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Press Releases
2024 Press Releases
2023 Press Releases
MoMI and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announce 2023 Sloan Student Prize Jury and Winners | December 18, 2023
MoMI announces Curators' Choice 2023 screening series, featuring favorite films of the past year, Dec. 26–Jan. 28 | December 12, 2023
MoMI to present Alexander Payne weekend retrospective, Jan. 5–10 | November 30, 2023
Holidays at MoMI: family fun with Sesame Street specials and Wallace & Gromit, a Buster Keaton silent classic, Hepburn & Grant comedies & more" | November 16, 2023
MoMI celebrates Todd Haynes this December with Moving Image Award, retrospective, exhibit and book | November 13, 2023
MoMI presents first solo museum exhibition devoted to pioneering net-artist and sculptor Auriea Harvey, Feb. 2–Jun. 30, 2024 | Revised October 30, 2023
MoMI elects five new members to its Board of Trustees, adding leaders from the media industry and nonprofit educational sector | Oct. 26, 2023
MoMI and Tate Modern co-present “Science/Body/Anatomy,” a screening program featuring medical films and films by artists, Nov. 24–25 | Oct. 13, 2023
MoMI and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announce 2023 Sloan Student Prize finalists and mentors | Oct. 11, 2023
Calendar Advisory: Scary Movies and Halloween Fun at MoMI in October | Sep. 27, 2023
Museum of the Moving Image and Onassis ONX Studio present Eva Davidova's 'Global Mode >,' Oct. 20, 2023–February 11, 2024 | Sep. 21, 2023
September–October 2023 program overview | August 30, 2023
MoMI's experimental film series Persistent Visions returns this fall with retrospectives of Janie Geiser and Lewis Klahr, Sep. & Oct. | August 30, 2023
MoMI appoints Aziz Isham as new Executive Director | August 24, 2023
MoMI presents Dissolution, a sculptural hologram by David Levine, opening October 27 | August 23, 2023
MoMI celebrates the 20th anniversary of Reverse Shot, its publication of criticism on film and media, starting in September | July 28, 2023
See It Big: Summer Movies runs through July and annual 70mm series returns in August | June 29, 2023
MoMI presents first solo museum exhibition devoted to pioneering net-artist and sculptor Auriea Harvey, Jan. 26–Jun. 30, 2024 | June 28, 2023
MoMI presents the screening series DO NOT DETONATE: Films in the Orbit of Wes Anderson's Asteroid City, June 2–16 | May 24, 2023
MoMI to honor John Wilson at annual spring benefit event | May 15, 2023
MoMI to honor Michael J. Fox with Lifetime Achievement Award at annual spring benefit event | May 11, 2023
See It Big: Summer Movies and Queer Cinema series anchor May and June programs at MoMI | May 4, 2023
MoMI presents Refreshing the Loop, installation series pairing animated GIFs by contemporary artists, opening Apr 21 | April 5, 2023
MoMI announces winners of second annual Marvels of Media Awards, celebrating media-makers on the autism spectrum | March 17, 2023
MoMI presents first major U.S. exhibition devoted to the multisensory work of José Val del Omar, March 10–October 1 | February 24, 2023 | Click here for Spanish-language press release
MoMI to present second annual Marvels of Media event celebrating autistic media-makers with awards ceremony, exhibit, and film festival, March 30–May 7 | Updated February 16, 2023
First Look 2023, Museum of the Moving Image's festival of new and innovative international cinema, announces lineup, March 15–19 | February 13, 2023
Black History Month Celebration, VR experience "On the Morning You Wake," Snubbed series, and more in February 2023 | January 31, 2023
MoMI Executive Director Carl Goodman exiting after 34 years with institution | January 25, 2023
Reverse Shot announces Ten Best Films of 2022 | January 11, 2023
MoMI appoints Regina Harsanyi as Associate Curator of Media Arts | January 10, 2023
MoMI announces major exhibitions and programs, January–March 2023 | January 6, 2023
MoMI presents Snubbed: Great Movies, No Nominations, featuring 24 American films, January 20–March 12 | January 6, 2023
MoMI presents first U.S. museum exhibition of award-winning virtual reality documentary On the Morning You Wake (To the End of the World), January 20–February 12 | January 5, 2023
2022 Press Releases
MoMI presents first U.S. museum exhibition of award-winning virtual reality documentary On the Morning You Wake (To the End of the World), January 20–February 12 | January 5, 2023
Two acclaimed series, HBO's Irma Vep and The Rehearsal, added to MoMI's Curators' Choice Best-of-2022 screening series, plus new films and special guests, including Paul Dano | December 21, 2022
Museum of the Moving Image and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announce 2022 Sloan Student Prize Jury and Winners | December 16, 2022
MoMI announces 12th annual First Look Festival, March 15–19, 2023; plus Reverse Shot Emerging Critics Workshop | December 12, 2022
Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris announces $5 million in state funding for Museum of the Moving Image, enhancing educational programming | December 2, 2022
Calendar Advisory: Holiday Programs and More at MoMI in December | December 1, 2022
MoMI announces lineup for its annual Curators' Choice series, featuring some of the best films released in 2022, Dec. 9–Jan. 21 | Nov. 22, 2022
Museum of the Moving Image presents retrospective of Polish documentary filmmaker Paweł Łoziński, December 2–4 | November 14, 2022
Museum of the Moving Image to honor Sarah Polley, Laura Poitras, and Kazuo Ishiguro at 2022 Moving Image Awards gala, December 1 | November 7, 2022
November at MoMI: Noriaki Tsuchimoto retrospective, See It Big: Extended Cuts, ParaNorman, Emmet Otter, and more | October 27, 2022
MoMI celebrates Day of the Dead with live performances and screening of Coco, Nov. 2 | October 24, 2022
MoMI presents first major U.S. retrospective of Japanese documentary filmmaker Noriaki Tsuchimoto, Nov. 12–27 | October 20, 2022
MoMI presents See It Big: Extended Cuts, 16 films in alternate directorial visions, Oct. 21–Jan. 1 | October 18, 2022
New exhibition Dan Perri and the Art of the Title Sequence explores unsung aspect of filmmaking | October 14, 2022
Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe films, retrospectives of Manfred Kirchheimer and Noriaki Tsuchimoto, and See It Big: Extended Cuts! are among major programs this fall at MoMI | September 22, 2022
September 2022: The Caan Film Festival, Zombie Origins, exclusive NY theatrical run of Mark Cousins's 'The Story of Film: A New Generation,' and more | August 30, 2022
A special edition of MoMI's Caan Film Festival returns next month, Sep. 16–Oct. 9 | August 18, 2022
MoMI's Science on Screen: Extinction and Otherwise series continues with Ascension, Earth II, and special screening of Soylent Green introduced by Bill Nye | August 17, 2022
MoMI presents exhibit with award-winning animation studio LAIKA, opening September 1 | August 3, 2022
MoMI's annual See It Big: 70mm! summer series returns in August with six films, Aug. 5–Sep. 4 | July 14, 2022
MoMI and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announce 2022 Sloan Student Prize finalists and mentors | July 13, 2022
July–August 2022: Pioneering Women in Australian Cinema, See It Big: 70mm!, White Zombies: Nightmares of Empire, and more | July 6, 2022
MoMI presents Films of the Dead screening series featuring George A. Romero's seminal films, June 25–July 30 | June 2, 2022
MoMI presents 20 films by pioneering women in Australian Cinema, July 21–August 14, 2022 | Updated June 27, 2022
MoMI's Science & Film initiative receives $598,238 three-year grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | May 6, 2022
May–June 2022: Michael Mann Memorial Day weekend, James Wong Howe series, Memoria in 35mm, and more | May 4, 2022
MoMI and AMC Networks partner to present Living with The Walking Dead, major exhibition to open June 25 in New York City | April 14, 2022
Museum of the Moving Image announces winners of inaugural Marvels of Media Awards taking place March 31 | March 16, 2022
Museum of the Moving Image presents ten-film tribute to Stephen Sondheim, starting April 1 | March 14, 2022
Calendar Advisory for March 2022: Programs, Events, and Exhibitions | March 9, 2022
Museum of the Moving Image announces First Look Working on It schedule, filmmaker appearances, and program updates | March 1, 2022
First Look 2022, Museum of the Moving Image's Festival of New and Innovative International Cinema, takes place in person over five days, March 16–20 | February 16, 2022 (updated)
Museum of the Moving Image presents new, year-long series Science on Screen: Extinction and Otherwise, starting Feb. 13 | January 27, 2022
Museum of the Moving Image celebrates Black History Month 2022 with exhibits and programs, anchored by a ten-film series devoted to actor Woody Strode | January 21, 2022
Sidney Poitier tribute, Buster Keaton shorts, Peru's Oscar entry Plaza Catedral, and Faya Dayi with director in person, among highlights and added programs, January 14–30 | January 14, 2022
Reverse Shot announces Ten Best Films of 2021 | January 13, 2022
2021 Press Releases
Museum of the Moving Image explores the emergence of "deepfake" video in new exhibition, December 18–May 15 | December 10, 2021
Museum of the Moving Image announces 30 titles for its annual Curators' Choice series featuring films release in 2021, December 19, 2021–January 16, 2022 | December 8, 2021
Museum of the Moving Image and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announce 2021 winner of the Sloan Student Grand Jury Prize | December 6, 2021
Museum of the Moving Image announces 2021 finalists for Sloan Student Prizes | November 4, 2021
Museum of the Moving Image to honor Rita Moreno at its 2021 Moving Image Awards gala on Dec. 1 | October 29, 2021
Museum of the Moving Image presents See It Big: Extravaganzas!, an edition of its signature series featuring films that embrace excess, Nov. 5–Dec. 19 | October 26, 2021
Museum of the Moving Image presents six acclaimed Georgian films in weekend series, Nov. 5–7 | October 21, 2021
Museum of the Moving Image launches Marvels of Media Awards to celebrate media-makers with autism with an open call for festival, exhibit, and awards | October 12, 2021
Envisioning 2001: Stanley Kubrick's Space Odyssey exhibition extended through October 17 | September 21, 2021
Museum of the Moving Image presents Infinite Duets: Co-Creating on TikTok, exhibition showcasing the work of TikTok creators, October 1–November 7, 2021 | September 14, 2021
Museum of the Moving Image presents Barry Jenkins's The Gaze and design materials from Amazon Original Limited Series The Underground Railroad | July 26, 2021
First Look 20/21 Festival announces in-person Working on It lab sessions and online screenings | July 9, 2021
Museum of the Moving Image announces lineup for tenth edition of First Look, its acclaimed festival of innovative new international cinema, July 22–August 1 | Updated July 8, 2021
Overview of exhibitions and programs, June–July 2021 | May 19, 2021
Big screen movies—including 35mm and 70mm shows—return to Museum of the Moving Image's Redstone Theater April 30 | April 22, 2021
Museum of the Moving Image to reopen building, galleries, and Redstone Theater on April 30 | April 7, 2021
Museum of the Moving Image announces Science on Screen series at the Queens Drive-In, April 9–June 4 | March 25, 2021
Museum of the Moving Image presents retrospective of Taiwanese director Midi Z, March 26–April 11 | March 17, 2021
Queens Drive-In announces spring 2021 season presented by Museum of the Moving Image, Rooftop Films, NYSCI — kicking off with a special screening of Coming 2 America | February 24, 2021
Virtual Cinema and online programs in February and March 2021 | February 18, 2021
Reverse Shot announces Ten Best Films of 2020 | January 14, 2021
2020 Press Releases
MoMI presents a retrospective of Lynne Sachs's 30-year career, with new release of latest film Film About a Father Who, Jan. 13–31 | December 14, 2020
MoMI presents five new documentaries, highlights of the Polish film festival Millennium Docs Against Gravity, Dec. 9–16 | November 19, 2020
MoMI launches Views from the Pandemic: two provocative yet playful web exhibits | October 9, 2020
The Living Room Candidate, online exhibition of presidential campaign ads, relaunches with 2020 Trump vs. Biden election | September 30, 2020
Calendar Advisory: October 2020 Exhibitions, Programs, and Activities | September 29, 2020
Calendar Advisory: Late Summer Programs (Aug. 26–Sep. 16) | August 26, 2020
MoMI statement on the passing of Claire Shulman (1926–2020) | August 18, 2020
American iconoclast filmmaker Michael Almereyda's recent work to screen at MoMI, Aug. 21–Sep. 20 | August 12, 2020
Queens Drive-In will open with the New York premiere of Tesla, starring Ethan Hawke, on August 13 | July 30, 2020
City-wide summer drive-in festival announced: Rooftop Films, Museum of the Moving Image, NYSCI, NYCEDC to screen films in Queens and Brooklyn [Announcing the Queens Drive-In] | July 21, 2020
Museum of the Moving Image receives $296,490 "CARES" grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities | June 23, 2020
Museum of the Moving Image offers live online events, education programs, and "View from Home" new releases | April 22, 2020
Museum of the Moving Image to serve as free meal distribution site beginning April 20 | April 17, 2020
Museum of the Moving Image to debut ROOM H.264: Quarantine, April 2020 | April 14, 2020
MoMI and Reverse Shot announce new creative collaboration during First Look Festival | March 5, 2020
MoMI announces "Working on It," a series of First Look 2020 events, including works-in-progress, artist dialogues, master classes, March 11–15 | February 18, 2020
First Look 2020 lineup | February 11, 2020
Overview of major film programs & events (Feb–Mar, 2020) | February 6, 2020
First Look Festival 2020 set for March 11–15 | January 29, 2020
MoMI presents Visions of Resistance: Recent Films by Brazilian Women Filmmakers, | January 22, 2020
Major exhibition Envisioning 2001: Stanley Kubrick's Space Odyssey to open Jan. 18 at Museum of the Moving Image | January 14, 2020
Museum of the Moving Image announces film programs to accompany the exhibition Envisioning 2001: Stanley Kubrick's Space Odyssey, Jan.–Jul. 2020 | January 3, 2020 (Updated)
Film Program: See It Big! Outer Space (Feb. 7–Apr. 26, 2020) | January 3, 2020
2019 Press Releases
Film Program: Science on Screen: Outer Space Speculators (Feb.–Jul. 2020) | December 19, 2019
Film Program: Influencing the Odyssey: Films that Inspired Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke (Jan. 17–Feb. 2, 2020) | December 19, 2019
Museum of the Moving Image announces 36 films in its annual Curators' Choice series, Dec 20–Jan 12 | December 11, 2019
Overview of Programs and Exhibitions, December 2019–January 2020 | November 22, 2019
Major exhibition Envisioning 2001: Stanley Kubrick's Space Odyssey to open at Museum of the Moving Image on January 18, 2020 | Updated November 22, 2019
Museum of the Moving Image stages an event featuring infamous and rarely seen work by Andy Kaufman, December 14 | November 22, 2019
Museum of the Moving Image honors Noah Baumbach and Marriage Story at Moving Image Awards Gala Benefit, December 10 | November 21, 2019
Museum of the Moving Image presents comprehensive Terrence Malick retrospective, November 15–December 8, 2019 | November 12, 2019
Museum of the Moving Image commissions six artists to create animated GIFs for second elevator installation series | October 31, 2019
Museum of the Moving Image presents revival run of Ildiko Enyedi's My Twentieth Century, November 15–24 | October 30, 2019
Museum of the Moving Image celebrates 50 Years of Sesame Street with screenings and special guests | October 2, 2019
MoMI presents Ulrich Köhler's In My Room and Yorgos Lanthimos's Kinetta in exclusive New York theatrical engagements in October | September 30, 2019
Overview of Programs and Exhibitions, Late September–October 2019 | September 16, 2019
