Tut’s Fever Movie Palace
Tut’s Fever is a working movie theater and art installation created by Red Grooms and Lysiane Luong, an homage to the ornate, exotic picture palaces of the 1920s
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Behind the Screen
The Museum's core exhibition immerses visitors in the creative and technical process of producing, promoting, and presenting films, television shows, and digital entertainment.
The Jim Henson Exhibition
This dynamic experience explores Jim Henson’s groundbreaking work for film and television and his transformative impact on culture.
Horrible Sites: Makeup and Production Design for The Exorcist
With material drawn from MoMI’s permanent collection, this exhibit explores the film’s production and makeup design, detailing how a stylish townhouse in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., and an innocent young girl were transformed into sites of horror.
Reflected Forms: Story and Character in the Films of Todd Haynes
On the occasion of Todd Haynes’s May December, MoMI presents an exhibit with materials from the archives of filmmaker Todd Haynes, now part of the Museum’s collection, offering a glimpse into his process of transforming historical and cultural referents into formally ambitious, richly emotional films.
Clayography in Motion: Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail
The interactive animation section of the Museum’s core exhibition features a special focus on stop-motion-animation director Adam Elliot’s Academy Award–nominated film Memoir of a Snail.
Compositions in Code: The Art of Processing and p5.js
Processing and p5.js revolutionized creative coding, making generative art accessible to artists worldwide. This installation series pairs Processing pioneers with p5.js artists in a series of diptychs on the Herbert S. Schlosser Media Wall. Plus, you can mint your own fragments of art by LIA and Sarah Ridgley. Learn more!
is this thing on?
THING+YOU, from the livestreaming collective "is this thing on?", showcases how artists can reclaim agency in digital spaces while fostering genuine community engagement across platforms. Participation is encouraged through QR codes placed throughout the gallery, enabling engagement with live chats and real-time contributions to evolving artworks and archived performances. Learn more!
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE—Story and Spectacle
The exhibition will spotlight star and producer Tom Cruise’s exceptional commitment to practical stunt work, and explore how the series combines technical ingenuity, personal discipline, and artistic commitment, all in service of storytelling, character development, and performance.
Portals of Solitude: Virtual Realities from Taiwan
This installation features four virtual reality (VR) experiences created by Taiwanese filmmakers and artists that immerse the viewer into the worlds of isolated protagonists. Their stories are marked by mental and physical separation that demonstrate fragility and resilience.
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Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Join us for a special guided tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition! The tour costs $5.00 per visitor (on top of admission ticket).
12 events,
Stories of Solitude: Taiwanese Creators on Directing in VR
Stories of Solitude: Taiwanese Creators on Directing in VR
This free panel features four visionary Taiwanese directors who created the VR projects featured within the current exhibition Portals of Solitude: Virtual Realities from Taiwan.
The Fast and the Furious
The Fast and the Furious
The first in the immensely popular car-racing action franchise stars Vin Diesel as a notorious illegal street racer and Paul Walker as the undercover LAPD officer who infiltrates his crew to track down a gang of thieves and bring them to justice following an elaborate California freeway heist.
14 events,
The Fast and the Furious
The Fast and the Furious
The first in the immensely popular car-racing action franchise stars Vin Diesel as a notorious illegal street racer and Paul Walker as the undercover LAPD officer who infiltrates his crew to track down a gang of thieves and bring them to justice following an elaborate California freeway heist.
Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Join us for a special guided tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition! The tour costs $5.00 per visitor (on top of admission ticket).
Safety Last!
Safety Last!
In his most fabulous—and iconic—display of death-defying derring-do, comedy legend Harold Lloyd is a small-town kid who has just arrived in the big city. Screening as part of See It Big: Stunts! and Silents, Please!
Thunderball
Thunderball
This fourth entry in the James Bond franchise submerges suave star Sean Connery into a whirlwind of deep-sea intrigue, featuring incredible underwater stunts.
12 events,
Safety Last!
Safety Last!
In his most fabulous—and iconic—display of death-defying derring-do, comedy legend Harold Lloyd is a small-town kid who has just arrived in the big city. Screening as part of See It Big: Stunts! and Silents, Please!
Thunderball
Thunderball
This fourth entry in the James Bond franchise submerges suave star Sean Connery into a whirlwind of deep-sea intrigue, featuring incredible underwater stunts.
10 events,
10 events,
10 events,
12 events,
Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Join us for a special guided tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition! The tour costs $5.00 per visitor (on top of admission ticket).
