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Over the course of many months of filming, and through interactions with a multitude of women, Claire Simon captures a spectrum of fears, desires, and struggles, and a representation of women at all stages of life. Simon's extraordinary documentary screens 1/28.
Howard Hawks's brilliant, mile-a-minute classic screwball comedy His Girl Friday starring Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant screens on a 35mm print on 1/27 and 1/28.
Snubbed: James Cagney Dir. William A. Wellman. 1931, U.S. 83 mins. 35mm. With James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell. Wellman’s quintessential pre-Code gangster melodrama, in which Tom Powers rises through the criminal underworld ...
Yorgos Lanthimos's bold, intricately designed fairy tale, recapitulating and reimagining the Frankenstein myth as a story of feminist awakening, screens 1/28.
Snubbed: Humphrey Bogart Dir. John Huston. 1941, U.S. 101 mins. 4K DCP. With Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Gladys George. Huston’s improbably accomplished first film, adapted from the novel by Dashiell Hammett, ...
Come hear artist David Levine, whose Dissolution is on display in our Amphitheater Gallery, talk with film critic Danielle Burgos and Curator of Science & Technology Sonia Epstein. Followed by a screening of 1992’s cyber-horror meltdown The Lawnmower Man.
The film gathered a strong cult following for its absolute weirdness and groundbreaking, if dated, visual effects, which include a full CGI human avatar, a cybersex scene, and depictions of a virtual reality world that influenced the look of future productions.
Snubbed: Robert Walker Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. 1951, U.S. 101 mins. DCP. With Robert Walker, Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Pat Hitchcock, Leo G. Carroll. When wealthy Bruno Antony (Walker) meets handsome tennis star Guy Haines (Granger) ...
Paul Robeson's most iconic film, the big-screen adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s play, was shot at the Astoria Studios. See the 35mm print from the Library of Congress on 2/3 and 2/4.
Join us for an afternoon of film, music, and refreshments presented by community partner Emerald Isle Immigration Center, in collaboration with Access Health NYC, NAIF Art Studio, and NYC Care, to embrace hope in the midst of winter.
Two strangers fall in love while consuming hallucinogenic worms together. Their psychotic bender takes them on a downward spiral through the back alleys of Chicago and into the primordial ooze. With writer-director Alex Phillips in person!
One of the most revered production designers in film, will discuss her remarkable career on 2/4 following a screening of a personal favorite, Six Degrees of Separation, based on John Guare’s play about a Manhattan socialite and a seductive con artist.
Snubbed: Humphrey Bogart Dir. John Huston. 1941, U.S. 101 mins. 4K DCP. With Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Gladys George. Huston’s improbably accomplished first film, adapted from the novel by Dashiell Hammett, ...
Paul Robeson's most iconic film, the big-screen adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s play, was shot at the Astoria Studios. See the 35mm print from the Library of Congress on 2/3 and 2/4.
Snubbed: Robert Walker Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. 1951, U.S. 101 mins. DCP. With Robert Walker, Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Pat Hitchcock, Leo G. Carroll. When wealthy Bruno Antony (Walker) meets handsome tennis star Guy Haines (Granger) ...
In 2018, the Muscogee Nation, one of the only Native American tribes to have established its own free press, suffered a grievous setback to its civil liberties. This documentary will be followed by a discussion with director Joe Peeler.
John Cassavetes's theater drama, starring a staggering Gena Rowlands, is one of cinema’s finest portrayals of aging, and a superb exploration of acting. See it 2/9 and 2/10.
Join MoMI on 2/10 for a special Valentine-themed event celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Muppet Show predecessor "The Muppets Valentine Show," featuring Mia Farrow. With Craig Shemin, Karen Falk and Rollie Krewson in person.
John Cassavetes's theater drama, starring a staggering Gena Rowlands, is one of cinema’s finest portrayals of aging, and a superb exploration of acting. See it 2/9 and 2/10.
This intimate and inspiring drama candidly takes us through the first three years of Hanan Harchol’s journey as a new inner-city public high school film teacher. Followed by a moderated panel discussion featuring leaders in the public school education field.
Prince's tongue-in-cheek musical drama about a piano bar gigolo in the French riviera who seduces and then falls for a caged-bird heiress was a box-office flop in its time but now appears as the most sheerly gorgeous of Prince's five films. Screening on 35mm 2/11 and 2/18.
Shot over six years, this documentary captures the radical transformation of “the Crossroads of the Universe” from a democratic, interracial home to free speech and free spirits into a sanitized, soulless corporate theme park.
