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The Junk Dump Film Festival highlights emerging and underrepresented filmmakers working at the intersection of video art and storytelling, presenting a curated program of narrative, animated, and experimental short films made by artists using unique processes to tell singular and engaging stories.
Set in a future where U.S. citizens can be arrested for crimes they have not yet committed, Spielberg's film raises questions of guilt and innocence that seem eerily prescient. Screens 7/25 and 7/27 on 35mm.
Ragtag draws from more than 300 film noirs from the 1940s and 1950s to reveal the intoxicating dreamlike nature of the genre, and Desire draws from melodramas from around the world. Giuseppe Boccassini will appear in person for a conversation about his work, along with Tom Gunning via Zoom.
With a shock of white hair, Tom Cruise expertly inhabits one of his true unambiguously villainous characters in Michael Mann's slick action thriller. Screens 7/26 and 7/27.
Join us for a special guided tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition! The tour costs $5.00 per visitor (on top of admission ticket).
Stanley Kubrick’s mysterious and profound sci-fi epic—“the ultimate trip”—is about nothing less than the beauty and the banality of civilization. Screens 7/31-8/24.
From the 1920s through the early 1940s, the Fleischer Studios' cartoon shorts were immensely successful, their popularity and cultural ubiquity rivaling those of Walt Disney. In 2022, spearheaded by Max Fleischer's granddaughter, Jane Fleischer Reid, a restoration effort began for the Fleischer Studios cartoons. This program includes Dizzy Dishes (1930), featuring the first appearance of a character who would come to be known as Betty Boop. Also on view are Somewhere in Dreamland (1936) and the classic Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936); both shot in Technicolor.
Join us for a night of discussions and dance featuring legendary DJ Rekha’s Bollywood Disco on Friday, August 1. Classic numbers, live performances, film favorites, and disco grooves are remixed into bangers that will keep you dancing the night away.
Stanley Kubrick’s mysterious and profound sci-fi epic—“the ultimate trip”—is about nothing less than the beauty and the banality of civilization. Screens 7/31-8/24.
Explore one of the world’s most important inventions through the lens of cinema. Cinematographer Mia Cioffi Henry joins us in a conversation about the art and science of cinematography and film lighting, with a focus on the impact of Black innovations in the field.
The action spectacle of summer ’22 took audiences by storm and surprise with its old-fashioned storytelling vigor and brilliantly orchestrated stunt work that demands to be seen on a big screen.
This portrait of African American inventor, engineer, poet, artist, and American Civil War veteran Lewis H. Latimer is told through the experiences of his wife, Mary, on the eve of Lewis's historic modification to the incandescent lightbulb. Following the screening, join us for an Artists’ Conversation with Let There Be Light director Jon K. Jones and lighting designer Quincy Drane who has created a cinema-inspired light installation on the Museum’s first floor, “Magic Hours.” Lewis Latimer House executive director Ran Yan will moderate the conversation.
Join us for a special guided tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition! The tour costs $5.00 per visitor (on top of admission ticket).
After last summer's smash success, we're pleased to bring back the world's #1 cat video festival. Each year, across the country, local theaters partner with nearby cat-focused charities, animal welfare associations and shelters alike—a portion of ticket proceeds from every show goes directly to local cats in need.
A box-office smash and cultural touchstone of Reagan-era America, the original Top Gun was, and remains, an unapologetic turbo-engined Hollywood spectacle. 70mm print featuring a rare 6-track magnetic soundtrack!
Writer, director, and star Eva Victor—in an auspicious triple-threat debut—upends the way we usually tell stories of trauma in this unabashedly frank and transcendently funny portrait. Screening introduced by cinematographer Mia Cioffi Henry.
Stanley Kubrick’s mysterious and profound sci-fi epic—“the ultimate trip”—is about nothing less than the beauty and the banality of civilization. Screens 7/31-8/24.
A box-office smash and cultural touchstone of Reagan-era America, the original Top Gun was, and remains, an unapologetic turbo-engined Hollywood spectacle. 70mm print featuring a rare 6-track magnetic soundtrack!
After last summer's smash success, we're pleased to bring back the world's #1 cat video festival. Each year, across the country, local theaters partner with nearby cat-focused charities, animal welfare associations and shelters alike—a portion of ticket proceeds from every show goes directly to local cats in need.
