Film in New York

Mead Film Festival: Fridayfilm festival

The first day of the 2026 Margaret Mead Film Festival, presenting storytelling and documentary films from diverse voices.

Hard Boiled

Tony Leung is an undercover operative forced into an uneasy alliance with maverick cop “Tequila” Yuen (Chow Yun-fat) in John Woo’s operatic action landmark.

Infernal Affairs

Tony Leung and Andy Lau star in the first part of Andrew Lau and Alan Mak’s groundbreaking policier saga, a sleek, visually exacting thriller that became a blockbuster in Asia.

Devil Wears Prada 2comedy

Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci return in the eagerly awaited sequel to the 2006 phenomenon The Devil Wears Prada.

The Last One for the Road

Two best friends, who can never seem to make that “one last drink” truly the last, aimlessly if coolly navigate the absurdities of middle age in Italian director Francesco Sossai’s genial, wistful hangout movie.

Flowers of Shanghai

Hou Hsiao-hsien’s first film set outside Taiwan is an achingly, intoxicatingly sensuous landmark and a pivotal transnational chapter in Tony Leung’s career.

Sightlines / Bodies Editionshorts

A film screening of provocative shorts celebrating diverse expressions of gender & desire, with doors opening at 7pm and the screening starting at 8pm, followed by a Q&A.

The President’s Cakenew release

Cyclo

Cyclo is a ’90s gem that transfigures neon, sweat, and pop music into a punishingly sad fever dream, with Tony Leung’s taciturn performance at its center.

The Wicker Man (1973)horror

Midnite weekend screening of The Wicker Man (1973). Seating begins Friday at 11:55 PM; movie starts after midnight.

The Last One for the Roaddrama

In Veneto, two middle-aged men befriend a shy architecture student and transform his outlook on life. This Italian and German co-production was an Official Selection at TIFF and NYFF.

OUR LAND (NUESTRA TIERRA)

In her first documentary feature, Argentine auteur Lucrecia Martel investigates the 2009 murder of Indigenous activist Javier Chocobar and the systematic dispossession of the Chuschagasta people he represented. Martel alternates between footage of this controversial, long-delayed (9 years after the incident) trial, which hinges on a shaky cell phone video; testimonials from Chuschagasta community members; and aerial shots of the stunning Tucumán province Chocobar fought to defend.

Luchino Visconti’s BELLISSIMA

A 1951 Italian comedy by Luchino Visconti, starring Anna Magnani, about a working-class woman determined to get her plain seven-year-old daughter into movies. This new 4K restoration is a hilarious send-up of the Italian film industry.

BELLISSIMAdrama

Luchino Visconti’s BELLISSIMA, starring Anna Magnani, is a new 4K restoration described as the most unjustly neglected of Visconti’s early films and a hilarious send-up of the Italian film industry.

TWO PIANOS

Coming soon: A screening of the film TWO PIANOS.

MFA Computer Arts 2026 Thesis Screening

Thesis screening showcasing works from the MFA Computer Arts program in 2026.

The Image

The Image is a meticulous exercise in threshold states, its characters tarrying at the borders of taboo. It adapts the S&M novel L’Image (1956).

The Dog Dies

A film series titled 'The Dog Dies' starting on May 1st.

The Last Dreamers

A film series titled 'The Last Dreamers' starting on May 1st.

Actress as Auteur: Spotlight on Moon So-ri

A film series titled 'Actress as Auteur: Spotlight on Moon So-ri' starting on May 1st.

In the Mood for Love with In the Mood for Love 2001

In the career-defining performance that earned him Best Actor at Cannes, Tony Leung stars alongside Maggie Cheung in Wong Kar Wai’s masterful evocation of romantic yearning and its fleeting moments.

Mead Film Festival: Saturdayfilm festival

The second day of the 2026 Margaret Mead Film Festival, presenting storytelling and documentary films from diverse voices.

Eugene Oneginopera

The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, “offers a beautifully detailed reading of … Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance” (The Telegraph).

Zootopiafamily

Join us every week for fun-filled family favorites on the big screen! Great for kids and adults alike to create lasting memories.

