Programs
BAMcinématek
BAMcinématek presents classic films, premieres, festivals, and retrospectives, with appearances by filmmakers, actors, and critics.
"The four screening rooms nestled into a stately palace on Lafayette Avenue provide a year-round menu of new independent releases and smartly programmed series." —A.O. Scott, The New York Times
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Explore the surprising connections between seemingly far-fetched Hollywood fantasy and real life science—with the experts on hand at each screening to explain it all!
Bresson, Fellini, and Truffaut all felt the wrath of the French festival’s fickle audience, with films that were met with incomprehension, disdain, and deafening jeers.
Discover the best new films from Kenya, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and beyond in this cinematic companion to DanceAfrica.
A pop-culture juggernaut since the success of his era-defining creation Buffy the Vampire Slayer, writer-director Joss Whedon comes to BAM to discuss his latest film and a cult favorite.
This series of contemporary Russian films features acclaimed work by masters Alexander Sokurov and Sergei Loznitsa. Several films will be followed by Q&As.
Discover the silent films of the world's most famous director in nine new restorations and featuring live music.
This 18-film retrospective is a wild and wired tribute to one of comedy’s most incendiary voices.
This festival of new black cinema returns for its third year with films that redefine the black experience.
Swoon your way through Valentine’s Day with this beloved royalty-gone-wild romantic comedy.
From dreamy romantic comedy to queasy K-horror, we gather the best in recent Korean cinema.
Cher is at her Oscar-winning best in this delightful Brooklyn Heights-set romantic comedy.
We salute the life of beloved Cinemachat host Elliott Stein with a collection of rarities.
This series presents two neglected world cinema masterpieces in eye-opening restorations.
America's leading French film festival!
This series gathers seven rare gems that explore the sounds of North Africa.
Ron Howard's sword-and-sorcery spectacle turns 25 this year.
This retrospective celebrates one of French cinema's greatest actresses at her smoldering best.
Jacques Rivette’s masterful thriller is a hallucinatory cinephilic fever dream.
Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreations) stars in this award-winning, deadpan comedic fable.
The line between heartbreak and derangement is thin in this bold, unsettling film.
The films of Hayao Miyazaki are testaments to the enduring power of animation.
A trio of aliens prowl a day-glo 80s LA in this delightfully goofy cult musical.
Kitano combines eye-popping violence, deadpan humor, and disarming sincerity.
Douglas Sirk’s amazing melodramas take bourgeois crises to Wagnerian heights.
Two vital new documentaries explore major environmental dilemmas.
A marathon of Malick masterpieces in sublime 35mm.
Buddy Holly goes from Texas teen to 1950s superstar in this appealing biopic.
Straub and Huillet’s take on Kafka’s Amerika is a dystopian anti-capitalist fable.
William Friedkin’s remarkable 70s output captures its era’s volatile spirit.
Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, and company wreak havoc in this special family matinee!
Greta Gerwig stars in this endearing, NYC-set homage to the French New Wave.