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Classic Warner Bros. Cartoons 

This selection of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies classics directed by Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Art Davis, and Bob Clampett spans the breadth of Warner Bros. Cartoons’ output during the post-WWII years. Screening 4/5, 4/7, and 4/19.

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About Thirty (Arturo a los 30)

Martín Shanly’s second feature is a witty comedy of errors about Arturo (played by the director himself), who, on the way to the wedding party of his former best friend, is involved in a bizarre car accident. Q&A with Shanly and star Camila Dougall on April 21.

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The Abyss: Special Edition

James Cameron has re-released his beloved underwater sci-fi adventure in a newly restored, remastered version of the acclaimed extended director’s cut screens 4/28, 5/3, and 5/5.

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Japanese Girls at the Harbor

Shimizu’s most celebrated silent film—about the jealousy that ensnares devoted Catholic school mates Sunako and Dora as they both fall for the motorcycle-sporting playboy Henry—screens with live piano accompaniment by Makia Matsumura on 5/4.

MoMI Moviehouse

At MoMI, we believe in the enduring vitality of cinema as a communal endeavor and that the glories of the big screen experience are always ripe for discovery and rediscovery from one generation to the next.

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Classic Warner Bros. Cartoons 

New Releases

Recent first-run art-house titles playing at MoMI.

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The Sweet East
An extreme closeup of a woman looking in a mirror and the camera with a blank expression

The Sweet East
A long-haired blonde woman holding up a phone and filming herself while leaning against a sink in a bathroom, wearing a multicolored spangled purple, blue, and gold dress, while another blonde-haired woman pokes around the bathroom wall and peeks at her as she films herself

Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

Persistent Visions

An ongoing series dedicated to creatively pairing historical and contemporary experimental works and inspiring a dialogue across generations of filmmakers, films, and techniques.

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Silhouettes of people dancing against psychedelic color bubbles

David Lebrun: Looking Back, Moving Forward—Program 1: The Sixties (1966–1970)
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David Lebrun: Looking Back, Moving Forward—Program 2: Animation (1976–2004)
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David Lebrun: Looking Back, Moving Forward—Program 3: Transfigurations—Reanimating the Past (2018–2024)

Art & Craft

Art and Craft is an ongoing series spotlighting artistry behind the camera and beyond the screen. Each screening is accompanied by an in-depth conversation with leading moving image professionals.

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A man in a hooded coat turns to the camera while sitting in a car

Fargo

Las Premieres

Sneak previews of upcoming Latin American and U.S. Latinx film releases, in association with Cinema Tropical.

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About Thirty (Arturo a los 30)
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I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me

Always on Sunday: Greek Film Series

In collaboration with the Hellenic Film Society USA, MoMI presents a regular selection of outstanding contemporary Greek films.

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1968 

World of Animation

This monthly series presents both classic and contemporary animated films from around the world with a family-friendly audience in mind.

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An animated image of an orange figure with a fiery head meant to represent the element fire standing at a table aside a blue figure with a liquid head meant to represent the element water; the fire character is featured as feminine, the water character is designed as traditionally male. Both smile, though the fire figure looks at the water figure, who looks away awkwardly.

Elemental
An animated image of an orange figure with a fiery head meant to represent the element fire standing at a table aside a blue figure with a liquid head meant to represent the element water; the fire character is featured as feminine, the water character is designed as traditionally male. Both smile, though the fire figure looks at the water figure, who looks away awkwardly.

Elemental
An animated image of an orange figure with a fiery head meant to represent the element fire standing at a table aside a blue figure with a liquid head meant to represent the element water; the fire character is featured as feminine, the water character is designed as traditionally male. Both smile, though the fire figure looks at the water figure, who looks away awkwardly.

Elemental

Science on Screen

This ongoing film series—made possible with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation—combines special screenings and conversations with scientists and filmmakers.

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Science on Screen: Shorts on Attention

Disreputable Cinema

Often called cult or underground, these films comprise a subculture of hidden gems and alternative classics that often challenge the norms of art and entertainment.

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I Need You Dead!
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House on Haunted Hill

MoMI Loves

In this ongoing series, we spotlight roughly one film every month that we simply adore and are ardent to revisit in our theaters.

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Two people stand in front of a creature with a human face made of water, one pointing her finger at it

The Abyss: Special Edition
Two people stand in front of a creature with a human face made of water, one pointing her finger at it

The Abyss: Special Edition
Two people stand in front of a creature with a human face made of water, one pointing her finger at it

The Abyss: Special Edition

Hiroshi Shimizu
Part I: The Shochiku Years

An unsung master of Japanese cinema, Hiroshi Shimizu (1903–1966) was highly regarded by contemporaries Yasujirō Ozu and Kenji Mizoguchi for his seemingly effortless formal ingenuity. This retrospective offers the first New York survey of the major yet often overlooked filmmaker in more than 30 years and the largest ever assembled in North America.

