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Mindful Awareness Meditation

Thursdays, 12:30–1 PM PDT

Mindful Awareness Meditation will be ONLINE ONLY on May 1, May 8, & May 15. Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

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Still from the film "The Whale" (2022)

The Whale, with Brendan Fraser and writer Samuel D. Hunter

The latest from director Darren Aronofsky. Followed by a conversation with actor Brendan Fraser and writer Samuel D. Hunter

Wed Dec 7 7:30 PM

Part of the series MoMA Contenders 2022

Still from the film "Saint Omer" (2022)

Saint Omer

Director Alice Diop brings the tenderness and acuity of her documentaries to bear on her first fiction feature, a tense and complex courtroom drama.

Thu Dec 8 7:30 PM

Part of the series MoMA Contenders 2022

A group of eccentrically dressed people look up from a glass plane into a fish-eye lens.

Mondo Hollywood / Mr. Wister, the Time Twister

The UCLA Film & Television Archive presents a screening of Robert Carl Cohen's documentary time capsule of the Los Angeles counterculture of the mid-1960s.

Fri Dec 9 7:30 PM

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

Director Griffin Dunne’s documentary captures the mythic allure of his aunt’s incredible life as a writer and cultural icon.

Sun Dec 11 3:00 PM

Men work on large metal machines. Black and white still.

Inside Red China / Committee on Un-American Activities

The UCLA Film & Television Archive presents a screening of Robert Carl Cohen's investigative documentaries.

Sun Dec 11 7:30 PM

Still from the film "Sr." (2022)

Sr., with Chris Smith, Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey, and Kevin Ford

This documentary focused on Robert Downey Sr. offers an intimate portrait of art, fatherhood, and healing generational trauma.

Mon Dec 12 7:30 PM

Part of the series MoMA Contenders 2022

Still from the film "Women Talking" (2022)

Women Talking, with Claire Foy & Jessie Buckley

Rooney Mara, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy star in this adaptation of the best-selling novel by Miriam Toews. Followed by a conversation with Claire Foy and Jessie Buckley.

Tue Dec 13 7:30 PM

Part of the series MoMA Contenders 2022

Still from the film "Bones and All" (2022)

Bones and All, with actress Taylor Russell

Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell, and Mark Rylance star in the latest from acclaimed director Luca Guadagnino. Followed by a conversation with Taylor Russell

Wed Dec 14 7:30 PM

Part of the series MoMA Contenders 2022

Still from the film "Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio" (2022)

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, with director Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro’s first stop-motion-animated feature film, with an in-person introduction by del Toro!

Thu Dec 15 7:30 PM

Part of the series MoMA Contenders 2022

Still from the film "Ulysses' Gaze" (1995)

Ulysses' Gaze

Part of the series Landscapes of Time: The Films of Theo Angelopoulos, this winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes is the second film in the director's “Trilogy of Borders.”

Fri Dec 16 7:30 PM