The action spectacle of summer ’22 took audiences by storm and surprise with its old-fashioned storytelling vigor and brilliantly orchestrated stunt work that demands to be seen on a big screen.
Stanley Kubrick’s mysterious and profound sci-fi epic—“the ultimate trip”—is about nothing less than the beauty and the banality of civilization. Screens 7/31-8/24.
Join us for a special guided tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition! The tour costs $5.00 per visitor (on top of admission ticket).
Tony Scott brings his virtuosic talent for hyper-real sound and image to the NASCAR stadium in this summer 1990 flashback from Simpson-Bruckheimer, which reapplies the Top Gun template to the world of auto racing with verve and style, casting Tom Cruise as a hotshot young racer.
This August, the Caribbean American Center of New York is teaming up with MoMI’s Neighborhood Council for a festive celebration of Caribbean culture, music, and cuisine.
After last summer's smash success, we're pleased to bring back the world's #1 cat video festival. Each year, across the country, local theaters partner with nearby cat-focused charities, animal welfare associations and shelters alike—a portion of ticket proceeds from every show goes directly to local cats in need.
One of this year’s most accomplished and wildly popular films, Ryan Coogler’s beautifully crafted, multilayered genre mashup traces a gripping, unpredictable story about Black folklore, cultural inheritance, the legacy of popular music, and, yes, vampires.
Join us for a special guided tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition! The tour costs $5.00 per visitor (on top of admission ticket).
After last summer's smash success, we're pleased to bring back the world's #1 cat video festival. Each year, across the country, local theaters partner with nearby cat-focused charities, animal welfare associations and shelters alike—a portion of ticket proceeds from every show goes directly to local cats in need.
From acclaimed action filmmaker, stunt performer, and stunt coordinator David Leitch and Kelly McCormick’s 87North Productions—whose kinetic action films include See It Big: Stunts selections Atomic Blonde and The Fall Guy—Ilya Naishuller’s viscerally violent Nobody features Bob Odenkirk as family man Hutch Mansell. Amidst a barrage of fists, gunfire, and squealing tires, Hutch must save his wife and son from a dangerous adversary—and ensure that he will never be underestimated again.
With its humane, clear-eyed portrayal of alcohol addiction, dynamic soundtrack, and emotional star performances by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, this spectacular successor to the durable story screens with Dolby Atmos surround sound on 8/9.
Tony Scott brings his virtuosic talent for hyper-real sound and image to the NASCAR stadium in this summer 1990 flashback from Simpson-Bruckheimer, which reapplies the Top Gun template to the world of auto racing with verve and style, casting Tom Cruise as a hotshot young racer.
After last summer's smash success, we're pleased to bring back the world's #1 cat video festival. Each year, across the country, local theaters partner with nearby cat-focused charities, animal welfare associations and shelters alike—a portion of ticket proceeds from every show goes directly to local cats in need.
Hollywood self-parodies are a dime a dozen, but Ben Stiller’s pleasingly tasteless takedown of the industry—from egomaniacal actors to grotesque producers to the clichéd big-budget products themselves—is a riotous pleasure throughout.
Stanley Kubrick’s mysterious and profound sci-fi epic—“the ultimate trip”—is about nothing less than the beauty and the banality of civilization. Screens 7/31-8/24.
Join us for a special guided tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition! The tour costs $5.00 per visitor (on top of admission ticket).
Lars von Trier’s brilliant, polarizing drama starring Nicole Kidman subverts cinematic conventions about small-town American values. Screens 8/15 as part of Eddington City Limits.
The Safdies' electrifying crime thriller about Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler), a charismatic Diamond District jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score, features a brilliantly anxiety-provoking, multi-layered sound design.
One of this year’s most accomplished and wildly popular films, Ryan Coogler’s beautifully crafted, multilayered genre mashup traces a gripping, unpredictable story about Black folklore, cultural inheritance, the legacy of popular music, and, yes, vampires.
The peak of Altman’s prolific career was this panoramic view of American life circa 1975, set in the nation’s country-music capital, featuring terrific original songs and an unforgettable ending. With Ari Aster in person on 8/17.
