Saturday, January 16
25th Anniversary Screening
James Baldwin: Price of the Ticket (USA, 1989) 87 min.
Director Karen Thorsen
Followed by a Q&A with the director
(African American Studies, Yale College Dean’s Office, and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
4 pm, Auditorium
Saturday, January 23
Before Sunrise (USA, 1995) 105 min.
Director Richard Linklater
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Monday, January 25
Lesbian Filmmakers and Queer Representations
The Watermelon Woman (USA, 1996) 90 min.
Director Cheryl Dunye
Introduced and followed by a discussion with the director
(LGBT Studies, Mandelbaum Fund for LGBT Studies, and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
4 pm, Auditorium
Wednesday, January 27
Russian Film Series
The Major (Russia, 2013, with English Subtitles) 99 min.
Director Yuri Bykov
(Russian Studies Program of the European Studies Council, with a Carnegie Foundation grant; Film and Media Studies; Film Study Center; Slavic Film Colloquium; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, January 28
Religion and Social Change Film Series
Investigation of a Flame: A Portrait of the Catonsville 9 (USA, 2001) 45 min.
Director Lynne Sachs
Introduced by Frida Berrigan, Waging Nonviolence (columnist)
(Religion and Film Series, Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Initiative for the Study of Material and Visual Cultures of Religion, Religious Studies, American Studies, and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Friday, January 29
American Dreams / American Nightmares: Hollywood at the Mid Century
Giant (USA, 1956) 201 min. 35mm.
Director George Stevens
(Yale Film Colloquium sponsored by: Yale Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow; Dean’s Fund for Student Colloquia; Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale, Film and Media Studies, History of Art)
6 pm, Auditorium
Sunday, January 31
Treasures from the Yale Film Archive
Fargo, 20th Anniversary Screening (USA, 1996) 98 min. 35mm.
Directors Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Introduced by Archer Neilson
(Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
2 pm, Auditorium
Sunday, February 7
Treasures from the Yale Film Archive
Last Year at Marienbad (France, 1961) 93 min. 35mm.
Director Alain Resnais
Introduced by Brian Meacham
(Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Wednesday, February 10
Russian Film Series
For Marx (Russia, 2012, with English Subtitles) 100 min.
Director Svetlana Baskova
(Russian Studies Program of the European Studies Council, with a Carnegie Foundation grant; Film and Media Studies; Film Study Center; Slavic Film Colloquium; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Friday, February 12
Small Apartments (USA, 2012) 96 min.
Director Jonas Åkerlund
(Yale Film Society, Timothy Dwight College, and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Saturday, February 13
Before Sunrise (USA, 1995) 105 min. 35mm.
Director Richard Linklater
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Sunday, February 21
Treasures from the Yale Film Archive
Run Lola Run (Germany, 1998) 80 min. 35mm.
Director Tom Tykwer
Introduced by Michael Kerbel
(Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
2 pm, Auditorium
Wednesday, February 24
Russian Film Series
Name Me (Russia, 2014, with English Subtitles) 93 min.
Director Nigina Sayfullaeva
(Russian Studies Program of the European Studies Council, with a Carnegie Foundation grant; Film and Media Studies; Film Study Center; Slavic Film Colloquium; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, February 25
Japan Film Series
Yojimbo (Japan, 1961) 110 min. 35mm. (with English subtitles)
Director Akira Kurosawa
(Council on East Asian Studies and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Sunday, February 28
Japan Film Series
Sword of Doom (Japan, 1966) 119 min. 35mm. (with English subtitles)
Director Kihachi Okamoto
(Council on East Asian Studies and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
2 pm, Auditorium
Sunday, February 28
Treasures from the Yale Film Archive
Passages from James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake (USA, 1965) 91 min. 35mm.
Director Mary Ellen Bute
Introduced by Brian Meacham
(35mm print preserved by the Yale Film Study Center with support from the National Film Preservation Foundation; Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Tuesday, March 1
Treasures from the Yale Film Archive
Little Miss Sunshine (USA, 2006) 103 min. 35mm.
Directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Introduced by Archer Neilson
(Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Saturday, March 5
The Master (USA, 2012) 144 min. 35mm.
Director Paul Thomas Anderson
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Sunday, March 6
Treasures from the Yale Film Archive
The Adventures of Mark Twain (USA, 1985) 86 min. 35mm.
Director Will Vinton
Introduced by Leana Hirschfeld-Kroen
(Yale Film Colloquium; Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
2 pm, Auditorium
Wednesday, March 9
Russian Film Series
The Hope Factory (Russia, 2014, with English subtitles) 90 min.
Director Natalia Meshchaninova
(Russian Studies Program of the European Studies Council, with a Carnegie Foundation grant; Film and Media Studies; Film Study Center; Slavic Film Colloquium; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, March 10
Japan Film Series
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (Japan, 1978) 163 min. 35mm. (with English subtitles)
Director Hideo Gosha
(Council on East Asian Studies and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Sunday, March 27
Treasures from the Yale Film Archive
Kapauku 1954/55 - 1959 (USA, 1985) 86 min. 16mm.
Director Leopold Pospisil
Introduced by Charles Musser
Post-screening discussion with Leopold Pospisil & Charles Musser
(16mm print preserved by the Yale Film Study Center with support from the National Film Preservation Foundation; Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Tuesday, March 29
2016 Award for Excellence in the Field screening
Night at the Museum (USA, 2006) 108 min.
Director Shawn Levy
Followed by a conversation with the director
(Film and Media Studies, Timothy Dwight College, and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Friday, April 1–Saturday, April 9
2016 Environmental Film Festival at Yale
(Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale School of Management, Center for Business and the Environment at Yale, The Study at Yale, Mory’s, Yale Film Alliance, Heirloom, Student Affairs Committee, Green Careers Women Leaders, and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
Auditorium
Sunday, April 3
If Only I Were That Warrior (Italy, 2015) 72 min.
Director Valerio Ciriaci
Post-screening discussion with Valerio Ciriaci and producer Isaak Liptzin
(Yale Film Society, Department of Italian, and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
2 pm, Auditorium
Wednesday, April 6
Russian Film Series
Twilight Portrait (Russia, 2011, with English subtitles) 105 min.
Director Angelina Nikonova
(Russian Studies Program of the European Studies Council, with a Carnegie Foundation grant; Film and Media Studies; Film Study Center; Slavic Film Colloquium; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, April 7
Lesbian Filmmakers and Queer Representations
The Kids Are All Right (USA, 2010) 106 min. 35mm.
Director Lisa Cholodenko
Introduced by George Chauncey and followed by a round table discussion
(LGBT Studies, Mandelbaum Fund for LGBT Studies, and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Sunday, April 10
Treasures from the Yale Film Archive
3 Idiots (India, 2009) 170 min. 35mm.
Director Rajkumar Hirani
(Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
2 pm, Auditorium
Wednesday, April 13
Russian Film Series
Winter Journey (Russia, 2013, with English Subtitles) 95 min.
Directors Sergei Taramaev and Liubov Lvova
(Russian Studies Program of the European Studies Council, with a Carnegie Foundation grant; Film and Media Studies; Film Study Center; Slavic Film Colloquium; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, April 14
Chinese/Hollywood Film Conference
Factory Boss (China, 2014) 102 min. DCP (with English subtitles)
Director Wei Zhang
Post-screening roundtable with the director on the state of Chinese cinema
(Film and Media Studies and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Special thanks to Robert Simonds for his generous support for this event.
Saturday, April 16
Sansho the Bailiff (Japan, 1954) 124 min. 35mm.
