🪐 “Summer Sci-fi” continues with Boots Riley’s surreal feature debut, a Dennis Hopper comedy and drag queens in space. Free! ucla.in/3A5AKmV Fri 8/9 “Sorry to Bother You” (2018) Sat 8/10 “Space Truckers” (1996) + “Vegas in Space” (1991) intro’d by dir. Phillip R. Ford

In 35mm! Helmed by British director Carol Reed (“The Third Man,” “Odd Man Out”), “Bank Holiday” (1938) follows a rich cast of characters from London to a seaside resort. Starring Margaret Lockwood and John Loder. Sun 8/11, 7 p.m. Free! ucla.in/3SIz4pM

We concluded our ‘Queer Rhapsody’ series with UCLA Film & Television Archive last month with THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS (2024) + Q&A with filmmaker Fawzia Mirza & producer Andria Wilson Mirza 🤩🩷🎬🌈👑💜 Thank you to Chani Nicholas for being a fabulous moderator + thank you to everyone who attended! ✨

Some professional news: I will be joining the Programming Team UCLA Film & Television Archive as a Public Programmer in September. Honored, excited and grateful to be welcomed onto such a respected team and to get to help showcase a world-renowned collection dedicated to the moving image!

Peter Marshall, Emmy-award winning game show host of “Hollywood Squares,” died of kidney failure Thursday in Encino. He was 98. Read more about his life and legacy here: variety.com/2024/tv/news/p…

🌌 Join us for a weekend of sci-fi thrillers exploring time travel and supernatural phenomena: Fri 8/16 “Timecrimes” (Spain, 2007) — 35mm “Primer” (U.S., 2004) — 35mm Sun 8/18 “Something in the Dirt” (U.S., 2022) “Animalia” (France/Morocco, 2023) Free! ucla.in/46MUUhH

Alain Delon, 1935-2024 🤍

Alain Delon, the smoldering French actor who worked with some of Europe’s most revered 20th-century directors, died at 88. nyti.ms/3AssvBj

New on our YouTube channel! “The Voice of Hollywood” (1931) This preserved short features rare footage of Jean Harlow, Bela Lugosi discussing “Dracula,” and Walter Huston performing a musical number. It survives as a fragment: youtu.be/MRNQ8PUIWPg

SUMMER PALACE (Lou Ye, 2006) opens at Metrograph September 1st on 35mm. 💛 35mm print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive (UCLA Film & Television Archive)

Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive with funding provided by Golden Globe Foundation, Century Arts Foundation, Farhang Foundation and Mark Amin. Screening at New York Film Festival! x.com/TheNYFF/status…

Restoration world premiere at New York Film Festival! Restored by Criterion Collection, UCLA Film & Television Archive and Wimmin With a Mission Productions in conjunction with The Sundance Institute. x.com/TheNYFF/status…

Happy #NationalDogDay! 🐾 “Actress Rita Hayworth enjoys the companionship of her cocker spaniel, Pookles,” 1949. Credit: Bettmann/Getty Images (bit.ly/4dXJslH)

Nancy Savoca's TRUE LOVE (1989). #35mmfilm print from UCLA Film & Television Archive. Fri, 9/6, 7pm, 4070 Vilas, 821 University Ave. Free admission!