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 22, 2022.
- No events scheduled for Aug 23, 2022.
- No events scheduled for Aug 24, 2022.
- No events scheduled for Aug 25, 2022.
Week of Events
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.
Tron
Tron
This groundbreaking feature follows rebel computer programmer Kevin Flynn as he is scanned and transported into an autocratic universe of zipping vectors and shiny surfaces, somewhere inside the mainframe of an arcade game.
I Walked With a Zombie
I Walked With a Zombie
Easily the most sophisticated and memorable of the zombie films of the subgenre’s premier era, Tourneur and low-budget producer extraordinaire Val Lewton’s remarkable collaboration is a dreamlike horror fable that loosely reimagines Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre.
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!
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.
Tron
Tron
This groundbreaking feature follows rebel computer programmer Kevin Flynn as he is scanned and transported into an autocratic universe of zipping vectors and shiny surfaces, somewhere inside the mainframe of an arcade game.
I Walked With a Zombie
I Walked With a Zombie
Easily the most sophisticated and memorable of the zombie films of the subgenre’s premier era, Tourneur and low-budget producer extraordinaire Val Lewton’s remarkable collaboration is a dreamlike horror fable that loosely reimagines Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre.
Zombie aka Zombi 2
Zombie aka Zombi 2
Italian horror maestro Lucio Fulci returns to the racialized origins of the zombie narrative with what was originally conceived as a sequel to George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead.
Streets of Fire
Streets of Fire
In Walter Hill’s neo-noir cum outlaw-biker rock opera, fifties nostalgia fuels a futuristic Americana fantasy that’s all neon, chrome, fire, and steam. Screening in 70mm, August 27–Sep. 4.
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.
Tron
Tron
This groundbreaking feature follows rebel computer programmer Kevin Flynn as he is scanned and transported into an autocratic universe of zipping vectors and shiny surfaces, somewhere inside the mainframe of an arcade game.
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.
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!
Zombie aka Zombi 2
Zombie aka Zombi 2
Italian horror maestro Lucio Fulci returns to the racialized origins of the zombie narrative with what was originally conceived as a sequel to George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead.