Museum of the Moving Image

Museum of the Moving Image The only U.S. museum devoted to film, television, and digital media.
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Museum of the Moving Image advances the understanding, enjoyment, and appreciation of the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media. Accessible, innovative, and forward-looking, the Museum presents exhibitions, education programs, significant moving-image works, and interpretive programs, and maintains a collection of moving-image related artifacts. In doing so

, the Museum serves a diverse public at its New York City home and online, and provides leadership in its field. Attendance numbers approximately 250,000 visitors each year, including 60,000 school children (pre-pandemic numbers).

And it starts! What are you planning to see over the next five days? We have 38 premieres, including films from Bulgaria...
03/12/2025

And it starts! What are you planning to see over the next five days? We have 38 premieres, including films from Bulgaria, Japan, Serbia, France, Germany, Lebanon, Canada, Italy, Spain, China, Taiwan, Romania, Ukraine, U.K., Cuba, Ireland, Sweden, and more. Don’t wait—grab your tickets now!

Monday–Wednesday, during the day, our Working on It sessions feature work-in-progress screenings and presentations. Free for MoMI members and students with ID—otherwise $17.50 for the whole afternoon. Each day’s sessions culminates with a social hour!

Tonight First Look screenings kick off with the New York premiere screening of BONJOUR TRISTESSE with director Durga Chew-Bose and star Lily McInerny in person for a Q&A followed by Opening Night reception presented by MUBI. (We’re sold out for the evening.)

Plan your First Look viewings—check link in bio for info & tickets. See you soon ❤



Museum of the Moving Image’s 14th edition of First Look, its festival of new and innovative international cinema, takes place March 12–16 with an exciting lineup of 38 premieres, including 20 features from 21 countries, offering fresh perspectives on the art and process of filmmaking.

A rich piece of gothic storytelling, Sofia Bohdanowicz’s MEASURES FOR A FUNERAL follows PhD candidate Audrey (Deragh Cam...
03/11/2025

A rich piece of gothic storytelling, Sofia Bohdanowicz’s MEASURES FOR A FUNERAL follows PhD candidate Audrey (Deragh Campbell) as she journeys to London and Oslo to research the life of forgotten Canadian violinist Kathleen Parlow, while fever-dream calls from her dying mother (herself a failed violinist) go to voicemail.

See the U.S. premiere on March 16 at 4:15 p.m. with Bohdanowicz in person at ! Get tickets: https://movingimage.org/event/measures-for-a-funeral/

Museum of the Moving Image’s 14th edition of First Look, its festival of new and innovative international cinema, takes place March 12–16 with an exciting lineup of 38 premieres, including 20 features from 21 countries, offering fresh perspectives on the art and process of filmmaking.
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The second feature from Japanese director Yoko Yamanaka, DESERT OF NAMIBIA refuses categorization, following mercurial 2...
03/10/2025

The second feature from Japanese director Yoko Yamanaka, DESERT OF NAMIBIA refuses categorization, following mercurial 21-year-old Kana (Yuumi Kawai), who vacillates among suitors, priorities, and moods with a fierce volatility. Catch the NY premiere this Thursday, March 13, 8:15 p.m., with Yamanaka in person!

Get tickets: https://movingimage.org/event/desert-of-namibia/

Museum of the Moving Image’s 14th edition of First Look, its festival of new and innovative international cinema, takes place March 12–16 with an exciting lineup of 38 premieres, including 20 features from 21 countries, offering fresh perspectives on the art and process of filmmaking.

On this International Women's Day, March 8, at 5:30, join us and Hellenic Film Society USA for a screening of Sofia Exar...
03/08/2025

On this International Women's Day, March 8, at 5:30, join us and Hellenic Film Society USA for a screening of Sofia Exarchou's ANIMAL—winner of 7 Hellenic Film Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Dimitra Vlagopoulou!

ANIMAL screens as part of our monthly Greek film series, Always on Sunday. Please note the Sunday, March 9, screening is sold out.

Get tickets for today at https://movingimage.org/event/animal/2025-03-08/

03/07/2025

First Look 2025, the 14th edition of our festival of new and innovative international cinema, opens Wednesday, March 12!

🙌 Check out this year's trailer!

