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 dynamic experience explores Jim Henson’s groundbreaking work for film and television and his transformative impact on culture.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Waxwing subverts the traditional light gun, a device that allows players to aim and shoot at targets on a video game screen, by reimagining it as a literal source of light, shifting the focus from violence to an exploration of aspirations and the human condition.
For MoMI’s Community Curation initiative, a committee of ten curators and collectors nominated a shortlist of boundary-pushing artists for display on the Museum’s Herbert S. Schlosser Media Wall. These artists’ works reflect how personal and cultural histories shape artistic practice.
Acclaimed writer and director Rian Johnson pays tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie with this fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect.
The second installment of the third Star Wars trilogy, Episode VIII follows emerging warrior Rey (Ridley) as she journeys to find, and train under, the legendary Jedi Master Luke Skywalker (Hamill).
Frank Oz expanded his repertoire further with this ode to the English Ealing comedy, an antic farce set at the funeral of a British patriarch.
In this film adaptation of a long-running, critically acclaimed play that he also directed, Frank Oz introduces us to Derek DelGaudio, a solo storyteller and conceptual magician who casts an unsettling, existential spell.
Frank Oz, who performed the voice of Yoda, will appear in person for this special screening of the classicThe Empire Strikes Back, arguably the best film in the entire ongoing Star Wars franchise.
In this second feature film adaptation of Ira Levin’s best-selling novel, the classic skewering of white-collar suburbia, screenwriter Paul Rudnick and Frank Oz dial up the comedy—and the feminist comeuppance.
The second installment of the third Star Wars trilogy, Episode VIII follows emerging warrior Rey (Ridley) as she journeys to find, and train under, the legendary Jedi Master Luke Skywalker (Hamill).
Ukrainian intelligence services have intercepted thousands of personal phone calls Russian soldiers made from the battlefield to their families back home. Ukrainian-born filmmaker Oksana Karpovych juxtaposes a sampling of these audio recordings with footage of her country in the aftermath of destruction.
The year’s most urgent and devastating documentary is this collaboration between a group of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers and activists.
In 2017, journalist Shiori Itō publicly accused a prominent media executive (and associate of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe) of rape, then weathered a cruel and intolerant backlash. Her book about her experience has been credited with sparking Japan’s #MeToo movement.
Arriving three summers after Star Wars permanently altered the trajectory of popular cinema, The Empire Strikes Back continued the saga and diversified the brand.
In connection with Recording the Ride: The Rise of Street-Style Skate Videos, MoMI presents a free punk show featuring the cyberpunk, hardcore music of Automat0m! As seen in the soundtrack selections of many skate videos in the exhibition, the fast tempos of punk music were an essential part of ’80s and ’90s skate culture and influenced the editing of skate videos.
In one of the year’s most remarkable breakout performances, Lily Collias plays wise teenager Sam, who has been invited along with her divorced dad and his best friend on a weekend camping trip in upstate New York. Moving, unsettling, and ultimately empowering, the film was a breakout of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Director India Donaldson will appear in person!
In conjunction with MoMI’s exhibition Recording the Ride: The Rise of Street-Style Skate Videos, on 12/6 the New York–based artist/filmmaker Simon Liu will present a performative lecture reflecting on his years growing up as a skateboarder and videographer in Hong Kong.
One of Akira Kurosawa’s greatest films, this spellbinding, Oscar-winning Soviet-Japanese coproduction follows a Russian cartographer at the turn of the twentieth century as he surveys a region in the Far East of Russia. Screens 12/7 and 12/15.
In this kinetic and percussive essay film, director Johan Grimonprez revisits and reanimates a moment when African politics and American jazz collided, around the 1961 assassination of Congo’s leader Patrice Lumumba. Encore screening 12/22.
The Eyeworks Experimental Animation Screening Series is an annual event focusing on experimental animation, with screening events in Chicago, LA, and NY each fall.
The official Palestinian submission to the 2025 Academy Award for Best International Film, From Ground Zero is an anthology project comprised of 22 short films created by filmmakers from Gaza.
The Eyeworks Experimental Animation Screening Series is an annual event focusing on experimental animation, with screening events in Chicago, LA, and NY each fall.
The best adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, Armstrong’s magnificent and deeply heartfelt film, shot partly on location in exquisitely wintry Massachusetts, stars an incandescent, Oscar-nominated Winona Ryder as Jo March. Screens 12/8 and 12/13.
This satirical dark romantic comedy screening for the Greek film series Always on Sunday centers on the son of famous actors who was once the most photographed child in the country.
Robert Altman's brilliant revisionist western, starring Warren Beatty as a huckster and gambler who takes over a small northwestern town at the turn of the twentieth century, screens in a rare IB Technicolor 35mm print on 12/14.
Against a backdrop of roadside motels, abandoned shopping malls, and suburban bathrooms, Spermworld introduces us to the new wild west of American fertility—unregulated encounters between freelance sperm donors and hopeful parents.
The best adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, Armstrong’s magnificent and deeply heartfelt film, shot partly on location in exquisitely wintry Massachusetts, stars an incandescent, Oscar-nominated Winona Ryder as Jo March. Screens 12/8 and 12/13.
Rohrwacher followed up the exhilarating Happy as Lazzaro with this spellbinding character-driven saga starring a sexily rumpled Josh O’Connor as Arthur, a thief fresh out of prison who rejoins with his roving band of tombaroli, or graverobbers who loot burial sites for their ancient jewels and precious objects.
The best adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, Armstrong’s magnificent and deeply heartfelt film, shot partly on location in exquisitely wintry Massachusetts, stars an incandescent, Oscar-nominated Winona Ryder as Jo March. Screens 12/8 and 12/13.
Join us to celebrate the 45th anniversary of John Denver's 1979 Muppet hat trick (Muppet Show appearance, TV special, and album) on 12/14 and 12/15 with a screening of this hard-to-find Christmas special, along with some additional classic Henson holiday clips. Introduced by Craig Shemin, President of The Jim Henson Legacy.
Astoria-based nonbinary filmmaker-artist Patrícia Silva’s new feature documentary contextualizes the achievements and activity leading up to the Astoria neighborhood’s inaugural Pride in 2023. Following the screening, join us for a special discussion with director Patrícia Silva and legendary guests in person.
Robert Altman's brilliant revisionist western, starring Warren Beatty as a huckster and gambler who takes over a small northwestern town at the turn of the twentieth century, screens in a rare IB Technicolor 35mm print on 12/14.
American experimental filmmaker Ben Russell and French artist Guillaume Cailleau collaborated on this epic experimental work, which intricately details the processes of a French political eco-activist group.
Jane Schoenbrun's eerily beautiful metaphorical evocation of the trans experience speaks to the isolation and confusion of growing up and the ways in which popular culture and media both comfort and betray us as we try and figure out who we are. With director Jane Schoenbrun in person!
Join us to celebrate the 45th anniversary of John Denver's 1979 Muppet hat trick (Muppet Show appearance, TV special, and album) on 12/14 and 12/15 with a screening of this hard-to-find Christmas special, along with some additional classic Henson holiday clips. Introduced by Craig Shemin, President of The Jim Henson Legacy.
The Camera d’Or winner at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival is a remarkable cinematic experience, a work that pushes past set boundaries to become genuinely existential, marking the arrival of a major new talent.
As part of Museum of the Moving Image’s Marvels of Media, this two-hour media workshop invites autistic visitors and media-makers to learn how to build their own text-based interactive storytelling games.
One of Akira Kurosawa’s greatest films, this spellbinding, Oscar-winning Soviet-Japanese coproduction follows a Russian cartographer at the turn of the twentieth century as he surveys a region in the Far East of Russia. Screens 12/7 and 12/15.
