BAM Film 2025

Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, Licorice Pizza) is back with a big, splashy thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Teyana Taylor, and Regina Hall.

As the first month back to school comes to a close, we explore stories of teenage students pushing back against the status quo, marching to the beat of their own drum… for better or for worse.

Our popular biannual series returns for another dynamic weekend of cinema from the Caribbean and its far-reaching diaspora.

Benny Safdie (Good Time, Uncut Gems) directs Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as a the mythically massive UFC star and a searing Emily Blunt as his then-wife in this intimate award-winning drama.

Daniel Day-Lewis co-wrote and stars in his son Ronan’s directorial debut, a brooding drama also featuring Sean Bean (Game of Thrones) and Samantha Morton (Minority Report).

The 63rd New York Film Festival, at Lincoln Center, BAM, and other venues across the city, brings exceptional new films from around the world, conversations with filmmakers and industry leaders, and more.

NewFest returns to BAM to celebrate the 37th anniversary of its annual New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival, with over 130 premiere narrative, documentary, and short films, TV series, panel conversations, and more.

In Luca Guadagnino’s latest, a professor (Julia Roberts) finds herself at a crossroads when a star student (Ayo Edebiri) levels an accusation against one of her colleagues (Andrew Garfield).

In honor of recently restored works by groundbreaking filmmakers Heiny Srour and Jocelyne Saab, we’ve put together a selection of films directed by Lebanese women during and after the Civil War.

Reel Sisters and BAM honor Brooklyn filmmaker Samantha Knowles for her distinguished career in documentary filmmaking with a retrospective of TV episodes and a short film, along with an onstage interview.

A unique one-night-only cinematic program curated by the multidisciplinary artist Osadolor showcases Blackqueer creatives utilizing Lo-Fi and D-I-Y aesthetics in films spanning genres and forms.

Discover the stylized, haunting films of Arturo Ripstein, a legendary figure of Mexican cinema, through our career-spanning survey of difficult-to-see work across genres, many in recent restorations.

This selection of unusual, beautiful, and often haunting tales from across the globe features stories that have been passed down through generations—or at least feel as though they have.

In Olivier Assayas’s film of harsh beauty, a young woman oscillates between a father and his son, seeking independence and freedom, in a blue-gray Paris of late nights, squats, and petty crime.

Winner of Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize, this documentary follows poet-activist Nikki Giovanni, weaving her Afrofuturist vision, political audacity, and poetic verve into a bold cinematic portrait.

Curated by Hanif Abdurraqib, a constellation of artists, writers, and performers activate BAM’s spaces, illuminating the truths of our moment via poetic imagination.