Programs
BAMcinématek 2016
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
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A sneak preview of new episodes from HBO’s acclaimed comedy-drama.
A retrospective showcasing the visionary auteur’s unique brand of pulp poetry and urban noir.
This Civil War-set story of two brothers is “an instant-classic Western” (The New Yorker).
This charming romantic comedy classic sparkles with timeless wit and sophistication.
BAMcinématek conjures spellbinding films devoted to the mythic proto-feminist icon.
A four-day series showcasing Poland’s best new films.
Lelouch’s latest is a sexy, stylish throwback to the golden age of movie romance.
BAMcinématek presents a pair of newly restored French masterpieces.
This "genre-busting festival" (The New York Times) showcases cutting-edge film and video.
Edward Yang’s sweeping coming-of-age epic is one of the towering masterpieces of the 90s.
Wes Craven’s ingenious slasher satire subverts the genre while delivering the gory goods.
This feel-good classic follows the fortunes of the first all-female baseball league.
A group of “at risk” teenagers experience the power of creative intervention.
A series of provocative films of the 50s, 60s, and 70s championed by Evergreen Review.
BAMcinématek pays tribute to visionary director Chantal Akerman.
Jesse Eisenberg and Isabelle Huppert star in this drama about a family grappling with loss.
A real-life thriller about vigilantes on the Mexico-US border.
Brooklyn's premier showcase for black cinema returns for its sixth year.
Iconic actress Anna Karina appears in conversation with a screening of A Woman Is a Woman.
This series explores the long affair between real life romance and dating as told by movies.
Ousmane Sembène’s landmark of African cinema is a seminal film about race and colonialism.
This cinematic companion to DanceAfrica celebrates the best in African film.
This neorealist fairytale is a portrait of a small Haitian fishing hamlet.
Edward Yang’s sweeping coming-of-age epic is one of the towering masterpieces of the 90s.
BAMcinématek and FAB Alliance present five free outdoor screenings of concert classics.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder stars in this ultra-rare, art-damaged blast of cyberpunk noir.
BAMcinématek showcases five cinematic gems in glistening new restorations.
“The city’s best independent film showcase” (The New Yorker) returns for its eighth year.
BAMcinématek showcases the good, the bad, and the ugly of the American democratic process.
The East Coast's premier animation festival returns for its 13th annual edition.
FKA twigs discusses her new film, shot during the Manchester International Festival last year.
The groundbreaking films of Robert Frank reveal the complexity of everyday existence.
The films of Joe Dante at once celebrate and skewer American pop culture.
BAMcinématek celebrates the most innovative musicals of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
Machel Montano makes his film debut in this Bollywood musical with a distinct Caribbean flavor.
BAMcinématek surveys the continually surprising career of Kristen Stewart.
David Cronenberg and Robert Pattinson’s collaborations are bizarro portraits of modern malaise.
BAMcinématek pays tribute to the late, controversial Michael Cimino.
BAMcinématek looks back at the often wild film career of offbeat pop genius Harry Nilsson.
BAMcinématek surveys the adventurous, iconoclastic films of Peter Brook.
An eccentric painted loses his eyesight and must take stock of his life.
Fate and a crime connect seemingly disparate people in this mesmerizing thriller.
Spend your Halloween with some of cinema’s freakiest felines.
BAMcinématek surveys the career of globetrotting documentarian Gianfranco Rosi.
A pair of classic Halloween films screen for free at Putnam Triangle Plaza.
This series illuminates the work of cinema’s radical, divinely inspired ascetic.
Ava DuVernay’s new documentary about mass incarceration, followed by a panel discussion.
Su Friedrich presents I Cannot Tell You How I Feel and The Ties That Bind.
BAMcinématek celebrates the most innovative musicals of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
Gael García Bernal stars in this kinetic cat-and-mouse tale about Pablo Neruda.
Horace Ové’s Pressure was the first dramatic feature film by a black director in Great Britain.
Raoul Peck’s documentary envisions the final novel James Baldwin never finished.
Chanelle Aponte Pearson's honest exploration of gender dynamics and identity.