Museum of the Moving Image presents month-long screening series No Joke: Absurd Comedy as Political Reality, October 9–November 10, 2019 | September 12, 2019
Museum of the Moving Image to exhibit puppets and design material from The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, beginning September 11 | August 13, 2019
América, award-winning documentary about familial love, to have U.S. premiere run at Museum of the Moving Image, Sept 13–22 | August 12, 2019
Major exhibition Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey to open at Museum of the Moving Image on January 18, 2020 | July 26, 2019
For families this summer, MoMI presents Summer Matinees: Fantastic Worlds, July 17–August 25 | July 16, 2019
MoMI's annual See It Big! 70mm summer series returns in August with seven films, August 1–September 8, 2019 | July 1, 2019
MoMI presents Barbara Hammer, Superdyke, a comprehensive retrospective of the legendary feminist filmmaker and artist, July 19–28, 2019 | June 28, 2019
Museum of the Moving Image presents 2019 Moving Image Award to National Geographic at annual benefit event, June 24, 2019 | May 28, 2019
Science on Screen program explores the origins of the Laser Light Show, May 31 | May 15, 2019
Overview of Programs and Exhibitions, Late May–June 2019 | May 13, 2019
See It Big! Action features more than 30 action movie favorites on the big screen, April 18–July 7 | April 16, 2019
Panorama Europe 2019 Film Festival lineup announced, with seventeen films, including nine directed by women, May 3–19 | April 8, 2019
April 2019 at MoMI: programs, events, & exhibitions: See It Big! Action, Latin American Sci-Fi, New Releases, more | April 3, 2019
MoMI goes green for Spring Recess, plus screenings of Lu Over the Wall and Singin' in the Rain in April | March 29, 2019
Richmond County Savings Foundation to support Free Friday Nights at MoMI | March 21, 2019
Documentary filmmaker Penny Lane to receive her first complete retrospective, at Museum of the Moving Image, April 5–7, 2019 | March 13, 2019
March 2019: series devoted to Ben Hecht, Jonas Mekas, Edith Head, and Mike Leigh, plus theatrical release of Island of the Hungry Ghosts | February 20, 2019
MoMI presents an exhibition featuring more than one hundred glass "lantern" slides (1914–1948), messages to moviegoers in theaters, on view through October 20, 2019 | February 20, 2019
MoMI presents Gabrielle Brady's Island of the Hungry Ghosts, winner of the 2018 Best Documentary Award at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, Mar 8–17, 2019 | February 20, 2019
Press kit for Island of the Hungry Ghosts
Museum of the Moving Image presents Poets of Pandaemonium: The Cinema of Derek Jarman and Humphrey Jennings, February 8–17, 2019 | January 23, 2019
2018 Press Releases
Museum of the Moving Image receives $440,000 grant to expand Sloan Science & Film initiative | December 28, 2018
Museum of the Moving Image announces Curators' Choice, showcasing some of the best films of 2018, December 28, 2018–January 6, 2019 | December 26, 2018
MoMI announces fill lineup for eighth edition of First Look Festival with 40 films | December 14, 2018 (Updated Dec 21)
Winter recess family fun with Muppets, Miyazaki, and media-making, December 22–January 1 | December 4, 2018
Sergei Loznitsa's Donbass will open the eighth edition of First Look, MoMI’s festival of formally inventive new cinema, January 11–20, 2019 | December 4, 2018
Pawel Pawlikowski to be subject of extensive retrospective at Museum of the Moving Image, December 7–16, 2018 | November 28, 2018
Thanksgiving Family Fun at MoMI with workshops and screenings inspired by Mister Rogers, November 23–25 | November 19, 2018
Chief Curator David Schwartz to leave, after 33 years at Museum of the Moving Image | November 15, 2018
Museum of the Moving Image presents an exhibition of costumes from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, the new film from the Coen brothers, November 16, 2018–May 26, 2019 | November 14, 2018
Reverse Shot 15 marks the film journal's 15th anniversary with film series and collection of essays | November 9, 2018
MoMI presents New York theatrical premieres of three acclaimed documentaries in November: Infinite Football, Of Fathers and Sons, and Inquiring Nuns | October 23, 2018
Frederick Wiseman's Communities, Five Horror Films by John Carpenter, Caniba, Home Movie Weekend, and more film programs in late October | October 16, 2018
MoMI presents Caniba, the new film from Leviathan filmmakers Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Oct 18–25 | September 28, 2018
Calendar Advisory: New Releases, personal appearances, and special screenings, Sep–Oct 2018 | September 21, 2018
New season of Science on Screen series brings together scientists and filmmakers with screenings of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Rhinosauros, and The Best Years of Our Lives | September 20, 2018
Museum of the Moving Image present A Whole Different Ball Game, an exhibition exploring the 60-year history of sports video games, September 14, 2018–March 10, 2019 | Updated September 13, 2018
"Ball Game" Exhibition Overview
Major Programs and Exhibitions, September 2018 | August 17, 2018
Exhibition Cinema Play House features Nandita Raman's photographs of vanishing movie theaters in India, September 15, 2018–January 27, 2019 | August 17, 2018
MoMI presents PROTOTYPE, Blake Williams's 3-D experimental feature in exclusive New York theatrical engagement, August 31–September 9 | August 15, 2018
Museum of the Moving Image Salutes Glenn Close on December 3 | August 6, 2018
MoMI presents the U.S. theatrical premiere of The Other Side of Everything, an elegant political ghost story from Mila Turajlic, July 13–22 | June 14, 2018
MoMI Family Programs: May–June 2018 | May 22, 2018
Major programs and exhibitions, May–July 2018 | May 15, 2018
Museum of the Moving Image to honor Dexter Goei of Altice and Jake Tapper of CNN on June 12 | April 23, 2018
Museum exhibition New Genres: Video in the Internet Age explores how the web has changed video, April 27–September 2 | April 19, 2018
Panorama Europe Film Festival returns for its tenth year with sixteen feature films and one shorts program, May 4–31, 2018 | April 12, 2018
Spring Family Programs at MoMI, March 17–June 3 | March 16, 2018
Major programs and exhibitions: March–May, 2018 | March 9, 2018
Cheryl Henson joins Museum of the Moving Image Board of Trustees | March 7, 2018
Science on Screen: Rarely shown films by the Department of Tropical Research capture the lives of scientists and sea creatures in the 1930s, February 25 | February 1, 2018
Major programs and exhibitions, January 26–February 2018 | January 25, 2018
IndieCade East, the New York City Edition of the leading indie game festival, returns to Museum of the Moving Image February 16–18 | January 19, 2018
MoMI presents world premiere of pick-up artist simulator The Game: The Game, January 10–March 25 | January 4, 2018
2017 Press Releases
First Look attending filmmakers and 2018 festival schedule, January 5–15 | December 29, 2017
Museum of the Moving Image announces Curators' Choice, featuring some of the best films of 2017, December 16–January 1 | December 6, 2017
Museum of the Moving Image to present seventh edition of First Look, festival of formally inventive new cinema, January 5–15 | December 4, 2017
Family Holiday Programs in December | November 29, 2017
Museum of the Moving Image presents Rialto Pictures: 20 Films for 20 Years, a celebration of the company's 20th anniversary, November 17–December 29 | November 7, 2017
Museum of the Moving Image Salutes Annette Bening, December 13 at 583 Park | November 6, 2017
MoMI receives second grant for Science on Screen series featuring screenings accompanied by discussions with scientists and filmmakers | November 1, 2017
Rick Prelinger presents the first Lost Landscapes of New York program, November 12 at the NYU Skirball Center | October 20, 2017
