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).
Some news — please join us in welcoming Aziz Isham as our new Executive Director beginning October 1!
We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Aziz Isham as our new Executive Director. A veteran non-profit arts executive, Emmy-winning filmmaker, writer, and curator, Aziz steps into the leadership position on October 1.
Opening on October 27, we will be presenting DISSOLUTION, an installation of a sculptural hologram by artist David Levine. This hypnotic volumetric projection—viewable from any angle—conjures the past and future of the moving image. tinyurl.com/momidissolution
Our 70mm shows of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY have been playing to full houses, so we added an extra screening on August 24, 6:30 p.m. Two final chances to see Kubrick’s masterpiece on our big screen: this Thursday and next Sunday!
Get tickets: bit.ly/2001in70mm23
Join Cinema Tropical at MoMI for the New York premiere of the Argentine film JESÚS LÓPEZ by Maximiliano Schonfeld today, 8/20, at 4:30 p.m. Winner of the Cinema Tropical Award for Best Director and the Best Latin American Film Award at the Mar del Plata Film Fest, this is a captivating and elegantly directed mystical tale about community grief and emancipation. When a young race-car driver, Jesús, dies in a motorcycle accident, his teenage cousin Abel is gradually tempted to take his place with family and friends.
The fourth feature from Maximiliano Schonfeld is a captivating and elegantly directed mystical tale about community grief and emancipation.
Based on Arthur Hailey’s best-selling novel and epically filmed by 70mm veteran Ernest Laszlo, AIRPORT sparked the star-studded disaster blockbuster genre that is still going strong today. Starting today, 8/19, see it in a new 70mm print! http://bit.ly/3E6imJf
See Mantas Kvedaravicius’s two portraits of the city of Mariupol: the first seen in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2016, the second when the city became the epicenter of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Kvedaravicius was killed in Mariupol by Russian forces on his return visit; the resulting footage was then summarily edited by his widow Hanna Bilbrova into the vivid and immediate documentary MARIUPOLIS 2, which screened to acclaim at Cannes mere months later. It’s a raw, fiercely human document illuminates staggering acts of endurance and resistance within a community under siege.
MARIUPOLIS & MARIUPOLIS 2 screen Aug. 18–20 Bit.ly/3s24InG
Photos courtesy of The Match Factory.
Due to the overwhelming response to Christopher Nolan's INCEPTION in our See It Big: 70mm! series, we've added another show: Thursday, August 17, 6:30pm—presented in a pristine 70mm print! Get tickets: http://bit.ly/3s4mGFY
This Saturday, Aug 19, 3:30 p.m., enjoy the blues-funk infused rap of OutKast in Bryan Barber’s thrilling musical IDLEWILD. The 2006 film stars Big Boi and André 3000 as lifelong friends who hatch a plan to save a Georgia nightclub. Also featuring Terrence Howard, Paula Patton, Cicely Tyson, Macy Gray, Patti LaBelle, Ving Rhames.
Followed by the Real Rap Summer Dance Party at 5:30 p.m. in our Kaufman Courtyard with music by DJ Wiz of Kid ‘n Play, DJ KayKay47, and rapper Bossman. For an after party, join us at local bar Sek'end Sun — present your MoMI ticket stub for 10% off your order (valid 8/19/23 only).
Come dressed up inspired by the fashionable outfits of OutKast!
Get tickets: bit.ly/realrap23
On this day in 1973, hip-hop was born in The Bronx. For 50 years, hip-hop music has proliferated throughout every borough, every corner of the U.S. & all over the world. Join us in celebrating with Real Rap: Hip-Hop Star Power on Screen!
Learn more about the series at http://bit.ly/realrap23
Using the format of large-canvas sci-fi horror, Oscar-winner Jordan Peele has made perhaps his most provocative film yet, a wildly expansive, primally frightening movie that quickly became one of the year’s most puzzled-over, debated, and admired studio productions. We are thrilled to present NOPE in 70mm starting Saturday, August 12. Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, and Steven Yeun with cinematography by Hoyte Van Hoytema (Oppenheimer, Interstellar) and music by Michael Abels (a 2022 Moving Image Awards honoree).
