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Creatures from the Land of Thra: Character Design for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
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Tut’s Fever Movie Palace
Tut’s Fever is a working movie theater and art installation created by Red Grooms and Lysiane Luong, an homage to the ornate, exotic picture palaces of the 1920s
Behind the Screen
The Museum's core exhibition immerses visitors in the creative and technical process of producing, promoting, and presenting films, television shows, and digital entertainment.
The Jim Henson Exhibition
This dynamic experience explores Jim Henson’s groundbreaking work for film and television and his transformative impact on culture.
Creatures from the Land of Thra: Character Design for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
This exhibition explores the process of designing the fantastical characters for the Netflix series prequel to the 1982 film.
Cinema of Sensations: The Never-Ending Screen of Val del Omar
This major exhibition brings the immersive, multisensory cinematic installations of visionary Spanish artist, filmmaker, and inventor José Val del Omar (1904–1982) to U.S. audiences for the first time, along with commissioned pieces by contemporary artists Sally Golding, Matt Spendlove, and Tim Cowlishaw; Duo Prismáticas; Esperanza Collado; and Colectivo Los Ingrávidos.
Refreshing the Loop
Refreshing the Loop continues Museum of the Moving Image’s tradition of displaying GIFs in our passenger elevator. This new iteration places artists who have been widely known for their GIFs for more than two decades in conversation with selected artists who have gained notable popularity in the last few years.
Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Join us for a special guided tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition! The tour costs $5.00 per visitor (on top of admission ticket).
Fremont
Fremont
Jalali’s Sundance standout, about a newly immigrated twentysomething from Afghanistan in the San Francisco Bay Area, has an exquisitely modulated tone all its own: somewhere between deadpan comedy and offhand sorrow. Screening 9/15–9/24.
The Shattered Mind
The Shattered Mind
Written, directed, and produced by deaf Black American filmmaker Jade Bryan, The Shattered Mind is about Zhane Rain, a teenager who struggles to find herself, questioning whether she was born deaf, and seeking to understand her recurring nightmares. Free screening on 9/22 supported by the NYC Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, with director in person!
Elementary Triptych of Spain
Elementary Triptych of Spain
The films that comprise José Val del Omar’s Elementary Triptych of Spain (1953–1995) are audiovisual poems of the senses; these encore screenings will take place in the Bartos Screening Room on DCP.
Demonlover
Demonlover
Endlessly regenerative auteur Oliviers Assayas's prescient fable about desire, vision, control.
Just Wright
Just Wright
In this romantic comedy from director Sanaa Hamri and writer Michael Elliot, physical therapist Leslie Wright (Queen Latifah) helps Scott McKnight (Common) find a second chance at love, compassion, and confidence, on and off the court.
Sylvia Scarlett
Sylvia Scarlett
On 9/23 and 9/30, see George Cukor and Katharine Hepburn’s screwball passion project. Made soon after the industry-transforming enforcement of Hollywood’s Production Code, it was considered scandalous in its day.
Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours
Join us for a special guided tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition! The tour costs $5.00 per visitor (on top of admission ticket).
Junebug
Junebug
Director Phil Morrison will appear in person Saturday 9/23 at 3:00 p.m. for a screening of this true American beauty, rich in character, complex in theme—one of the smartest and most moving domestic dramas of the century so far.
Fremont
Fremont
Jalali’s Sundance standout, about a newly immigrated twentysomething from Afghanistan in the San Francisco Bay Area, has an exquisitely modulated tone all its own: somewhere between deadpan comedy and offhand sorrow. Screening 9/15–9/24.
Just Wright
Just Wright
In this romantic comedy from director Sanaa Hamri and writer Michael Elliot, physical therapist Leslie Wright (Queen Latifah) helps Scott McKnight (Common) find a second chance at love, compassion, and confidence, on and off the court.
Femme Fatale + Reverse Shot Anniversary Reception
Femme Fatale + Reverse Shot Anniversary Reception
On Saturday 9/23 at 6:00 p.m., Brian De Palma’s silky, seductive, ridiculously entertaining meta-noir will be introduced by Reverse Shot editors Michael Koresky and Jeff Reichert and followed by a reception celebrating the 20th anniversary of Reverse Shot.
A Jim Henson Birthday Celebration: Jimmy Dean & Rowlf’s 60th Anniversary
A Jim Henson Birthday Celebration: Jimmy Dean & Rowlf’s 60th Anniversary
Celebrate the 60th anniversary of Rowlf's Jimmy Dean Show debut with a brand-new compilation of clips from the show, including some rare commercials featuring Jimmy and Rowlf; plus a special guest
Junebug
Junebug
Director Phil Morrison will appear in person Saturday 9/23 at 3:00 p.m. for a screening of this true American beauty, rich in character, complex in theme—one of the smartest and most moving domestic dramas of the century so far.
Summer Hours
Summer Hours
Assayas’s deeply personal family drama is one of the great films about the meaning and value of things, the inextricable bond of family, and the forward march of time.
Fremont
Fremont
Jalali’s Sundance standout, about a newly immigrated twentysomething from Afghanistan in the San Francisco Bay Area, has an exquisitely modulated tone all its own: somewhere between deadpan comedy and offhand sorrow. Screening 9/15–9/24.
Roza
Roza
In Andrés Rodríguez's auspicious debut, Hector returns to his village in the Guatemalan highlands after a long and difficult migration to the United States, coming home to a possessive mother, a distant wife, a son who doesn’t recognize him, and a community that pushes him out.
Demonlover
Demonlover
Endlessly regenerative auteur Oliviers Assayas's prescient fable about desire, vision, control.