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Film
Presenting classic films, premieres, festivals, and retrospectives, with appearances by filmmakers, actors, and critics.
“[A] vital arts center…dedicated to forgotten and overlooked…directors." —Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
Leadership support for BAM Film programs
provided by The
Thompson Family Foundation
Major support for BAM Film provided by the Ford Foundation
Two queer girls start a fight club at school to try and lose their virginities in this raunchy, subversive, no-holds-barred comedy starring Ayo Edebiri and Rachel Sennott.
Paul Dano is just a regular dude who sinks his life savings into GameStop stock in this insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street.
See the Talking Heads at their exhilarating best in this new restoration of Jonathan Demme’s acclaimed 1984 concert film, which includes their most memorable songs.
Captured in magnificent black and white, one of the year’s most unforgettable films follows an ideological clash in a remote West African village.
This biannual series showcases the best and brightest cinema from across the Caribbean and its diaspora, featuring a documentary screening and new shorts program.
For one night only, witness the viral, mysteriously surreal 90s animations only recently discovered to be the work of grandmother Lynn Ochberg, who joins us virtually for a Q&A.
The New York Film Festival brings a selection of the festival’s lineup directly to Brooklyn audiences, showcasing exceptional new films from around the world.
A rare 35mm screening of Ice Cube’s ambitious directorial debut, an endlessly quotable look at LA’s erotic dance scene that has become the blueprint for Black striptease film discourse.
NewFest returns to BAM with a thrilling lineup of highly anticipated LGBTQ+ films from around the world.
Martin Scorsese directs this western crime saga about the battle between the oil-rich Osage Nation and the white men who came for their fortune, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Lily Gladstone.
The first US retrospective of an indelible voice from the Caribbean diaspora, who uses biting comedy to expose the cruel absurdities of life spent in France while Black. Series includes two in-person Q&As with Laou!
Celebrate Halloween week with this collection of films taking place around October 31st, from shriek-inducing slashers to beloved family classics.
In the aftermath of a violent hold-up at a train station in Normandy, a man whose family was killed decides to take the law into his own hands in this violent classic from Serge Leroy.
A man’s fatal fall casts suspicion on his wife in this thrilling new courtroom drama about marriage, family, and the depths of a conflicted relationship.
Cate Blanchett gives a career-high performance as a renowned composer in Todd Field’s drama.
Artist Nan Goldin fights to hold the Sacklers accountable for the opioid crisis.
From Darren Aronofsky, a story about a recluse who attempts to reconnect with his daughter.
Sarah Polley’s drama of religious crisis with Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, and Frances McDormand.
Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, and Diego Calva star in Damien Chazelle’s tale of excess in 20s LA.
A poignant journey through Whitney Houston’s trailblazing life, career, and beloved hits.
A documentary exploring the 50-year relationship between a writer and his longtime editor.
A retelling of the life of Pauli Murray, pioneering attorney, activist, priest, and writer.
Activists try to save the world with a public meeting in Back to Back Theatre’s dark comedy.
Rare portraits of the transformative writer in London, Istanbul, and Paris—newly restored.
Explore the path-breaking filmmaker’s formally inventive, fearlessly personal body of work.
A young widowed mother also cares for her sick father while falling for her married friend.
Haile Gerima’s blistering, elaborately stylized Afrocentric interrogation of the past.
Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, and a runaway leopard collide in this screwball classic.
Tales of sexual awakening, friendship, and existential revelation told in singular styles.
These international shorts explore estrangement, desire, fear, and the vastness of nature.
A series exploring life writing in cinema—and recent shifts in creation and representation.
Rebel and misfit Emily Brontë finds her literary voice and falls in love in this sleek drama.
Discover the best in recent Polish cinema with this festival of boundary-pushing new works.
An incarcerated Mexican migrant shares his life story of multilayered border crossings.
A reckless young woman visits her birth country for the first time in this riveting drama.
Unreleased footage shows Thelonious Monk’s battle to assert his personhood, on and off stage.
An expansive, genre-crossing look at filmmakers’ responses to our viral past and present.
Willem Dafoe takes a twisted descent into madness as an art thief trapped in a NYC penthouse.
True story: A woman changes history in 2012 by discovering the remains of King Richard III.
The first US retrospective of one of the most original cinematic voices in France today.
Inez and Terry keep their secret and bond after she kidnaps him from foster care in NYC.
Shohei Imamura’s fantastical love story is rich with magical realism, sensuality, and humor.
Michael Jordan's early partnership with Nike's basketball division, directed by Ben Affleck.
This series of rollicking adventures and cult curios is full of fury and queer AF.
A mysterious anti-colonial drama from Angolan-born Portuguese filmmaker Carlos Conceição.
