Above: A woman and man standing in a field of snow. Below: A man and woman riding bicycles in a city street.
6/5–21: UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema
The Archive is honored to present its annual survey of films from Iran and the Iranian diaspora. The light of Iranian cinema will once again cut through the darkness to reveal stories of struggle, resilience & hope on-screen: cinema.ucla.edu/series/ucla-...
Above: Four members of a royal family standing around a throne. Below: Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall standing on a snowy city street.
“Coming to America” (1988)
Mon. Apr. 20, 7:30 p.m.
Eddie Murphy stars as Prince Akeem, heir to the throne of Zamunda, who leaves royal luxury for Queens, New York, in search of love on his own terms.
Q&A with “The Black Pack” author Artel Great and cast member Eriq La Salle
Free! ucla.in/4tebZvl
#TCMParty folks in LA - some amazing and rare flicks at this year's preservation festival!
The cast members of "In Living Color" smiling and posing together.
“In Living Color” (4 episodes)
Sunday 4/19, 7 p.m.
Created by Keenen Ivory Wayans, the sketch comedy show “In Living Color” (1990–4) uproariously harnessed satire and spectacle to explore issues of race, class and celebrity. In person: Artel Great, author of “The Black Pack.”
Free! ucla.in/4ekEmTQ
UCLA Festival of Preservation
May 29–31, 2026
The Archive presents 11 feature films, 4 TV programs and 30 short works, newly preserved and restored. Silent films, Hollywood classics, Argentine noir, mid-century TV rarities, 1990s independent productions & more. Free! cinema.ucla.edu/series/2026-...
Two men fighting in an office, one with extremely oversized hands.
A young man and woman standing in an elevator.
Two people smiling and walking down a sidewalk.
An animation depicting a warped face, keys and assorted small objects.
Apr. 17–18: UCLA AMIA Student Chapter Takeover!
We’re thrilled to collaborate with the UCLA student chapter of the Association of Moving Image Archivists @amianet.bsky.social to present a student-curated lineup exploring the themes of “Avant-garde Animation” and “Reenactment.” Free! ucla.in/4stnTjI
charles burnett’s “my brother’s wedding” 4K restoration is making its U.S. premiere at TCM film fest. ❤️‍🔥
thank you to @milestonefilms.bsky.social, @kinolorber.com, @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social, BAMPFA, and the TCM programmers.
Gene Kelly dancing and singing around a lamp post.
“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
A group of women, children and men.
4/12: Please, Don’t Bury Me Alive! (1976)
Director in person
Considered the 1st Chicano feature, EfraĂn GutiĂ©rrez’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...
A man using a handheld film camera next to a road marker for Le Perthus.
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
Robert Mitchum leaning against a porch fence with the words Love and Hate tattooed on his fingers.
“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
Above: Robert Townsend's character being threatened by a crowd with weapons. Below: his character listening to an older woman at a dinner table.
“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
A woman with extra hand-drawn arms, and wings on her head.
An illustrated street scene showing a fruit vendor and shoe shop.
Closeup of a man's face with on-screen words "How much longer before you stop it?"
A cartoon of a large cube with numerous doors, and a cartoon figure reaching for a bird.
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
Members of a royal family standing around a throne.
Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor in a nightclub.
Robert Townsend threatened by a crowd holding weapons.
Smiling cast members of In Living Color.
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
Four adults and a child sitting around a dining table.
Book cover for "The World of Black Film."
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
UCLA Film & Television Archive unveils free spring programs. Restorations, retrospectives, and other special programs are free to the public from March 22 to June 28. Image of “Coming to America” (1988)
Archive Treasures from March 29 to June 28, 2026. Image of “The Night of the Hunter” (1955)
60th anniversary screening of ABC-TV’s “Dark Shadows” on June 27, 2026. Image of “Dark Shadows” (episode 250)
Find UCLA Film & Television Archive’s full spring 2026 schedule at cinema.ucla.edu/events
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
A person's face reflected in water.
A plane flying over a city, with puzzle piece shapes cut out from the photo.
A girl running with a bag of items in her mouth.
A piece of fruit perched on a snow-covered fence.
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
Closeup of a young woman and man.
Two young women eating ice cream outside.
A young mand and woman crossing a bridge set in nature.
A young man smoking on a motorcycle.
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
A collage of film stills arranged in triptychs.
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
Los Angeles Times article excerpt about "Anti-fascist films at UCLA."
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
Men getting haircuts in a barbershop.
Four men posing for a photo.
Two people speaking next to a sign that says "No shoes in the cell."
A man carrying a bouquet of flowers on a sidewalk.
“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
Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer leaning against a lamppost.
Friedrich Torberg as a melancholy looking man playing piano.
đź“˝ 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
Lilli Palmer and Gary Cooper standing together outside.
Katharine Hepburn sitting on a horse next to Spencer Tracy.
đź“˝ 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
Save the date for our 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation! May 29–31 (more details to be announced)
cinema.ucla.edu/ucla-festiva...
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