The 2024 Oscar nominee Four Daughters is a compelling portrait of five women and an ambitious work of nonfiction cinema that pushes against the conventional boundaries of the documentary form. Director Kaouther Ben Hania in person on 2/15.
Join us for an exciting new weekend installation of playable video games created by the Creative Tech interns of Tech Kids Unlimited. In our Game Lab, visitors are invited to play various video games about climate change created by autistic game designers from TKU and displayed on arcades.
Jean-Luc Godard’s eccentric, wildly unconventional work of sci-fi film noir starring Eddie Constantine and Anna Karina screens 2/16.
Scorsese’s dark and brilliant ode to classic MGM musicals, starring a sensational Liza Minnelli and Robert De Niro, plays on 35mm February 18.
Artist Robert Longo’s singular vision meets Hollywood in this 1990s sci-fi, adapted from William Gibson’s story of the same name and set in a dystopian 2021.
Snubbed: River Phoenix Dir. Gus Van Sant. 1991, U.S. 102 mins. DCP. With River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, William Richert, James Russo, Udo Kier. Phoenix had already received an Oscar nomination for Running on Empty, and ...
Join us for MoMI community partner The Afrikan Poetry Theatre's annual film festival in honor of Black History Month. Featuring a selection of vibrant new films, including a 45-minute short film program with a discussion followed by a screening of the musical documentary Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between. Free with RSVP.
Snubbed: Charles Grodin Dir. Elaine May. 1972, U.S. 106 mins. 35mm print courtesy of the BFI National Archive. With Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepard, Jeannie Berlin, Eddie Albert, Audra Lindley. May’s gutsy anti-romantic comedy stars a ...
Prince's tongue-in-cheek musical drama about a piano bar gigolo in the French riviera who seduces and then falls for a caged-bird heiress was a box-office flop in its time but now appears as the most sheerly gorgeous of Prince's five films. Screening on 35mm 2/11 and 2/18.
In this riveting, emphatically theatrical domestic drama, family members gather to celebrate their ailing patriarch's birthday.
Snubbed: River Phoenix Dir. Gus Van Sant. 1991, U.S. 102 mins. DCP. With River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, William Richert, James Russo, Udo Kier. Phoenix had already received an Oscar nomination for Running on Empty, and ...
Scorsese’s dark and brilliant ode to classic MGM musicals, starring a sensational Liza Minnelli and Robert De Niro, plays on 35mm February 18.
The legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki returns after a decade’s hiatus with an extraordinary and eccentric tale of a young boy entering an alternate realm of existence to help change his real world. Screening February 19–23
The legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki returns after a decade’s hiatus with an extraordinary and eccentric tale of a young boy entering an alternate realm of existence to help change his real world. Screening February 19–23
The legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki returns after a decade’s hiatus with an extraordinary and eccentric tale of a young boy entering an alternate realm of existence to help change his real world. Screening February 19–23
The legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki returns after a decade’s hiatus with an extraordinary and eccentric tale of a young boy entering an alternate realm of existence to help change his real world. Screening February 19–23
The legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki returns after a decade’s hiatus with an extraordinary and eccentric tale of a young boy entering an alternate realm of existence to help change his real world. Screening February 19–23
Tarantino's brilliantly made, impossibly entertaining movie is one of his greatest achievements, starring a poignant, mesmerizing Pam Grier. See it on 35mm Friday 2/23 and Saturday 2/24.
Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense is considered by many critics the greatest concert film of all time.
This blockbuster adaptation of the hit 1960s television series gave Harrison Ford one of his greatest roles as Dr. Richard Kimble, a surgeon framed for the murder of his wife. Screening 2/24 and 2/25 on 35mm.
Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense is considered by many critics the greatest concert film of all time.
Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense is considered by many critics the greatest concert film of all time.
Snubbed: Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney Dir. Steven Soderbergh. 1998, U.S. 123 mins. 35mm. With George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Albert Brooks, Don Cheadle, Ving Rhames, Catherine Keener, Viola Davis. Soderbergh’s seductive and sleekly earthy adaptation ...
Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense is considered by many critics the greatest concert film of all time.
Tarantino's brilliantly made, impossibly entertaining movie is one of his greatest achievements, starring a poignant, mesmerizing Pam Grier. See it on 35mm Friday 2/23 and Saturday 2/24.
