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
Read more about the history of BAMcinématek.
Leadership support for BAM Cinema programs provided by The Thompson Family Foundation
We welcome prominent artistic or cultural figures to present the films that inspired their passion for cinema.
This cinematic companion to the annual DanceAfrica celebration showcases the best new narrative, documentary, and short films from across Africa and the diaspora.
Agnés Varda’s enchanting ode to female friendship and empowerment is part blissed-out bohemian musical, part revolutionary cri de cœur.
Two friends are plunged into the dangerous world of Haiti’s criminal underbelly for a night of bad decisions and worse consequences in this griping, audacious blend of buddy comedy and neo-noir.
Acclaimed director Jim McKay’s first feature in over a decade is this timely, compassionate look at life in Brooklyn as an undocumented Mexican immigrant.
This monthly program challenges the cinema canon by presenting one iconic, highly regarded classic alongside a thematically or stylistically related—and equally brilliant—film traditionally excluded from that discussion.
Ai Weiwei’s powerful visual expression of the massive migration of 65 million people worldwide.
Filmmaker Susan Froemke surveys a remarkable period in the rich history of the Met Opera.
BAMcinématek presents an alternative cinematic history of black screen heroes.
Spike Lee’s portrait of an all-black college is an audacious mix of comedy and commentary.
A paleontologist, a socialite, and a domesticated cheetah collide in this screwball classic.
Nia Long stars in this dramatic love story set in Chicago’s sexy poetry and jazz scene.
BAMcinématek celebrates the tastemaking Brooklyn distributor's first decade.
The hidden histories of how courageous women shaped the labor movement.
A tribute to the Chadian auteur, one of Africa’s greatest contemporary filmmakers.
The best new films exploring the black experience in America and around the world.
This series offers a selection of films, all made by women of color, that cover a range of contemporary topics.
Discover the path-breaking Chicano filmmakers who gave voice to a vibrant community.
A career survey of Scottish auteur Lynne Ramsay, one of the world’s foremost image-makers.
Robert Morgan’s rarely screened 1963 film captures the Golden Age of opera.
A comedy set in the Colombian Caribbean and a portrait of class conflict at a Jamaican resort.
BAM and Amazon Studios present a new series that puts film at the intersection of dialogue and action.
An electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of the pop culture mega-icon.
The celebrated opera is captured on screen + post-screening discussion with the directors and Joe Melillo.
A special 20th anniversary screening of Spike Lee’s modern American classic.
BAMcinématek pays tribute to a generation of trailblazing women filmmakers.
Two of the Phantom Thread star’s most indelible performances in masterworks by Mike Leigh.
Jerome Robbins’ now-famous ballet in sneakers is returned to the streets of New York.