An 11-year-old spends the summer coming to terms with her mother in this sublime film debut from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker.
BAM Film 2024
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Kinds of Kindness
Now Playing
Kinds of KindnessNow PlayingNEW RELEASEAcademy Award-nominated director Yorgos Lanthimos reunites with Emma Stone in a disarming triptych about what kindness can entail, also starring Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe.
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No Fear, No Die
Jul 19—Aug 1, 2024
No Fear, No DieJul 19—Aug 1, 2024The little-seen second feature by director Claire Denis is an unflinching portrait of two Black African immigrants scraping out a living through illegal cockfights on the outskirts of Paris.
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Mapantsula
Jul 26—Aug 1, 2024
MapantsulaJul 26—Aug 1, 2024A gangster arrested in apartheid-era South Africa has to choose between personal freedom and taking a stand in one of the most influential African films of all time.
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The Baffler Presents: Mind Game
Tue, Jul 30, 2024
The Baffler Presents: Mind GameTue, Jul 30, 2024Co-presented with The Baffler, this special screening of Masaaki Yuasa’s giddy, grotesque kaleidoscope of a film plays at BAM for one night only, featuring an introduction by writer Dan Piepenbring.
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Kneecap
Opens Aug 2
KneecapOpens Aug 2NEW RELEASEWhen fate brings JJ into the orbit of self-confessed “low-life scum” Naoise and Liam, the needle drops on a hip-hop act like no other in this fiercely original biopic about the infamous Irish musicians.
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Sing Sing
Opens Aug 2
Sing SingOpens Aug 2NEW RELEASEDivine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at the notorious Sing Sing prison for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose acting in a theater group alongside other incarcerated men in this stirring true story about the transformative power of art.
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Dìdi (弟弟)
Opens Aug 2
Dìdi (弟弟)Opens Aug 2NEW RELEASEAn impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy tries to figure out what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to navigate his complex relationship with his immigrant mom.
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FILM SERIES
Gentle Creatures: Robert Bresson and Mani Kaul
Mon, Aug 5, 2024
Gentle Creatures: Robert Bresson and Mani KaulMon, Aug 5, 2024Two disparate master filmmakers, Robert Bresson and Mani Kaul, present distinctive adaptations of a Dostoevsky short story, involving the tragic end of a troubled marriage.
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Rap World - New York premiere
Aug 6—Aug 8, 2024
Rap World - New York premiereAug 6—Aug 8, 2024Comedian Conner O’Malley and filmmaker Danny Scharar bring their brand of paranoiac comedy to the big screen in this mockumentary about a suburban rapper.
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FILM SERIES
Passing You By: Impostorism on Film
Aug 9—Aug 15, 2024
Passing You By: Impostorism on FilmAug 9—Aug 15, 2024This wide-ranging film series programmed by Jessica Green explores stories of pretending to be and being recognized as part of a race, class, gender, or other group than one’s own.
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FILM SERIES
SWEAT!
Aug 16—Aug 22, 2024
SWEAT!Aug 16—Aug 22, 2024Amid New York’s stickiest season, this series revels in the undeniably human sight of perspiration on-screen, featuring works by Chantal Akerman, Bob Fosse, Akira Kurosawa, and more.
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Cinema, Restored
Aug 16—Aug 22, 2024
Cinema, RestoredAug 16—Aug 22, 2024Celebrating the best recent restorations of classic works of cinema, this series brings some of the greatest films ever made to Brooklyn’s grandest movie theater, opening with a long-unavailable drama.
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Opens Aug 23
The Spook Who Sat by the DoorOpens Aug 23A disillusioned Black CIA agent uses his specialized training to build a guerrilla army intent on government overthrow in one of the most radical anti-white-supremacy statements in film history.
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