BAM Film 2024

Two Black teenagers become wards of a barbaric juvenile reformatory in Jim Crow–era Florida.

Robert Eggers offers an atmospheric new take on a silent classic about a vampire.

A powerful CEO risks her career and family in a torrid affair with her much younger intern.

Timothée Chalamet portrays an enigmatic young Bob Dylan newly arrived in New York.

Godfrey Reggio’s remarkable cinematic symphony charts our growing alienation from nature.

Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, and Guy Pearce star in Brady Corbet’s immense cinematic epic.

Suzi Analogue celebrates the impact of Black women in electronic dance music.

Daniel Craig stars in a lush adaptation of William S. Burroughs’s subversive novella.

A young sex worker marries the son of a Russian oligarch in this 2024 Palme d’Or winner.

A newly appointed investigating judge in Tehran grows paranoid as political unrest erupts.

This revelatory feature set in working-class Mumbai won this year’s Grand Prize at Cannes.

Mismatched cousins tour Poland to honor their grandmother, until old tensions resurface.

A cardinal tasked with running the selection of the new Pope discovers deep secrets.

Alfreda's Cinema spotlights the short works of Brooklyn-based auteur Naima Ramos-Chapman.

Paul Williams is haunted by a masked menace in Brian De Palma’s comedy-horror musical.

A tribute in masterpieces and rarities attests to Shelley Duvall’s presence and range.

During the Culture Wars of the 80s and 90s, directors pushed back against moral outrage.

Alfreda’s Cinema offers a case study of political and public violence on film.

Big Apple's Littlest Bites showcases films that celebrate coming of age in New York City.

Celebrate 15 years of Brooklyn distributor Factory 25 with Nathan Silver’s black comedy.

This series showcases directors who created new films indebted to early cinema.

This deeply felt, decade-spanning romantic drama stars Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh.

A struggling musician embarks upon an epic journey to locate an elusive guitar maker.

Alfreda’s Cinema pays respect to independent Black American film star Barbara O. Jones.

Discover the incredible music made in Nigeria during the late 70s.

A series created with The Baffler explores the political trope of an “emerging majority.”

James Baldwin excavates the shapeshifting nature of racism in post-Jim Crow America.

Demi Moore, Dennis Quaid, and Margaret Qualley star in this glossy new work of body horror.

The Dutch painter and filmmaker embraces a liberating sense of play in two subversive gems.

NewFest celebrates the 36th anniversary of its annual New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival.

Experience the brilliance of Pharrell Williams's creative genius, one LEGO brick at a time!

Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga star in the follow-up to 2019’s Academy Award-winning Joker.

The New York Film Festival returns to BAM, bringing films from around the world.

An aspiring actor with a facial deformity undergoes a procedure to change his appearance.

Our biannual series showcases diverse original cinema by the brightest Caribbean filmmakers.

Chantal Akerman cuts among dozens of couples in a funny, poignant portrait of desire.

Tim Burton and Michael Keaton reunite for the sequel to their uproarious 1988 hit Beetlejuice.

A mid-career retrospective for Erika Alexander covers highlights of her work in film and TV.

Alfreda’s Cinema and Dr. Rizvana Bradley explore the concept of anteaesthetics on film.

Jeffrey Wright captures the legendary artist’s creative genius and destructive impulses.

Jason Schwartzman is a cantor in crisis in Nathan Silver’s hilarious new film.

A Taiwanese-American teen navigates adolescence, identity, and self determination.

We spotlight some of visionary director Aaron Schimberg’s cinematic influence.

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Francis Ford Coppola’s electrifying thriller.

This thrilling doc explores the potential effects of total isolation on Mars astronauts.

A disillusioned Black CIA agent turns his specialized training toward government overthrow.

A Haitian demolition worker struggles to relate to his son’s aspirations.

Alfreda's Cinema extends its mission to create Black/POC sacred space in film exhibition.

The best recent restorations of classic cinematic works come to Brooklyn’s grandest theater.

This sweat-drenched series revels in the undeniably human sight of perspiration on-screen.

Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker makes her film debut with this meditation on childhood.

A group of incarcerated men discover the transformative power of art in this stirring drama.

A fiercely original biopic about the anarchic and off-the-wall Irish hip-hop trio.

This series explores stories of pretending to be part of a group other than one’s own.

The hilariously haywire Conner O’Malley is a suburban Midwest rapper in his debut film.

A gangster in apartheid-era South Africa has to choose between freedom and taking a stand.

Directors Robert Bresson and Mani Kaul present distinctive adaptations of a Dostoevsky story.

An unflinching portrait of two men trapped in escalating violence on the outskirts of Paris.

Director Yorgos Lanthimos reunites with Emma Stone in a triptych about what kindness entails.

A special screening of Masaaki Yuasa’s kaleidoscopic film, co-presented with The Baffler.

heartbreak church honors bell hooks with short films that embody healing through love.

In 80s Hollywood, a mysterious killer threatens to reveal an actress’s sinister past.

