Ages 18

MICKEY 17 (Part of Bong Joon Ho Retrospective)

2025 | Directed by Bong Joon Ho | United States and South Korea | 137 minutes | English

In Mickey 17, based on the 2022 novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton, Robert Pattinson portrays Mickey Barnes, an “Expendable” crew member on a mission to colonize the icy planet Niflheim. Tasked with performing perilous duties, Mickey is cloned upon each death to continue his work. When Mickey 17 is presumed dead, a Mickey 18 is born and then confronted by his returning predecessor. Both versions must navigate their coexistence while battling the oppressive hierarchy of the colony.

Advance Screening: SORRY, BABY (2025) (Following Feminist Film Criticism Panel)

2025 | Directed by Eva Victor | United States | 104 minutes | English

Free admission. No registration required.

Eva Victor’s debut as a writer, director, and lead actor, SORRY, BABY is an intimate drama exploring trauma and healing. The film centers on Agnes, a college professor haunted by the memory of a sexual assault. Told through a non-linear narrative, the film juxtaposes Agnes’s present-day experiences with her past. Winner of Screenwriting Award at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and named the best reviewed film at Sundance 2025 in Indiewire’s critics survey.

FEMINIST FILM NOW: A Conversation with Film Critics B. Ruby Rich, Lisa Kennedy, and Patricia White (followed by advance screening of SORRY, BABY)

Please join us for a panel conversation with three renowned film critics and curators, all Yale alumnae, discussing the past, present, and future of cinema, writing, and gender and sexual politics in historical moments of crisis.

Panelists: B. Ruby Rich (former Editor-in-Chief at Film Quarterly), YC ‘71; Patricia White (Swarthmore College, Camera Obscura), YC ‘86; Lisa Kennedy (freelance critic, Variety and The New York Times), YC ‘84

Moderator: Oksana Chefranova (Yale Film and Media Studies)

Yale Library MLK25 Citywide Read: Online Bible Study

Yale Library DEIA and the MLK25 Citywide Read Planning Committee are partnering with churches across the New Haven and Greater Connecticut area to engage in a civic discourse on the written works of Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II. We are hosting a collaborative virtual Bible study session led by Yale staff members on Thursday, January 30, from 5:30pm to 7:00pm. This session will focus on Dr. Barber’s perspective on the history of civil rights in the United States and the role religion has played in shaping that history.

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