Before they became the heroic, inseparable duo of the Mission: Impossible franchise, producer-star Tom Cruise and writer-director Christopher McQuarrie collaborated on this invigorating action thriller in which Cruise headlines as a taciturn, ex-U.S. Army major and Military Police Corps investigator.
Stanley Kubrick’s mysterious and profound sci-fi epic—“the ultimate trip”—is about nothing less than the beauty and the banality of civilization. Screens 7/31-8/24.
Director-writer Ethan Coen and writer-producer-editor Tricia Cooke’s latest collaboration, Honey Don't! is a dark comedy about a small-town private investigator named Honey O’Donahue (Margaret Qualley), who delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church. Followed by a Q&A with Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke.
With the playfully unlikely casting of anti-heartthrob Gould as private eye Philip Marlowe, The Long Goodbye is both a satire of and an homage to the world of Raymond Chandler, a neo-noir classic that transplants the novelist’s languid vision of Los Angeles to the 1970s. Introduced by Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke.
Hitchcock's breathless, almost improbably entertaining suspense thriller is his ultimate “wrong man” movie, with Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill, an unassuming advertising executive on the run from a dastardly group of spies who have mistaken him for a government agent.
The yellow brick road has lost none of its allegorical power—or visual splendor—nearly ninety years later. The Wizard of Oz is particularly overwhelming as a big-screen experience, its fantasy world thrilling in its magical details, its teenaged leading lady overwhelming in her emotional magnetism.
Hitchcock's breathless, almost improbably entertaining suspense thriller is his ultimate “wrong man” movie, with Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill, an unassuming advertising executive on the run from a dastardly group of spies who have mistaken him for a government agent.
At the height of his cinematic powers, Oliver Stone got this miraculously personal studio film green-lit—a feat that now feels all but unthinkable. This free-wheeling, brilliantly constructed head-trip feels awfully prescient in its “there is no bottom” perspective on American history and conspiracy.
Hitchcock's breathless, almost improbably entertaining suspense thriller is his ultimate “wrong man” movie, with Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill, an unassuming advertising executive on the run from a dastardly group of spies who have mistaken him for a government agent.
Stanley Kubrick’s mysterious and profound sci-fi epic—“the ultimate trip”—is about nothing less than the beauty and the banality of civilization. Screens 7/31-8/24.
Peckinpah’s masterpiece is at once classical and revisionist, an exemplar of the very genre it so brilliantly subverts, building towards a famously violent climax that seemed to all but put a fork in the genre.
See a newly restored 2009 anime feature from Mamoru Hosoda, the Academy Award–nominated director of Belle and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Critically dismissed at the time of its release, Spielberg’s grand folly is a lavish spectacle that has attracted a major cult following. A slapstick behemoth on a massive, budget-busting scale, 1941 charts the fictional pandemonium that ensues among a group of frenzied Los Angelenos after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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.
At the height of his cinematic powers, Oliver Stone got this miraculously personal studio film green-lit—a feat that now feels all but unthinkable. This free-wheeling, brilliantly constructed head-trip feels awfully prescient in its “there is no bottom” perspective on American history and conspiracy.
See a newly restored 2009 anime feature from Mamoru Hosoda, the Academy Award–nominated director of Belle and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Peckinpah’s masterpiece is at once classical and revisionist, an exemplar of the very genre it so brilliantly subverts, building towards a famously violent climax that seemed to all but put a fork in the genre.
See a newly restored 2009 anime feature from Mamoru Hosoda, the Academy Award–nominated director of Belle and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
What is the role of the filmmaker in scientific research and conservation? Expedition films show us the work of scientists in the field and document important behavior. But does adding more humans to the scene disrupt animal activity or damage the environment? Join us for a screening of Ivohiboro: The Lost Forest, followed by a conversation about fieldwork and the collaboration between scientists and filmmaking teams.
In fall 2023, Dr. Patricia Wright—renowned primatologist, MacArthur Fellow, and pioneer in rainforest conservation—led a team of young scientists on a daring 30-day expedition into this Ivohiboro, a pristine tropical forest reigning over the rugged plains of Southeast Madagascar.
A portrait of the budding artist as a young boy, told completely from inside the child’s mind, The Long Day Closes is Terence Davies’s exquisitely beautiful work of autobiographical fantasia. Followed by book event celebrating the reissue of Terence Davies’s novel Hallelujah Now.