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.
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.
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.
Adapting Stories for the Screen: Chinonye Chukwu’s Till
This new temporary exhibition explores the process of creating the story depicted in Chinonye Chukwu’s acclaimed 2022 feature Till, through storyboards created by Jesse Michael Owen.
Adapting Stories for the Screen: Sarah Polley’s Women Talking
The material on view in this new exhibition provides a glimpse into the process of bringing the story of Sarah Polley’s film Women Talking to the screen.
Cinema of Sensations: The Never-Ending Screen of Val del Omar
This major exhibition brings the immersive, multisensory cinematic installations of visionary Spanish artist, filmmaker, and inventor José Val del Omar (1904–1982) to U.S. audiences for the first time, along with commissioned pieces by contemporary artists Sally Golding, Matt Spendlove, and Tim Cowlishaw; Duo Prismáticas; Esperanza Collado; and Colectivo Los Ingrávidos.
Refreshing the Loop
Refreshing the Loop continues Museum of the Moving Image’s tradition of displaying GIFs in our passenger elevator. This new iteration places artists who have been widely known for their GIFs for more than two decades in conversation with selected artists who have gained notable popularity in the last few years.
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Access Mornings at MoMI
Access Mornings at MoMI
Offered the first Saturday of each month (June 2023–May 2024), free Access Mornings at MoMI are dedicated to families with children on the autism spectrum and give families an exclusive opportunity to explore exhibitions and ...
Kubo and the Two Strings
Kubo and the Two Strings
Inspired by Japanese folklore, LAIKA’s stop-motion adventure Kubo and the Two Strings constructs an original fantasy world of monsters, magical creatures, and myths. Playing Labor Day weekend at MoMI, 9/2–9/4.
My Beautiful Laundrette
My Beautiful Laundrette
In this Thatcher-era smash, Omar (Gordon Warnecke), a first-generation Pakistani-British man living in London, encounters his childhood friend turned skinhead Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis), and love unexpectedly blooms while they manage Omar’s family laundry business.
Brick Lane
Brick Lane
Based on the novel by Monica Ali, Brick Lane is a tender depiction of the Bangladeshi community, immersing the viewer in a time and place marked by crisis without reducing the very full characters to political allegory.
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Kubo and the Two Strings
Kubo and the Two Strings
Inspired by Japanese folklore, LAIKA’s stop-motion adventure Kubo and the Two Strings constructs an original fantasy world of monsters, magical creatures, and myths. Playing Labor Day weekend at MoMI, 9/2–9/4.
Nothing Compares
Nothing Compares
As a tribute to Sinéad O'Connor, see this richly cinematic portrait of this fearless trailblazer through a contemporary feminist lens on 9/3 and 9/10.
The Butcher Boy
The Butcher Boy
In one of her few screen appearances as an actor, Sinéad O’Connor makes an appearance as the Virgin Mary in Neil Jordan's adaptation of Patrick McCabe’s 1994 novel.
The Wrong Guy Special Reunion Screening
The Wrong Guy Special Reunion Screening
On 9/3, join us for a special screening of the out-of-print underground comedy classic, which deliriously mixes Hitchcock homage, inspired absurdism, class-conscious parody, and rapid-fire wit, calling to mind its creators and stars' work on The Kids in the Hall, The Simpsons, and SCTV—with Dave Foley, David Higgins, and Jay Kogen in a post-film discussion, moderated by Janeane Garofalo!
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Kubo and the Two Strings
Kubo and the Two Strings
Inspired by Japanese folklore, LAIKA’s stop-motion adventure Kubo and the Two Strings constructs an original fantasy world of monsters, magical creatures, and myths. Playing Labor Day weekend at MoMI, 9/2–9/4.
Bend It Like Beckham
Bend It Like Beckham
In this megahit from 2002, Jess (Parminda Nagra) wants to pursue a passion for football, to the chagrin of her parents, who want her to live up to their ideas of a woman’s duties and fear for her acceptance due to their own traumatic experiences.