Get your tickets and passes: http://bit.ly/firstlook2025

Our fourth annual Marvels of Media Festival, celebrating autistic media-makers, takes place at the Museum March 27–29 an...
03/06/2025

Our fourth annual Marvels of Media Festival, celebrating autistic media-makers, takes place at the Museum March 27–29 and will feature 22 new films, five video games, and two virtual reality experiences in our theaters and labs.

Opening night on Thursday, March 27, will feature the New York premieres of ONCE MORE, LIKE RAIN MAN, the directorial debut of Sue Ann Pien, star of Amazon’s “As We See It,” and ELEGY FOR THE FUTURE by Christina Phensy, as part of a festive evening that also includes Festival opening remarks, special guests, a reception, and exhibition.

Pien, along with producer Darren Dean (longtime Sean Baker collaborator), will introduce the screening, which will be followed by a discussion with Pien, actress Bella Zoe Martinez, and Phensy.

Through Saturday, there will be four more screening programs, plus a networking mixer and workshop. See the full lineup at https://movingimage.org/series/marvels-of-media-festival-2025.

All are welcome—all programs are FREE with RSVP.

This year for the first time, Marvels of Media Festival will expand to art centers and theaters across the country that will present a selection of the 2024 Marvels of Media films. We thank our venue partners: Jacob Burns Film Center, North Fork Arts Center (Long Island), and Gray Area (SF)—with more to be added.

Thanks also to our partners: Exceptional Minds, Spectrum Laboratory, TechKids Unlimited, and Strokes of Genius!

Marvels of Media is made possible with major support from Sapan Studio, David Angelo / David & Goliath, and the Zelnick/Belzberg Charitable Trust.

Stills: 1. Once More, Like Rain Man (Sue Ann Pien), 2. Elegy for the Future (Christina Phensy).

On this Oscar Sunday, consider a visit to our core exhibition Behind the Screen to learn about the creative process of m...
03/02/2025

On this Oscar Sunday, consider a visit to our core exhibition Behind the Screen to learn about the creative process of making film and TV. Some things you can do and encounter:

👉 See concept sketches from the Oscar-winning The SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, see prosthetic makeup for David Lynch’s ELEPHANT MAN (nominated for 8 Academy Awards, 0 wins), and costume design drawings from THE WIZ
👉 Flip through Todd Haynes’s image book for MAY DECEMBER
👉 Dub your voice into a scene from THE WIZARD OF OZ or THE SCHOOL OF ROCK and swap out music from scenes in CASINO, TWISTER, and more
👉 Make your own short animation using characters from Adam Elliot’s Oscar-nominated MEMOIR OF A SNAIL!

We’re open 12–6 today. Plus, Museum admission includes a ticket to one of our movies (note: movies may sell out). Showing today in our Snubbed Forever series: Lon Chaney in THE BODYSNATCHER (12:30, archival 35mm print), Ben Gazzara in SAINT JACK (2:15), and Catherine O’Hara in FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION (4:45, 35mm).

SCARLET STREET (1945), Fritz Lang’s jolt of pure fatalism, features Edward G. Robinson in a career-best lead performance...
03/01/2025

SCARLET STREET (1945), Fritz Lang’s jolt of pure fatalism, features Edward G. Robinson in a career-best lead performance as a browbeaten Greenwich Village amateur painter who falls into a trap set by a shady local girl played by Joan Bennett.

See it today, March 1, at 2:15 p.m., presented in an archival 35mm print from the Library of Congress! Get tickets: https://movingimage.org/event/scarlet-street/2025-03-01/

Part of Snubbed Forever, our Oscar-companion series featuring great actors who never received a nomination their entire careers.

Paul Schrader’s BLUE COLLAR gave Richard Pryor and Yaphet Kotto two of their greatest roles, as Detroit auto workers who...
02/23/2025

Paul Schrader’s BLUE COLLAR gave Richard Pryor and Yaphet Kotto two of their greatest roles, as Detroit auto workers who take matters into their own hands after being mistreated by both management and their Union bosses. See it today, Feb 23 at MoMI!

Presented as part of our companion series to the Oscars, Snubbed Forever: Great Actors, No Nominations, which continues through March 9.

