Programs
BAMcinématek 2017
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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BAMcinématek celebrates the trailblazing work of black women filmmakers.
A propulsive documentary about visionary choreographer Ohad Naharin.
One of classic Hollywood’s greatest weepies screens alongside Ozu’s exquisite remake.
Carole Lombard and Jack Benny star in Ernst Lubitsch’s sparkling World War II-era satire.
Jordan Peele curates a series of films designed to get you ready to Get Out.
An urgent, on-the-ground look at the struggle for racial and economic equality in the UK.
BAMcinématek presents a double dose of truly revolutionary cinema by these renegade auteurs.
Edward Yang’s long unavailable second feature is a touchstone of the Taiwanese New Wave.
BAMcinématek highlights the work of one of America’s most versatile screen actors.
This "genre-busting festival" (The New York Times) showcases cutting-edge film and video.
A comprehensive retrospect of avant-garde filmmaker and artist Leslie Thornton.
A gut punching, guerrilla exposé from the frontlines of China’s human rights struggle.
What happened to Grenada’s short-lived socialist revolution?
BAMcinématek explores the relentlessly probing work of Anne-Marie Miéville.
A poignant, dreamily impressionistic tribute to avant-garde visionary Arthur Russell.
To mark the release of Damion Searls’ new biography of Hermann Rorshach, The Inkblots, BAMcinématek revisits two of the best of these vintage psycho-shockers.
Travel the open roads of Wim Wenders’ trio of ‘70s masterpieces.
Narratives, documentaries, and shorts that examine the black experience.
BAMcinématek lets loose the wild man of contemporary Chinese cinema.
BAMcinématek celebrates the return of David Lynch’s avant-visionary soap opera.
Featuring the best narrative and documentary films from across Africa and beyond.
America, as seen through the eyes of French New Wave force Agnès Varda.
A potent study of power and sexuality set against Trinidad’s Carnival.
The ninth annual showcase of the best in American film returns in June, with the lineup announcement May 3.
The wildest, lustiest, and sweatiest tales of the macabre from below the Mason-Dixon.
It’s all about high risks, big scores, and breathless getaways in these caper classics.
BAMcinématek & FAB Alliance present a series of free outdoor screenings at Putnam Triangle Plaza.
Relive the halcyon summer days of your youth with these camp classics.
John Cassavetes’ freewheeling, gonzo-comic epic of male misbehavior.
The East Coast’s premier animation festival returns for its 14th annual edition.
BAMcinématek brings you a cinematic playlist of era-defining concert films.
A tribute to the late, beloved humanist of American cinema.
German New Wave rebel Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s heart-shattering queer classic.
BAMcinématek salutes the scene-stealing character actress extraordinaire.
Vashti Anderson’s debut about a girl in rural Trinidad and a short capturing life in Jamaica.
A showcase of late-career masterworks by titans of the French New Wave.
BAM participates in the campaign to get New York City to unite around one great film.
BAMcinématek celebrates the singer, actress, and activist on the 100th anniversary of her birth.
The daring, subversive, and unabashedly entertaining films of the LA Rebellion renegade.
An intimate exploration of two women coming of age under the gaze of surveillance.
A frame-by-frame unpacking of Hitchcock’s taboo-shattering shower scene in Psycho.
BAMcinématek revisits a few of the ever-idiosyncratic actress’ most memorable characters.
An intimate coming-of-age documentary set in St. Louis, just before the events in Ferguson.
BAM and Amazon Studios present a new series that puts film at the intersection of dialogue and action.
The anti-colonialist spirit of Frantz Fanon courses through these revolutionary films.
Black List Live! returns, featuring a live reading of Harry Tarre’s Captain Infinity.
BAMcinématek dives into the wild, head-spinningly surreal world of Mexican horror.
BAMcinématek pays tribute to the late, legendary actor, playwright, and screenwriter.
A series spotlighting the long overlooked contributions of black Americans in World War II.
BAMcinématek presents a 25th anniversary screening of Spike Lee’s classic film.
An annual showcase spotlighting the best of Romania’s national cinema.
Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh reimagines his childhood during the Khmer Rouge’s rule.