Little Skywatchers: A Cosmic Adventureplanetarium show

A live planetarium show for young children aged 3-6, taking them on a cosmic adventure.

Legends of the Night Sky: Perseus and Andromedascience fiction

Join Coyote, a humorous character from Native American oral traditions, as he explores the relationship between the Earth, Moon, and Sun. Recommended for ages 5–10; 26-minute show plus Q&A.

We Are the Fruits of the Forestdocumentary

From Academy Award nominee Rithy Panh comes a lyrical portrait of the Indigenous Bunong people and their deep connection to ancestral traditions and the natural world.

The Last One for the Road

Two best friends, who can never seem to make that “one last drink” truly the last, aimlessly if coolly navigate the absurdities of middle age in Italian director Francesco Sossai’s genial, wistful hangout movie.

The Sky Tonightplanetarium show

Embark on a captivating tour of the night sky as seen from our area, featuring visible planets, bright stars, seasonal constellations, periodic comets, upcoming rocket launches, and more!

Bucks Harbordocumentary

Acclaimed documentary photographer Pete Muller makes his feature debut with Bucks Harbor, winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Berlinale 2026’s Panorama section. Set against the rugged beauty of Downeast Maine, the film tenderly portrays a fishing community shaped by the unforgiving coastal landscape.

River Dreamsdocumentary

River Dreams asks young women living in Kazakhstan to imagine themselves as a river, delving into the emotional landscapes of their inner worlds. Director Kristina Mikhailova gives space for conversations on toxic masculinity and domestic abuse against a backdrop of deep-rooted gender conservatism.

Birth of Planet Earthscience fiction

Join us for Birth of Planet Earth, which tells the twisted tale of our planet’s origins. This program employs advanced, data-driven visualizations to explore some of the greatest questions in science today.

Donnie Darkocult classic

Frank Falisi is a writer from New Jersey whose work has appeared in Tiny Mix Tapes, Reverse Shot, MUBI Notebook, LARB, and Brooklyn Rail, among other outlets.

Whispers in Maydocumentary

Follow three teenage girls as they road trip from China’s Liangshan Mountains to buy a ceremonial skirt for a coming-of-age ritual. Winner of the top prize at CPH:DOX 2026, the film blurs documentary and fiction as the young protagonist Qihuo leaves childhood behind.

Black Zombiedocumentary

Fascinating, sprawling, and incisive, Black Zombie excavates the hidden history of the mythical figure, tracing its path from Haitian Vodou to Hollywood horror. The film moves through the Caribbean’s layered cultural histories to the global pop stage of Michael Jackson and the work of George A. Romero.

The Oldest Person in the Worlddocumentary

More than a decade in the making, documentarian Sam Green returns with a charming, deeply-felt portrait of the world’s oldest living person—a title that changes hands several times throughout the film. Profiling a succession of record holders, Green captures the wit, grit, and humor that accompany extraordinary longevity.

The King’s Wardennew release

2046

Wong Kar Wai’s loose continuation of Days of Being Wild and In the Mood for Love finds Tony Leung back in the role of the affable, self-mocking Mr. Chow, this time with a bitter edge.

FBOYS

Screening of the film FBOYS.

THE ORIGINAL TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

A live-action romp about four teenage turtles and their rat ninja master who dwell in the sewer system and reached their abnormal size through exposure to radioactivity. The film is a high-spirited martial arts and comedy, with heavy doses of STAR WARS and SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS.

Mead Film Festival: Sundayfilm festival

The last day of the 2026 Margaret Mead Film Festival, presenting storytelling and documentary films from diverse voices.

Hero

Reuniting the In the Mood for Love pair in a more openly tragic key, Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung bring aching romantic force to Zhang Yimou’s lush wuxia.

Red Cliff

This exceptionally rare 35mm screening of John Woo’s colossal five-hour epic recreates the Battle of Red Cliffs (208–209 A.D.) and stars Tony Leung as the chief military commander of the southern kingdom of Wu.