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Kubo and the Two Strings
Kubo and the Two Strings
Inspired by Japanese folklore, LAIKA’s stop-motion adventure Kubo and the Two Strings constructs an original fantasy world of monsters, magical creatures, and myths. Playing Labor Day weekend at MoMI, 9/2–9/4.
Any Given Sunday
Any Given Sunday
Oliver Stone brings his one-of-a-kind talent for capturing beauty amid chaos to this portrait of the suffering, pride, and grit of professional football and the equally cutthroat nature of its business.
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Elementary Triptych of Spain
Elementary Triptych of Spain
The films that comprise José Val del Omar’s Elementary Triptych of Spain (1953–1995) are audiovisual poems of the senses, presenting cinema as a total experience. See them all followed by a presentation by Piluca Baquero, director of the Val del Omar Archive on 9/9.
Inside Out
Inside Out
Pixar's Oscar-winning animated feature vividly imagines five emotions as its main characters, vying for equilibrium inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl.
Mirror to Val del Omar’s Elementary Triptych of Spain
Mirror to Val del Omar’s Elementary Triptych of Spain
This program on 9/9, presented by program curator Elena Duque, is structured to mirror the formal and aesthetic concerns of José Val del Omar’s Elementary Triptych of Spain, and place his work in conversation with others by historically significant and contemporary experimental filmmakers.
The Butcher Boy
The Butcher Boy
In one of her few screen appearances as an actor, Sinéad O’Connor makes an appearance as the Virgin Mary in Neil Jordan's adaptation of Patrick McCabe’s 1994 novel.
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Inside Out
Inside Out
Pixar's Oscar-winning animated feature vividly imagines five emotions as its main characters, vying for equilibrium inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl.
Nothing Compares
Nothing Compares
As a tribute to Sinéad O'Connor, see this richly cinematic portrait of this fearless trailblazer through a contemporary feminist lens on 9/3 and 9/10.
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Trailblazer Ida Lupino’s fourth film as a director stars Trevor as Millie Farley, a manipulative, parasitic mother to Forrest’s Florence, a burgeoning tennis star. Features stirring tennis action largely filmed on location at Forest Hills Stadium, former home of the U.S. Open.
Any Given Sunday
Any Given Sunday
Oliver Stone brings his one-of-a-kind talent for capturing beauty amid chaos to this portrait of the suffering, pride, and grit of professional football and the equally cutthroat nature of its business.
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8 events,
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A Haunting in Venice
A Haunting in Venice
Set in eerie, post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve, A Haunting in Venice is a terrifying mystery featuring the return of the celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot. Special advance screening 9/13.
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Inside Out
Inside Out
Pixar's Oscar-winning animated feature vividly imagines five emotions as its main characters, vying for equilibrium inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl.
Elementary Triptych of Spain
Elementary Triptych of Spain
The films that comprise José Val del Omar’s Elementary Triptych of Spain (1953–1995) are audiovisual poems of the senses; these encore screenings will take place in the Bartos Screening Room on DCP.
Janie Geiser Program 1: The Nervous Films + The Red Book and The Fourth Watch
Janie Geiser Program 1: The Nervous Films + The Red Book and The Fourth Watch
This program features Janie Geiser's series of five collage-based films made of found and natural objects, medical illustrations, photographs, extant footage, and other elements. Plus two of her most acclaimed short films. With Janie Geiser in person!
Janie Geiser Program 2: Time, a substance
Janie Geiser Program 2: Time, a substance
This program, titled after a phrase from Marianne Moore’s poem “Black Earth,” includes several films that were made during the intense first years of the pandemic. The films evoke a sense of suspended time and the liminal space between life and death. With Janie Geiser in person!
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
See one of cinema’s grandest and most powerful antiwar statements, starring Rudolph Valentino, with live piano accompaniment by Makia Matsumura on Sunday, 9/17.
