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Tracking the search for serial killer Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) in a haunted cityscape, Fritz Lang’s 1931 masterpiece is at once a late-Weimar era milestone and a vivid precursor to film noir. Introduced by Tom Gunning on 4/26.
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New York Arab Festival 2025 Shorts Program
This program aims to showcase the diversity of contemporary Arab cinema and video art through a wide range of cultural references, visual languages, and artistic choices. The first section will feature experimental formats pushing the boundaries of film and video; the second will focus on short-form fiction and docufiction films that explore themes of migration, mobility, and displacement.
Cliffhanger
The spectacular, throat-gripping suspense of Renny Harlin’s Cliffhanger demands the big screen. A mid-career triumph for Stallone, this action thriller hit from the slam-bang summer of 1993 is a marvel of mountain climbing and aerial stunt coordination. Screening 4/25 and 4/27.
The Last Taxi Driver
In this erotically charged Greek psychological thriller, a middle-aged cab driver grappling with his thwarted ambitions finds his life suddenly upended when he witnesses the suicide of one of his customers. Screens 4/27 as part of Always on Sunday: Greek Film Series. Followed by a live Q&A with director Stergios Paschos on Zoom.
Flirt + Film Comment Live with Tom Gunning
Hal Hartley’s experimental narrative tells a simple story of love and loss in three cities, repeating the same situations but with subtle shifts. Introduced by Tom Gunning, followed by a live taping of the Film Comment Podcast.
Films by Ken Jacobs, Stan Brakhage, and Peggy Ahwesh
This program of avant-garde film is inspired by three of the essential pieces in Tom Gunning’s new book The Attractions of the Moving Image.
Stories of Solitude: Taiwanese Creators on Directing in VR
This free panel features four visionary Taiwanese directors who created the VR projects featured within the current exhibition Portals of Solitude: Virtual Realities from Taiwan.
The Fast and the Furious
The first in the immensely popular car-racing action franchise stars Vin Diesel as a notorious illegal street racer and Paul Walker as the undercover LAPD officer who infiltrates his crew to track down a gang of thieves and bring them to justice following an elaborate California freeway heist.
The Fast and the Furious
The first in the immensely popular car-racing action franchise stars Vin Diesel as a notorious illegal street racer and Paul Walker as the undercover LAPD officer who infiltrates his crew to track down a gang of thieves and bring them to justice following an elaborate California freeway heist.
Safety Last!
In his most fabulous—and iconic—display of death-defying derring-do, comedy legend Harold Lloyd is a small-town kid who has just arrived in the big city. Screening as part of See It Big: Stunts! and Silents, Please!
Thunderball
This fourth entry in the James Bond franchise submerges suave star Sean Connery into a whirlwind of deep-sea intrigue, featuring incredible underwater stunts.
Safety Last!
In his most fabulous—and iconic—display of death-defying derring-do, comedy legend Harold Lloyd is a small-town kid who has just arrived in the big city. Screening as part of See It Big: Stunts! and Silents, Please!