The Stepford Wives
In this second feature film adaptation of Ira Levin’s best-selling novel, the classic skewering of white-collar suburbia, screenwriter Paul Rudnick and Frank Oz dial up the comedy—and the feminist comeuppance.
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The second installment of the third Star Wars trilogy, Episode VIII follows emerging warrior Rey (Ridley) as she journeys to find, and train under, the legendary Jedi Master Luke Skywalker (Hamill).
Intercepted
Ukrainian intelligence services have intercepted thousands of personal phone calls Russian soldiers made from the battlefield to their families back home. Ukrainian-born filmmaker Oksana Karpovych juxtaposes a sampling of these audio recordings with footage of her country in the aftermath of destruction.
No Other Land
The year’s most urgent and devastating documentary is this collaboration between a group of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers and activists.
Black Box Diaries
In 2017, journalist Shiori Itō publicly accused a prominent media executive (and associate of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe) of rape, then weathered a cruel and intolerant backlash. Her book about her experience has been credited with sparking Japan’s #MeToo movement.
Union
The documentary that Amazon likely wouldn’t want you to see, this dynamic behind-the-scenes look at the efforts of Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island is a master class in nonfiction narrative filmmaking. Directors Brett Story and Stephen Maing will appear in person!
The End
From Academy Award–nominated director Joshua Oppenheimer comes a poignant and deeply human musical about a family that survived the end of the world. Free with RSVP!
The Empire Strikes Back
Arriving three summers after Star Wars permanently altered the trajectory of popular cinema, The Empire Strikes Back continued the saga and diversified the brand.
AUTOMAT0M: A Dream Punk Show
In connection with Recording the Ride: The Rise of Street-Style Skate Videos, MoMI presents a free punk show featuring the cyberpunk, hardcore music of Automat0m! As seen in the soundtrack selections of many skate videos in the exhibition, the fast tempos of punk music were an essential part of ’80s and ’90s skate culture and influenced the editing of skate videos.
Good One
In one of the year’s most remarkable breakout performances, Lily Collias plays wise teenager Sam, who has been invited along with her divorced dad and his best friend on a weekend camping trip in upstate New York. Moving, unsettling, and ultimately empowering, the film was a breakout of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Director India Donaldson will appear in person!
Loosely Based on Professionalism: The Skate Video and Experimental Cinema
In conjunction with MoMI’s exhibition Recording the Ride: The Rise of Street-Style Skate Videos, on 12/6 the New York–based artist/filmmaker Simon Liu will present a performative lecture reflecting on his years growing up as a skateboarder and videographer in Hong Kong.
Dersu Uzala
One of Akira Kurosawa’s greatest films, this spellbinding, Oscar-winning Soviet-Japanese coproduction follows a Russian cartographer at the turn of the twentieth century as he surveys a region in the Far East of Russia. Screens 12/7 and 12/15.