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: Imagination Unlimited
This traveling exhibition explores Jim Henson’s groundbreaking work for film and television and his transformative impact on popular culture.
The Jim Henson Exhibition
This dynamic experience explores Jim Henson’s groundbreaking work for film and television and his transformative impact on culture.
Creatures from the Land of Thra: Character Design for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
This exhibition explores the process of designing the fantastical characters for the Netflix series prequel to the 1982 film.
An Act of Seeing: Barry Jenkins’s The Gaze
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.
Living with The Walking Dead
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.
LAIKA: Life in Stop Motion
This new exhibition invites visitors of all ages to appreciate the painstaking work of stop-motion animation, with eight animation stations equipped with 2-D LAIKA character figures and environments that visitors can use to experiment with and create their own short films.
12 events,
Sam and Friends
This program presents four of the fifteen surviving episodes of Sam and Friends, a five-minute, live television show created by Jim Henson and Jane Nebel (later Jane Henson) that aired daily on Washington, D.C.–based WRC-TV from 1955 to 1961.
Queens at the Margins and in the Center: Films by Neha Gautam
Queens at the Margins and in the Center: Films by Neha Gautam
Combining labor, migration and resistance, this community program on September 30 features screenings of new films by longtime Queens resident, community organizer, and filmmaker Neha Gautam.
13 events,
Alien Nation
Alien Nation
Bedecked in ’80s genre trappings yet motivated by allegory, Alien Nation situates a mismatched buddy cop story within a near-future Los Angeles inundated by 300,000 humanoid extraterrestrials.
Bottle Rocket
Bottle Rocket
In Wes Anderson’s beloved, tonally distinctive debut comedy, three aimless Texas friends aspire to a life of crime and outlaw notoriety, elaborately scheming up low-level burglaries that ride the line between fantasy role-play and real-world consequences.
10 events,
10 events,
Triangle of Sadness
Triangle of Sadness
Cinematic mischief maker Ruben Östlund liberally applies his customary playfulness to the wide canvas of his wildly ambitious, frequently hilarious latest film, which won the Swedish director his second Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Screens October 3.
10 events,
Stars at Noon
Stars at Noon
On October 4, Claire Denis appears in person with her Cannes-awarded latest film, a contemporary thriller suffused with political intrigue and languid eroticism, moving entirely to the tactile rhythms of its actors.
10 events,
10 events,
Magnetic Fields (Magnitika Pedia)
Magnetic Fields (Magnitika Pedia)
Shot guerrilla-style over nine days with a mostly improvised script and a low budget, this quirky film speaks to the heart in an extraordinary way. Winner of five 2022 Hellenic Film Academy Awards.
11 events,
The Lifebelt (To Sosivio)
The Lifebelt (To Sosivio)
A failed Athenian businessman, deep in financial and moral collapse, turns to food banks in order to survive. There, he meets a homeless man who throws him the "lifebelt" he needs to get himself out of his predicament and rediscover the values he once had. Screens October 8.
Pack of Sheep (Ageli Provaton)
Pack of Sheep (Ageli Provaton)
The balance of power between prey and predators begins to shift in this inquiry into toxic masculinity that won the 2022 Hellenic Film Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Screens October 8.
10 events,
The Fortune Teller (I Kafetzou)
The Fortune Teller (I Kafetzou)
This timeless classic, considered one of the best comedies made by the Greek production company Finos Film, shines as brightly today as it did 56 years ago. The film will be shown in a new digital print. Screens October 9.
9 events,
Fall Moving Image Workshop for Parents
Fall Moving Image Workshop for Parents
In this free class, parents will explore fun, therapeutic activities using moving image technologies, learning new media and games that are easily teachable to kids.
12 events,
Dan Perri and the Art of the Title Sequence
This exhibit explores the art of the title sequence by focusing on designs by one of its most acclaimed practitioners, Dan Perri. His work in the industry spans 50 years, from the early 1970s through the 2010s.
Armageddon Time
Armageddon Time
James Gray's exquisitely detailed, deeply personal remembrance of growing up in Queens in 1980 screens October 14 with Gray in person.
13 events,
A Happy Henson Halloween
A Happy Henson Halloween
Enjoy a selection of classic monsters, music, and Muppets, including episodes of The Muppet Show featuring Vincent Price and Alice Cooper and other haunting classic clips from Jim Henson’s work.
Here at the Water’s Edge
Here at the Water’s Edge
Leo Hurwitz created his most beautiful film, a reverent, purely impressionistic voyage along the coastline and port of New York.
Leo Hurwitz’s “The Art of Seeing” series
Leo Hurwitz’s “The Art of Seeing” series
Featuring some of the most exquisite and technically precise color 16mm cinematography in American documentary film, this series of short films became as personal a project as any Leo Hurwitz undertook over the course of his career.
Journey from the Outside In: Ben Russell’s The Invisible Mountain + Shorts Program
Journey from the Outside In: Ben Russell’s The Invisible Mountain + Shorts Program
On October 14, we present the U.S. premiere of Ben Russell’s new feature The Invisible Mountain, with Russell in person, plus a program of shorts that served as inspiration for the film.