Director Kelly Reichardt reunites with Michelle Williams, who plays a struggling sculptor.
A paranoid man embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother.
A Brazilian woman goes from prison to an all-female gang in radical political resistance.
Ria and her friends plan a delightfully outrageous wedding heist.
The director is their own star in this globe-trotting series spanning the history of cinema.
A teen with albinism sets out to become a model, sparking a journey toward self-acceptance.
A gripping portrait of ethnic and economic resentments tearing at the fabric of a small town.
Multi-venue NYC showcase of experimental documentary and avant-garde film returns May 3—7.
A timid married man in Pakistan falls in love with a trans woman while working in a Bollywood style burlesque club.
Dive into the legendary Brazilian modernist novel Macunaíma at this special event.
Kasi Lemmons’ Southern Gothic stew of sex, lies, and voodoo—newly restored in 4K.
A definitive portrait of the WNBA as it evolves from fledgling venture to flourishing enterprise.
Nia Long and Larenz Tate scintillate in the ultimate Black romantic comedy.
The life of a young man in Phnom Penh is disrupted when his stable environment crumbles.
A woman returns home to care for her ailing mother, who she hasn’t seen in years.
This film follows the profound, complex relationship between two childhood friends who grew up together in an isolated mountainside village in Italy.
Three troubled teenagers go on the run after one of them accidentally kills a store clerk in Gregg Araki’s cornerstone queer classic.
This wickedly dark comedy follows a dominatrix and her wealthy client as they engage in a high stakes role playing game for power and control.
A cinematic companion to the annual DanceAfrica, highlighting films from and about Ghana.
A film about trust, lies, and the things we say to the people we love most from acclaimed filmmaker Nicole Holofcener.
Parker Posey delivers one of her most beloved performances in this influential cult classic.
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Animation Block Party with this special screening of past festival winners, bonus animated exclusives, behind-the-scenes footage, and much more.
These cinematic masterpieces are sprawling in ambition and rich in human insight.
A fireman-in-training embarks on a passionate, radical romance with his instructor in this queer love story from the incomparable Portuguese auteur João Pedro Rodrigues.
Quinn Slobodian and Hari Kunzru chat about hypercapitalism and show a secret libertarian film.
Two deeply connected childhood friends reunite decades later as adults in New York City.
Personal and political examinations of recent Mexican history from filmmaker Natalia Almada.
A dream-like peek into a Long Island town and the late-night lives of its various residents.
This documentary offers a side door into David Lynch’s mind by examining his work through the lens of his greatest cinematic influence.
Attendees of a Junior Stargazer convention face world-changing events in this 50s-era comedy.
A woman helps her local community of drug users survive by scoring for them after a dealer is caught by narcotics agents in 1980s Pigalle.
Savannah Leaf’s acclaimed debut feature screens with Michael Haneke's Code Unknown, a key influence.
Musician Mdou Moctar stars in a deliriously entertaining sub-Saharan remake of Purple Rain.
A program of recent restorations featuring work by Claire Denis, Krzysztof Kieślowski, and more.
A showcase of work by legendary American documentarian St. Clair Bourne, featuring a new restoration of his film The Black and the Green.
Vital new works from the Middle East and North Africa’s most innovative filmmakers.
The story of the physicist who designed and created the atom bombs during World War II.
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Greta Gerwig takes on one of pop culture's most iconic figures.
A couple defend their farm in this beautifully acted, meticulously shot drama from Li Ruijun.
A wide-ranging selection of follow-ups to notable debuts, from classic hits to films maudit.
A slacker cinephile has to figure out his life in this comedy based on the graphic novel.
An American singer finds fame in Tokyo in this breezy, tongue-in-cheek tour through Japan’s bubble era.
An ecstatic look inside the kinetically wacked out world of 80s British two-tone ska.
Short films highlight the revolutionary work of Black non-binary and women filmmakers.
A gay couple finds their marriage is in crisis in this ravishing drama from Ira Sachs.
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the East Coast's largest animation festival.
The different immigrant communities in 80s Brighton Beach share a sense of uprootedness.
A woman bonds with her husband’s mistress in this lyrical drama set in 1960s Indonesia.
These cinematic masterpieces include a wuxia classic, space odysseys, and a must-see release.
On-the-ground footage captures the violent political upheaval in Chile in 1972—now in 4K.
Revisit the legendary Talking Heads concert film with this new 40th anniversary restoration.
Kenneth Branagh returns as Agatha Christie’s sleuth Poirot in this terrifying mystery.
In this mesmerizing debut, crime and solidarity transcend class lines in modern-day Mexico.
James N. Kienitz Wilkins interrogates cinephilia in this off-beat trial of the moving image.