"NOPE is one of the great movies about moviemaking" —The New Yorker
NOPE screens August 12, 19 & 25 in bit.ly/3OI7De1
Monkeypaw Productions NOPE
In 2016's MARIUPOLIS, director Mantas Kvedaravicius explores everyday life in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol in the wake of Russia’s siege of Crimea in 2014. In 2022 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, he returned to be with the people he had met and filmed for MARIUPOLIS 2. See both films August 18 (combo ticket available), with repeat screenings on August 19 & 20. Bit.ly/3s24InG
Presented as part of our ongoing series New Adventures in Nonfiction. Free for MoMI members at the Senior/Student level and above.
Ten cans holding the 70mm print of MALCOLM X have arrived. See Spike Lee's epic telling of the life of Malcolm X, magnificently played by Denzel Washington, starting August 12.
Get tickets: bit.ly/3s1jpYa
"LAIKA: Life in Stop Motion" has been extended through September 10. Visit our core exhibition "Behind the Screen" to see your favorite LAIKA puppets, including Coraline, Kubo, Norman, and Mr. Link; two dioramas and other production materials; and make your own short animation using 2D cutouts of the characters. More info: bit.ly/laika-momi
Bonus tip: schedule your visit for Labor Day weekend to catch a screening of KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS on the big screen!
Thanks to Gizmodo, for visiting at MoMI and speaking with curator Regina Harsanyi and artists Pastiche Lumumba and Kate the Cursed, whose animated GIFs are currently on view! Watch it here:
Gizmodo chats with digital artists featured in the exhibition “Refreshing the Loop” at the Museum of the Moving Image.
Featuring an indelible visit to Coney Island, a cameo appearance by Babe Ruth himself, and one of the greatest chases in silent film comedy, Harold Lloyd’s final masterpiece SPEEDY is a rollicking summer ride through old New York. See it Aug 5 & 6 1PM! Get tickets: bit.ly/3QroymC
As we kick off our 70mm series tonight, check out this IndieWire interview with our film curators Eric Hynes and Edo Choi on the allure of seeing film on film (and in 70mm)!
Thanks to the Museum of the Moving Image’s “See It Big: 70mm” series, the movies are bigger (and more tactile) than ever.
For his symphonic and spectacular action film INCEPTION, Christopher Nolan assembled his most inspired and eclectic ensemble, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Cillian Murphy, Marion Cotillard, Elliot Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, and Ken Watanabe. See it in 70mm Aug 5, 6 & 11 bit.ly/3QoKMWb
“I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.” —HAL
See Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY in 70mm in our grand Redstone Theater starting Wed, Aug 3. 🎟 bit.ly/sib70mm2023
Join us on Saturday, August 5 for Junk Dump Film Festival, co-presented with Junk Dump Magazine! See short films by emerging filmmakers working at the intersection of video art and storytelling at 3:00 p.m. and a panel discussion with filmmakers at 5:00, followed by a reception. The program will screen again at 5:45. Featuring films by Ciara Kerr, Pedro Tamames, Benji Tucker, Yoni Azulay (all pictured), and more!
Get tickets at bit.ly/3rSZ9aT
Shout out to The Criterion Collection's David Hudson for highlighting our Real Rap: Hip-Hop Star Power on Screen series, which opened this weekend with BELLY and NEW JACK CITY and continues into the fall!
The Museum of the Moving Image celebrates fifty years of hip-hop with a twelve-film series.
We are thrilled to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Reverse Shot with a screening series, a new book anthology, new online symposium & fundraising campaign all kicking off in September. See the lineup for Reverse Shot at 20: Selections from a Century at
On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, Reverse Shot teams up with MoMI to give audiences an opportunity to see some of its contributors’ favorite films from the 21st century on the Museum’s big screen.
