Why it matters
A distinct Los Angeles moviegoing room.
Free UCLA Film & Television Archive preservation programs, retrospectives, television programs, guest appearances, and archival presentations.
One of a small number of U.S. venues able to present moving images across a century of original formats, including variable-speed silent film and modern digital cinema.
A modern 295-seat auditorium designed by Michael Maltzan Architecture inside the Hammer Museum.
The room
How movies play here.
- Projection
- 16mm, 35mm, 70mm, Variable-speed silent film, DCP
- Auditoriums
- 1
- Main capacity
- 295 seats
Going tonight
What to know before you leave.
- Arrival
- For regular Archive programs, the box office opens one hour before showtime and theater doors open about 30 minutes before showtime.
- Parking
- Validated self-parking is available under the Hammer Museum; the Archive publishes current rates and entrances on its visit page.
Verified sources
Where these details come from.
Screenline publishes theater intelligence only when it can point back to the venue or another authoritative source.
Upcoming
What’s on the screen.
SCREENINGDCP
American Playhouse: “Go Tell It on the Mountain” (1/14/1985)Billy Wilder Theater · 7:30 PM
Westwood · Sat, Dec 12
Double feature
SCREENINGDCP
Archive Talks: Trans Cinema: Making Communities, Identities, and WorldsBilly Wilder Theater · 7:00 PM
Westwood · Sun, Nov 15
SCREENINGDCP
Tōhoku Documentary TrilogySCREENINGDCP
Like Nothing Happened / Passion