Museum of the Moving Image and The India Center Foundation present the second edition of the India Kaleidoscope Film Festival, November 9–12, 2017 | October 17, 2017
MoMI presents Princess Cyd in New York theatrical engagement, and early career retrospective of director Stephen Cone, November 3–12, 2017 | October 12, 2017
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awards grant to Museum of the Moving Image to support the preservation and conservation of born-digital media | October 5, 2017
Author/Screenwriter Brian Selznick selects films that inspired Wonderstruck for MoMI screening series, October 13–22, 2017 | October 4, 2017
Fall Family Day highlights Jim Henson and Puppetry with a live comedy concert, hands-on workshops, and The Muppets on the big screen, Saturday, October 14 | October 3, 2017
Video Arcade features 23 of the most beloved classic video arcade games available for play; Extended through January 28, 2018 | September 8, 2017
MoMI presents U.S. theatrical premiere engagement of Vitaly Mansky's Close Relations (Rodnye), September 22–October 1 | September 6, 2017
MoMI presents retrospective Film Is Like a Battleground: Sam Fuller's War Movies, September 15–24, 2017 | September 1, 2017
Museum of the Moving Image appoints Sara Angel Guerrero-Rippberger as the Museum’s Deputy Director of Education and Community Engagement | August 30, 2017
Yuliya Solntseva's Ukrainian Trilogy—North American premiere, August 26–27 | August 3, 2017
First Lady Chirlane McCray, Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen, City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, and other special guests inaugurate The Jim Henson Exhibition in a new City-funded gallery at Museum of the Moving Image | July 20, 2017
Factsheet: The Jim Henson Exhibition (updated February 14, 2019)
Bio: Jim Henson
Creative Direction & Exhibition Design: COLLINS
Bwoy, John G. Young's psychological and erotic thriller, will open in New York at Museum of the Moving Image, June 23–July 2 | June 7, 2017
Press kit for bwoy
Overview of major programs, events, and exhibitions: June 2017 | May 25, 2017
Museum of the Moving Image announces The Jim Henson Exhibition will open Saturday, July 22 | May 24, 2017
Museum of the Moving Image commissions six artists to create animated GIFs for elevator installation, June 1, 2017–June 3, 2018 | May 17, 2017
Walter Mosley joins Museum of the Moving Image Board of Trustees | May 8, 2017
Program Note for "Found Sounds: A Retrospective of Barbara Meter's Avant-Garde Films" (April 30, 2017) | April 28, 2017
The Caan Film Festival: a twelve-film celebration of James Caan, May 19–28 | April 27, 2017
MoMI to honor NBC News anchor Lester Holt and Amazon head Roy Price at annual industry honors on June 6 | April 24, 2017
Exhibition on Martin Scorsese—his life, work, and passion for cinema—closes Sunday, April 23 | April 13, 2017
Crime Scenes: Donald Westlake on Film, seven-film series features screen adaptations of the hard-boiled crime writer's work, May 12–14, 2017 | April 10, 2017
Panorama Europe Film Festival returns for its ninth year with a selection of seventeen acclaimed new features, May 5–21, 2017 | April 7, 2017
Overview of major programs and special events, April–June 2017 | April 5, 2017
Big-screen matinees of Moana accompanied by "Heroic Odyssey" family workshops anchor spring recess programs, April 10–17, 2017 | March 29, 2017
Cinema Tropical Festival highlights some of the past year's best Latin American films, February 24–26 | February 16, 2017
Statement from Museum of the Moving Image on closure of HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US | February 10, 2017
Midwinter Recess Family Programs: I Am Jim Henson book event, Winnie the Pooh, and Moving Image Studio, February 18–26 | February 8, 2017
Museum of the Moving Image statement about HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US | January 27, 2017
From seahorsese to androids, Science on Screen series features screenings and discussions with scientists and filmmakers, January 29–May 21 | January 20, 2017
Museum of the Moving Image to offer free admission on January 20, 2017, Inauguration Day, with free screening of Loving | January 19, 2017
Museum of the Moving Image announces publication of Reverse Shot book on Martin Scorsese, and January screenings, in conjunction with Scorsese exhibition | January 11, 2017
2016 Press Releases
Sixth annual First Look Festival, the Museum's showcase for groundbreaking new moving-image art, explores themes of sound, performance, and experimentation, January 6–16, 2017 | December 22, 2016
Curators' Choice offers ten of the past year's best films on the big screen, December 30, 2016–January 8, 2017 | December 21, 2016
Daily matinees of Kubo and the Two Strings accompanied by family workshops, and two screenings of Martin Scorsese's Hugo this holiday season | December 16, 2016
Martin Scorsese retrospective launches with the director's most recent films, December 16–30, 2016 | December 6, 2016
Major exhibition, Martin Scorsese, looks at the director's work, life, and passion for cinema, December 11, 2016–April 23, 2017 | Updated December 6, 2016
Supplemental materials: Scorsese Exhibition Fact Sheet, Press images
See It Big! holiday edition features fourteen classic and unconventional movies, November 19–December 24, 2016 | November 17, 2016
Major exhibition, Martin Scorsese, looks at the director's work, life, and passion for cinema, December 11, 2016–April 23, 2017 | November 2, 2016
Museum of the Moving Image and The India Center Foundation Partner to Launch India Kaleidoscope Film Festival December 8-11, 2016 | November 1, 2016
Legendary Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai appears with the 1966 samurai classic The Sword of Doom, November 5, 2016 | October 28, 2016
Cinema Eye Honors and Museum of the Moving Image celebrate the past decade of documentary film, November 4–December 23, 2016 | October 24, 2016
Museum of the Moving Image recognizes filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan with retrospective, Oct. 26–Nov. 6 | October 20, 2016
New Release: Ne Me Quitte Pas, a tragicomic documentary about male friendship set in Belgium, opens at MoMI | October 18, 2016
Museum of the Moving Image launches new science and film teacher's guide to accompany its Sloan Science and Film website | October 5, 2016
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory on the big screen and drop-in family workshops to be offered during Thanksgiving weekend, November 25–27 | October 4, 2016
Institute of Museum and Library Services awards grant to Museum of the Moving Image for expansion of family programs | September 29, 2016
Museum of the Moving Image presents a complete retrospective of Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski, October 6–November 7 | September 16, 2016
Colombia Pictures: Three acclaimed new and recent films from Colombia, September 11 | September 6, 2016
Philip Seymour Hoffman celebrated with a sixteen-film retrospective, September 16–October 2 | Updated September 13, 2016
The Living Room Candidate, online exhibition of presidential campaign commercials, launches 2016 edition, including new ads from Trump vs. Clinton | August 31, 2016
Major Programs, September–October 2016: Retrospectives devoted to Philip Seymour Hoffman and Krzysztof Kieslowski, more | August 18, 2016
New releases at the Museum: Kaili Blues from China and Chronic starring Tim Roth | August 16, 2016
Four contemporary women directors featured in O Brasil film series, August 19–September 9 | August 3, 2016
Museum of the Moving Image Salutes Warren Beatty, November 2, 2016 | August 1, 2016
Kartemquin at 50: A retrospective celebrating 50 years of documentaries exploring social justice and American lives, August 19–28 | July 29, 2016
Annual See It Big! 70mm edition to feature classic and contemporary large-format films, July 29–Spetember 4, 2016 | Updated August 5, 2016
Summer Kids Matinees to feature big-screen showings of Fantastic Mr. Fox, Toy Story (3-D), Zootopia, July 13–August 20 | June 29, 2016
