Brooklyn Academy of Music

John Crowley's (Brooklyn, The Goldfinch) latest is a deeply-felt romantic  drama about love and the challenging limits of time, starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh.

A weeklong series created with The Baffler examines the notion of an “emerging majority” in political life around the globe, pondering voter manipulation and backlash against the threat of demographic change.

Dutch filmmaker and painter Frans van de Staak works somewhere at the crossroads of poetry, theater, and essay, with a liberating sense of play, in these two subversive cinematic gems.

A young sex worker from Brighton Beach gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she marries the son of a Russian oligarch in this new Sean Baker film, winner of the 2024 Palme d’Or at Cannes.

In this new conspiracy thriller from director Edward Berger, a cardinal tasked by the Vatican with running the selection of the new Pope discovers deep secrets that could shake the church’s foundations.

In this epic journey featuring Tom Waits, Leon Redbone, Joe Strummer, Dr. John, David Johansen, and more, a struggling musician cooks up a scheme to find a legendary, elusive guitar maker.

Konkombe: The Nigerian Pop Scene dives deep into the incredible music being made in Nigeria in the late 70s, from wandering minstrels to globally popular and influential styles.

Alfreda’s Cinema pays respect to independent Black film star Barbara O. Jones, leading lady of the L.A. Rebellion, with a retrospective of short films and a conversation with culture writer Neila Orr.

Focusing on filmmakers who turned the visual language of the silent-film era to new purposes, this series showcases works by Chaplin, Tati, Akerman, and others who created new films indebted to early cinema.