A Silent Voice
A Silent Voice
A moving coming-of-age drama that depicts the struggles of adolescence through its memorable characters and beautiful hand-drawn animation. Screening 8/31 and 9/1.
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A moving coming-of-age drama that depicts the struggles of adolescence through its memorable characters and beautiful hand-drawn animation. Screening 8/31 and 9/1.
Presented here in Cassavetes’s original 1976 edit, preferred by author Phillip Lopate, who will introduce the film. Preceded by book signing.
This enchanting and clever road movie was the first big-screen adventure for the Muppets.
The Wachowskis’ candy-colored extravaganza is a vibrant and kinetic underrated action gem. Screening on 35mm 8/30–9/8.
This wildly popular and entertaining cat-spectacular, which has been presented in over 250 theaters nationwide and another 100 worldwide since debuting in 2019, finally makes its Queens debut.
A very young Tibetan lama shuttles between watching the shows at home and in his monastery with his friend the Tulku.
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.
This wildly popular and entertaining cat-spectacular, which has been presented in over 250 theaters nationwide and another 100 worldwide since debuting in 2019, finally makes its Queens debut.
Named by the BBC as one of the 100 greatest films of the 21st century, Agnès Varda's documentary will be accompanied by an introduction and book signing with Carrie Rickey, author of A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnès Varda, on 9/7.
Learn about the seminal work of the late Mike Ternasky, whose videos for the brands H-Street and Plan B were foundational to the development of street-style skate videos. With special guests.
This wildly popular and entertaining cat-spectacular, which has been presented in over 250 theaters nationwide and another 100 worldwide since debuting in 2019, finally makes its Queens debut.
The Wachowskis’ candy-colored extravaganza is a vibrant and kinetic underrated action gem. Screening on 35mm 8/30–9/8.
Walter Hill’s vividly violent and giddily sensationalist vision of ’70s New York stirred up controversy upon release and endures as a beloved cult classic.
This wildly popular and entertaining cat-spectacular, which has been presented in over 250 theaters nationwide and another 100 worldwide since debuting in 2019, finally makes its Queens debut.
On 9/14, Joanna Hogg’s emotionally unsettling domestic drama starring Tom Hiddleston will be followed by Q&A with Shonni Enelow (author of a new book on Hogg) and novelist-critic Christine Smallwood, plus book signing with Enelow.
Mel Brooks's second comedy smash of 1974 is the rare film that both mercilessly spoofs and sincerely celebrates a genre, here the black-and-white horror films of the 1930s. Screening 9/14–9/20.
Joanna Hogg's The Eternal Daughter stars a marvelous Tilda Swinton in two roles, as an elderly mother and her middle-aged filmmaker daughter staying together at a sinister, fog-enshrouded hotel in the English countryside. Introduced by Shonni Enelow, author of the new book Joanna Hogg.
Walter Hill’s vividly violent and giddily sensationalist vision of ’70s New York stirred up controversy upon release and endures as a beloved cult classic.
This film offers something like a utopian vision of how Tibetan culture might thrive, revivifying the strength of its roots to face the future.
MoMI, Theatrical Teamsters Local 817, and Kaufman Astoria Studios will present New York on Location, a free family-friendly outdoor event that offers a behind-the-scenes look at film production in New York. Go inside working movie trailers and trucks—straight from productions shooting in New York—and speak directly with movie professionals about their work.
This wildly popular and entertaining cat-spectacular, which has been presented in over 250 theaters nationwide and another 100 worldwide since debuting in 2019, finally makes its Queens debut.
Mel Brooks's second comedy smash of 1974 is the rare film that both mercilessly spoofs and sincerely celebrates a genre, here the black-and-white horror films of the 1930s. Screening 9/14–9/20.
Beloved characters of the centuries-old Greek Karagiozis puppet show tradition come to beautiful, animated life in the first Greek full-length animated feature.
