Inside the Henson Vault
In this presentation of some of Henson's rarest works. Jim Henson Legacy President Craig Shemin will screen a collection of commercials, industrials, short films, early guest appearances, and other neat stuff on 7/19.
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Doris Wishman Double: Indecent Desires & Another Day, Another Man
Doris Wishman was one of the most prolific women filmmakers in the history of America cinema, exploitation or otherwise. These two selections show her flair for creating surrealist works, from bleak themes to radical editing.
Eyes Wide Shut
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman are unforgettable in the final masterpiece by Stanley Kubrick, now rightly recognized as one of the great works of modern cinema—as mysterious and perfectly unsettled as ever. See it as part of Tom Cruise, Above and Beyond, in 35mm.
WeatherSys Admin
WeatherSys Admin is an interactive arcade cabinet that casts visitors as new hires at W.E.T.S. (Weather Event Tools Systems), a fictional non-governmental organization (NGO) tasked with responding to global ecological crises. Installed at a fictionalized weather response terminal, players are surrounded by CRT monitors, blinking buttons, and labeled inputs offering access to six distinct tools, each a self-contained video game.
Laylat Hob: A Celebration of Arab Culture
Join us for Laylat Hob (A Night of Love)! Organized by MoMI Neighborhood Council member Daleelah Saleh, this event celebrates Arab culture across mediums and diasporas, featuring work by New York–based SWANA (Southwest Asia and North Africa) artists; a talk about storytelling as representation and preservation with Laith Zuaiter, Zina Louhaichy, and Ahmad Al-Wahidi; henna; and music by DJ Fatin remixing classics and modern hits.
Minority Report
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.
West Side Story
Steven Spielberg’s masterful update of the epochal 1957 stage musical is an explosion of color, movement, balleticism, and unabashed emotion, with a brilliant, meticulously updated script by Tony Kushner, reconceived yet faithful to the show’s original story and essential power. Screens in Dolby Atmos on 7/26.
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).
Collateral
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.
Junk Dump Film Festival 2025: Day One
The festival presents a curated program of narrative, animated, and experimental short films made by artists using unique processes to tell singular and engaging stories.