration. Join us for a rare screening + Q&A with dancer Barrie Chase! ucla.in/46TK4a7

Barrie Chase and Fred Astaire dancing in a TV studio set.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 8d

Toward a More Perfect Rebellion: Multiracial Student Activism at UCLA 📽 Oct. 17–18

This film series celebrates the radical legacy of UCLA’s Ethno-Communications Program (1969–73), an initiative to train students of color to use film as a tool for social change. Filmmakers in person! ucla.in/46bDsmX

Two young people posing with their arms over each other's shoulders.

A woman dancing with her hand on her head.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 8d

The Nat’l Film Preservation Foundation @filmpreservation.bsky.social has made five silent films available online, including two from UCLA starring Clara Bow & Richard Barthelmess: bit.ly/4gNDd6E

UCLA’s preservation of “The Toll of the Sea” starring Anna May Wong is also online: youtu.be/HInIK4k2na4

Clara Bow sitting by a telephone, resting her head on her hand.

Anna May Wong smiling in a flower garden.

Richard Barthelmess pointing a sword, ready to fight.

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National Film Preservation Foundation @filmpreservation.bsky.social · 9d

It's Silent Movie Day! To celebrate, the NFPF has added 5 new films to its screening room including POISONED PARADISE: THE FORBIDDEN STORY OF MONTE CARLO (1924) starring Clara Bow, preserved by UCLA Film & Television Archive.

Read more and get access here:
www.filmpreservation.org/blog/article...

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@LAhistory @lahistory.bsky.social · 12d

A Bullock's Wilshire clip from “Things That Aren't Here Anymore” narrated by beloved newscaster #RalphStory. #PBSSoCal -> www.pbs.org/video/bulloc...

On Nov 22, @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social will screen episodes & clips of “Ralph Story’s Los Angeles.” www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/best-...

Things That Aren't Here Anymore | Bullocks Wilshire | Episode 2

Bullocks Wilshire was a high-end department store at 3050 Wilshire Blvd from 1929 to 1993.

www.pbs.org

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 15d

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

TCM Noir Alley host Eddie Muller, Archive Motion Picture Curator Todd Wiener and Archive Director May Hong HaDuong.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 17d

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

Lily Tomlin as a diner waiter listening closely to a customer.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 19d

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

Mary Pickford in military uniform saluting an injured soldier.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 21d

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

Marlene Dietrich wearing a shimmering white tuxedo and top hat in a cabaret act, standing next to Cary Grant.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 22d

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

Image 1: Julie Christie looking pensive by a window. Image 2: Robin Williams as Popeye, holding a baby, and sitting next to Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl. Image 3: Tim Robbins looking sternly at a long strip of paper.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 22d

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.

Robert Redford leaning against a fence and smiling.

Robert Redford smiling and holding a microphone.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 23d

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

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 26d

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

Closeup of Vincent Price sitting in a chair.

Vincent Price wearing a microphone and smiling in front of a door.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 27d

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

Image of a film vault with text that reads: "UCLA Film & Television Archive Artist-In-Residence Program, application deadline November 14, 2025, cinema.ucla.edu/air2026

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 28d

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

Keith Carradine sitting with his arms around Shelley Duvall.

Harry Belafonte and Jennifer Jason Leigh in 1930s clothes, sitting in a bar.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · 29d

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

Two men talking under a cabana by the beach.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · Sep 8

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

Above: A woman walking away from an airplane in "Black Girl." Below: A woman looking tensely at two men who are speaking sternly to each other in "The Magnificent Matador."

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UCLA Library @uclalibrary.bsky.social · Sep 5

📽️ @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

Sudden Fear (1952). RKO Radio Pictures / Photofest.

La Chinoise (1967). Pennebaker Films / Photofest.

Ralph Story’s Los Angeles (1965–69). UCLA Film & Television Archive.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · Aug 20

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

Two people in welding suits in a modernist interior.

A man lurking outside the window of a modernist house.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · Aug 20

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

Boris Karloff standing on a staircase as a group of formally dressed people watch him.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · Aug 15

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.”

Honoring Robert Altman's centennial, plus the week's best movies in L.A.

Also this week: 'Close Encounters' in 70mm, 'Romy and Michele' and 'Grosse Pointe Blank,' plus an ’80s queer Brazilian soccer story.

www.latimes.com

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · Aug 15

Update: filmmaker Ephraim Asili will be joining us for a video Q&A on Sunday.

UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · Aug 14

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

Above: Elliott Gould and Donald Sutherland as army personnel, smiling and talking while one holds a chest X-ray. Below: Shelley Duvall and Bud Cort sitting together.

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UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social · Aug 13

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

Boris Karloff descending the stairs as a crowd looks on.

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