Janie Geiser Program 3: Double Vision
Janie Geiser Program 3: Double Vision
This series includes eight films made between 2013 and 2018 that investigate the photographic image. Found thrift store images and rediscovered family photographs are forensically examined, reimagined, reframed, unmoored, and re-revealed in all of their documentary truth and fiction. With Janie Geiser in person!
Lost in Translation
Lost in Translation
On 9/16 and 9/30, see a special 35mm twentieth-anniversary screening of Sofia Coppola’s confident second film about an aging movie star (Bill Murray) and a newly married twenty-something (Scarlett Johansson in her breakout performance), who meet at a lofty hotel bar in Tokyo.
House Party
House Party
A memorable snapshot of the era’s social and fashion trends, House Party is a jubilant celebration that also speaks to the importance of appreciating Black culture without ignoring widespread societal problems. The 9/16 screening will be copresented by Afrikan Poetry Theatre and followed by a panel discussion.
14 events,
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Trailblazer Ida Lupino’s fourth film as a director stars Trevor as Millie Farley, a manipulative, parasitic mother to Forrest’s Florence, a burgeoning tennis star. Features stirring tennis action largely filmed on location at Forest Hills Stadium, former home of the U.S. Open.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
See one of cinema’s grandest and most powerful antiwar statements, starring Rudolph Valentino, with live piano accompaniment by Makia Matsumura on Sunday, 9/17.
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
See Rebecca Miller’s adaptation of her own novel about Pippa Lee (Wright), a loving mother of two grown children, and the wife of successful publisher Herb (Arkin), who’s 30 years her senior. Stay for a conversation with Miller.
House Party
House Party
A memorable snapshot of the era’s social and fashion trends, House Party is a jubilant celebration that also speaks to the importance of appreciating Black culture without ignoring widespread societal problems. The 9/16 screening will be copresented by Afrikan Poetry Theatre and followed by a panel discussion.
A Conversation with Rebecca Miller + Screenings
A Conversation with Rebecca Miller + Screenings
On 9.17, spend an afternoon with filmmaker Rebecca Miller, featuring a conversation moderated by David Schwartz.
She Came to Me
She Came to Me
A composer suffering from writer’s block rediscovers his passion after an adventurous one-night stand. A couple of gifted teenagers fight to prove to the parents that their young love is something that can last forever. A woman’s love arrives in the most unexpected places.
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The Shattered Mind
The Shattered Mind
Written, directed, and produced by deaf Black American filmmaker Jade Bryan, The Shattered Mind is about Zhane Rain, a teenager who struggles to find herself, questioning whether she was born deaf, and seeking to understand her recurring nightmares. Free screening on 9/22 supported by the NYC Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, with director in person!
Elementary Triptych of Spain
Elementary Triptych of Spain
The films that comprise José Val del Omar’s Elementary Triptych of Spain (1953–1995) are audiovisual poems of the senses; these encore screenings will take place in the Bartos Screening Room on DCP.
Demonlover
Demonlover
Endlessly regenerative auteur Oliviers Assayas's prescient fable about desire, vision, control.
Just Wright
Just Wright
In this romantic comedy from director Sanaa Hamri and writer Michael Elliot, physical therapist Leslie Wright (Queen Latifah) helps Scott McKnight (Common) find a second chance at love, compassion, and confidence, on and off the court.
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Sylvia Scarlett
Sylvia Scarlett
On 9/23 and 9/30, see George Cukor and Katharine Hepburn’s screwball passion project. Made soon after the industry-transforming enforcement of Hollywood’s Production Code, it was considered scandalous in its day.
Just Wright
Just Wright
In this romantic comedy from director Sanaa Hamri and writer Michael Elliot, physical therapist Leslie Wright (Queen Latifah) helps Scott McKnight (Common) find a second chance at love, compassion, and confidence, on and off the court.