Overview of Programs and Exhibitions, July 2016 | June 28, 2016
Eternity and History: The Cinema of Theo Angelopoulos, the first complete U.S. retrospective in 25 years, July 8–24, 2016 | June 23, 2016
Film scholar David Bordwell selects four Hollywood classics for film series in conjunction with his new book The Rhapsodes, June 24–26, 2016 | June 15, 2016
Arcade Classics exhibition features more than 35 playable video arcade games, May 21–September 18, 2016 | Updated August 4, 2016
Special preview screening of Breaking a Monster with appearances by the band Unlocking the Truth and filmmakers in person, June 21 | June 2, 2016
Museum of the Moving Image to honor Ted Sarandos of Netflix and NBC 'Late Night' host Seth Meyers on June 20 | May 31, 2016
Tales of Cinema: The Films of Hong Sang-soo, a complete retrospective of the South Korean director, June 3–19, 2016 | May 27, 2016
New York on Location street fair offers a behind-the-scenes look at film and TV production, May 22, 2016 | May 17, 2016
India's New Wave, a monthly showcase for contemporary Indian cinema, opens spring and summer schedule with Highway | May 11, 2016
Terence Davies to receive complete retrospective and to make two personal appearances at MoMI, May 7–22 | April 27, 2016
Museum of the Moving Image receives grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for expanded Science & Film website | April 19, 2016
Major Programs, Events, and Exhibitions in May–June 2016 | April 14, 2016
IndieCade announces conference speakers, event schedule, and games available for play at IndieCade East 2016, April 29–May 1 at MoMI | April 13, 2016
Sixth annual Theorizing the Web, conference about the Internet and society, to take place at Museum of the Moving Image, April 15–16, 2016 | April 12, 2016
W. Kamau Bell appears in person to screen and discuss new CNN Original Series United Shades of America, April 20, 2016 | April 11, 2016
Panorama Europe Film Festival returns for its eighth year with a selection on nineteen acclaimed new features, May 6–22, 2016 | April 8, 2016
For Spring Recess: daily matinees of The Peanuts Movie and Mixed-Up Comics family workshops, April 23–28 | March 25, 2016
Final weeks to see Walkers: Hollywood Afterlives in Art and Artifact; Exhibition closes April 10 | March 23, 2016
Final screenings of The Hollywood Classics Behind Walkers highlights Guy Maddin, Hitchcock, more, April 2–10 | March 18, 2016
Film critic Owen Gleiberman talks about his new memoir Movie Freak and presents Nashville and Natural Born Killers, March 26 | March 16, 2016
Sidney Poitier, Hollywood's first black leading man, to receive nine-film retrospective, April 9–17, 2016 | March 14, 2016
Production designer Jack Fisk focus of fifteen-film See It Big! retrospective, March 11–April 1, 2016 | March 1, 2016
Exhibition To the Moon and Beyond: Graphic Films and the Inception of 2001: A Space Odyssey, March 4–August 14, 2016 | February 23, 2016
Nuyorican Cinema, the cinema of the Puerto Rican diaspora, to be focus of discussion on identity, community, and aesthetics, March 4, 2016 | February 22, 2016
Cinema Tropical Festival highlights some of the past year's best Latin American films, February 26–28, 2016 | February 11, 2016
MoMI collaborates with Queens World Film Festival on three spotlight programs, March 16–19, 2016 | February 9, 2016
New screenings for The Hollywood Classics behind Walkers begin February 7 | February 5, 2016
Daily matinees of Inside Out in 3-D and family workshops offered during Midwinter Recess; plus Muppet Treasure Island anniversary screening, February 13–19, 2016 | February 5, 2016
IndieCade East, the East-Coast event of the leading indie game festival, returns to Museum of the Moving Image, April 29–May 1 | February 4, 2016
Gary Lucas and Sarah Stiles perform musical tribute to the Fleischer Brothers, Betty Boop, and Popeye, February 7, 2016 | January 28, 2016
India's New Wave provides a monthly showcase for outstanding contemporary films from India | January 27, 2016
Harry Belafonte's 1967 TV special A Time for Laughter receives a rare screening, followed by a conversation with comedians of color, February 6, 2016 | January 26, 2016
See It Big! film series features twenty classic and contemporary documentaries, January 29–February 21, 2016 | January 20, 2016
Celebrity cat Lil BUB makes a special New York appearance at Museum of the Moving Image, January 30, 2016 | January 19, 2016
Museum exhibition How Cats Took Over the Internet examines the phenomenon of cats on the web, extended through February 21, 2016 | January 14, 2016
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, MoMI screens two films about the 1965 marches from Selma to Montgomery, January 18, 2016 | January 13, 2016
In Jackson Heights to receive limited theatrical run at Museum of the Moving Image, January 15–31, 2016 | January 7, 2016
2015 Press Releases
Cinema Eye Honors nominees, among the best nonfiction films of 2015, to be shown in Museum series, January 9–12, 2016 | December 22, 2015
Full schedule and personal appearances announced for 5th annual First Look Festival, January 8–24, 2016 | December 18, 2015
Eight films selected for annual Curators' Choice series featuring some of the best films of the past year, January 1–10, 2016 | December 14, 2015
Sets and puppets from Anomalisa, Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson's stop-motion movie, on view December 18, 2015–March 27, 2016 | December 11, 2015
Fifth annual First Look Festival offers an international array of films, many engaged with themes of cinema and art, January 8–24, 2016 | December 4, 2015
Three recent films from Tunisia and Egypt featured in Upheaval: Views from the Arab World series, December 4–5, 2015 | December 1, 2015
Major Programs and Exhibitions: January–February 2016 | November 23, 2015
New VR360 initiative will explore virtual reality and its impact on creativity and culture | November 19, 2015
Daily matinees of Shaun the Sheep Movie, animation workshops, and more family programs offered this holiday season, November–December 2015 | November 17, 2015
Walkers: Hollywood Afterlives in Art and Artifact opens November 7. Exhibition surveys the pervasive influence of classic Hollywood cinema on contemporary art | November 6, 2015
Fifteen visually stunning noir films featured in Lonely Places screening series, November 13–December 20, 2015 | November 6, 2015
Screening series for Walkers: Hollywood Afterlives in Art and Artifact to feature classic Hollywood films, November 8–December 27, 2015 | October 22, 2015
Major Programs and Exhibitions: November–December 2015 | October 21, 2015
The 13th Annual New York Korean Film Festival announces upcoming program for November 6 to 11, 2015, at the Museum of the Moving Image | October 15, 2015
Eric Hynes appointed Associate Curator of Film at Museum of the Moving Image | October 14, 2015
New monthly series India's New Wave celebrates contemporary Indian cinema | October 7, 2015
Maurice Pialat, the French director known for his emotionally raw, incisive films, receives a major retrospective, October 16–November 1, 2015 | September 29, 2015
Frederick Wiseman retrospective looks at the director's films in New York City, October 9–November 7, 2015 | September 28, 2015
Spotlight on Rollie Krewson, Jim Henson Creature Shop Puppet Builder and Designer, September 26, 2015 | September 17, 2015
Fall Family Day celebrates Jim Henson's birthday with screenings, puppet making, and more hands-on activities, September 26, 2015 | September 10, 2015
Walkers: Hollywood Afterlives in Art and Artifact surveys the pervasive influence of classic Hollywood cinema in contemporary artistic practice, November 7, 2015–April 10, 2016 | Updated November 2, 2015
The exhibition Matthew Weiner's Mad Men closes September 6 | August 27, 2015
Hip-hop film series Made You Look features four powerful new documentaries, August 27–November 13, 2015 | August 24, 2015
Major Programs and Exhibitions: September–October 2015 | August 20, 2015
Emerging filmmaker Alex Ross Perry celebrated with museum retrospective, August 22–25, 2015 | August 13, 2015
