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.
Auriea Harvey: My Veins Are the Wires, My Body Is Your Keyboard
The first major survey of the pioneering net-artist and sculptor Auriea Harvey features more than 40 of Harvey’s works from her career spanning nearly four decades. Extended through December 1, 2024!
Echo: Core
In the ancient Greek myth of Echo, the cursed nymph is condemned to only repeat the words of others. Auriea Harvey reimagines the story in the monumental sculpture Echo (2024).
Easel Engine
This series of video works span a multi-generational evolution of digital graphics, from early 1-bit constraints to complex three-dimensional models.
Recording the Ride: The Rise of Street-Style Skate Videos
This exhibition features videos and artifacts from skate culture’s formative years, with a focus on releases by H-Street, Plan B, World Industries, Girl, and others that defined the modern skate video genre.
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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).
Nickel Boys
Nickel Boys
RaMell Ross’s extraordinary realization of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize–winning 2019 novel follows two Black teenagers who become wards of a barbaric juvenile reformatory in Jim Crow–era Florida.
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Robot Dreams
Robot Dreams
Spanish director Pablo Berger’s Academy Award–nominated first animated feature, an adaptation of Sara Varon’s celebrated graphic novel, is a beautiful, surprising, and bittersweet tale of a friendship between a dog and his robot companion.
Tongues Untied + Vintage: Families of Value
Tongues Untied + Vintage: Families of Value
Marlon Riggs’s film is an unclassifiable masterpiece that breaks formal boundaries in an attempt to express an exuberant, joyous, angry, irreducibly complex Black gay identity. Thomas Allen Harris’s similarly formally adventurous film uses video and film to depict three sets of Black queer siblings.
Little Shop of Horrors: Director’s Cut with Frank Oz in person
Little Shop of Horrors: Director’s Cut with Frank Oz in person
One of the great musicals of the 1980s follows down-and-out flower shop assistant Seymour, who becomes a sensation when he discovers an exotic plant that craves fresh blood. Director Frank Oz will appear in person 10/4 to screen the rare, darker director's cut.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Day
Yu-Gi-Oh! Day
Join us for a celebration of the global phenomenon Yu-Gi-Oh! with a day of can’t-miss events for fans and newcomers alike!
Miss Piggy: A Retrospective
Miss Piggy: A Retrospective
As we celebrate Frank Oz, we take a look at the life of a superstar in whose success Mr. Oz most certainly had a hand. On 10/5 and 10/6 with Craig Shemin, President of the Jim Henson Legacy, in person!
Burden of Dreams
Burden of Dreams
Les Blank’s documentary remains perhaps the most compelling behind-the-scenes movie ever made about a film production.
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).
Fitzcarraldo
Fitzcarraldo
Herzog’s pictorially stunning—and stunningly ambitious—adventure film stars Klaus Kinski as a deranged businessman determined to build an opera house in Peru. Screening 10/5 and 10/6.
The Muppets Take Manhattan
The Muppets Take Manhattan
When the Muppets’ college revue is a big hit, they decide to take the show all the way to Broadway. Adjusting to the hustle and bustle of New York City, Kermit takes a job at a local restaurant while he searches for a producer.
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions
The global phenomenon Yu-Gi-Oh! has never been more visually exciting than in this 2016 film, presented as part of a day celebrating the series.
Burden of Dreams
Burden of Dreams
Les Blank’s documentary remains perhaps the most compelling behind-the-scenes movie ever made about a film production.
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Burden of Dreams
Burden of Dreams
Les Blank’s documentary remains perhaps the most compelling behind-the-scenes movie ever made about a film production.
Miss Piggy: A Retrospective
Miss Piggy: A Retrospective
As we celebrate Frank Oz, we take a look at the life of a superstar in whose success Mr. Oz most certainly had a hand. On 10/5 and 10/6 with Craig Shemin, President of the Jim Henson Legacy, in person!
Fitzcarraldo
Fitzcarraldo
Herzog’s pictorially stunning—and stunningly ambitious—adventure film stars Klaus Kinski as a deranged businessman determined to build an opera house in Peru. Screening 10/5 and 10/6.
The Muppets Take Manhattan with Frank Oz in person
The Muppets Take Manhattan with Frank Oz in person
When the Muppets’ college revue is a big hit, they decide to take the show all the way to Broadway. Adjusting to the hustle and bustle of New York City, Kermit takes a job at a local restaurant while he searches for a producer. Director Frank Oz in person!
Burden of Dreams
Burden of Dreams
Les Blank’s documentary remains perhaps the most compelling behind-the-scenes movie ever made about a film production.
Muppet Guys Talking with Frank Oz in person
Muppet Guys Talking with Frank Oz in person
For the first time ever, five of the original Muppet performers come together to discuss the creation of their iconic characters under the visionary leadership of Jim Henson. With director Frank Oz in person!
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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).