Femme Fatale + Reverse Shot Anniversary Reception
Femme Fatale + Reverse Shot Anniversary Reception
On Saturday 9/23 at 6:00 p.m., Brian De Palma’s silky, seductive, ridiculously entertaining meta-noir will be introduced by Reverse Shot editors Michael Koresky and Jeff Reichert and followed by a reception celebrating the 20th anniversary of Reverse Shot.
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A Jim Henson Birthday Celebration: Jimmy Dean & Rowlf’s 60th Anniversary
A Jim Henson Birthday Celebration: Jimmy Dean & Rowlf’s 60th Anniversary
Celebrate the 60th anniversary of Rowlf's Jimmy Dean Show debut with a brand-new compilation of clips from the show, including some rare commercials featuring Jimmy and Rowlf; plus a special guest
Summer Hours
Summer Hours
Assayas’s deeply personal family drama is one of the great films about the meaning and value of things, the inextricable bond of family, and the forward march of time.
Demonlover
Demonlover
Endlessly regenerative auteur Oliviers Assayas's prescient fable about desire, vision, control.
8 events,
Get Rich or Die Tryin’
Get Rich or Die Tryin’
The incomparable Jamaica, Queens–born rap legend 50 Cent stars in this semi-autobiographical film, which boasts the same name as his nine-time platinum album—released 20 years ago. Screens on 35mm 9/29 and 9/30!
The Wolf House
The Wolf House
Our 9/29 screening of this surreal and sinister animated film, as haunting as it is exquisitely crafted, will be followed by a Q&A with director Cristóbal León.
11 events,
Elementary Triptych of Spain
Elementary Triptych of Spain
The films that comprise José Val del Omar’s Elementary Triptych of Spain (1953–1995) are audiovisual poems of the senses; these encore screenings will take place in the Bartos Screening Room on DCP.
Lost in Translation
Lost in Translation
On 9/16 and 9/30, see a special 35mm twentieth-anniversary screening of Sofia Coppola’s confident second film about an aging movie star (Bill Murray) and a newly married twenty-something (Scarlett Johansson in her breakout performance), who meet at a lofty hotel bar in Tokyo.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Saturday, Sep. 30 screening will be in the Bartos Screening Room. Dir. Wes Anderson. 2009, 87 mins. 35mm. With the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson. ...
Sylvia Scarlett
Sylvia Scarlett
On 9/23 and 9/30, see George Cukor and Katharine Hepburn’s screwball passion project. Made soon after the industry-transforming enforcement of Hollywood’s Production Code, it was considered scandalous in its day.
Get Rich or Die Tryin’
Get Rich or Die Tryin’
The incomparable Jamaica, Queens–born rap legend 50 Cent stars in this semi-autobiographical film, which boasts the same name as his nine-time platinum album—released 20 years ago. Screens on 35mm 9/29 and 9/30!
12 events,
Elementary Triptych of Spain
Elementary Triptych of Spain
The films that comprise José Val del Omar’s Elementary Triptych of Spain (1953–1995) are audiovisual poems of the senses; these encore screenings will take place in the Bartos Screening Room on DCP.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Saturday, Sep. 30 screening will be in the Bartos Screening Room. Dir. Wes Anderson. 2009, 87 mins. 35mm. With the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson. ...
A Lion in the House
A Lion in the House
This expansive and unforgettable documentary shot between 1997 and 2003 by Oscar-winning filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar, follows five Ohio families as they deal with the toll of childhood cancer. Screening 10/1.
Summer Hours
Summer Hours
Assayas’s deeply personal family drama is one of the great films about the meaning and value of things, the inextricable bond of family, and the forward march of time.
The Word Was Deleted
The Word Was Deleted
On October 1, the final day of Cinema of Sensations: The Never-Ending Screen of Val del Omar, artists Esperanza Collado and David García Casado collaborate on a live expanded cinema performance.
Femme Fatale
Femme Fatale
Brian De Palma’s silky, seductive, ridiculously entertaining meta-noir starring Rebecca Romijn and Antonio Banderas.