See It Big! 70mm film series features classic and contemporary large-format films, August 7–30, 2015 | July 28, 2015
Museum exhibition How Cats Took Over the Internet examines the phenomenon of cats on the web, August 7, 2015–January 31, 2016 | July 17, 2015
Eleventh Annual Rural Route Film Festival focuses on bold, independent women, July 24–26, 2015 | July 8, 2015
Karel Zeman Museum: press kit for Invention for Destruction
MOMI to present special preview screening of Boulevard featuring Robin Williams in his final screen role, July 9, 2015 | June 23, 2015
The Essential John Ford to include 20 of the American director's greatest works, July 3–August 2, 2015 | Updated: July 9, 2015
House Party, the Black Cinema comedy landmark, turns 25 with a special screening, June 26, 2015 | June 18, 2015
Renowned Indian filmmaker Mani Ratnam to appear in New York for Museum tribute, July 31–August 2, 2015 | June 11, 2015
Major programs and exhibitions: Summer 2015 | June 2, 2015
The exhibition Matthew Weiner's Mad Men extended through September 6 | May 26, 2015
Panorama Europe film festival returns for its seventh year, with a slate of sixteen outstanding new movies, May 29–June 14, 2015 | April 29, 2015
Portraying the Human Condition: The Films of Masaki Kobayashi and Tatsuya Nakadai, May 14–24, 2015 | April 23, 2015
Spring Family Day, May 3, 2015 | April 20, 2015
New Brazilian films centered around music to be featured in spring season of O Brazil series, May 8–June 19, 2015 | April 16, 2015
Future of StoryTelling and Museum of the Moving Image announce immersive media exhibition Sensory Stories, April 18–July 26, 2015 | Updated April 14, 2015
The downtown filmmaking scene of 1970s and 1980s New York to be explored with rare screenings and personal appearances, March 28–29, 2015 | March 18, 2015
Exhibition fact sheet: Matthew Weiner's Mad Men, March 14–June 14, 2015 | Updated: May 29, 2015
Tsai Ming-liang, one of contemporary cinema's most celebrated directors, to receive a major retrospective, April 10–26, 2015 | February 26, 2015
The Zellner Brothers, rising stars on the American independent film scene, receive retrospective, with a preview of Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, February 28–March 5, 2015 | February 24, 2015
Matthew Weiner's Required Viewing, a film series that features ten movies that influenced Mad Men, March 14–April 26, 2015 | Updated March 5, 2015
Museum of the Moving Image presents Matthew Weiner's Mad Men, an exhibition that reveals the creative process behind one of television's most celebrated shows, March 14–June 14, 2015 | Updated March 10, 2015
Indian composer A.R. Rahman in person with world premiere of Jai Ho, new documentary about his remarkable career, February 25, 2015 | February 13, 2015
Cinema Tropical Festival showcases the best Latin American films of 2014, February 6–8, 2015 | February 5, 2015
Cinematographer Gordon Willis celebrated in big-screen film series See It Big!, January 30–March 1, 2015 | January 28, 2015
Official games selections, industry speakers, and conference details announced for IndieCade East 2015, February 13–15, 2015 | January 16, 2015
Museum of the Moving Image celebrates Julianne Moore, January 20; retrospective January 14–25 | January 15, 2015
Leading cultural commentators to discuss the criminalization of black and brown bodies in the media, February 1, 2015 | January 15, 2015
2014 Press Releases
Program overview: January–February 2015 | December 23, 2014
Full schedule and participating artists announced for 2015 First Look Festival, January 9–18, 2015 | Updated: December 30, 2014
IndieCade East returns to Museum of the Moving Image for third year and welcomes Gonzalo Frasca as keynotes line up, February 13–15, 2015 | December 11, 2014
Museum selects seven films for annual Curators' Choice series, January 2–4, 2015 | December 4, 2014
See It Big! Animation: a month of big-screen animation, November 28–December 28, 2014 | November 25, 2014
First Look Festival expands, in ambitious new edition showcasing innovative international film, video, and digital art, January 9–18, 2015 | Updated: December 11, 2014
Michael Barker to become Co-Chairman, succeeding Herbert S. Schlosser, in leadership transition at Museum of the Moving Image | November 10, 2014
Jean Grémillon, pioneering French poetic-realist director, to be subject of major retrospective, November 21–December 21, 2014 | November 4, 2014
Ways to Freedom Polish film series captures the nation's road to democracy, November 13–23, 2014 | October 30, 2014
Patti Smith and Darren Aronofsky to appear in person with screening of Noah, November 17, 2014 | October 28, 2014
Museum of the Moving Image: Overview of programs and exhibitions, November 2014–January 2015 | October 27, 2014
Contemporary Brazilian films to be shown in new series at Museum of the Moving Image, November 22–December 20, 2014 | October 21, 2014
A dozen scary movies from American horror classics to contemporary Korean psycho-thrillers to screen this Halloween season, October 24–November 2, 2014 | October 17, 2014
Museum of the Moving Image Salutes Julianne Moore, January 20, 2015 | October 15, 2014
Museum of the Moving Image launches expanded and redesigned Sloan Science and Film website (scienceandfilm.org) | October 9, 2014
Nandita Das, acclaimed Indian actress and social activist, in person for screening of Between the Lines, October 25, 2014 | October 7, 2014
That Girl Marlo Thomas in conversation with Gloria Steinem and Debra Messing about her pioneering role in television, October 7, 2014 | Updated September 30, 2014
George Clinton of Parliament-Funkadelic to appear in person with screening and book signing, October 27, 2014 | October 2, 2014
A Memory of Astoria, video installation by Ezra Wube, on view September 24, 2014–January 8, 2015 | September 24, 2014
Reverse Shot, acclaimed online film magazine, now published by Museum of the Moving Image | September 18, 2014
What's Up, Doc? Chuck Jones Family Day at Museum of the Moving Image, October 18, 2014 | September 10, 2014
New York on Location street fair offers a rare inside look at film and TV production, September 21, 2014 | Updated September 10, 2014
Also like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien, complete retrospective of the Taiwanese director, debuts in New York, September 12–October 17, 2014 | August 18, 2014
Pagan rituals in the Ukraine and Russia among the themes of the tenth annual Rural Route Film Festival, August 8–10, 2014 | July 21, 2014
Chuck Jones, legendary animation director, will be the subject of a new exhibition accompanied by screenings and family programs, July 19, 2014–January 19, 2015 | Updated July 15, 2014
Patrick Lung Kong, the pioneering Hong Kong director, will receive a tribute series to celebrate his legacy, August 15–24, 2014 | July 10, 2014
Overview of programs and exhibitions, July–September 2014 | June 18, 2014
New work from YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES, AMERICAN MESHUGGANA, on view, May 16–September 21, 2014 | Updated May 17, 2014
Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai in person with Teshigahara's The Face of Another, May 17, 2014 | May 8, 2014
The World Comes to Queens: Films from the 1939 and 1964 World's Fairs, April 30–August 31, 2014 | April 30, 2014
Kenji Mizoguchi, the great Japanese director, will receive a major retrospective of his extant films—the first in nearly 20 years in America, May 2–June 8, 2014 | Updated April 29, 2014
Screenings of The LEGO Movie (in 3-D) and "Master Builder" LEGO animation workshops feature in Spring Recess family programs, April 12–22, 2014 | April 4, 2014
An Evening with David Chase in person and screenings of the first and last episodes of The Sopranos, April 30, 2014 | March 27, 2014
Museum of the Moving Image and the European Union National Institutes for Culture present the first annual edition of Panorama Europe in New York City, from April 4 through 13, 2014 | Updated March 21, 2014