Snubbed: Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney Dir. Steven Soderbergh. 1998, U.S. 123 mins. 35mm. With George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Albert Brooks, Don Cheadle, Ving Rhames, Catherine Keener, Viola Davis. Soderbergh’s seductive and sleekly earthy adaptation ...
Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense is considered by many critics the greatest concert film of all time.
Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense is considered by many critics the greatest concert film of all time.
This blockbuster adaptation of the hit 1960s television series gave Harrison Ford one of his greatest roles as Dr. Richard Kimble, a surgeon framed for the murder of his wife. Screening 2/24 and 2/25 on 35mm.
Snubbed: Charles Grodin Dir. Elaine May. 1972, U.S. 106 mins. 35mm print courtesy of the BFI National Archive. With Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepard, Jeannie Berlin, Eddie Albert, Audra Lindley. May’s gutsy anti-romantic comedy stars a ...
Adam Sandler plays an astronaut who realizes that the marriage he left behind on Earth might not be waiting for him when he returns. Free screening, courtesy of Netflix. With director Johan Renck in person!
Scorsese’s sumptuous cinematic rendering of Edith Wharton’s novel about the social mores of turn-of-the-century New York, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Daniel Day-Lewis, screens March 1 and 3.
Join Movie Trivia NYC at MoMI for an evening of Oscars trivia, featuring a guest round from Michael Koresky.
Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense is considered by many critics the greatest concert film of all time.
Fassbinder's vision of the future in 1970s aesthetics follows a cybernetics engineer Fred Stiller who is employed by Simulacron, a program that creates simulations of people who don’t know they are not flesh-and-blood in order to predict social, economic, and political events.
Terence Davies’s magnificent adaptation of Edith Wharton’s 1905 novel is a sumptuous triumph all around, yet its beating, battered heart belongs to Gillian Anderson, who miraculously evokes tragic heroine Lily Bart. Encore screening 3/22 on 35mm.
George Lucas made his astonishing feature debut with this dystopian science-fiction film, screening 3/2.
Join us for a community event from 1:00–5:00 p.m. on March 3, organized by Shireen Soliman and MoMI’s Neighborhood Council. Immerse yourself in the joyful spirit of Ramadan as we celebrate with a day of fun programming for all ages.
This Oscar-nominated film is based on Deborah Ellis’s novel about a young girl, Parvana, growing up under Taliban's Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan as the War on Terror begins. Followed by a panel discussion about representation of Muslims and Ramadan in film and media.
Scorsese’s sumptuous cinematic rendering of Edith Wharton’s novel about the social mores of turn-of-the-century New York, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Daniel Day-Lewis, screens March 1 and 3.
Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense is considered by many critics the greatest concert film of all time.
Terence Davies’s magnificent adaptation of Edith Wharton’s 1905 novel is a sumptuous triumph all around, yet its beating, battered heart belongs to Gillian Anderson, who miraculously evokes tragic heroine Lily Bart. Encore screening 3/22 on 35mm.
Snubbed: Regina Hall Dir. Andrew Bujalski. 2018, U.S. 93 mins. DCP. With Regina Hall, Haley Lu Richardson, Dylan Gelula, Zoe Graham. Regina Hall is effortlessly magnetic as Lisa, the general manager of the Hooters-like sports ...
Snubbed: Charles Grodin Dir. Elaine May. 1972, U.S. 106 mins. 35mm print courtesy of the BFI National Archive. With Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepard, Jeannie Berlin, Eddie Albert, Audra Lindley. May’s gutsy anti-romantic comedy stars a ...
When his hairdressing salon is destroyed by the municipality, Romeo must leave the high street of Toamasina for a harder-to-find shack in a residential neighborhood. Madagascan director Michael Andrianaly will appear in person with his wonderful documentary Nofinofy on 3/8.
Criminal mastermind Constantine, a Kermit the Frog look-alike, replaces Kermit as the Muppets go on a European tour. Introduced by Craig Shemin on 3/9 and 3/10.
Jonathan Demme was at the height of his madcap powers with this quintessential rollicking eighties comic adventure starring a breakout Melanie Griffith as the maniacally free-spirited Lulu.
An intimately raw and magical journey through the life, mind, and heart of Frida Kahlo, Frida tells the artist's story through her own words for the very first time. Director Carla Gutiérrez in person.
Mike Leigh's brilliantly unexpected comedy about happiness and the perception of our shared reality stars a singular Sally Hawkins as Poppy, a bouncy, relentlessly optimistic primary school teacher from North London. See it in 35mm during our Snubbed series 3/9 and 3/10.
