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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
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.
Past Lives
Past Lives
Don't miss this acclaimed, heartrending modern romance, directed by Celine Song, which plays at MoMI 7/28–8/13.
New Jack City
New Jack City
In his feature-length directorial debut, Van Peebles effortlessly weaves the signature "New Jack Swing" sound and style into the film, which defined the hip-hop landscape of the late ’80s and early ’90s. Screening 7/28 and 7/29.
Past Lives
Past Lives
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week in this heartrending modern romance.
The Muppet Movie + The Muppet Show: Harry Belafonte
The Muppet Movie + The Muppet Show: Harry Belafonte
On 7/29 and 7/30, see the classic first big-screen adventure for the Muppets, plus a special, free presentation of the late Harry Belafonte's his memorable appearance on The Muppet Show.
Past Lives
Past Lives
Don't miss this acclaimed, heartrending modern romance, directed by Celine Song, which plays at MoMI 7/28–8/13.
Past Lives
Past Lives
Don't miss this acclaimed, heartrending modern romance, directed by Celine Song, which plays at MoMI 7/28–8/13.
New Jack City
New Jack City
In his feature-length directorial debut, Van Peebles effortlessly weaves the signature "New Jack Swing" sound and style into the film, which defined the hip-hop landscape of the late ’80s and early ’90s. Screening 7/28 and 7/29.
Der Fan
Der Fan
This sordid and subversive art-house horror essential, screening 7/29, delights as it revolts audiences with its shocking scenario, sleek synth soundtrack, and gorgeous design aesthetic.
Belly
Belly
Celebrated music video director Hype Williams made his feature debut with this riveting American crime drama starring Earl “DMX” Simmons, Nasir “Nas” Jones.
The Muppet Movie + The Muppet Show: Harry Belafonte
The Muppet Movie + The Muppet Show: Harry Belafonte
On 7/29 and 7/30, see the classic first big-screen adventure for the Muppets, plus a special, free presentation of the late Harry Belafonte's his memorable appearance on The Muppet Show.
Past Lives
Past Lives
Don't miss this acclaimed, heartrending modern romance, directed by Celine Song, which plays at MoMI 7/28–8/13.
Dead Ringers
Dead Ringers
David Cronenberg's original psychological horror story with Jeremy Irons as twin gynecologists who develop a truly twisted relationship with a patient. With nurse Erin Guerriero, consultant on the Prime Video adaptation, appearing in person on 7/30.
Past Lives
Past Lives
Don't miss this acclaimed, heartrending modern romance, directed by Celine Song, which plays at MoMI 7/28–8/13.