Reunited by chance, old flames Matt, a well-known author with a checkered reputation, and Mara, a mild-mannered and ambivalently married poetry professor, rekindle their romance over a series of anxious, halting, tentative rendezvous.
With a 1970s aesthetic and screwball comedy tone, Between the Temples featuring a pair of richly humane performances from Carol Kane and Jason Schwartzman. With director Nathan Silver and screenwriter Chris Wells in person on 12/15!
Pedro Almodóvar's luminous, first English-language film is based on the novel What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez, and stars Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore.
The interactive animation section of the Museum’s core exhibition features a special focus on stop-motion-animation director Adam Elliot’s Academy Award–nominated film Memoir of a Snail.
Join us to celebrate the 45th anniversary of John Denver's 1979 Muppet hat trick (Muppet Show appearance, TV special, and album) on 12/14 and 12/15 with a screening of this hard-to-find Christmas special, along with some additional classic Henson holiday clips. Introduced by Craig Shemin, President of The Jim Henson Legacy.
Last Things imagines evolution and extinction from the point of view of the rocks and minerals that will remain on this earth way beyond us. Incident provides witness to the killing of Chicago barber Harith “Snoop” Augustus by local police, through a composite montage of images from surveillance and security footage as well as police bodycams. With Incident director Bill Morrison in person.
Perhaps the greatest of Sirk’s glorious melodramas, All That Heaven Allows traces the melancholy transition of the seasons from crisp autumnal glory to deeply snow-blanketed winter, perfectly expressing the heartrending interiority of the beautifully wrought characters.
Following the seismic cultural event of his Lawrence of Arabia, grand-scale moviemaking became Lean’s forte in the sixties, and Doctor Zhivago is among his grandest triumphs.
In this kinetic and percussive essay film, director Johan Grimonprez revisits and reanimates a moment when African politics and American jazz collided, around the 1961 assassination of Congo’s leader Patrice Lumumba. Encore screening 12/22.
Perhaps the greatest of Sirk’s glorious melodramas, All That Heaven Allows traces the melancholy transition of the seasons from crisp autumnal glory to deeply snow-blanketed winter, perfectly expressing the heartrending interiority of the beautifully wrought characters.
Tyler Taormina’s engrossing, endearing, and melancholic entry into the holiday film genre follows a large Italian American family as its various members converge upon the family home in a northeast suburb for Christmas Eve. Screening 12/21 and 12/22.
In Vincente Minnelli’s bittersweet turn-of-the-century tale, one of the greatest of all musicals, a St. Louis family contends with life, love, and an impending move to New York. Screens 12/21 and 12/22 on 35mm.
In Vincente Minnelli’s bittersweet turn-of-the-century tale, one of the greatest of all musicals, a St. Louis family contends with life, love, and an impending move to New York. Screens 12/21 and 12/22 on 35mm.
Tyler Taormina’s engrossing, endearing, and suitably melancholic entry into the holiday film genre, following a large Italian American family as its various members converge upon the family home in a northeast suburb for Christmas Eve, screens December 22.
Following the seismic cultural event of his Lawrence of Arabia, grand-scale moviemaking became Lean’s forte in the sixties, and Doctor Zhivago is among his grandest triumphs.
Tyler Taormina’s third feature is an engrossing, endearing, and suitably melancholic entry into the holiday film genre, following a large Italian American family as its various members converge upon the family home in a northeast suburb for Christmas Eve.
The spectacular and sleekly streamlined second part of Villeneuve’s Dune surpasses its exposition-laden introductory chapter both visually and dramatically.
The spectacular and sleekly streamlined second part of Villeneuve’s Dune surpasses its exposition-laden introductory chapter both visually and dramatically.
This event spotlights the content creators who have kept the anime community energized throughout 2024, gathering fans to celebrate storytelling, creativity, and the vibrant world of anime as we head into the new year.