11 events,
The Sun and Richard Lippold & An Essay on Death
The Sun and Richard Lippold & An Essay on Death
These two film essays, commissioned by National Education Television and photographed by Kirchheimer, represent peak moments in the sophistication of mainstream, televised documentary.
Up the Lazy River & One More Time
Up the Lazy River & One More Time
These two films represent the climax and coda of the urban suite Manfred Kirchheimer began in 2018. With Kircheimer in coversation on October 16.
10 events,
As Mine Exactly
A mother and son revisit the medical emergency that reshaped their lives and the remarkable fragments that remain of that time in this intimate blend of VR and performance film. Experience As Mine Exactly October 19–23.
12 events,
Once Upon a Time in America: Extended Director’s Cut
Once Upon a Time in America: Extended Director’s Cut
Sergio Leone’s ten-years-in-the-making opus does for the gangster film what his visionary spaghetti westerns did for the horse opera, brilliantly reimagining the genre as a vehicle for limitless stylistic expression.
14 events,
Little Shop of Horrors: The Director’s Cut
Little Shop of Horrors: The Director’s Cut
Frank Oz’s first non-Muppet film is one of the great musicals of the 1980s. See the rarely screened original director's cut, with Oz's intended dark ending.
Up the Lazy River & Claw
Up the Lazy River & Claw
Two works by Manfred Kirchheimer—one from the '60s, and one from last year—both grappling with the ever changing urban landscapes. Screens October 22.
One More Time & Stations of the Elevated
One More Time & Stations of the Elevated
Manfred Kirchheimer's masterpiece is paired with a coda to his urban suite started in 2018. Screens October 22.
MoMI Members Halloween Party
MoMI Members Halloween Party
With spooky season in full swing, join MoMI for a free members-only Halloween event on October 22 featuring a dance party, food, drink, costume contest, trivia, and more.
14 events,
Dream of a City & Free Time
Dream of a City & Free Time
The start and continuation of Manfred Kirchheimer's city suite, these two films draw upon the wealth of material he shot in the late fifties.
Let It Be Law
Let It Be Law
Let It Be Law documents the determination of women fighting bravely to secure the right to physical self-determination, and bears witness to their massive mobilization in the streets of Buenos Aires. Screens October 23.
Short Circuit
Short Circuit
In Manfred Kirchheimer’s most formally audacious and confessional work, a documentary filmmaker ponders his increasingly alienated condition, and begins to interrogate the show of solidarity he extends to his newly arrived neighbors. Screens October 23.
11 events,
Thriller Dance Day!
Thriller Dance Day!
On October 27, dancer-performer Renée Brailsford (The Wiz) will lead a group of dancers through the choreography of “Thriller” as part of a fun day of festive family programming that also includes a Museum tour and face painting!
12 events,
The Masque of the Red Death & The Tomb of Ligeia
The Masque of the Red Death & The Tomb of Ligeia
Heavy on atmosphere, this double feature highlights the end of Roger Corman's Poe Cycle with two from 1964. Screens on Oct 28.
Das Boot: The Director’s Cut
Das Boot: The Director’s Cut
This epic World War II film, at the time the most expensive production ever mounted in Germany, remains a spectacular achievement thanks to cinematographer Jost Vacano’s groundbreaking technical innovations. October 29–30.
10 events,
House of Usher & The Pit and the Pendulum
House of Usher & The Pit and the Pendulum
Curses and spirits abound in this frightening double feature from Roger Corman which highlights two of Edgar Allen Poe's haunted castle stories. Screens October 29.
11 events,
Tales of Terror & The Haunted Palace
Tales of Terror & The Haunted Palace
This eerie anthology pairing features a star studded ensemble across two of Roger Corman's most darkly funny and frightening films. Screens October 30.
An Act of Worship
An Act of Worship
On October 30, Nausheen Dadabhoy presents a film that holds a mirror to her experience as a Muslim American coming of age at the turn of the 21st century. This screening kicks off our new series Infinite Beauty: Muslim and MENASHA Identity Onscreen.
11 events,
Day of the Dead Celebration 2022
Day of the Dead Celebration 2022
Celebrate Day of the Dead on November 2 with a performance by Mariachi Nuevo Amanecer Academy, followed by a presentation of Aztec Mexica dance, poetry, music from indigenous dance troupe Yayauhki Tezcatlipoka, and a face-painting session inspired by historical characters from Día de Muertos.
10 events,
Queens World Film Festival 2022
The 12th annual Queens World Film Festival will take place November 1–6, with screenings at Museum of the Moving Image and other venues in Queens.
13 events,
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
A mysterious drifter possesses the last of seven ancient keys that hold the power to stop the forces of darkness and protect all humanity from ultimate evil in this spin-off of Tales of the Crypt.
Smyrna: The Destruction of a Cosmopolitan City, 1900–1922
Smyrna: The Destruction of a Cosmopolitan City, 1900–1922
To commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the Smyrna Holocaust, the Hellenic Film Society presents Maria Iliou’s documentary on November 6—its first New York theatrical showing in ten years.
28 Days Later
28 Days Later
Scholar and author Kinitra Brooks presents one of the most influential horror films of the 21st century on November 6.