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Presenting classic films, premieres, festivals, and retrospectives, with appearances by filmmakers, actors, and critics.
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A wedding celebration takes on a special poignancy in Lulu Wang’s wonderfully warm, bittersweet look at the intricacies of family dynamics featuring a bravura breakout performance from Awkwafina.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and Margot Robbie star in Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film, a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood’s golden age.
Stanley Nelson Jr. (Freedom Riders, The Murder of Emmett Till) unpacks the life and career of Miles Davis, the musical visionary and cultural icon who embodied the word cool.
BAM presents a tribute to the late, groundbreaking filmmaker who brought stories of black urban life to the screen with never-before-seen depth and power.
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.
We welcome prominent artistic or cultural figures to present the films that inspired their passion for cinema.
Alejandro Landes' breathtaking feature, about a group of young commandos on a remote mountain in Latin America, examines the chaos and absurdity of war from the perspective of adolescence.
The 16th annual Animation Block Party returns with a thrillingly diverse three-day program of animated shorts and keynote feature films of all genres and styles.
This touchstone documentary captures the Queen of Pop onstage and behind the scenes for a provocative dissection of modern-day celebrity that’s as fearless, fascinating, and unfiltered as the icon herself.
Now in its second year, this showcase celebrates the premier work of select student filmmakers from New York and the surrounding area, curated by Curtis Caesar John and Natalie Erazo.
The beauty, complexity, and diversity of Arab culture shines through in this second annual survey of vital new works from some of the Middle East and North Africa’s boldest and most innovative filmmakers.
Peter Brook’s film adaptation and legendary staging of Peter Weiss’ explosive play pits Jean-Paul Marat’s radical idealism against the Marquis de Sade’s libertine nihilism in a 19th-century French insane asylum.
Jennifer Lopez gives a luminous breakout performance as Tejano singing sensation Selena, whose music made her an icon in the Chicano community and whose tragic death made her a legend.
Vimeo curator Meghan Oretsky hosts Ladies with Lenses, a celebration of short films by the best women-identifying creators from the Vimeo Staff Picks channel.
Garrett Bradley’s stunning new short is presented with seven different programs, each offering a unique prism through which to consider the history—and future—of the construction of Blackness in American cinema.
As filmmaker Rodney Evans confronts the loss of his sight, he embarks on an inspiring artistic and philosophical journey to discover what it means to truly see.
A consciousness-shifting film that uncovers the potential of the fungi kingdom in addressing some of our most pressing medical, therapeutic, and environmental challenges.
Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz star in Yorgos Lanthimos’ darkly funny period drama.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) adapts James Baldwin’s fifth novel.
Christian Bale stars as Dick Cheney in Adam McKay’s subversively comedic new film.
A sumptuous, jazz-cool romance from the Oscar-winning director of Ida.
A powerful new film about one of the most important, yet least known, activists in US history.
A secret history of African-Americans in horror cinema plus a landmark cult classic.
A complete retrospective of this fearless artist who gave cinematic voice to gay black men.
A showcase of this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Animated Short Film.
A showcase of this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Live Action Short Film.
A wide-ranging look at this most fundamental yet complex of emotions in all its forms.
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Lives of Others) directs this suspense-packed drama.
All-American nightmares from the father of politically charged horror.
Bruce Goldstein presents rare footage of this dynamic performing duo.
Franco Rosso’s incendiary 1980 film about a young dancehall DJ in South London.
A German refugee steals the identity of a dead writer and falls in love with his wife.
A cinematic event that takes us straight to the heart of NASA’s most celebrated mission.
Celebrating the richness, uniqueness, and viability of Caribbean cinema.
Julianne Moore is a free-spirited divorcée in Sebastián Lelio’s new romantic comedy.
A program of short films by a diverse network of emerging NYC-based filmmakers.
A cinematic exploration of the complex role that resentment plays in society and art.
Jordan Peele's much-anticipated follow-up to Get Out, starring Lupita Nyong’o.
The largest ever US retrospective of the singular cinematic mood-maker.
Mary Kay Place is a woman in search of redemption in Kent Jones’ narrative debut.
Claire Denis launches Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche into the depths of the cosmos.
A career-spanning tribute to the Czechoslovak New Wave legend whose films are calls to rebellion.
Claire Denis launches Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche into the depths of the cosmos.
The legendary, long-unseen concert film companion to Aretha Franklin’s iconic album.
An iconic work by legendary choreographer Merce Cunningham is reborn.
Young love flowers in the face of prejudice in this empowering Kenyan coming-of-age saga.
A chronicle of the extraordinary rise of the Satanic Temple.
Nina Menkes’ lost underground classic is a hallucinatory study of female alienation.
A stunning documentary about a secret operation to surveil an Arab-American community.
Revisit a transformative decade in black-authored cinema.
An advance screening of Mike Mills’ and The National’s short film collaboration.
Nicholas Hoult stars in this chronicle of the Lord of the Rings author’s formative years.
The latest film from acclaimed director Olivier Assayas.
Laura Dern and Jack O'Connell star in the true-life story of Cameron Todd Willingham.
Willem Dafoe stars as Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini in Abel Ferrara’s latest.
The best new narrative, documentary, and short films from across Africa and the diaspora.
Olivia Wilde’s debut film about two high school overachievers who let loose in a single night.
Honor Swinton Byrne gives a breakout performance in this story of young adulthood and first love.
This series offers a selection of films, all made by women of color, that cover a range of contemporary topics.
A soccer star’s fall from grace sends him on a delirious odyssey.
A Spike Lee-produced time travel adventure.
A wistful odyssey about a rapidly changing San Francisco.
“The city’s best independent film showcase” (The New Yorker) celebrates its 11th year.
Jim Jarmusch’s latest features Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny, and more.
A rousing underdog tale from one of the leading lights of contemporary Jamaican cinema.
Spike Lee’s Brooklyn classic remains an essential touchstone for a changing borough.
The life and career of legendary storyteller Toni Morrison comes to life.
Ron Howard directs this intimate portrait of the iconic tenor who brought opera to the people.
Patrick Wang’s offbeat micro-epic about a small community arts center fighting to stay afloat.
Monumental masterpieces sprawling in scope and rich in human insight.
A genre-spanning snapshot of a complex generation finding its way in an uncertain world.
A wistful odyssey about a rapidly changing San Francisco.
From Hollywood to the underground, these brilliant women defied the Reagan-era status quo.
Jennifer Kent’s (The Babadook) latest about a woman seeking revenge in colonial Australia.
A uniquely unflinching portrait of Whitney Houston, cultural icon and troubled soul.
A wry, freewheeling vision of American society as seen from a medical transport van.
Roots icon Jimmy Cliff stars in the “definitive postcolonial cult-movie musical.”
The rarely seen, long-lost follow-up to The Harder They Come.
Poetic, surreal, and intensely personal reflections on childhood, history, and relationships.
A summer holiday takes a sinister turn in Ari Aster’s (Hereditary) dread-soaked fairy tale.
A beautifully observed exploration of faith, family, and black Muslim identity.
The beloved, award-winning PBS series becomes a grand motion-picture event.