The last film by Pema Tseden is an enthralling, semi-mystical fable about the deep spiritual connection between a snow leopard and a young Tibetan monk. Screening Sunday 9/15.
A disturbing children's book comes to life to threaten the lives of a grieving mother and son in this elegantly terrifying work of contemporary horror. Director in person 9/17!
Mel Brooks's second comedy smash of 1974 is the rare film that both mercilessly spoofs and sincerely celebrates a genre, here the black-and-white horror films of the 1930s. Screening 9/14–9/20.
The debut feature by Academy Award–winner Steven Bognar casts a wry, unflinching lens on his complicated, Hungarian émigré father adjusting to life in the U.S. midwest. Paired with Alex Rivera’s first short. Steven Bognar in person 9/20!
The films in this installation, organized by guest curator and artist Alexandra Kumala, display kaleidoscopic perspectives representing the intricate complexities that underlie Southeast Asia.
In this program, two legendary image-makers grapple with expanded options for storytelling afforded by early 1990s camera technology.
With Silverlake Life coproducer Doug Block in person Silverlake Life: The View from Here Dirs. Tom Joslin, Peter Friedman. 1993, 99 mins. U.S. DCP. If Every Girl Had a Diary Dir. Sadie Benning. 1990, 8 ...
With a 1970s aesthetic and screwball comedy tone, Between the Temples is a sharply witty and heartwarming comic drama with Carol Kane and Jason Schwartzman.
Both films wrestle with humor and empathy over questions of what should and shouldn’t be captured on camera and the place of the filmmaker in relation to their images. With filmmakers Judith Helfland and Robb Moss in person.
Join Heather Henson, Joe Hennes (Tough Pigs), and friends to celebrate Jim Henson's birthday with a musical walking tour through Jim and Jane's New York City.
Karen Falk, Archives Director of The Jim Henson Company and Vice President of The Jim Henson Legacy, discusses her new book. 9/22!
Puppeteer Brian T. Carson leads a puppeteering workshop exploring the fundamentals of the art form, open to all ages and skill levels.
Halving the Bones tracks with levity and some imaginatively staged re-creations a woman's attempt to divest her grandmother's bones while questioning what is ultimately more “halved”: her deceased grandmother or the multiracial identity of the filmmaker herself.
See the personal collections of our guest vendors and take home your own piece of Jim Henson history! Collectibles will be available for purchase or to trade.
On Jim Henson's birthday, enjoy a performance of instrumental music from films that have captured the hearts of audiences for decades.
Spanning three decades in the life of a Pakistani Canadian family, this vibrant festival favorite from writer-director Fawzia Mirza explores intergenerational connections between mothers and daughters and East and West. Fawzia Mirza and producer Andria Wilson Mirza will appear in person!
These films see their makers using the personal documentary format to fracture and restructure their relationships with their parents. With filmmaker Su Friedrich in person.
When filmmaker Lourdes Portillo receives a call informing her that her beloved uncle Oscar Ruiz Almeida has been shot, she heads back to her hometown of Chihuahua, Mexico.
In Les oeufs, Richard Leacock uses his new Hi8 camera to push the bounds of this aesthetic. Paired with Sleep Dealer director Alex Rivera’s first short.
Spanish director Pablo Berger’s Academy Award–nominated first animated feature, an adaptation of Sara Varon’s celebrated graphic novel, is a beautiful, surprising, and bittersweet tale of a friendship between a dog and his robot companion.
Both films employ unconventional forms and artifice to bring viewers closer to family tragedies.
With a 1970s aesthetic and screwball comedy tone, Between the Temples is a sharply witty and heartwarming comic drama with Carol Kane and Jason Schwartzman.
One of the greats by the late “King of Cult” Roger Corman follows an ambitious surgeon and scientist, Dr. Xavier (Milland), who formulates eyedrops that allow him to see more than the visible spectrum of light.
