Art
Movies from Taiwan Show a Growing Divide with Mainland China
The UCLA Film & Television Archive looks at contemporary Taiwanese film through the lens of one of the most vibrant and progressive democracies in the region.
UCLA Film & Television Archive
Film
Film Studios Left Hollywood in the 1950s and Changed the Business Forever
After World War II, movie studios like MGM and Paramount found themselves at a crossroads as they adapted to changes brought on by both the war and the advancement of filmmaking technology.
Art
Experience the Japanese Tradition of Silent Films Narrated Live
The UCLA Film & Television Archive is giving people in Los Angeles a rare chance to see this tradition in person.
Interview
How the 1970s Marked a Turning Point for Women Directors in Hollywood
Following the feminist and civil rights movements, Hollywood gradually began employing women as movie directors, though they still faced institutionalized sexism.
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An Archive Restores and Resurrects Hollywood’s Earliest Indie Films
The UCLA Film & Television Archive is restoring the work of these short-lived, largely forgotten independent studios that operated between the late 1920s and mid-1950s.
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Dig Into the Archives of an Avant-Garde Bay Area Film Distributor
In honor of its 50th anniversary, Canyon Cinema is hitting the road for an international tour of screenings featuring avant-garde and artist-made films.
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Two Evenings of Stan Brakhage’s Disorienting, Collage-Like Films
In honor of the new edition of Brakhage's 1963 book Metaphors of Vision, the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Los Angeles Filmforum are screening some of his most seminal films.