Stelios: Special Preview Screening
Stelios: Special Preview Screening
This is the touching story of a child from a Pontic refugee family who managed to survive and thrive against all odds, thanks to his immense talent and resilience in the face of social and personal challenges.
13 events,
Behind the Screen: Nuestros sonidos Tour
Behind the Screen: Nuestros sonidos Tour
Museum of the Moving Image introduces a specialized tour within its Behind the Screen exhibition in partnership with Carnegie Hall’s Nuestros sonidos (Our Sounds), a joyous, ongoing celebration of the vibrant sounds, pioneering rhythms, endlessly diverse traditions, and enormous influence of Latin culture in the United States.
Serial Mom
Serial Mom
Beneath the pastels and propriety of American conformity lies the dark, camp heart of John Waters’s nastiest ’90s comedy, starring a hilarious, fully committed Kathleen Turner. See it Mother's Day weekend.
2025 Teen Film Festival
2025 Teen Film Festival
Join us for the annual Teen Film Festival, hosted by the MoMI Teen Council! The festival will feature a screening of twelve selected short film works by teen filmmakers from New York City's five boroughs.
Free with RSVP!
16 events,
Love Your Mother Earth Mushroom Party
Love Your Mother Earth Mushroom Party
Join MoMI, the New York Mycological Society, and more special guests on Mother’s Day weekend to celebrate Mother Earth and observe the third kingdom of life: fungi.
Fungi: Web of Life
Fungi: Web of Life
Much of life on Earth is connected by a vast, hidden network that we are only just beginning to understand. Out of sight, between the world of plants and animals, another world exists: the kingdom of fungi. Join us on this brilliant round-the-world journey into the secret world of fungi.
Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Join us for a special guided tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition! The tour costs $5.00 per visitor (on top of admission ticket).
Two Dogs + Wild Hogs and Saffron
Two Dogs + Wild Hogs and Saffron
In a traditional Iranian society where men often feel like outsiders, Iman and Sajjad's dogs become their closest companions, offering them a sense of connection and solace. On 5/10, followed by a discussion with Andy Sarjahani, director of the short Wild Hogs and Saffron.
The Heroic Trio
The Heroic Trio
This wuxia-inspired Hong Kong fantasy classic from the incomparable Johnnie To stars the dazzling triumvirate of stuntwoman Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, and Anita Mui as warrior superheroes. Screens 5/10 and 5/11.
Executioners
Executioners
Thief Catcher (Maggie Cheung), Invisible Woman (Michelle Yeoh), and Wonder Woman (Anita Mui) return in this postapocalyptic, darker sequel to the blockbuster Hong Kong action hit The Heroic Trio.
13 events,
Serial Mom
Serial Mom
Beneath the pastels and propriety of American conformity lies the dark, camp heart of John Waters’s nastiest ’90s comedy, starring a hilarious, fully committed Kathleen Turner. See it Mother's Day weekend.
The Heroic Trio
The Heroic Trio
This wuxia-inspired Hong Kong fantasy classic from the incomparable Johnnie To stars the dazzling triumvirate of stuntwoman Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, and Anita Mui as warrior superheroes. Screens 5/10 and 5/11.
Executioners
Executioners
Thief Catcher (Maggie Cheung), Invisible Woman (Michelle Yeoh), and Wonder Woman (Anita Mui) return in this postapocalyptic, darker sequel to the blockbuster Hong Kong action hit The Heroic Trio.
10 events,
10 events,
10 events,
11 events,
Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Join us for a special guided tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition! The tour costs $5.00 per visitor (on top of admission ticket).
13 events,
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible, which kicked off the film franchise in high Brian De Palma style, kicks off our weekend-long, members-only M:I marathon.
Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible II
To direct the second installment in the Mission: Impossible series, Tom Cruise selected renowned Hong Kong–based filmmaker John Woo, who brought his trademark stylized action scenes and elaborate martial arts sequences to the franchise.
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Mission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible III
Impressed by J. J. Abrams’s television work, producer Tom Cruise invited Abrams to co-write and direct Mission: Impossible III. The film introduces a greater level of emotional depth to the Mission: Impossible storyline.
Open Worlds Opening Party
Open Worlds Opening Party
Join MoMI to celebrate the season and officially kick off Open Worlds 2025, with free gallery admission from 2:00–6:00 p.m., a DJ, complimentary cocktails courtesy of Via Carota, and a VR experience in the Fox Amphitheater.
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Director Brad Bird, whose previous work had been solely in animated films, pushes physicality and physics to their limits. His film features some of the most spectacular stunt work of the series, including a sequence that hangs Cruise off the side of Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building.
Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Join us for a special guided tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition! The tour costs $5.00 per visitor (on top of admission ticket).
