Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Join us for a special guided tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition! The tour costs $5.00 per visitor (on top of admission ticket).
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2001: A Space Odyssey (70mm)
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.
Fleischer Studios Cartoons – Restored!
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.
Bollywood Disco: Talk + Party
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.
2001: A Space Odyssey (70mm)
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.
Magic Hours: Engineering Lighting for Cinema
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.
Top Gun: Maverick
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.
Let There Be Light screening & Artists’ Conversation
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.
Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Join us for a special guided tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition! The tour costs $5.00 per visitor (on top of admission ticket).
CatVideoFest 2025
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.
Top Gun (70mm)
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!
Sorry, Baby
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.