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Vincente Minnelli’s phenomenally directed and acted tale of rootlessness in post–World War II starring Frank Sinatra, introduced by Jake Perlin and Michael Koresky as part of a series celebrating the new series about Wes Anderson's inspirations for Asteroid City.
Karyn Kusama's teen horror cult favorite, featuring Diablo Cody’s signature droll and idiosyncratic dialogue, is the ultimate ode to toxic femininity. Introduced on May 20 by critic Kyle Turner and followed by a signing of his new book The Queer Film Guide.
John Huston’s psychologically rich, exquisitely shot and acted neo-western, featuring a screenplay by Arthur Miller, based on his own short story, gave Marilyn Monroe one of her finest dramatic roles.
Among the most charming and vividly realized animated features of Disney’s post–Golden Age, this hit adaptation of a series of books by Margery Sharp follows the adventures of the Rescue Aid Society, a group of mice helping international victims in peril.
Experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer spent her career charting unknown pathways by inventing a language of cinematic lesbianism, not least of all with this exceptional 1992 work of nonfiction.
Billy Wilder’s acid satire of the American media is a joltingly grim drama about a former big-city newspaper reporter named Chuck Tatum (a ferocious Kirk Douglas) who wields his lack of ethics with cynical glee.
Portuguese filmmaker João Pedro Rodrigues dives deep into social and erotic alienation, and finds in queerness an embrace of our most feral human impulses.
With its singular mix of Hollywood melodrama and ragged seventies authenticity, this film remains a crucial film to understanding the complexity and diversity of Scorsese’s filmography.
Full of iconic moments that pointed toward a new kind of cinema of the 1950s, Elia Kazan’s film is the ultimate cinematic representative of the Actors Studio period in movie.
Among the most charming and vividly realized animated features of Disney’s post–Golden Age, this hit adaptation of a series of books by Margery Sharp follows the adventures of the Rescue Aid Society, a group of mice helping international victims in peril.
Contemporary critics may have all but ignored what was going on between Hitchcock's Leopold and Loeb–like killers in favor of fixating on its form—a movie told in real time through extended shots and invisible cuts—modern audiences can revel in the simmering erotic tension between Granger and Dall.
The Moving Image Awards honors the most renowned and acclaimed actors and artists of our time. This June 6, MoMI is thrilled to celebrate legendary actor Michael J. Fox with a Lifetime Achievement Award and John Wilson for Innovative Series.
Join us for a presentation of two short narrative films selected from the Sloan Science & Film Teacher’s Guide which address the intersection of technology and society.
Powered by Oscar-winning special effects, a catchy pop song by Huey Lewis & the News, and a mind-bending riff on the Oedipal complex, this Reagan-era blockbuster has stood the test of time.
Among the most charming and vividly realized animated features of Disney’s post–Golden Age, this hit adaptation of a series of books by Margery Sharp follows the adventures of the Rescue Aid Society, a group of mice helping international victims in peril.
This absorbing, intensely physical drama set at a rundown motel in the Mojave Desert is based on the play by Sam Shepard, also stars as a rodeo stunt rider trying to convince his ex-girlfriend (Kim Basinger) that they should rekindle their flame.
Powered by Oscar-winning special effects, a catchy pop song by Huey Lewis & the News, and a mind-bending riff on the Oedipal complex, this Reagan-era blockbuster has stood the test of time.
John Sturges’s lean-and-mean CinemaScope color noir featuring a beguiling Spencer Tracy as a no-nonsense man investigating a suspected killing in a tiny California desert town plays 6/10 on 35mm.
Join us for a live-action role-playing game to explore the fantastical and sometimes terrifying stories of the planet Thra, designed and led by game designer, writer, and interactive artist Sharang Biswas and MoMI educators.
Spielberg's operatic tale of a group of humans (including Dreyfuss’s suburban everydad) preparing to make contact with mysterious outer-space visitors is an emotionally stirring, visually jaw-dropping journey.
On 6/11, Kent Jones introduces one of the best films produced during Hollywood’s brief embrace of Technicolor 3-D, Roy Ward Baker’s sunbaked potboiler.
Experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer spent her career charting unknown pathways by inventing a language of cinematic lesbianism, not least of all with this exceptional 1992 work of nonfiction.
Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson have been devoted fans of groundbreaking documentarians Albert and David Maysles for their entire careers together. This program features three Maysles films that evoke the period or locations depicted in Asteroid City.
On Tuesday 6/13, see the first two episodes of this acclaimed modern take on David Cronenberg’s 1988 thriller, featuring Rachel Weisz playing the double-lead roles of Elliot and Beverly Mantle, followed by a pre-recorded conversation with Weisz, creator/writer Alice Birch, and director Sean Durkin.
Spielberg's operatic tale of a group of humans (including Dreyfuss’s suburban everydad) preparing to make contact with mysterious outer-space visitors is an emotionally stirring, visually jaw-dropping journey.
