Velvet Goldmine
Haynes’s spectacular and ambitious musical, screening 12/9 and 12/17, charts the rise of glam rock and the star who was the movement’s brightest flame, functioning as both history and dream.
CALENDAR
GENERAL ADMISSION
You can buy admission tickets online. Pick a date and time to visit the Museum. Timed-entry slots are released generally one-month prior. All sales are final and payments cannot be refunded.
Loading view.
The White Game
This remarkable cinema vérité documentary captures an important moment in the social turmoil and protests that swept Europe in the spring of 1968. The 12/17 screening will be introduced by Ambassador Andreas von Uexküll, Deputy Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations.
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
A dour pair of traveling salesmen who sell plastic fangs and other novelty items are the main recurring characters in the mesmerizing finale to Roy Andersson’s “Being Human” trilogy, screening 12/17 and 12/31.
The Velvet Underground
Todd Haynes’s kaleidoscopic portrait of the seminal sixties rock group The Velvet Underground explodes the music documentary form. Screens 12/9 and 12/17.
Past Lives—with Director Celine Song and Editor Keith Fraase in Person
The director and editor of the year's hit heartrending modern romance will join us on 12/17 for a screening and Q&A as part of our ongoing Art & Craft series.
About Endlessness + Something Happened
About Endlessness is (ironically, for the title) the director’s shortest, most distilled film, with memorable images including a couple floating over a war-torn city. Preceded by a public-service short film about the AIDS crisis, made in Andersson’s signature style.
The Shop Around the Corner
On December 22nd through 24th, see Lubitsch’s exquisite, Christmas-set workplace romantic comedy with James Stewart & Margaret Sullavan—a MoMI holiday tradition.
Carol
Todd Haynes’s astonishing 1950s-set film, one of the great cinematic love stories of the 21st century, screens in time for Christmas on December 22 and 23.
Ghost in the Shell
See writer-director Mamoru Oshii's legendary anime adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s popular cyberpunk manga, set in 2029 Hong Kong, where an information network powers society, connecting cybernetic bodies (shells) and souls (ghosts).
The Shop Around the Corner
On December 22nd through 24th, see Lubitsch’s exquisite, Christmas-set workplace romantic comedy with James Stewart & Margaret Sullavan—a MoMI holiday tradition.
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street—45th Anniversary Screening!
This special holiday screening of the beloved 1978 special will be preceded by a brief compilation of Henson holiday clips.
The White Game
This remarkable cinema vérité documentary captures an important moment in the social turmoil and protests that swept Europe in the spring of 1968. The 12/17 screening will be introduced by Ambassador Andreas von Uexküll, Deputy Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations.