“The Daytrippers” 30th Anniversary Screening and Q&A

Event time: 
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - 7:00pm
The Daytrippers (Greg Mottola, 1996, DCP, 87 mins)
Greg Mottola in person! 30th anniversary screening! A misplaced love letter sends a wife and her whole family to Manhattan in search of her husband and the mysterious “Sandy.” The very first winner of the Slamdance Grand Jury Prize, writer/director Mottola’s debut feature is “deadpan and extremely funny while also providing moments of intense poignancy” (Mike Davies). Hope Davis, Stanley Tucci, Anne Meara, Parker Posey, Pat McNamara, and Liev Schreiber star. Post-screening discussion with Mottola and Yale’s Richard Deming. DCP from Janus. Co-presented with Public Humanities at Yale.
 
Yale Film Archive’s Cinemix series features stand-alone screenings of standout films, presented with our colleagues from across campus and beyond.
 
Yale Film Archive screenings are always free and open to the public. See the full film schedule here.