“BELLY is a masterpiece of remixed American noir, and one of the most visually iconic films of its decade.” —Collider
Celebrated music video director Hype Williams’s riveting American crime drama BELLY (1998) features lifelong friends, played by rappers DMX and Nas, who are pulled into darkness as each struggles toward a better life far from the streets of Queens where they cut their teeth. See it in 35mm this Saturday, July 29 (also showing Fri, Aug 4) as part of our series Real Rap: Hip-Hop Star Power on Screen. Tickets: bit.ly/3rLhfvI
It’s coooool inside. 😎 Our A/C is back on track. Get out of the heat and visit us today during our free hours (every Thursday, 2:00–6:00 p.m.)!
“The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meanings.” —Stanley Kubrick
The legendary director was born on this day in 1928. We are thrilled to be presenting his mysterious and profound epic 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY in 70mm throughout August. What’s your favorite Kubrick film?
🎟 bit.ly/2001in70mm23
In his feature directorial debut, Mario Van Peebles, working alongside producer Teddy Riley, weaves the signature “New Jack Swing” sound and style into the film, which defined the hip-hop landscape of the late ’80s and early ’90s. NEW JACK CITY, which launched Ice-T's acting career and stars Wesley Snipes as memorable villain Nino Brown, opens our Real Rap series Friday, July 28 (screening again on Saturday) with a video intro by Van Peebles!
Get tickets: https://bit.ly/472OfQ6
Lots to see this weekend in our See It Big: Summer Movies series! Encores of BODY HEAT, CHOCOLAT, and LA BAMBA, plus PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE in and Spike Lee’s DO THE RIGHT THING.
Tickets:
This series brings together selections from the first two decades of the American summer movie, as well as some smaller hot-month titles released to appeal to alternative art-house crowds. Kick back and enjoy these summer movies the way they were meant to be seen.
We are excited to present a limited theatrical run of Saim Sadiq’s acclaimed JOYLAND starting July 14 as a part of our Infinite Beauty series!
bit.ly/3XChlRW
🌡Get ready
David Cronenberg's original psychological horror story with Jeremy Irons as twin gynecologists who develop a truly twisted relationship with a patient. With nurse Erin Guerriero, consultant on the Prime Video adaptation, appearing in person on 7/30.
Starting July 28, join us to celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop with Real Rap: Hip-Hop Star Power on Screen, a screening series focused on rappers-actors, kicking off with NEW JACK CITY and BELLY. See the lineup (with more coming) at bit.ly/realrap23
📷 New Jack City, courtesy of Sony/Columbia Pictures
This weekend: catch the Star Wars trilogy back to back on our big screen. To sweeten the experience, we’ve created a $35 discounted combo ticket: see STAR WARS, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK & RETURN OF THE JEDI plus get complimentary gallery admission (so you can check out costumes, makeup materials, and our collection of Star Wars licensed merchandise in between shows). Saturday & Sunday, July 8 & 9. Get tickets: bit.ly/3O1k1pm
The Star Wars films will be presented in the Special Edition cuts.
Happy Independence Day! Going to the movies on the Fourth of July is a long-standing pastime. From our collection: a ticket from Philadelphia’s Rialto Theatre for July 4, 1916. The program shows people were seeing Lillian Gish in SOLD FOR MARRIAGE, accompanied by a bonus screening of GLORIA'S ROMANCE, featuring Billie Burke.
The single sided ticket features the Rialto logo that reads, "Distinctive Creations / Rialto / Booked Thru Stanley Company." Additional text on the ticket reads, "New Organ / Perfect Ventilation / Germantown Ave and Tulpehocken St / Written Criticisms Invited -Stanley Co., Philada." Text on the lower half of the ticket reads, "PASS (2) TWO / Good only Tuesday July 4th / Matinee or evening performance." The pass is stamped with a signature.
Gift of William R. Bogert, Jr.
