CALENDAR
GENERAL ADMISSION
You can buy admission tickets online. Pick a date and time to visit the Museum. Timed-entry slots are released generally one-month prior. All sales are final and payments cannot be refunded.
- No events scheduled for Aug 15, 2022.
- No events scheduled for Aug 16, 2022.
- No events scheduled for Aug 17, 2022.
- No events scheduled for Aug 18, 2022.
Week of Events
Looking at Luis: The Best of Emilio Delgado on Sesame Street
Looking at Luis: The Best of Emilio Delgado on Sesame Street
Emilio Delgado, who passed away earlier this year, delighted audiences for more than 44 years on Sesame Street as Luis Rodriguez. Join us for a look back at some of his most indelible moments.
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
The ninth film from Quentin Tarantino revisits Los Angeles at the tail end of the 1960s, when the Hollywood studio system was fading and hippie subversion was ascendant.
White Zombie
White Zombie
Directly inspired by William Seabrook’s book The Magic Island, this is considered the first feature-length zombie film and would serve as a major influence to those that followed.
Queens of Destruction: A Selection of Films from Cinema’s First Nasty Women
Queens of Destruction: A Selection of Films from Cinema’s First Nasty Women
This selection of highlights from Kino Lorber’s forthcoming collection Cinema’s First Nasty Women features eleven recently restored and newly scored comic shorts from the U.S. and Europe that anarchically celebrate feminist and racial protest, slapstick rebellion, and gender play.
Men in Black
Men in Black
This sardonic, New York–set sci-fi smash features Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones in comic-cool mode as agents of a top-secret organization that polices extraterrestrial activity on Earth.
Ouanga
Ouanga
Notable at the time for starring a Black actress, and even as the narrative blatantly antagonizes her, Fredi Washington’s presence imbues the film with unexpected depth.
Sleeping Beauty introduced by John Canemaker
Sleeping Beauty introduced by John Canemaker
On August 20, filmmaker and animation historian John Canemaker introduces Disney's visually spectacular fairy tale presented on rare 70mm.
The Ghost Breakers (with special panel discussion 8/28)
The Ghost Breakers (with special panel discussion 8/28)
Bob Hope is a radio personality who ends up following Paulette Goddard to Cuba, where she's set to inherit a plantation and—likely haunted—castle. The August 28 screening will be followed by a panel discussion on zombies and race with Yasmina Price, Dr. David Bering-Porter, and guest curator Kelli Weston.
Licorice Pizza
Licorice Pizza
Paul Thomas Anderson's acclaimed misfit romance plays at MoMI on 70mm August 12–September 3.
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
You have two more chances to see this gorgeous 70mm print of Walt Disney’s classic 1959 fairy tale, at the time the most expensive animated film ever made. Screening September 3 and 5!
Queens of Destruction: A Selection of Films from Cinema’s First Nasty Women
Queens of Destruction: A Selection of Films from Cinema’s First Nasty Women
This selection of highlights from Kino Lorber’s forthcoming collection Cinema’s First Nasty Women features eleven recently restored and newly scored comic shorts from the U.S. and Europe that anarchically celebrate feminist and racial protest, slapstick rebellion, and gender play.
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
The ninth film from Quentin Tarantino revisits Los Angeles at the tail end of the 1960s, when the Hollywood studio system was fading and hippie subversion was ascendant.
Ascension
Ascension
Global capitalism has incentivized systems of destruction and waste, domination and extraction, which have specific, local consequences, explored in this pairing.