Tues Jul 26, 7:30 p.m.
When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game goes very, very wrong. Director Halina Reijn expertly combines a propulsive and fiercely funny mystery with an incisive portrait of fake friends, backstabbing and privilege.
In person: Q&A with director Halina Reijn, actors Myha’la Herrold, Maria Bakalova and Chase Sui Wonders, KCRW DJ Tyler Boudreau.
No registration needed; first come, first served. Co-presented by the Hammer Museum and KCRW.
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Fri Jul 29, 7:30 p.m.
Looking for a better future, Ruby (Ashley Judd) leaves rural Tennessee for the Florida coast, where she warily builds new relationships—some supportive, some not—while discovering herself on her own terms. Then, Strange Weather chronicles the daily lives of four listless drug addicts hanging out in a Miami apartment at the onset of a hurricane, through the lens of a Fisher Price Pixelvision toy camera.
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Sat Jul 30, 7:30 p.m.
Two films based on or inspired by the vision of writer, scholar and activist Amiri Baraka. A leading figure of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s, Baraka (then LeRoi Jones) never wavered from his conviction that art and politics were intrinsically intertwined. In his screenplay for Dutchman (1966), a mysterious white woman launches a calculated act of seduction on a Black man in a New York subway car. Preceded by the short film Medea (1973), inspired by Baraka's poetry.
In person: Intro by Prof. Dominic Taylor, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
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Sun Jul 31, 7 p.m.
A stunning early feature by Allison Anders, Dean Lent and Kurt Voss, made while they were graduate students at UCLA. Ostensibly the tale of a punk musician who hightails it to Ensenada after stealing money that was owed to him, it’s as much a loving portrait of the L.A. indie music scene at the time.
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Tues Aug 2, 7:30 p.m.
Fanny was the first all-women band to release an LP with a major record label. Despite releasing acclaimed albums and amassing a dedicated fan base, Fanny's impact was written out of history ... until the bandmates reunited 50 years later.
No registration needed; first come, first served. Co-presented by the Hammer Museum and KCRW.
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Fri Aug 5, 7:30 p.m.
Two films lensed by French cinematographer Agnès Godard. French Foreign Legion sergeant Galoup (Denis Lavant) violently fumbles with the quandary of fading glory in Claire Denis’ masterful feature, set in Djibouti. Then, Agnès Varda's film tenderly evokes the childhood of her husband, Jacques Demy.
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Sat Aug 6, 7:30 p.m.
Two collaborations between cinematographer Agnès Godard and director Claire Denis. An estranged brother and sister warily reunite when Nénette, 15 years old and pregnant, runs away from school. Followed by the tender story of the close-knit relationship between a widower and his daughter, who may soon leave the nest.
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Sun Aug 7, 7 p.m.
A journalist (Barbara Stanwyck) pens a letter to the editor, pretending to be a down-and-out “John Doe” ready to take his own life. It causes a sensation, leading the paper to hire a drifter (Gary Cooper) to play Doe. In Magic Town, Jane Wyman’s crusading editor and James Stewart’s cynical pollster are locked in flirtatious combat over the fate of a small town.
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Tues Aug 9, 7:30 p.m.
Highlights from the 1972 Wattstax concert that brought together 100,000 people at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, with performances by Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, Rufus Thomas and more.
No registration needed; first come, first served. Co-presented by the Hammer Museum and KCRW.
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Fri Aug 12, 7:30 p.m.
Night one of Cinema's First Nasty Women presents 11 silent short films from France, the U.S. and the U.K. Chaos reigns in this program of delirious slapstick.
In person: series co-curators Maggie Hennefeld and Laura Horak.
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Sat Aug 13, 7:30 p.m.
Cinema's First Nasty Women continues with a program of silent short films from the U.S. and Europe. Here, the comic mayhem comes with an extra twist of trickery, deceit and disguise.
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Sun Aug 14, 11 a.m.
Writer-director Haifaa al-Mansour’s story of youthful pluck and perseverance centers 10-year-old Wadjda, who yearns for a bicycle in Saudi Arabia when girls aren’t supposed to ride bikes.
No registration needed; first come, first served. Co-presented by the Hammer Museum.
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Media loans
A selection of landmark LGBTQ+ works from the Archive's Pioneers of Queer Cinema series will make its next stop at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago starting Aug. 2. More North American venues to be announced!
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In the news
“UCLA is arguably the most essential archive and a beacon of film history in Los Angeles.” MovieMaker magazine spotlights the biennial UCLA Festival of Preservation as one of the 25 coolest film festivals in the world.
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The Archive's on-site programs are free admission through June 2023, made possible by a gift from an anonymous donor.
Thank you to our program funders
The Andrew J. Kuehn Jr. Foundation
Hugh M. Hefner Classic American Film Program
John H. Mitchell Television Programming Endowment
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