Hard Truths
Hard Truths
Mike Leigh's raw, uncompromising domestic drama stars Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Oscar nominee for Leigh’s Secrets & Lies) in a gutsy, excoriating performance as a middle-aged, working-class woman whose emotional and physical health problems have metastasized into a profound and relentless anger.
The Shrouds
The Shrouds
In David Cronenberg’s sly and thought-provoking latest, techno-entrepreneur Karsh has developed a new software that will allow the bereaved to bear witness to the gradual decay of loved ones dead and buried in the earth. While reeling from the loss of his wife, Karsh uncovers a potentially vast conspiracy.
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The Muppets Take Manhattan
The Muppets Take Manhattan
When the Muppets’ college revue is a big hit, they decide to take the show all the way to Broadway. Adjusting to the hustle and bustle of New York City, Kermit takes a job at a local restaurant while he searches for a producer.
Voting Rights Trivia
Voting Rights Trivia
Celebrate the essential democratic process of voting with this free trivia event! Form teams with your friends and family for the chance to win MoMI membership, Museum guest passes, and special prizes.
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The Dark Crystal with Frank Oz in person
The Dark Crystal with Frank Oz in person
Using a mix of puppetry, animatronics, modern special effects, and more, Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal creates a sense of visual astonishment rarely equaled in fantasy filmmaking, featuring unforgettable creatures. See it with director Frank Oz in person on 10/12!
The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers
John Landis’s big-canvas extrapolation of Belushi and Aykroyd’s blues and soul duo is the most wildly entertaining adaptation of a Saturday Night Live skit of all time, wall-to-wall with legendary R&B stars. Screening 10/12 and 10/18.
Fonissa (Murderess)
Fonissa (Murderess)
Driven to despair over women's oppressive living conditions in her island community circa 1900, a midwife finds a violent solution to confront the evils of a male-dominated society.
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The Dark Crystal
The Dark Crystal
Using a mix of puppetry, animatronics, modern special effects, and more, Jim Henson and Frank Oz’s film creates a sense of visual astonishment rarely equaled in fantasy filmmaking. With Frank Oz in person on 10/12!
The Promotion
The Promotion
Following a promotion, a professor invites his father to travel with him from Athens to Thessaloniki to attend the university ceremony. The trip provides an opportunity for father and son to sharpen their connection.
Yani Spanos: Behind the Marquee
Yani Spanos: Behind the Marquee
This tune-filled documentary traces the life of Yani Spanos from the Greek village of Kioto to Paris to Athens, capturing the legacy of the prolific composer who died suddenly in 2019 at age 85.
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The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers
John Landis’s big-canvas extrapolation of Belushi and Aykroyd’s blues and soul duo is the most wildly entertaining adaptation of a Saturday Night Live skit of all time, wall-to-wall with legendary R&B stars. Screening 10/12 and 10/18.
Death by Hanging
Death by Hanging
Nagisa Oshima's classic experimental film about a man who survives an execution in late sixties Japan.
The Universe in a Grain of Sand: Science New Wave Festival Opening Night
The Universe in a Grain of Sand: Science New Wave Festival Opening Night
The Science New Wave Festival kicks off its 17th year with the U.S. premiere of a film that gets to the core of why we're here, featuring physicist and filmmaker Mark Levinson in person with a panel of guest speakers.
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Inside Out with Frank Oz and Dave Goelz
Inside Out with Frank Oz and Dave Goelz
Oscar-winning writer, director, and animator Pete Docter takes us inside the mind of Riley, an 11-year-old girl whose emotions are plunged into chaos after she moves to a new home. Followed by a discussion with performers Frank Oz and Dave Goelz.
Marketa Lazarová
Marketa Lazarová
Dir. František Vláčil. 1967, 165 mins. Poland. DCP. In Polish with English subtitles. Marketa Lazarová adapts a novel by Vladislav Vančura first published in 1931. One of the leading Czech novelists, Vančura was a member of ...
Inside Out 2
Inside Out 2
Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2 returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as Headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions.
Duet for Cannibals
Duet for Cannibals
This is a story about psychological, sexual, and emotional cannibalism. The film tells a tale of two couples involved in academia and politics.
Little Shop of Horrors: Director's Cut
Little Shop of Horrors: Director's Cut
One of the great musicals of the 1980s follows down-and-out flower shop assistant Seymour (Rick Moranis), who becomes a national sensation when he discovers an exotic plant that craves fresh blood.
MoMI Halloween Party
MoMI Halloween Party
With spooky season in full swing, join MoMI for a Halloween event, featuring a magic lantern show, a DJ, raffle prizes, and more. Bring your dancing shoes and show off your costume with friends!
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Monsters, Inc.
Monsters, Inc.
Big and furry Sulley (John Goodman) and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) are the top scare team at MONSTERS, INC., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis in this Pixar favorite.
