General Public

The World of James Ivory: Slaves of New York

Slaves of New York (James Ivory, 1989, 35mm, 124 mins)

35th anniversary screening! Based on Tama Janowitz’s tales of the ‘80s downtown art scene, this comedy of manners stars Bernadette Peters as a hat designer juggling professional ambitions, an arrogant younger boyfriend, and a savage rental market. The cult classic’s cast includes Mary Beth Hurt, Mercedes Ruehl, Steve Buscemi, Anthony LaPaglia, Tammy Grimes, and Stanley Tucci. 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive.

Cinemix Screening: Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

Film: The Living Record of Our Memory (Inés Toharia, 2021, DCP, 120 mins)

Exploring the history of film—and film preservation—through the eyes of individual archivists, preservationists, and filmmakers working to ensure that film history is not forgotten, Toharia’s documentary is “a cautionary tale urging us to be more aware of how we store and preserve what we film and watch” (Charles Bramesco). DCP from Filmoption.

“Cinemix” features stand-alone screenings of standout films, presented by the Yale Film Archive and our colleagues from across campus and beyond.

The World of James Ivory: Heat and Dust

Heat and Dust (James Ivory, 1983, 35mm, 130 mins)

An Englishwoman discovers a long-buried scandal involving her great-aunt and a decadent nawab under the British Raj, and travels to India where she embarks upon a scandalous romance of her own. This “intelligent, ambitious, substantial picture” (Peter Bradshaw) full of “wonderful sights and sounds and textures” (Roger Ebert) stars Julie Christie, Greta Scacchi, and Shashi Kapoor. 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive.

Treasures from the Yale Film Archive: Class Pictures: Student Archivist Screening Night #4

Class Pictures: Student Archivist Screening Night #4 (Selected 16mm rarities, 90 mins)

The students take over the screen for one of our most beloved events. See shorts that are selected, inspected, researched, repaired, and introduced by students in FILM 604: The Film Archive. The night’s lineup will be full of surprises, providing a fascinating glimpse into a great trove of little-known oddities made throughout the 20th century. You never know what you’ll see, but you’ll only see it here! 16mm prints from the Yale Film Archive.

The Black Indian Ocean: Slavery, Religion, and Identity (1400-1700)

The Yale Institute of Sacred Music will host a one-day webinar and interdisciplinary symposium organized by ISM fellow Dr. Janie Cole. “The Black Indian Ocean: Slavery, Religion, and Identity (1400-1700)” will explore new perspectives on the impact of slavery and patterns of migration and displacement across the Indian Ocean on Afro-Asian communities, their cultural manifestations and soundscapes, and how religion, faith and ritual were articulated in acts of identity, oppression, and resistance in the early modern world.

Indie Lens Pop-Up Film Screening II Feature Film:The Tuba Thieves

Shubert Theatre will debut the new season of Indie Lens Pop-Up, the long-running community screening series that has brought people together for community-driven conversations around its thought-provoking documentaries. Patrons will have the opportunity to view the films before they air on television on INDEPENDENT LENS, PBS’s award-winning documentary anthology series. Film by Alison O’Daniel Between 2011 and 2013, tubas were stolen from high schools across Southern California.

Indie Lens Pop-Up Film Screening II Feature Film: Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's

Shubert Theatre will debut the new season of Indie Lens Pop-Up, the long-running community screening series that has brought people together for community-driven conversations around its thought-provoking documentaries. Patrons will have the opportunity to view the films before they air on television on INDEPENDENT LENS, PBS’s award-winning documentary anthology series. Film by Anna Moot-Levin and Laura Green

Indie Lens Pop-Up Film Screening II Feature Film: Breaking the News

Shubert Theatre will debut the new season of Indie Lens Pop-Up, the long-running community screening series that has brought people together for community-driven conversations around its thought-provoking documentaries. Patrons will have the opportunity to view the films before they air on television on INDEPENDENT LENS, PBS’s award-winning documentary anthology series.

Indie Lens Pop-Up Film Screening II Feature Film: Razing Liberty Square

Shubert Theatre will debut the new season of Indie Lens Pop-Up, the long-running community screening series that has brought people together for community-driven conversations around its thought-provoking documentaries. Patrons will have the opportunity to view the films before they air on television on INDEPENDENT LENS, PBS’s award-winning documentary anthology series.Filmmakers: Katja Esson (director/producer) and Ann Bennett (producer)

All Creation Sings: ISM's 50th Anniversary Hymn Festival

In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Yale Institute of Sacred Music will hold an ecumenical hymn festival in Woolsey Hall on May 5, 2024, at 4 p.m. A community choir of 300 voices will sing hymns around the theme “All Creation Sings,” celebrating the diversity of our creation and our duty as faithful people to care for it. The audience will be invited to join in with hymns such as Love Divine, All Loves Excelling, Just as I am, and All Creatures of our God and King.