Archives on Screen, Twin Cities

05/26/2026

Do not miss Erich von Stroheim's lost classic, QUEEN KELLY, starring Gloria Swanson!

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🎟 Tickets at link in bio or at https://ticketing.useast.veezi.com/purchase/6525?siteToken=3408r7zh5fyw2jpcrakzvh6mp0

05/19/2026

Archives on Screen has two must-see restorations coming to the Twin Cities this summer!

• QUEEN KELLY (1929), Sunday, June 14,

• SLAP THE MONSTER ON PAGE ONE (1972), Thursday, July 16,

Tickets now on sale at links 🔗🔗 in bio, or at:
🎟 Queen Kelly: https://ticketing.useast.veezi.com/purchase/6525?siteToken=3408r7zh5fyw2jpcrakzvh6mp0
🎟 Slap the Monster on Page One: https://www.trylon.org/film/slap-the-monster-on-page-one/

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Queen Kelly
1929 | D: Erich von Stroheim

Introduced by Maggie Hennefeld ()

A wayward convent girl (Gloria Swanson) is abducted by a flirtatious prince (Walter Byron) who is incidentally betrothed to a mad queen (Seena Owen) in the fictive European country of Cobourg-Nassau. Queen Regina imprisons her faithless fiancé while Patricia Kelly is summoned by her dying aunt to a brothel in Dar-es-Salaam.

Queen Kelly is a masterpiece that was never completed. Directed by Erich von Stroheim and financed by Joseph P. Kennedy (with whom Swanson was having an affair), Queen Kelly had been unseen for too long--except by Norma Desmond (Swanson) in a memorable scene of Sunset Boulevard (1950). That is, until Dennis Doros first restored the film in 1985. new reconstruction of this sizzling melodrama attempts to imagine what von Stroheim's film could have looked like in 1929. **Do not** miss your chance to experience it on the big screen with a new score by Eli Denson.

DCP

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Slap the Monster on Page One
1972 | D: Marco Bellocchio

A corrupt newspaper editor tries to manipulate an upcoming political election by pinning a recent murder on his leftist opposition. All too timely for today! Il Giornale’s conservative editor-in-chief (Gian Maria Volonté) weaponizes his right-wing news outlet as salacious propaganda in a ruthless maneuver to maintain his fascist grip on power. Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina was restored in 4K in 2024 by in collaboration with Surf Film, Minerva Pictures and Kavac Film.

DCP courtesy of .films and the . This screening was made possible by the UMN Imagine Fund and the Institute for Global Studies.

05/11/2026

Archives on Screen is thrilled to partner once again with the beautiful Heights Theater for a very special presentation in June!

QUEEN KELLY
1929 | D: Erich von Stroheim
Gloria Swanson, Walter Byron, Seena Owen

🗓 Sunday, June 14, 7:00 PM
🎟 Tickets now on sale at link 🔗 in bio or at https://heightstheater.com/

Presented by Archives on Screen, Twin Cities with an introduction by Maggie Hennefeld (UMN).

A wayward convent girl (Gloria Swanson) is abducted by a flirtatious prince (Walter Byron) who is incidentally betrothed to a mad queen (Seena Owen) in the fictive European country of Cobourg-Nassau. Queen Regina imprisons her faithless fiancé while Patricia Kelly is summoned by her dying aunt to a brothel in Dar-es-Salaam.

Queen Kelly is a masterpiece that was never completed. Directed by Erich von Stroheim and financed by Joseph P. Kennedy (with whom Swanson was having an affair), Queen Kelly had been unseen for too long--except by Norma Desmond (Swanson) in a memorable scene of Sunset Boulevard (1950). That is, until Dennis Doros first restored the film in 1985. Milestone's new reconstruction of this sizzling melodrama attempts to imagine what von Stroheim's film could have looked like in 1929. **Do not** miss your chance to experience it on the big screen with a new score by Eli Denson.

05/07/2026

Our series dedicated to Kinuyo Tanaka begins Friday with two by Yasujiro Ozu on 35mm (DRAGNET GIRL with Katie Condon accompanying and A HEN IN THE WIND). Do not miss the rare chance to see these early triumphs on film! Tickets at https://www.trylon.org/film-series/kinuyo-tanaka/

05/05/2026

Professor and programmer Maggie Hennefeld explores the world of forgotten silent film actresses and archivists’ struggles to rediscover lost film art.

05/05/2026

05/04/2026

Friends, you've three opportunities to catch an early Yasujirō Ozu silent film starring the iconic Kinuyo Tanaka this weekend! DRAGNET GIRL IN 35MM starts Friday at the Trylon Cinema with LIVE MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT from one of the best local performers of silent film scores, Katie Condon (@.condon)! 🎞 🎹 🎶

🎟 Tickets now on sale at https://www.trylon.org/film/dragnet-girl-in-35mm/

Dragnet Girl in 35mm
(1933, 100m, silent w/English subtitles) dir Yasujirō Ozu w/Kinuyo Tanaka, Jōji Oka, Kōji Mitsui, Sumiko Mizukubo. This gorgeously photographed gangster film follows Jyoji, a Tokyo hoodlum, (Oka), Kazuko (Mizukubo), and Tokiko (Tanaka) as they navigate the difficulties of a romantic triangle. Dragnet is unlike any other film that Ozu would make. He uses complex camera movements and impressionistic lighting in this masterful proto-noir. With live accompaniment by Katie Condon.

FRI/SAT 7:00 SUN 3:00 $12

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Part of THE BALLAD OF KINUYO TANAKA series playing all month at the Trylon. https://www.trylon.org/film-series/kinuyo-tanaka/

05/02/2026

"Rabindranath, Karl Marx, Cleopatra...SATYAJIT RAY!"
Celebrate Satyajit Ray's birthday today by catching his DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE FOREST. Only one more show, 1 PM at the .
https://www.trylon.org/film/days-and-nights-in-the-forest/

04/27/2026

🚨 ADDITIONAL SHOW ADDED! 🚨

Tickets are all gone for DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE FOREST this Thursday. But you can now also catch the brand new restoration of this rarely screened masterwork by Satyajit Ray this Saturday!

Saturday, May 2, 1:00 PM at the .
🎟 Tickets now on sale at https://www.trylon.org/film/days-and-nights-in-the-forest/.

*The Thursday screening will be introduced by Prof. Keya Ganguly (Cultural Studies & Comp Lit, UMN).

02/16/2026

THANK YOU! 🎉 🙏 🎟 🎞 💕
The 4th edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour in the Twin Cities was a great success, a testament to our engaged audiences and wonderful festival partners!

Special thanks to the , the , and, of course, , which hosts the flagship Il Cinema Ritrovato festival in Bologna each summer. We'd also like to thank the , all our sponsors and local organizations who provided promotional support, the scholars and filmmakers who introduced the films, the friendly staff at the and the Walker, for another year of providing their delicious offerings for our reception, and for our striking poster and graphics!

A portion of our ticket sales will be going to Andersen Middle School Rent Relief. https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-andersen-families
You also donated many needed items that we will distribute to the Indigenous Peoples Task Force. https://indigenouspeoplestf.org/

Our Twin Cities community is the greatest. Thanks again for supporting adventurous film programming that stands against fascism and all forces of repression. ❤️ Much more to come!