Winter Wind
Winter Wind
The story deals with the historical and political irony of a Croatian anarchist leader of the 1930s who is destroyed by his own forces, only later to be resurrected as a hero.
Inside Out
Inside Out
Oscar-winning writer, director, and animator Pete Docter takes us inside the mind of Riley, an 11-year-old girl whose emotions are plunged into chaos after she moves to a new home.
The Virgin's Bed
The Virgin's Bed
The filmmakers loosely adapt the Biblical story of Jesus, using Christ as a metaphoric symbol of the late ’60s protest movement: the “ultimate hippie.”
Inside Out 2
Inside Out 2
Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2 returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as Headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions.
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Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point
Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point
For his third feature, Tyler Taormina films a Christmas Eve get-together for the members of an eccentric Italian American family. Taormina in person 10/24!
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Monsters, Inc.
Monsters, Inc.
Big and furry Sulley (John Goodman) and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) are the top scare team at MONSTERS, INC., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis in this Pixar favorite.
What About Bob?
What About Bob?
When agoraphobic shut-in Bob Wiley (Bill Murray) shows up at his office one day, little does uptight psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin (Richard Dreyfuss) know that he’s about to be plunged into his own absurd nightmare.
Eat the Night
Eat the Night
Part-thriller, part-romance between digital and desiring bodies, this is a film about the loss of childhood innocence.
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East of Noon
East of Noon
The second feature by Egyptian artist Hala Elkoussy, this baroque and excessive film stands out within African and Arab cinemas, invoking the spirits of the “new cinemas” of the sixties and seventies.
The Other Way Around
The Other Way Around
Ale is a film director, and Alex is an actor. After 15 years together, they decide to go their separate ways and begin to act on an old joke made by Ale's father, that separations—and not unions—are cause for celebration.
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What About Bob?
What About Bob?
When agoraphobic shut-in Bob Wiley (Bill Murray) shows up at his office one day, little does uptight psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin (Richard Dreyfuss) know that he’s about to be plunged into his own absurd nightmare.
Ghost Cat Anzu
Ghost Cat Anzu
Precocious tween Karin finds herself abandoned by her father in rural Japan. Living in a temple with her grandfather, she meets Anzu, a giant “ghost cat” and notorious layabout tasked with looking after her.
American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy
American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy
On the occasion of its restoration, we are delighted to present this major and yet still little-known film by Chantal Akerman.
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The Seventh Victim
The Seventh Victim
This pocket-size portrait of evil and despair from Val Lewton stars Oscar-winner Kim Hunter in her film debut as a young woman who leaves the safety of her boarding school to track down her missing sister (a haunting Jean Brooks), who has fallen in with a death-obsessed, Satan-worshipping cult.
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The Seventh Victim
The Seventh Victim
This pocket-size portrait of evil and despair from Val Lewton stars Oscar-winner Kim Hunter in her film debut as a young woman who leaves the safety of her boarding school to track down her missing sister (a haunting Jean Brooks), who has fallen in with a death-obsessed, Satan-worshipping cult.
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
Many believe Godzilla has turned his back on humanity when he suddenly arrives in Japan, leaving destruction in his wake. But when the true Godzilla appears, the monster on the rampage is revealed to be Mechagodzilla, a mechanical menace built by an invading alien force.
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The Indian in the Cupboard
The Indian in the Cupboard
When nine-year-old Omri (Hal Scardino) receives a cupboard for his birthday, he soon realizes that with just one turn of a magical key, the toys he puts inside come to life. The best-selling children’s novel by Lynne Reid Banks comes to entrancing life in Frank Oz’s richly realized adaptation.
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko are covering the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg belonging to Mothra is found in Japanese waters and claimed by greedy capitalists.
Day of the Dead 2024
Day of the Dead 2024
Celebrate a vibrant Day of the Dead at Museum of the Moving Image with a performance of Aztec Mexica dance, ofrendas, fun digital media activities for kids and families, and music from Indigenous dance troupe Yayauhki Tezcatlipoka.
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
hidorah, the Three-Headed Monster is an electrifying debut for Godzilla’s most popular enemy and marks a turning point in the original cycle of Showa era Godzilla films that sees the King of the Monsters come to the aid of humanity for the very first time.
The Others
The Others
Following the Museum's 2024 Day of the Dead celebration, we present Alejandro Amenábar's brilliant 2001 ghost story, starring Nicole Kidman as a young British mother awaiting her husband’s return from the front lines of World War I.
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The Return of Godzilla
The Return of Godzilla
Thirty years after the kaiju’s first attack, a string of shocking disasters at sea signals the return of Godzilla
The Indian in the Cupboard
The Indian in the Cupboard
When nine-year-old Omri (Hal Scardino) receives a cupboard for his birthday, he soon realizes that with just one turn of a magical key, the toys he puts inside come to life. The best-selling children’s novel by Lynne Reid Banks comes to entrancing life in Frank Oz’s richly realized adaptation.