On 6/16, see Lynch’s bleary and bewitching vision of Tinsel Town, a love story about two women whose bond—with all its frustration, eroticism, chemistry, blending, bleeding, and explosive desire—spans the feeling of cinema itself.
Join us for a weekend of performances, film screenings, media-making activities, and a gallery talk.
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.
For her wildly assured and wonderful 1996 feature, multihyphenate Dunye dives into a meta-cinematic world of cultural history, self-interrogation, cinematic dialectics, and sex and romance.
The Harry Belafonte–produced, Arthur Baker–scored Beat Street made a bigger impact globally than Breakin' and has aged much better as both a Black-led musical and an invaluable document of early ’80s hip-hop culture in New York.
For her wildly assured and wonderful 1996 feature, multihyphenate Dunye dives into a meta-cinematic world of cultural history, self-interrogation, cinematic dialectics, and sex and romance.
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.
The Harry Belafonte–produced, Arthur Baker–scored Beat Street made a bigger impact globally than Breakin' and has aged much better as both a Black-led musical and an invaluable document of early ’80s hip-hop culture in New York.
Spielberg’s enduring masterpiece, one of the most wondrous and deeply touching of all science-fiction movies, screens 6/23, 6/25 & 7/1.
Jim Henson’s feature directorial debut brings the Muppets to England, where reporters Kermit and Fozzie (and their photographer Gonzo) are tracking down jewel thieves who have set their sights on the incredibly valuable Baseball Diamond.
On June 24, for pride month, we collaborate with Brown Girls Doc Mafia and Slamdance to present an all-queer Muslim documentary extravaganza. These shorts reflect the beautiful kaleidoscope of queer MENASA people, asserting our existence, connection, and joy.
One of the great movies set during summertime, Eric Rohmer’s emotionally complex yet intensely satisfying tale deals with the anxieties and pleasures of that elusive thing known as vacation.
This pivotal 1950s monster movie influenced generations of genre films, including the Godzilla franchise, with its tremendous stop-motion special effects created by the legendary Ray Harryhausen.
This sexually sophisticated, sharp commentary on the growing capitalist mania of the Reagan era made Tom Cruise a star. Screening in 35mm on 6/24 and 6/25.
Jim Henson’s feature directorial debut brings the Muppets to England, where reporters Kermit and Fozzie (and their photographer Gonzo) are tracking down jewel thieves who have set their sights on the incredibly valuable Baseball Diamond.
This sexually sophisticated, sharp commentary on the growing capitalist mania of the Reagan era made Tom Cruise a star. Screening in 35mm on 6/24 and 6/25.
Spielberg’s enduring masterpiece, one of the most wondrous and deeply touching of all science-fiction movies, screens 6/23, 6/25 & 7/1.
For her wildly assured and wonderful 1996 feature, multihyphenate Dunye dives into a meta-cinematic world of cultural history, self-interrogation, cinematic dialectics, and sex and romance.
One of the great movies set during summertime, Eric Rohmer’s emotionally complex yet intensely satisfying tale deals with the anxieties and pleasures of that elusive thing known as vacation.
Jim Henson’s feature directorial debut brings the Muppets to England, where reporters Kermit and Fozzie (and their photographer Gonzo) are tracking down jewel thieves who have set their sights on the incredibly valuable Baseball Diamond.
Unpredictable British genre filmmaker Strickland, through the use of hypnotic imagery and a tsunami of phantasmagoric sound design, finds the idiosyncrasy of two women's kinky relationship as well as its very human core. Screens 6/30 and 7/1.
Visually extravagant yet written with a sharp eye for small details, Who Framed Roger Rabbit is the rare blockbuster that’s also a quirky, personal, movie-mad homage.
Spielberg’s enduring masterpiece, one of the most wondrous and deeply touching of all science-fiction movies, screens 6/23, 6/25 & 7/1.
Unpredictable British genre filmmaker Strickland, through the use of hypnotic imagery and a tsunami of phantasmagoric sound design, finds the idiosyncrasy of two women's kinky relationship as well as its very human core. Screens 6/30 and 7/1.
Visually extravagant yet written with a sharp eye for small details, Who Framed Roger Rabbit is the rare blockbuster that’s also a quirky, personal, movie-mad homage.
Actor Griffin Dunne appears in person 7/7 to present this horror classic, featuring Rick Baker’s eye-popping practical makeup effects (which won an Oscar).
This pivotal 1950s monster movie influenced generations of genre films, including the Godzilla franchise, with its tremendous stop-motion special effects created by the legendary Ray Harryhausen.
Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson earned an Oscar nomination for writing this brilliantly self-contained comedy-drama about three gifted siblings and their relationship with their absent, selfish father. Screening 7/2, 7/8, and 7/9.