The spectacular and sleekly streamlined second part of Villeneuve’s Dune surpasses its exposition-laden introductory chapter both visually and dramatically.
Adapted from a short story by horror master Clive Barker, Bernard Rose’s superlative supernatural horror movie—featuring an iconic performance from recently passed genre legend Tony Todd—is a multilayered, mind-bending thriller that doubles as a thoughtful exploration of race and gender in the American psyche.
Luca Guadagnino’s scintillating, sexy tennis drama follows a trio of characters whose mercurial relationship blurs the line between love triangle and throuple. Starring Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, and Mike Faist. With screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes in person on 12/28!
NO-THING is a hybrid 24-hour performance and exhibition on the theme of nothingness, produced by is this thing on?, an experimental livestreaming network created by and for artists.
Flaherty’s groundbreaking documentary, which intimately hunkers down with an Inuit family, headed by Nanook, as they live and survive the harsh winters of Canada’s Hudson Bay, was so popular it became a cultural phenomenon.
The spectacular and sleekly streamlined second part of Villeneuve’s Dune surpasses its exposition-laden introductory chapter both visually and dramatically.
This sequel to Donner’s 1978 comic-book smash deepened both the human drama and the humor for a tour de force that outmatched the original.
This sequel to Donner’s 1978 comic-book smash deepened both the human drama and the humor for a tour de force that outmatched the original.
Flaherty’s groundbreaking documentary, which intimately hunkers down with an Inuit family, headed by Nanook, as they live and survive the harsh winters of Canada’s Hudson Bay, was so popular it became a cultural phenomenon.
Elliot’s Oscar-winning short film Harvie Krumpet presents the odd biography of a man who has Tourette Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of “fakts” hung around his neck—but still optimistically lives own way.
This program presents a range of video essays that inquire into the place of film in today’s world and media landscape, including desktop screens, online forums, production lots, and the streets of Hollywood.
Academy Award–winning writer and director Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail is a heartfelt and hilarious chronicle of the life of an outsider finding her confidence and silver linings amongst the clutter of everyday life. Director Adam Elliot in person, followed by reception! Free with RSVP!
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals—Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a severely obese 44-year-old man living in New York—blossoms in this beautifully animated, acclaimed comic drama. With director Adam Elliot in person!
Evil Does Not Exist slowly but surely transforms into a fable on man’s uneasy, symbiotic relationship to nature, buoyed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s singularly patient yet lucid storytelling.
This program presents New York City as it’s featured in documentary and experimental remix films. The artists represented in this screening pick up and disturb iconic TV clips, touristic images, video game simulations, and canonical films set in the city.
The magnificent Marianne Jean-Baptiste, reunited with the towering British director Mike Leigh for the first time since her Oscar-nominated performance in Secrets and Lies, gives a scalding performance in Hard Truths that won’t soon be forgotten.
Rooted in experimental cinema, the essay film, and documentary traditions, these makers challenge and play with our understanding of audiovisual media and the environments in which we use and experience them.
Voight and Roberts both received Oscar nominations for their gripping, physically instinctive performances in Russian filmmaker Konchalovsky’s bullet-paced American thriller based upon an original story by Akira Kurosawa.
One of the year’s marvelous cinematic discoveries, Payal Kapadia’s Grand Prize winner at the Cannes Film Festival is a profoundly moving, meditative, exquisitely textured look at the lives of three women seeking love and spiritual sustenance in working-class Mumbai.
Featuring films that operate in the spaces between documentary, found footage filmmaking, the essay film, and contemporary remix culture, this program invites viewers to engage with the past in thought-provoking and immersive ways. Followed by a Q&A featuring the series programmers in dialogue.
Stanley Kubrick’s psychological horror masterpiece in which writer Jack Torrance is driven mad while working as the caretaker of a cavernous Colorado hotel over the course of one isolated winter, screens 1/25 and 1/26.