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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
The latest film from Céline Sciamma, director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire, is a tender tale of childhood grief, memory, and connection.
The Crawley family embark to the South of France to uncover a mystery and filmmaking comes to Downton Abbey in the latest tale in this beloved series.
Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley stars as a woman stalked and haunted by her darkest memories and fears in this feverish, shape-shifting horror film from visionary director Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation).
This emotional essay film examines the past and present of Kauaʻi, interweaving family history, Hollywood clips, and found footage to illuminate Hawaii’s colonial treatment and representations in cinema.
Looking back at more than a decade of FilmAfrica at BAM, this series gathers recent work with hits from past festivals to celebrate the incredible cinema New York African Film Festival brings to BAM each year.
This Afrofuturist punk musical from Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman follows an anti-colonialist computer hacker collective as they attempt to overthrow an authoritarian regime.
David Cronenberg embraces his body horror roots in his first feature in eight years, featuring Viggo Mortensen as a performance artist who showcases the metamorphosis of his organs as part of human evolution.
This summer, BAM Film partners with FAB FULTON to present a series of free outdoor screenings at Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center.
This previously unreleased film stars Neptune Frost director Saul Williams in an existential parable that travels the streets of Dakar.
The latest from director Wes Anderson stars Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, and Timothée Chalamet.
Lady Gaga and Adam Driver star in a decadent tale about Italy's most famous fashion house.
Joaquin Phoenix stars in this delicate and moving story about a man and his young nephew.
Steven Spielberg crafts a brilliant new vision of this beloved American musical.
Paul Thomas Anderson offers a humorous and visually hypnotic story of unlikely first love.
An all-star cast brings a roving carnival to life in the latest from Guillermo del Toro.
Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand star in Joel Coen’s fierce Shakespeare adaptation.
Based on Haruki Murakami's story, this haunting road movie won Best Screenplay at Cannes.
In this anime twist on Beauty and the Beast, a shy teen finds empowerment in a virtual world.
Pedro Almodóvar’s bracing new drama about two women united by unplanned pregnancies.
A man’s impending marriage resurfaces trauma from his past.
A selection of triumphant star roles, rare gems, and scene-stealing performances from Tyson.
Joachim Trier chronicles one woman’s search for love and meaning in present-day Oslo.
A series highlighting the legacy of Brazilian modernism’s provocation and inventiveness.
Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda face off in this battle-of-the-sexes screwball comedy.
Barry Jenkins’ debut traces a romantic journey from one-night stand to something more.
Dope is Death recounts a radical 1973 project—the country's first acupuncture detox program.
Blaxploitation, Afrofuturism, and European avant-garde cinema collide in this singular drama.
A teenager joins a sisterhood of Soca dancers in Port-of-Spain and a risky, glamorous new world.
A chronicle of The East, which essentially built an independent Black nation in Brooklyn.
This year’s best animated shorts range from humorous to political to profound.
These international shorts explore family ties, thwarted dreams, and repressed desires.
Shahram Mokri's intricate, time-looping dramas and thrillers reinterpret Iranian history.
These feminist, leftist films from a singular filmmaker challenge the status quo.
A look back at 1990s New York City through film. Stay tuned for a full lineup of films.
Between Moscow and the Arctic, strangers on a train confront truths about human connection.
Mark Rylance dazzles in this gripping crime thriller from the writer of The Imitation Game.
Plumb the depths of David Lynch’s style with a variety of surrealist, blackly comic films.
Naomi Watts stars as a climber who attempts to rescue a stranded man on Mt. Washington.
A woman on the run reconnects with her estranged twin sister in this exciting art-thriller debut.
A young witch assumes the shapes of her victims in this singular exploration of human nature.
Lee’s restored first feature is a comic drama about family, immigration, and assimilation.
Set in the mountains of Nepal, this gorgeous debut feature screens for one night only.
Reflecting fascination and fear, this series offers a vivid depiction of our virtual world.
Academy Award winner Andrea Arnold offers an intimate portrait of one dairy cow’s life.
A bold critique by Nadav Lapid about an Israeli filmmaker battling grief and censorship.
Within an online role-playing horror game, teenage Casey comes of age as reality unravels.
Episodic stories of young love, lust, and friendship from acclaimed director Jacques Audiard.
The Witch director Robert Eggers crafts an action-filled epic of Viking vengeance.
Nicolas Cage channels his own legend as a fictionalized Nick Cage in this action-comedy.
Rumors derail an investigation into the murder of prominent Jamaican sprinter Jeffrey Jacobs.
Crowd-pleasers and rare gems that take a subversively queer approach to the rom-com genre.
Works of cinematic rebellion from women filmmakers the world over.
A young woman grapples with an unwanted pregnancy in 1960s France in this gripping drama.
Comedian Jerrod Carmichael’s dark comedy follows two friends on the last day of their lives.
A new restoration of the unsparing quasi-documentary about the 1980s porn industry.