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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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
The Museum's core exhibition immerses visitors in the creative and technical process of producing, promoting, and presenting films, television shows, and digital entertainment.
This traveling exhibition explores Jim Henson’s groundbreaking work for film and television and his transformative impact on popular culture.
This dynamic experience explores Jim Henson’s groundbreaking work for film and television and his transformative impact on culture.
This exhibition explores the process of designing the fantastical characters for the Netflix series prequel to the 1982 film.
In his companion piece installation to The Underground Railroad, Jenkins further engages ideas about visibility, history, and power in moving-image portraits of the show’s background actors.
This video exhibition presents films produced for scientific education and entertainment between 1904 and 1936, an era when cinema was still a novel tool for manipulating time and scale to show what was imperceptible to the naked eye.
The Museum is collaborating with creative technology studio Scatter on this project, which reimagines oral storytelling as a virtual, 3D experience and presents new possibilities for the future of the moving image.
This major new exhibition addresses the origins, production, fandom, and impact of The Walking Dead, one of the most watched shows in the history of cable television. Presented with support from AMC Networks.
On June 30, an evening of cinematic fun. Join us for the chance to win MoMI membership, guest passes, and bragging rights.
The latest film from David Cronenberg is a return to the speculative body horror of the Canadian auteur’s early career, showing July 1–9.
Marks the reunion of Romero and special effects legend Tom Savini, and together they deliver a picture that pushes the envelope on every level, from body-munching gore to biting social critique.
Craig Shemin and puppet designer and builder Bonnie Erickson, will introduce this rarely seen 1972 gem and clip show on July 2 and 8.
An independent film crew making a low-budget zombie film encounters real-life zombies in Shinichiro Ueda's fresh and funny comic horror meta-movie—screening July 2 and 10.
Hilarious, endlessly quotable, gloriously gory, and endearingly sweet, Shaun of the Dead is a zombie film like no other—the world’s first “rom-zom-com.”
Before Synder moved over to big-budget comic book blockbusters, he made his mark in the horror genre with this ambitious remake of Romero’s 1970s zombie classic.
One of the most successful Australian films of all time, Baz Lurhmann's Strictly Ballroom plays July 15 as part of our Musical Matinees series.
Puppetry can be used as an effective tool for interaction, pretend play, communication, motivation, de-escalation, and more.
Jim Jarmusch’s Trump-era allegory imagines a placid upstate New York community overrun by zombies who have been reanimated by the addictive consumerism they practiced in life.
In this moving, comic-tinged drama, Aris, a failed young businessman, leaves his yuppie downtown lifestyle behind and moves into his late grandfather's house in a quiet, ultra-conservative Athens suburb of Army retirees.
Romero's fourth entry in his Dead cycle is a biting social satire about class warfare. On July 17, with intro by Brett Arnold, followed by a live taping of The New Flesh podcast.
Paola Mendoza and Gloria La Morte's award-winning family drama paired with Lynne Sachs' recent Queens-set short film.
On July 15, come to the Museum for a very special evening devoted to exploring house music, featuring a panel discussion, dance party, and multiscreen video art presentations.
Directed by George Miller (Babe, Mad Max: Fury Road) and choreographed by Tony-winner Savion Glover, Happy Feet is a delightful, funny musical adventure that also carries an environmental message.
This remake of George A. Romero’s enduring 1968 masterpiece is a cult classic in its own right thanks to director and makeup legend Tom Savini’s thoughtful approach to the original source material.
On July 17, René Sampaio’s timeless and irresistible romantic comedy set in Brasilia in the mid-1980s. Part of the series Las Premieres.
This feminist essay classic was five years in the making, with contributions from hundreds of women and over 200 Australian films. It is an investigation and celebration of women's work from colonial settlement to the present, a story told by women: Aboriginals, migrants, convicts, and a variety of others.
The only surviving feature film of the filmmaking trio the McDonagh sisters—with Paulette billed as director, Phylis as producer, and Isabel the lead actress. The original silent version remains the only intact version, and has been fully restored by the NFSA.
Based on Miles Franklin’s celebrated feminist book of the same name, this Australian New Wave classic launched the careers of actors Judy Davis and Sam Neill, as well as director Gillian Armstrong.
Join us for a special guided tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition for only $5 over the price of admission!
Gillian Armstrong's vibrant light-hearted musical comedy kicks off our Pioneering Women in Australian Cinema series on July 21 and 23.
Four women conspire to sabotage the research program of Utero, a multinational firm engaged in reproductive engineering, in On Guard, screening with two classic Australian short films.
July 24: Redstone Theater July 31: Bartos Screening Room Dir. Essie Coffey. 1978, 51 mins. DCP. The first Australian film directed by an Indigenous woman, this documentary depicts the dispossession of the Aboriginal people of ...
A special Double Feature of George Romero's final two films in his iconic series.
On July 28, the director-performer-producer joins us to discuss this gem of the gathering Australian New Wave of the '80s, plus reception.
This two-part professional development workshop series teaches educators, therapists, counselors, and parents how to use puppets when working with neurodiverse children, including those on the autism spectrum. July 29 and August 12.
Part fish-out-of-water comedy, part family melodrama, this warm-hearted, hilarious, and sharply observed depiction of the Chinese diaspora by Clara Law screens August 6 and 14.
Best Documentary winner at Cannes, this debut film by Payal Kapadia deftly merges reality with fiction, weaving together archival footage and student protest videos to create a vital tapestry of the personal and the political—screens July 29 and 31.
Laurie McInnes here makes her feature directorial debut with this haunting, dusty Australian gothic noir, shot in rich black-and-white.
Featuring a post-screening discussion with director Nadia Tass, co-presented with New York Women in Film & Television Dir. Nadia Tass. 1990, 99 mins. 35mm. With Ben Mendelsohn, Claudia Karvan, Steve Bisley, Damon Herriman. Teenager Danny ...
Two films of working class families in the '80s and '90s, each presented in 16mm.
Set over 24 hours, this low-budget, independent comedy about love, friendship, share-houses, and university bureaucracy sizzles with sharp dialogue and radiant performances from its young leads.
Taking advantage of Batman’s increased popularity, director René Cardona, known later for his luchador adventures, aimed to showcase the talents of actress Maura Monti by splicing elements of “Batmania” with Mexico’s popular lucha libre style. New restoration!