Join us this Friday for AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON on our big screen, followed by a conversation with co-star Griffin Dunne. This 1981 horror classic, directed by John Landis, managed to be entirely terrifying and quite funny, and featured Rick Baker’s eye-popping practical makeup effects (which won an Oscar). Screening Friday, July 7, at 7PM. Tickets: bit.ly/3NXwmdQ
Images courtesy of Universal Pictures.
Check out what’s coming to MoMI this July and August: a hip-hop film series highlighting rapper-actors, 70mm films, Saim Sadiq's JOYLAND, the continuation of See It Big summer movies, new work in our elevator installation series REFRESHING THE LOOP & more!
This July and August, MoMI presents its annual summer 70mm showcase, launches a new series of films featuring hip-hop artists, and much more!
What is a cinema without images? What are the sensorial conditions of vision? IN PARALLAX (2023)—an installation by Sally Golding, Matt Spendlove, and Tim Cowlishaw—expands the traditional architectural space of film by doubling the in-real-life (IRL) gallery screen via a complementary VR experience. The resulting parallax centralizes the viewer in the space between IRL and VR, suspending them amidst two possible viewings of an interconnected but differently realized work.
Commissioned by the Museum, the work is presented as part of the exhibition “Cinema of Sensations: The Never-Ending Screen of Val del Omar” and invites the visitor to step into a purely sensory cinematic experience, inspired by José Val del Omar’s concept of “apanoramic overflow” of the screen. On view through Oct 1. Learn more at bit.ly/ValdelOmarMoMI
Support for the installation was provided by Australia Council for the Arts, ArtsACT, and the Australian Consulate-General, New York.
Photo by Thanassi Karageorgiou / Nas Karas Studios
Pioneering woman director Alice Guy-Blaché was born on this day in 1873. She was one of the first filmmakers to make a narrative fiction film. Her career started in 1896 at Gaumont in Paris and brought her to NYC. Learn more via Women Film Pioneers Project:
Women Film Pioneers Project is a scholarly resource exploring women’s global involvement at all levels of film production during the silent film era.
There’s something new in The Jim Henson Exhibition! See six gorgeous puppets that appeared in The Land of Gorch segments featured in the first season of Saturday Night Live.
Photos: Thanassi Karageorgiou / Nas Karas Studios
Today, 6/30, is the last day to become a MoMI member (or renew) at a 10% discount! As a member you receive free gallery admission, a selection of free films each month, discounts on other screenings, and invitations to special events. JOIN US using code MoMI10 at bit.ly/Spring23MoMI10
Don’t miss out—only hours left to bid on one-of-a-kind experiences and special gifts in our Spring Benefit Online Auction! There are still a few items yet to be bid on. Get a rare private tour inside the legendary Kaufman Astoria Studios (where Sesame Street is shot), throw a birthday party at MoMI, collect photographs signed by iconic actors, and pick up handmade art designed by Jim Henson. Or you can make a donation—any amount is appreciated!
Auction closes June 21 at 11:45 p.m. https://momi2023.ggo.bid/
Thanks to you, we've reached $12,000 in bids. Help us reach $20,000! We are also pleased to donate 5% of proceeds to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.
This Saturday, June 24, we're thrilled to share a edition of our Infinite Beauty program, presented in collaboration with Brown Girls Doc Mafia - Public and Slamdance — an all-q***r Muslim documentary extravaganza! These shorts reflect the beautiful kaleidoscope of q***r MENASA people, asserting our existence, connection, and joy. Get tickets at
On June 24, for pride month, we collaborate with Brown Girls Doc Mafia and Slamdance to present an all-q***r Muslim documentary extravaganza. These shorts reflect the beautiful kaleidoscope of q***r MENASA people, asserting our existence, connection, and joy.
The Museum is open today, Monday, June 19, 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. for the Juneteenth holiday. See what's happening here:
Join us for a weekend of performances, film screenings, media-making activities, and a gallery talk.
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