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Seven Seas: Chapter 1—Virginity
A black and white image of two human figures silhouetted against the sky standing amidst tall grasses

Seven Seas: Chapter 2—Chastity
Black and white photo of three Japanese people in uniforms, a woman in the middle and two men on either side, smiling past the camera

A Hero of Tokyo

Radical Institutions and Experimental Psychiatry: The Legacy of Francesc Tosquelles

This film series explores approaches to mental health care rooted in community building, self-management, and creativity echoing the institutional psychotherapy developed by the visionary psychiatrist Francesc Tosquelles (1912–1994) during his time at the Saint-Alban psychiatric hospital in Southern France.

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True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century
a black and white image of a young boy standing outside cupping an object in his hands, while another boy behind him clutches a wooden post

This Kid, There (Ce gamin, là)
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The Potential History of Francesc Tosquelles, Catalonia and Fear

SCREENINGS THIS WEEK

A cartoon frog dancing with a cane and top hat, mouth open smiling at camera.

Classic Warner Bros. Cartoons 
An extreme closeup of a woman looking in a mirror and the camera with a blank expression

The Sweet East
Silhouettes of people dancing against psychedelic color bubbles

David Lebrun: Looking Back, Moving Forward—Program 1: The Sixties (1966–1970)
A man in a hooded coat turns to the camera while sitting in a car

Fargo
An extreme closeup of a microscopic round protean being in black and white, with fronds and feathers around its circular shape.

David Lebrun: Looking Back, Moving Forward—Program 2: Animation (1976–2004)
An image of a church's ornate ceiling shot directly from below looking straight up

David Lebrun: Looking Back, Moving Forward—Program 3: Transfigurations—Reanimating the Past (2018–2024)
An extreme closeup of a woman looking in a mirror and the camera with a blank expression

The Sweet East
A dilapidated barn leans over in a vast green field

Common Enemy
A group of five men wearing white shirts look concerned as they gather around a table and listen to a transistor radio perched on the table in front of them.

1968 
A man in a striped shirt dangles strands of spaghetti into his mouth with his fingers.

About Thirty (Arturo a los 30)

ONGOING SERIES

Always on Sunday: Greek Film Series

In collaboration with the Hellenic Film Society USA, MoMI presents a regular selection of outstanding contemporary Greek films.
Two men sit in chairs on a stage in front of a colorful curtain holding microphones

Art & Craft

Art and Craft is an ongoing series spotlighting artistry behind the camera and beyond the screen. Each screening is accompanied by an in-depth conversation with leading moving image professionals.
A black and white image of a gigantic dinosaur peeking out from the corner of a city street with people running in panic

Disreputable Cinema

Often called cult or underground, these films comprise a subculture of hidden gems and alternative classics that often challenge the norms of art and entertainment.
A woman in a hijab looks at the camera in closeup and touches her face

Infinite Beauty: Muslim and MENASA Identity Onscreen

Audiences have been underestimated for far too long, and deserve a taste of all the humor, heartbreak, nuance, and insight that films from Muslim cultures have brought to cinema.
The whole Muppet gang, fronted by Kermit the Frog, facing the camera

Jim Henson’s World

The imaginative, playful, creative, and prolific film and television work of Jim Henson is celebrated in this recurring screening series.
A man and a woman in hats sitting in restaurant looking at each other

MoMI Loves

In this ongoing series, we spotlight roughly one film every month that we simply adore and are ardent to revisit in our theaters.
Two women in bright red dresses and silk gloves perform in sync on a stage with one arm raised to sky

Musical Matinees

This series surveys classic, modern, and contemporary musicals from the U.S., Europe, Bollywood, and beyond with a family-friendly audience in mind.
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New Adventures in Nonfiction

For several years now, the most consistently adventurous, unpredictable, intelligent, and dynamic films have been works of nonfiction.

Persistent Visions

An ongoing series dedicated to creatively pairing historical and contemporary experimental works and inspiring a dialogue across generations of filmmakers, films, and techniques.
A mustachioed man sits in a dark room with wood paneling in front of a microphone, lit from above

Las Premieres

Sneak previews of upcoming Latin American and U.S. Latinx film releases, in association with Cinema Tropical.
A young boy rides a bicycle through a wet parking lot with a car tire hanging from his handlebars

Queens on Screen

This ongoing program spotlights not only the films set or filmed in our home borough of Queens but also artists that exemplify the most diverse community in the world.

Science on Screen

This ongoing film series—made possible with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation—combines special screenings and conversations with scientists and filmmakers.

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Silents, Please!

This program features both well-known and recently unearthed silent treasures for audiences of all ages to enjoy, often presented with live accompaniment.
An animated girl crawls through a purple and blue tunnel.

World of Animation

This monthly series presents both classic and contemporary animated films from around the world with a family-friendly audience in mind.

SCREENINGS ARCHIVE

Take a look at our past screenings and programs both virtual and in person.

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PLAN YOUR VISIT
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TOURS & WORKSHOPS
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