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Spanning Vienna, London, Morocco, and Paris, the film follows IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) as he faces off against the Syndicate, a transnational network of former spies intent on world domination.
15 events,
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Delivering on producer-star Tom Cruise’s commitment to make each Mission: Impossible film more thrilling and intense than the last, Fallout offers an action-packed adventure and a story that delves deep into themes of morality, loyalty, and betrayal.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team are launched into a race against a powerful, sentient artificial intelligence known as the Entity, a rogue AI capable of infiltrating any digital system.
It’s Greek to Me: Short Film Program
It’s Greek to Me: Short Film Program
The Hellenic Film Society presents eight of the best short films from the scores of submissions received for its first It’s Greek to Me: Short Film Program. The shorts, all created by Greek-American filmmakers, feature a variety of genres and will be followed by a Q&A with the directors.
10 events,
10 events,
10 events,
11 events,
Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Join us for a special guided tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition! The tour costs $5.00 per visitor (on top of admission ticket).
11 events,
Police Story
Police Story
The smash hit that made Jackie Chan a worldwide icon of daredevil spectacle, this breathtakingly inventive martial-arts comedy screens May 23 and 24.
14 events,
Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (40th Anniversary)
Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (40th Anniversary)
Big Bird journeys back to Sesame Street after a well-intentioned social worker places him within a family of birds, far from his friends. Introduced by Craig Shemin, President of the Jim Henson Legacy, and featuring special guests Noel MacNeal (Muppet performer and wrangler) and Richard Termine (Workshop studio coordinator) on May 24; and Fred Buchholz (Muppet special effects) and Debi Spinney (Special Assistant to Big Bird) on May 25.
Puppetry on Screen: Marvels of Media Workshop
Puppetry on Screen: Marvels of Media Workshop
Autistic children and their families are welcome to join us for this Puppetry on Screen workshop. Instructed by Puppeteer in Residence Brian Carson, participants will focus on the making of a one-minute short video that involves puppet characters resolving a problem.
The Great Waldo Pepper
The Great Waldo Pepper
This beautifully made drama was George Roy Hill’s follow-up after winning the Oscar for The Sting, reteaming him with Redford as a WWI veteran aviator who becomes a barnstorming stunt pilot in late 1920s America on the verge of the Great Depression.
Police Story
Police Story
The smash hit that made Jackie Chan a worldwide icon of daredevil spectacle, this breathtakingly inventive martial-arts comedy screens May 23 and 24.
13 events,
Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (40th Anniversary)
Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (40th Anniversary)
Big Bird journeys back to Sesame Street after a well-intentioned social worker places him within a family of birds, far from his friends. Introduced by Craig Shemin, President of the Jim Henson Legacy, and featuring special guests Noel MacNeal (Muppet performer and wrangler) and Richard Termine (Workshop studio coordinator) on May 24; and Fred Buchholz (Muppet special effects) and Debi Spinney (Special Assistant to Big Bird) on May 25.
Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior
Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior
One of 21st-century cinema’s most dazzling martial arts stuntmen and action choreographers, Tony Jaa had his international breakthrough with this action blockbuster, following a small-town's beloved martial arts hero who ventures to Bangkok seeking revenge.
The Great Waldo Pepper
The Great Waldo Pepper
This beautifully made drama was George Roy Hill’s follow-up after winning the Oscar for The Sting, reteaming him with Redford as a WWI veteran aviator who becomes a barnstorming stunt pilot in late 1920s America on the verge of the Great Depression.
10 events,
10 events,
10 events,
10 events,
11 events,
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The film that introduced Indiana Jones to the world remains one of the most exciting films of all time, a perfectly engineered roller coaster that functions as both a winking homage to the action serials of director Spielberg’s childhood and a singular adventure in its own right.
13 events,
Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior
Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior
One of 21st-century cinema’s most dazzling martial arts stuntmen and action choreographers, Tony Jaa had his international breakthrough with this action blockbuster, following a small-town's beloved martial arts hero who ventures to Bangkok seeking revenge.
Troma’s Curse of the Weredeer
Troma’s Curse of the Weredeer
When Randy is bitten by a strange creature, his world is turned upside down and all hell breaks loose in this delightfully delirious movie massacre rich in the irreverence and black humor that is the trademark of Troma Entertainment. Followed by Q&A with director Ben Johnson!
13 events,
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The film that introduced Indiana Jones to the world remains one of the most exciting films of all time, a perfectly engineered roller coaster that functions as both a winking homage to the action serials of director Spielberg’s childhood and a singular adventure in its own right.