Director Kenji Mizoguchi
(Yale Film Society and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Sunday, April 17
American Dreams / American Nightmares: Hollywood at the Mid Century
Ace in the Hole (USA, 1951) 111 min. 35mm. (Yale Film Archive print)
Director Billy Wilder
(Yale Film Colloquium sponsored by Yale Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow; Dean’s Fund for Student Colloquia; Film and Media Studies; History of Art; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Friday, April 22–Saturday, April 23
Undergraduate Film Festival
(Yale Film Alliance and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
Sunday, April 24
Treasures from the Yale Film Archive
Class Pictures: Student Archivist Screening Night
Introduced by Dustin Gavin, Leana Hirschfeld-Kroen, Carolyn Jacobs, Anastasia Kostina, Alex Schultz, and Andrew Vielkind
(Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Monday, April 25
Containment (USA, 2015) 81 min.
Directors Peter Galison and Robb Moss
(Franke Program in Science and the Humanities and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
3:30 pm, Auditorium
Wednesday, April 27
American Dreams / American Nightmares: Hollywood at the Mid Century
A Face in the Crowd (USA, 1957) 126 min. 16mm. (Yale Film Archive print)
Director Elia Kazan
(Yale Film Colloquium sponsored by Yale Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow; Dean’s Fund for Student Colloquia; Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale; Film and Media Studies; and History of Art)
7 pm, Auditorium
Sunday, May 1
2 Fists Up (USA, 2016) 60 min.
Director Spike Lee
Followed by a conversation between the director and Dean Jonathan Holloway
(Afro-American Cultural Center, Digital Media Center for the Arts, Film and Media Studies, Yale College Office of the Associate Dean for the Arts, Yale School of Art, and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Tuesday, May 3
Yale Film Colloquium’s Silent Gala
With live musical accompaniment by Donald Sosin and Joanna Seaton
Show People (USA, 1928) 83 min. 16mm. Yale Film Archive Print
Director King Vidor
(School of Art; Yale Film Colloquium; Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Friday, May 6–Saturday, May 7
Terror on Tape Conference
Keynote Address: Caetlin Benson-Allott (Oklahoma University)
“Affect and Apparatus: Horror after Cinema”
7:30 pm, Auditorium
Tales from the Quadead Zone (USA, 1987) 62 min.
Director Chester Novell Turner
(African American Studies; Film and Media Studies; Film Study Center; Graduate and Professional Student Senate; Graduate School Dean’s Fund; History of Art; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies; Lyric Hall; Massacre Video; Program in the History of the Book; Tim Ritter; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Yale College; Yale University Library; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs)
9 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, May 12
In Search of Israeli Cuisine (USA, 2016)
Director Roger Sherman
Followed by a Q&A with the director
(Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven, Slifka Center, and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Wednesday, May 18
Treasures from the Yale Film Archive
Boyz n the Hood (USA, 1991) 112 min. 35mm.
Director John Singleton
(Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Thursday, June 2–Thursday, June 9
Third Annual New Haven Documentary Film Festival
Connecticut Premiere!
Midsummer in Newtown (USA, 2016) 81 min.
Director Lloyd Kramer
Followed by a Q& A with the director
(Film and Media Studies Program; Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow; Institute of Sacred Music; New Haven Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism; Program in Public Humanities; What We Were Thinking Films; Willoughby’s Coffee; Whitney Humanities Center; Yale Summer Session and Summer Film Institute; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs)
7 pm, Auditorium
Monday, June 20
World Refugee Day - Syrian Refugee Crisis
After Spring (USA, 2016) 101 min.
Directors Ellen Martinez and Stephanie Ching
Followed by a Q&A with the directors
(Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services, MacMillan Center, Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs)
6:30 pm, Auditorium
Wednesday, June 22
Treasures from the Yale Film Archive
Apollo 13 (USA, 1995) 140 min. 35mm.
Director Ron Howard
(Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow; and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Tuesday, July 19
The Missing Girl (USA, 2015) 89min.
Director A.D. Calvo
Introduced and followed by a Q&A with the director
(Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium
Wednesday, August 3 and Thursday, August 4
48 Hour Film Festival
(Film Study Center, courtesy of Paul L. Joskow, and Films at the Whitney, supported by the Barbakow Fund for Innovative Film Programs at Yale)
7 pm, Auditorium