Tickets: https://bit.ly/momisnub4eva

Dorothy Dandridge rightfully and historically received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for CARMEN JONES, yet co-star Har...
02/21/2025

Dorothy Dandridge rightfully and historically received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for CARMEN JONES, yet co-star Harry Belafonte, certifying his newfound stardom, was as fiery, sensual, and magnetic—and snubbed.

See the vibrant ‘Scope musical on Feb 21 & 23 as part of our series!

Tickets: https://movingimage.org/event/carmen-jones/2025-02-21/

MoMI will be open this Monday, Feb 17, 12–6, for Presidents Day. Bring the family to see The Jim Henson Exhibition and o...
02/16/2025

MoMI will be open this Monday, Feb 17, 12–6, for Presidents Day. Bring the family to see The Jim Henson Exhibition and our core exhibition Behind the Screen. Explore the history of the moving image, encounter a favorite character, try your hand at making animation or dub your voice into a scene, and have fun! See What’s On at http://movingimage.org

Photos by Thanassi Karageorgiou

We’re thrilled to share that our interactive exhibit “Clayography in Motion: Adam Elliot’s MEMOIR OF A SNAIL” is being e...
02/16/2025

We’re thrilled to share that our interactive exhibit “Clayography in Motion: Adam Elliot’s MEMOIR OF A SNAIL” is being extended! You now have through July 13 to visit MoMI to see original puppets from the Oscar-nominated film and to make your own animation using 2D cutouts of characters like Grace, Gilbert & more!

Learn more at https://movingimage.org/event/clayography-in-motion/

We have a pristine 35mm print of THE GIRL FROM MISSOURI, starring Jean Harlow (actually from Missouri!) as a self-procla...
02/15/2025

We have a pristine 35mm print of THE GIRL FROM MISSOURI, starring Jean Harlow (actually from Missouri!) as a self-proclaimed “hotsy totsy” looking for a millionaire husband in NYC without sacrificing her virtue. Part of our Snubbed Forever series screening today, Feb 15, 2:00 p.m.

THE GIRL FROM MISSOURI is a grand showcase for Harlow’s expert mix of seductive comedy and poignant humanity.

Get tickets: https://movingimage.org/event/the-girl-from-missouri/2025-02-15/

Happy Birthday, Kim! ❤ The incredible Kim Novak turns 92 today. Come and see Novak in her greatest role, Alfred Hitchcoc...
02/13/2025

Happy Birthday, Kim! ❤ The incredible Kim Novak turns 92 today. Come and see Novak in her greatest role, Alfred Hitchcock's VERTIGO, screening here at MoMI on March 8 and 9.

Part of our series Snubbed Forever: Great Actors, No Nominations
https://movingimage.org/event/vertigo-2/2025-03-08/

NYC parents, what are your kids doing during Midwinter Recess? MoMI is hosting a free 👾Mini Retro Game Jam🕹, Feb. 18–20....
02/12/2025

NYC parents, what are your kids doing during Midwinter Recess?

MoMI is hosting a free 👾Mini Retro Game Jam🕹, Feb. 18–20. In this unique three-day program, teens ages 14–19 will use the fantasy console PICO-8 game engine to explore the Museum and create retro-style mini-games to share with friends and family. Each day runs 10:00–4:00.

Completed mini-games will be showcased in our custom MoMI arcade consoles for visitors to play!

Learn more and apply at https://movingimage.org/event/mini-retro-game-jam/

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First Look 2025 festival trailer
First Look 2025 festival trailer

First Look 2025, the 14th edition of our festival of new and innovative international cinema, opens Wednesday, March 12! 🙌 Check out this year's trailer! Get your tickets and passes: http://bit.ly/firstlook2025

NOW SHOWING In our theaters at Museum of the Moving Image, Feb 15–17, 2025 For tickets, visit https://movingimage.org/

Teaser for Recording the Ride
Teaser for Recording the Ride

We have some ✨ amazing interns ✨ at the Museum — check out this new exhibition teaser created by MoMI intern Ethan Peralta! He captures the energy of "Recording the Ride: The Rise of Street-Style Skate Videos," which has been extended through March 2. “Recording the Ride” features videos and artifacts from skate culture’s formative years in the late 1980s and 1990s, with a focus on releases by H-Street, Plan B, World Industries, Girl, Zoo York, 411, Birdhouse, and others that manifest the structure and style that defined the modern skate video genre. Their influence continues to be seen today in pop culture, fashion, and filmmaking. Learn more and get tickets: bit.ly/RTRmomi The exhibition is sponsored by New Balance Numeric