In her recently rediscovered, deeply hilarious film, Jan Oxenberg pulls focus on her grandmother, playfully approaching memory and mortality by using cardboard cutouts to recreate scenes of her childhood and other candid family memories. With Jan Oxenberg and Tomboychik director Sandi DuBowski in person.
Spanish director Pablo Berger’s Academy Award–nominated first animated feature, an adaptation of Sara Varon’s celebrated graphic novel, is a beautiful, surprising, and bittersweet tale of a friendship between a dog and his robot companion.
These Academy Award–nominated films catalog family stories to provide foundations for reframing the filmmakers’ own personal histories. Featuring in-person appearances by the directors on 9/29.
With a 1970s aesthetic and screwball comedy tone, Between the Temples is a sharply witty and heartwarming comic drama with Carol Kane and Jason Schwartzman.
Julia Loktev explores the ripple effect in her family nine years after her father is struck by a car while passing between garage sales on a busy street. Screening 9/29.
RaMell Ross’s extraordinary realization of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize–winning 2019 novel follows two Black teenagers who become wards of a barbaric juvenile reformatory in Jim Crow–era Florida.
Spanish director Pablo Berger’s Academy Award–nominated first animated feature, an adaptation of Sara Varon’s celebrated graphic novel, is a beautiful, surprising, and bittersweet tale of a friendship between a dog and his robot companion.
Marlon Riggs’s film is an unclassifiable masterpiece that breaks formal boundaries in an attempt to express an exuberant, joyous, angry, irreducibly complex Black gay identity. Thomas Allen Harris’s similarly formally adventurous film uses video and film to depict three sets of Black queer siblings.
One of the great musicals of the 1980s follows down-and-out flower shop assistant Seymour, who becomes a sensation when he discovers an exotic plant that craves fresh blood. Director Frank Oz will appear in person 10/4 to screen the rare, darker director's cut.
Join us for a celebration of the global phenomenon Yu-Gi-Oh! with a day of can’t-miss events for fans and newcomers alike!
As we celebrate Frank Oz, we take a look at the life of a superstar in whose success Mr. Oz most certainly had a hand. On 10/5 and 10/6 with Craig Shemin, President of the Jim Henson Legacy, in person!
Les Blank’s documentary remains perhaps the most compelling behind-the-scenes movie ever made about a film production.
Herzog’s pictorially stunning—and stunningly ambitious—adventure film stars Klaus Kinski as a deranged businessman determined to build an opera house in Peru. Screening 10/5 and 10/6.
When the Muppets’ college revue is a big hit, they decide to take the show all the way to Broadway. Adjusting to the hustle and bustle of New York City, Kermit takes a job at a local restaurant while he searches for a producer.
The global phenomenon Yu-Gi-Oh! has never been more visually exciting than in this 2016 film, presented as part of a day celebrating the series.
Les Blank’s documentary remains perhaps the most compelling behind-the-scenes movie ever made about a film production.
Les Blank’s documentary remains perhaps the most compelling behind-the-scenes movie ever made about a film production.
As we celebrate Frank Oz, we take a look at the life of a superstar in whose success Mr. Oz most certainly had a hand. On 10/5 and 10/6 with Craig Shemin, President of the Jim Henson Legacy, in person!
Herzog’s pictorially stunning—and stunningly ambitious—adventure film stars Klaus Kinski as a deranged businessman determined to build an opera house in Peru. Screening 10/5 and 10/6.
When the Muppets’ college revue is a big hit, they decide to take the show all the way to Broadway. Adjusting to the hustle and bustle of New York City, Kermit takes a job at a local restaurant while he searches for a producer. Director Frank Oz in person!
Les Blank’s documentary remains perhaps the most compelling behind-the-scenes movie ever made about a film production.
For the first time ever, five of the original Muppet performers come together to discuss the creation of their iconic characters under the visionary leadership of Jim Henson. With director Frank Oz in person!