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Mindful Awareness Meditation

Thursdays, 12:30–1 PM PDT

Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

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Special Programs

Mindful Awareness Meditation

Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

Thu Sep 18 12:30 PM

Still from McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

McCabe & Mrs. Miller / Popeye

Robert Altman’s New Hollywood masterwork, McCabe and Mrs. Miller drains the romance from the settling of the American frontier even as it casts its own seductive spell.

Fri Sep 19 7:30 PM

Still from The Player (1992)

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

The Player

Director Robert Altman and screenwriter Michael Tolkin wrap their sharp lampoon of corporate Hollywood’s solipsistic obsession with recycled concepts and the bottom line in a noir-soaked murder mystery straight from an old Hollywood writers room.

Sat Sep 20 7:30 PM

Still from Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998). A young character with green leaves on their head against a gold and green background

Screenings Kids

Family Flicks: Kirikou and the Sorceress

Based on a popular folktale from West Africa, this gorgeous animated film tells the story of the heroic toddler Kirikou, who must save his parents’ village from a flesh-eating sorceress.

Sun Sep 21 11:00 AM

Still from Blonde Venus (1932) (cropped)

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Archive Treasures: Blonde Venus

Marlene Dietrich portrays a former cabaret singer forced to return to work to support her husband's desperately needed medical treatments, only to become the mistress of a wealthy man, forcing her to decide where she really belongs.

Sun Sep 21 7:00 PM

A warrior with a swords fights a large sea serpent amidst rocky ocean waves

Lunchtime Art Talk on Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Luce/Getty curatorial fellow Kelin Michael leads an in-person discussion of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi's work.

Wed Sep 24 12:30 PM

An audience sitting in a darkened theater, watching a woman on stage

Special Programs

Mindful Awareness Meditation

Free weekly drop-in sessions are open to all who are interested in learning how to live more presently.

Thu Sep 25 12:30 PM

Still from Short Cuts (1993)

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Short Cuts

Adapted from the short stories of Raymond Carver, director Robert Altman's Short Cuts is a symphony of experience—love, jealousy, infidelity, tragedy, creativity, cruelty, farce, sheer stupidity—summoned up from the everyday.

Fri Sep 26 7:30 PM

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: “The Perfect Crime” (10/20/1957)

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Beyond Terror: Vincent Price on Television

The medium of television allowed the accomplished actor Vincent Price to explore roles of dramatic depth and disarming humor, sharing a personal side steeped in deep knowledge of fine arts and culinary arts. Conversation with Victoria Price to follow

Sat Sep 27 7:30 PM

Still from The Little American (1917)

Screenings UCLA Film & TV Archive

Silent Movie Day: The Little American

The UCLA Film & Television Archive is getting the jump on Silent Movie Day this year with Mary Pickford and Cecil B. DeMille’s war-time classic, The Little American (1917).

Sun Sep 28 7:00 PM