The Exorcist exhibit at MoMI
The Exorcist exhibit at MoMI

THE EXORCIST was released in theaters on Dec. 26, 1973. Did you know you can see production materials from William Friedkin’s horror masterpiece in our core exhibition “Behind the Screen?” Learn more at https://movingimage.org/event/exorcist/

Last day to see our Auriea Harvey exhibition—closing today, December 1! Learn more: https://bit.ly/Aurieamomi

Museum of the Moment - Open Worlds
Museum of the Moment - Open Worlds

What a year it’s been so far! If you’ve joined us at MoMI on any weekend over the past six months, you’ve likely seen or experienced one of the many exciting, fun, and free events we’ve presented as part of our exciting Open Worlds initiative. We have been delighted to welcome more than 8,000 visitors for free to a variety of programs, including our most recent Day of the Dead Celebration this past Saturday. Please help us to ensure the future of important community-building projects like Open Worlds with a donation today—a gift in any amount helps! Support MoMI, the Museum of the Moment, here: https://bit.ly/DonatetoMoMI

Trailer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 50th anniversary
Trailer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 50th anniversary

This Halloween season: don’t miss the landmark of outlaw filmmaking, and perhaps the most frightening film ever made, THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, screening in honor of its 50th anniversary!! Catch it in a new digital restoration starting tomorrow, Oct 26—we have five shows through Nov 1, including a just-added screening this Sunday at 5:30! Get tickets at https://movingimage.org/event/texas-chainsaw-massacre/2024-10-26/ Presented as part of Reverse Shot Presents: A Few Great Pumpkins. After picking up an unhinged hitchhiker during a drive deep in rural Texas, a group of young people from somewhere up north are unwittingly plunged into a nightmare as they find themselves hunted down by a cannibalistic clan of maniacs. When Tobe Hooper first unleashed THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, it stunned audiences and drew a mixture of admiration and revulsion from critics. Fifty years later, the film is a horror classic and cultural milestone. See it for the first time, or the 100th time, at MoMI this weekend! #tcm50 #texaschainsawmassacre #halloween2024 #scarymovies #horrorfilms #indiefilm #afewgreatpumpkins

Regan MacNeil doll in the galleries
Regan MacNeil doll in the galleries

This Halloween season, be sure to visit the special “girl” in our core exhibition: the mechanical doll that allowed the character Regan MacNeil to spin her head 360 degrees in THE EXORCIST! Learn more about the exhibit, which features makeup and production design materials for the 1973 film, at bit.ly/41DIJkB

Teaser for Recording the Ride exhibition
Teaser for Recording the Ride exhibition

👀 Check out the teaser for our new exhibition RECORDING THE RIDE: THE RISE OF STREET-STYLE SKATE VIDEOS before it opens this Saturday, September 7! The exhibition honors the late ’80s and ’90s era of DIY filmmaking and skater culture. Tickets for the opening event Skate Video Essentials: The Legacy of Mike Ternasky include access to the exhibition and a reception. Learn more and get tickets at https://bit.ly/RTRmomi Exhibition sponsor: New Balance #recordingtheride #momi #skatefilms #skatefilmmaking #rtrmomi

Trailer: Anhell69
Trailer: Anhell69

“ANHELL69 is raw, uncompromising and disturbing, the best kind of transgressive documentary filmmaking” (POV Magazine). See Theo Montoya’s feature debut, a haunting portrait of a no-future generation, on Jun 23, as part of New Adventures in Nonfiction. http://bit.ly/4b3CU3b

Open Worlds: stop in all summer long to enjoy our lobby and courtyard!

Trailer: The Beast
Trailer: The Beast

THE BEAST, Bertrand Bonello's latest, touches on modern anxieties of AI and incel culture, which may recur throughout history as commonly as love and hate. Like all good science fiction, it asks essential questions about the ever-shifting status of humanity itself. See it at MoMI, May 10–18. Find showtimes at bit.ly/4a6eqpm A Sideshow / Janus release.

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