The Reaction GIF: Moving Image as Gesture, crowdsourced installation, on view at Museum of the Moving Image, March 12–May 15, 2014 | March 12, 2014
Indie to epic, the films of Darren Aronofsky, March 21–27 | March 6, 2014
Public wi-fi at Museum of the Moving Image made possible by Time Warner Cable | March 4, 2014
Overview of programs and exhibitions for March–April 2014 | February 24, 2014
Top voice actors and other industry professionals lead seminar on how to break into the voiceover field and sustain a career, February 27, 2014 | February 19, 2014
Museum of the Moving Image to present a weekend program with Joe Swanberg, March 1 & 2, 2014 | February 13, 2014
Jim Campbell, artist best known for evocative low resolution works, receives his first solo museum exhibition in New York, March 21–June 15, 2014 | February 10, 2014
The Muppets Character Encyclopedia, new essential book for Jim Henson fans, celebrated with trivia contest and video clips, February 22, 2014 | February 7, 2014
Presidents Week with Indie Essentials video game exhibition, game-making workshops, and daily screenings of The Muppet Show, February 17–21, 2014 | February 6, 2014
Museum of the Moving Image Salutes Kevin Spacey, April 9, 2014 | January 28, 2014
"Massa' Gaze": depictions of slavery in film and television to be subject of Museum symposium, February 1, 2014 | January 13, 2014
IndieCade East, IndieCade's East-Coast edition of the premier independent video game festival, returns to Museum of the Moving Image for year two, February 14–16, 2014 | January 10, 2014
Museum of the Moving Image explores 25 years of Madden NFL in video game exhibition, January 8–February 23, 2014 | January 8, 2014
See It Big! series celebrates movie musicals, January 24–February 28, 2014 | January 2, 2014
2013 Press Releases
From stuntwoman to star, Zoe Bell in five films, January 4–7, 2014 | December 31, 2013
Third annual edition of First Look offers an exciting array of film premieres from international festivals, January 10–19, 2014 | Updated December 17, 2013
Museum of the Moving Image presents Curators' Choice: Best of 2013 selections, January 3–5, 2014 | December 5, 2013
Museum of the Moving Image to showcase exhibition of 25 top independent video games, December 14, 2013–March 2, 2014 | Updated December 4, 2013
Jim Henson's characters take center stage this holiday season in screenings at Museum of the Moving Image | Updated December 5, 2013
Museum celebrates Julianne Moore with six films over Thanksgiving weekend, November 29–December 1 | November 22, 2013
Museum of the Moving Image: Overview of programs and exhibitions, January–February 2014 | November 21, 2013
Formally inventive documentaries and hybrid films to be featured in program on FIDMarseille Film Festival, November 23 & 24 | November 15, 2013
Early computer movies, avant-garde and mainstream, explored in weekend programs, November 15–17, 2013 | November 8, 2013
Great cinematographers the focus in new season of Museum of the Moving Image's popular film series See It Big!, November 8–December 29, 2013 | November 7, 2013
Ivan L. Lustig elected Co-Chairman of Museum of the Moving Image Board of Trustees | November 1, 2013
Three by James Toback, November 10–13, 2013 | November 1, 2013
Museum of the Moving Image presents first U.S. retrospective of Norwegian director Anja Breien, November 1–9, 2013 | October 29, 2013
Lights, Camera, Astoria! exhibition explores the history and renaissance of the Astoria studio, October 26, 2013–February 9, 2014 | October 25, 2013
Museum presents big-screen revival of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford with director Andrew Dominik in person, December 7, 2013 | October 18, 2013
Museum of the Moving Image presents film series Five by Claire Denis, October 13–22, 2013 | October 9, 2013
Museum of the Moving Image presents exhibition of 25 independent video games, December 14, 2013–March 2, 2014 | October 4, 2013
Alan Alda to be first guest in a new series of discussions, Iconic Characters of Comedy, presented with the Comedy Hall of Fame, October 15 | October 2, 2013
Museum presents mountain-climbing double feature of Touching the Void with The Summit, September 29 | September 26, 2013
Publication of Jim Henson: The Biography celebrated with panel discussion, rare clips, and book signing, October 1 | September 24, 2013
East WillyB, the vibrant and funny Latino web series set in Brooklyn, screens at Museum of the Moving Image, September 27, 2013 | September 20, 2013
New York Community Bancorp President and CEO Joseph R. Ficalora joins Museum of the Moving Image Board of Trustees | September 19, 2013
Bill Sage, Then and Now: The veteran indie film actor in person for two screenings at Museum of the Moving Image, September 23 & 24, 2013 | September 16, 2013
Film projectionists and their work spaces featured in The Booth, exhibition of photographs by Joseph O. Holmes, October 5, 2013–February 2, 2014 | September 9, 2013
Museum of the Moving Image: Overview of programs and exhibitions, September–October 2013 | August 23, 2013
Supercuts, mashups, remixes, and other re-edited popular media on view in the exhibition Cut Up at Museum of the Moving Image, through October 14, 2013 | August 23, 2013
The Complete Howard Hawks, 39-film retrospective, features all of the director's existing films, September 7–November 10, 2013 | August 15, 2013
9th Rural Route Film Festival brings the country—and countries—to Queens with films, live music, and local food, August 2–4, 2013 | July 17, 2013
Wong Kar-wai retrospective to include the director in person for the New York premiere of The Grandmaster, July 12–August 24, 2013 | July 12, 2013
Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer hosts dedication ceremony for newly completed George S. Kaufman Courtyard at Museum of the Moving Image | June 18, 2013
Last chance to see exhibition Spectacle: The Music Video, which closes June 16, plus schedule of final-related programs | June 5, 2013
Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai to appear in person with Kurosawa's Ran to open June 2013 schedule of See It Big!, June 15–30, 2013 | May 31, 2013
Bio: Tatsuya Nakadai (who will appear with a screening of Ran on June 15, 2013) | May 31, 2013
Museum of the Moving Image to open new gallery devoted to Jim Henson, following major donation of puppets and other objects | May 21, 2013
The Sumner M. Redstone Charitable Foundation donates $3 million to Museum of the Moving Image in recognition of the Museum's 25th anniversary | April 16, 2013
Latinos Beyond Reel screening and town-hall discussion to be presented as part of Moving Image series Changing the Picture, April 28, 2013 | April 15, 2013
Moving Image celebrates Danny Kaye centennial with special program hosted by Kaye's daughter, April 27, 2013 | April 9, 2013
Museum of the Moving Image to honor Abbe Raven of A+E Networks and Thomas Rutledge of Charter Communications on May 22 at the St. Regis Hotel | March 28, 2013
Spectacle: The Music Video, first museum exhibition to explore the art, history, future, and influence of the art form, opening at Moving Image, April 3–June 16, 2013 | March 14, 2013 (updated April 1, 2013)
Screening series 'The Life of Film: Celebrating a Decade of Reverse Shot' salutes the ongoing vitality of cinema and criticism, April 4–8, 2013 | March 12, 2013
"Game On": Screenings of Wreck-It Ralph and game-making workshops for families during spring recess at Moving Image, March 23–April 2 | March 7, 2013
New large-scale animated GIF installation by artist Evan Roth on view at Moving Image, through June 30, 2013 | March 6, 2013
Amos Vogel and Film as a Subversive Art honored with series of sixteen iconic films, March 16–31, 2013 | March 6, 2013
Lewis Klahr's recent collage films to be shown in weekend showcase at Moving Image, March 9–10, 2013 | February 26, 2013
Director Harmony Korine to present Spring Breakers as part of Museum retrospective, March 8–22, 2013 | February 25, 2013