Infernal Affairs

Tony Leung and Andy Lau star in the first part of Andrew Lau and Alan Mak’s groundbreaking policier saga, a sleek, visually exacting thriller that became a blockbuster in Asia.

Zootopiafamily

Join us every week for fun-filled family favorites on the big screen! Great for kids and adults alike to create lasting memories.

Little Skywatchers: A Cosmic Adventureplanetarium show

A live planetarium show for young children aged 3-6, taking them on a cosmic adventure.

Legends of the Night Sky: Perseus and Andromedascience fiction

Join Coyote, a humorous character from Native American oral traditions, as he explores the relationship between the Earth, Moon, and Sun. Recommended for ages 5–10; 26-minute show plus Q&A.

Fantastic Planetanimation

Human Oms on the distant planet Ygam rise up against their giant blue Draag owners/overseers in Laloux’s surreal, anti-authoritarian animated parable.

The King’s Wardennew release

The Last One for the Road

Two best friends, who can never seem to make that “one last drink” truly the last, aimlessly if coolly navigate the absurdities of middle age in Italian director Francesco Sossai’s genial, wistful hangout movie.

Daughters of the Forest

This alluring, immersive journey into the forests of Mexico blends modern science with ancestral knowledge to evoke a world beyond human perception. Following two Indigenous mycologists charting new possibilities for ecological coexistence through mushrooms, the film is a clarion call for integrating science and culture.

Film Screeningdocumentary

Join us for a screening of Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning, an intimate documentary about the life and work of pioneering photographer Dorothea Lange. A Q&A with director Dyanna Taylor follows the screening.

The Sky Tonightplanetarium show

Embark on a captivating tour of the night sky as seen from our area, featuring visible planets, bright stars, seasonal constellations, periodic comets, upcoming rocket launches, and more!

Birth of Planet Earthscience fiction

Join us for Birth of Planet Earth, which tells the twisted tale of our planet’s origins. This program employs advanced, data-driven visualizations to explore some of the greatest questions in science today.

5TH NY BRAZILIAN FILM SERIES

The 5th NY BRAZILIAN FILM SERIES presents an opening music set, a book launch, a closing music performance, and the US Premiere of the film "ELIS and ME."

Jaripeo

Playfully reworking the iconography of masculinity, Jaripeo travels to the rodeos of Michoacán, where queer desire and belonging simmer just beneath the surface. With intimate, observational sensitivity, the film follows riders and performers whose lives shimmer with pleasure, style, and resilience across richly textured landscapes.

Nuisance Bear

In northern Canada, a wandering polar bear becomes an unlikely menace to a small town. This film observes an uneasy coexistence among the bear, the region’s Inuit community, and a booming tourism economy.

The President’s Cakenew release

BACKSTAGE PASS: The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers Livemusic documentary

A screening of The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers Live as part of the BACKSTAGE PASS series.

The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters

A film series titled 'The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters' starting on May 3rd.

AFaM Film Festivalfilm festival

The AFaM Film Festival will be held at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center.

Eugene Oneginopera

The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, “offers a beautifully detailed reading of … Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance”.

Lust, Caution

Tony Leung’s minimalist menace makes every glance a test, every silence a threat in Ang Lee’s ravishing espionage tragedy.

Happy Together

Tony Leung is a homesick Hong Kong exile in Buenos Aires locked in an on-again/off-again spiral of passion, jealousy, and “starting over” with the mercurial Leslie Cheung in Wong Kar Wai’s lushly stylized portrait of a relationship in breakdown.

The Last One for the Road

Two best friends, who can never seem to make that “one last drink” truly the last, aimlessly if coolly navigate the absurdities of middle age in Italian director Francesco Sossai’s genial, wistful hangout movie.

Film Noir with Foster Hirsch: Night and the Cityfilm noir

Foster Hirsch is a New York-based film historian, author, and professor at Brooklyn College, known for his books on film and theater.

Doc´n Roll Festival presents: Felix, dare to dreamdocumentary

A cinematic portrait of Felix Leu, artist and patriarch of one of the most respected families in tattooing, followed by a Q&A with directors Morgan Bertacca & Valerio Bariletti.