A Midwestern motorcycle club evolves from a gathering of outsiders to a violent underworld.

New works from bold filmmakers illuminate the diversity and complexity of the Arab world.

Take stock of the exceptional talents of two of Hollywood’s most distinctive actresses.

This sequel to 2016’s The Human Surge is an indefinable portrait of late capitalism.

A grieving middle-aged father is bullied into joining a community theater production.

Incarcerated men find meaning through art in this one-night-only New York premiere.

Explore Sci-Fi New Queer Cinema in four films by new-media visionary Shu Lea Cheang.

A woman discovers that emotional nakedness is far more revealing than taking her clothes off could ever be.

This emotional animated tale follows the unlikely friendship between a dog and his robot.

A profoundly moving Julia-Louis Dreyfus faces Death in the form of an astonishing bird.

Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth star in George Miller’s latest Mad Max saga.

Drive My Car director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s latest is a quietly fervent cinematic fable. 

Zendaya stars in this messy, thrilling, romantic game for three from Luca Guadagnino.

Khaled Jarrar joins a family fleeing Syria in this visceral exploration of displacement.

A teen’s view of reality begins to blur in this singular work of horror by Jane Schoenbrun.

This award-winning documentary provides deep insights into foreign exploitation in Haiti.

The first New York retrospective of work by visionary Hungarian director György Pálfi.

A cinematic companion to the annual DanceAfrica, highlighting films from and about Cameroon.

The first black British film examines what it means to be an outsider in one’s own society.

Two friends begin their climb to the top of a Miami crime ring in this fan-favorite.

The latest film from Italian auteur Alice Rohrwacher is an uproarious, chimeric journey.

A 30-something stumbles through millennial mundanity in this blistering comedy.

A collection of revelatory and vital works exploring Black British life on film.

A Nigerian university film club becomes the site of political awakening.

A group of journalists navigate a second American Civil War in this dystopian thriller.

Jane Schoenbrun’s latest film screens alongside Poltergeist in this horror double feature.

A quietly intense parable of revenge and forgiveness set in post-civil war Chad.

This series showcases live-action films by directors who started in the world of animation.

A family of Sasquatches embark on an absurdist, epic, and ultimately poignant journey.

Two restored films by Debra J. Robinson focus on the lives of Black women in the 20th century.

Rarely screened films from Pearl Bowser’s collection highlight Black independent filmmaking and cultural expression in Brooklyn.

In a future when emotions are a threat, a woman opts to wash away her feelings in a machine.

This series of contemporary shorts brings Jamaica’s past and present boldly to the screen.

This retrospective series spotlights the joys and complexities of queer camaraderie.

Two women are thrust into a web of violence in this gritty, neon-hued romantic thriller.

Paul Atreides’ journey continues in part two of Denis Villeneuve’s visionary adaptation.

A bracing, queer feminist response to the patriarchal poison of corporate capitalism.

This program honors the singularly captivating live narrators of Japan’s silent film era.

An anarchic satire about a lowly assistant and the vulgar indignities of the 21st century.

Unexpected events shake a man’s placid life in this quiet masterpiece from Wim Wenders.

A special screening of the uncanny 1994 cult-comedy, featuring a Q&A with Martin Short!

Daring filmmakers exploit traditional forms to offer social critiques and razor-sharp satire.

A definitive, heartfelt swan song from one of the world’s greatest musicians.

Tubas are stolen from high schools across California in this exploration of sound and power.

Gorgeous animated gems traverse heartbreak, tragedy, memory, and perception.

Unconventional heroes find meaning in extraordinary places in these Oscar-nominated shorts.

This exhilarating dive into calypso music travels from New York to the streets of Carnival.

A gripping political and deeply personal work about a legendary leader in the Congo.

Urgent documentaries and empowering fictions explore science and technology.

Paranoid thrillers investigate the power structures at the heart of the American empire.

A bone-chilling drama about quiet complicity from visionary filmmaker Jonathan Glazer.

Emma Stone is a woman resurrected by science in this absurd triumph from Yorgos Lanthimos.

A biting satire about race, hypocrisy, and the culture industry from director Cord Jefferson.

An offbeat, Brechtian skewering of the German response to the AIDS crisis.

A light-hearted comedy about a Nigerian immigrant in the US in 1968 spins out of control.

Some of today’s boldest young Filipino filmmakers offer a bombastic explosion of form.

These works of poetic cinema call on higher ambitions to break the facade of patriarchy.

Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert are mismatched lovers on a madcap hitchhiking expedition.

Celebrate the actor’s exceptional career with works by Cord Jefferson, Ang Lee, and more.

Our biannual series showcases diverse original cinema by the brightest Caribbean filmmakers.

A man is reunited with his dead parents in this profound examination of grief and love. 

A stunning portrait of the man responsible for organizing the 1963 march on Washington.

A bold new take on the beloved story of sisterhood, with Halle Bailey and Taraji P. Henson.