Park Chan-wook to appear in person with Stoker to kick off retrospective at Moving Image, February 28–March 3, 2013 | February 20, 2013
Pui Chan: Kung Fu Pioneer, new documentary about legendary kung fu pioneer made by his daughter, to screen at Moving Image, February 23, 2013 | February 6, 2013
Moving Image and IndieCade, the nation's premier festival for independent video games, partner to present first New York event: IndieCade East, February 15–17, 2013 | January 31, 2013
Ruby Dee, Ben Vereen, Lou Gossett, Jr., LeVar Burton, S. Epatha Merkerson among guest speakers in Museum series Changing the Picture | January 16, 2013
Film series L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema looks at a vibrant, largely unheralded group of films that emerged in the shadows of Hollywood, February 2–24, 2013 | January 14, 2013
Moving Image presents U.S. premiere of Special Effect, a "live television show from the future" by video and performance artist Peter Burr, January 18, 2013 | January 3, 2013
2012 Press Releases
Moving Image presents "Curators' Choice: Best of 2012" selections, January 8–February 22, 2013 | December 21, 2012
Spacewar!, the first digital video game, and its 50 year legacy celebrated in new exhibition at Museum of the Moving Image, December 15, 2012–March 3, 2013 | November 28, 2012 (Updated December 18, 2012)
Museum of the Moving Image announces 2013 schedule for 'First Look,' annual showcase of new international work, January 4–13 | December 14, 2012
Moving Image announces selections for First Look, its annual showcase for adventurous new work, January 3–13, 2013 | December 4, 2012
Museum exhibition The Art of Rise of the Guardians offers behind-the-scenes look at DreamWorks Animation, November 10, 2012–March 3, 2013 | November 2, 2012
Movies made in New York 100 years ago receive the spolight in Museum program, November 10–11, 2012 | November 2, 2012
Quvenazhane Wallis, child star of Beasts of the Southern Wild and the film's director Benh Zeitlin to appear at special screening at Moving Image, November 3, 2012 | November 1, 2012
Museum of the Moving Image offers free admission all day Friday, November 2 | November 1, 2012
Museum of the Moving Image to present a film retrospective of Academy Award-winner Robert Zemeckis's most beloved films, October 29–November 4, 2012 | October 26, 2012
Moving Image and YMCA of Greater New York partner to present Ad Lab, a political ad making workshop for 100 civic-minded teens | October 24, 2012
Online exhibition of presidential campaign commercials, The Living Room Candidate, launches 2012 edition including ads from Obama vs. Romney | October 24, 2012
See It Big! Horror movie Halloween extravaganza at Moving Image, October 27–November 4, 2012 | October 22, 2012
Creative technology makers lead young people in exploring their inventions in drop-in studio at Moving Image, October 27 and November 17, 2012 | October 22, 2012
New book focused on Jim Henson's personal journal, Imagination Illustrated, launches at Moving Image, November 3, 2012 | October 22, 2012
Moving Image hosts a tribute to Jerry Nelson, October 27, 2012 | October 17, 2012
Raya Martin, contemporary Filipino director, receives first U.S. retrospective at Moving Image, October 19–27, 2012 | October 12, 2012
Museum of the Moving Image presents an evening with the work of David Lynch, from Transcendental Mediation to Eraserhead, October 13 | October 10, 2012
Don Francisco, legendary host of Sabado Gigante, longest-running variety show in TV history, to speak at Museum of the Moving Image, October 2 | September 27, 2012
The Mamas Network and Museum of the Moving Image present the Fall Mamas Expo, featuring parenting resources and family fun. September 22 and 23, 2012 | Updated September 13, 2012
Film After Film: Screening series and Museum exhibit based on new J. Hoberman book explore the state of cinema in the digital age | August 20, 2012
Museum of the Moving Image Salutes Hugh Jackman — December 11, 2012, at Cipriani Wall Street | August 15, 2012
Moving Image presents first major New York retrospective of the films of Ira Sachs, August 25–September 4 | August 15, 2012
Time Warner Cable President and C.O.O. Robert D. Marcus joins Museum of the Moving Image Board of Trustees | August 7, 2012
Live music by ARP accompanies avant-garde movies by Breer, Conner, Marker, and others in Cinema 16 program at Moving Image, September 14, 2012 | July 19, 2012
Rural Route Film Festival at Moving Image spans the globe, August 3–5, 2012 | July 12, 2012
New drop-in mediamaking studio and Muppet Show screenings among summer family programs at Moving Image, beginning July 7 | July 6, 2012
Moving Image presents an extra-large, two-month summer edition of its popular series See It Big!, July 6–September 9, 2012 | June 26, 2012
Electronic music ensemble Sideband to perform at Museum of the Moving Image, June 15, 2012
Paramount in the 1970s film series celebrates the studio's centennial, focusing on a decade of innovation and success, June 2–July 1 | May 24, 2012
Museum of the Moving Image: Overview and Programs, June 2012 | May 24, 2012
Moving Image presents film series Wes Anderson's Worlds, May 18–27, 2012 | May 15, 2012
Museum of the Moving Image exhibits alien masks and props from Men in Black 3, May 9 - September 23, 2012 | May 9, 2012
Joan Ganz Cooney to discuss "Children and Television" in conversation moderated by Lesley Stahl at Museum of the Moving Image, May 2, 2012 | April 25, 2012
Museum of the Moving Image announces first-ever retrospective of Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams, April 27–May 27, 2012 | Updated April 20, 2012
Fashion in Film: If Looks Could Kill explores the links between cinema, fashion, and crime, May 4–13, 2012 | April 19, 2012
Moving Image presents the first U.S. retrospective of Austrian director Michael Glawogger's documentaries and fiction films, April 19-29, 2012 | April 5, 2012
"Spring into Slapstick" with the Three Stooges during Spring Recess at Moving Image, April 7–15, 2012 | March 29, 2012
Antonioni Documentaries: Rare screenings of Michelangelo Antonioni's four-hour film on China and early shorts, April 7 & 8, 2012 | March 28, 2012
Two by Whit Stillman: Moving Image to screen Barcelona and preview of Damsels in Distress with writer-director in person, April 4 & 5, 2012 | March 27, 2012
Museum of the Moving Image presents recent works by avant-garde film pioneer Ken Jacobs, March 30–April 1, 2012 | March 20, 2012
Museum of the Moving Image presents Street Digital, and exhibition of recent works by Internet art pioneers JODI, March 31–May 20, 2012 | March 19, 2012
New Moving Image Master Class series opens with production designert Mark Friedberg, March 25 | March 9, 2012
Moving Image presents Mary Ellen Carroll's 24-hour movie Federal, March 24 - 25, 2012 | March 8, 2012
Five-film retrospective of Korean director Hong Sang-soo at Museum of the Moving Image, March 17 - 23, 2012 | March 6, 2012 Moving Image presents recent works by avant-garde film pioneer Ken Jacobs, March 30–April 1
Moving Image to honor Thomas R. O'Donnell, President of Teamsters Local 817, on March 3, 2012 | February 29, 2012
Grand Finale Weekend for Jim Henson's Fantastic World, March 2-4 | Updated March 1, 2012
Author events at Moving Image: Dan Callahan on Barbara Stanwyck and Geoff Dyer on Andrei Tarkovsky | February 17, 2012
Museum of the Moving Image presents exhibition Restless: Films and Other Works by Mircea Cantor, March 3 - May 6, 2011 | January 17, 2012
David Cronenberg retrospective includes sixteen features, rare and experimental shorts, and personal appearance by the director, January 21 - February 12, 2012 | January 17, 2012
Rare screening of pioneering independent film Nothing But a Man on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | January 11, 2012
Museum of the Moving Image announces a seven-week extension of Jim Henson's Fantastic World, now on view through March 4, 2012 | Schedule of programs updated January 9, 2012
Museum of the Moving Image overview of programs and exhibition, January - March 2012 | January 4, 2012