A Special Advance Screening of PBS Great Performances: SUFFS

A special advance screening of PBS Great Performances: SUFFS.

CANNABIS A VIPER VAUDEVILLE

Screening of the film CANNABIS A VIPER VAUDEVILLE.

An Evening with Tony Leung

Tony Leung joins for a special onstage conversation tracing his extraordinary screen career, in anticipation of his latest role in Silent Friend.

The Grandmaster (Hong Kong Cut)

Wong Kar Wai’s most ambitious film to date features exquisitely staged action and a virtuosic performance by Tony Leung as the legendary kung fu master Ip Man.

Flowers of Shanghai

Hou Hsiao-hsien’s first film set outside Taiwan is an achingly, intoxicatingly sensuous landmark and a pivotal transnational chapter in Tony Leung’s career.

THE SMILING LIEUTENANT in 35mm

Roguish Maurice Chevalier loves violinist Claudette Colbert, but gets trapped into marrying checkers-playing princess Miriam Hopkins. But things look up when good sport Colbert musically advises frumpish Hopkins to “Jazz Up Your Lingerie.”

2046

Wong Kar Wai’s loose continuation of Days of Being Wild and In the Mood for Love finds Tony Leung back in the role of the affable, self-mocking Mr. Chow, this time with a bitter edge.

Doc´n Roll Festival presents: Rave Culture: A New Eradocumentary

When society fractured, electronic music took over in this documentary.

TheyDreamdocumentary

The screening will be followed by an on-stage conversation with director/producer William D. Caballero and producers Brad Jones, Erin Ploss-Campoamor and Elaine Del Valle. Winner of the NEXT Special Jury Award for Creative Expression at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, William D. Caballero’s TheyDream is a deeply personal documentary that examines the transformative nature of grief for a close-knit Puerto Rican family.

Screening: WTO/99documentary

Join us for a screening the film WTO/99 from director Ian Bell, an immersive archival documentary that depicts the four-day clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the 40,000+ people who took to the streets of Seattle in 1999 to protest the WTO Conference and the WTO’s impact on human rights, labor, and […].

READINGS AT PARKSIDE: CECILIA DOUGHERTYdocumentary

Join us for a special screening of Cecilia Dougherty’s video portraits of writers KEVIN KILLIAN, EILEEN MYLES, LESLIE SCALAPINO, CEDAR SIGO, LAURIE WEEKS & JOE WESTMORELAND — followed by a conversation between Lia Gangitano & Cecilia Dougherty. Doors at 7:00 PM, Screening at 7:30 PM.

TOYS IN THE ATTIC

Screening of the film TOYS IN THE ATTIC.

SILENT FRIEND: Filmmaker Q&As with Star Tony Leung & Director Ildikó Enyedidrama

Experience a special screening of SILENT FRIEND followed by a Q&A session with star Tony Leung and director Ildikó Enyedi.

Silent Friend

Ildikó Enyedi's new film, a century-spanning triptych about lives unfolding around an ancient ginkgo tree, features Tony Leung as a neuroscientist.

Promised Sky

The opening night film at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, Erige Sehiri’s bittersweet drama stars César Award nominee Aïssa Maïga as an Ivorian pastor living in Tunisia, forming a makeshift family with the young women who find refuge in her home.

2026 New York African Film Festivalfestival

Join many filmmakers in person for the 33rd annual celebration of African and Diaspora cinema. Since its inception in 1993, the festival has been at the forefront of showcasing African and diaspora filmmakers’ unique storytelling.

THE SQUARE | SILVER ANNIVERSARY RESCREENS

This gripping sociological suspense story by director Ruben Östlund dives into the ethics of moral responsibility, privilege, and media sensationalism.

THE SQUAREpsychological thriller

This gripping sociological suspense story by director Ruben Östlund dives into the ethics of moral responsibility, privilege, and media sensationalism. The film was shortlisted for the 2017 Oscars as the Best Foreign Language Film nominee and received numerous distinctions.