Here's our list of upcoming special event screenings at theaters in New York City from September 12th and beyond. If you host an event and we missed you, please let us know - info@greenroomnewyork.com.

Sep 12 (7pm)

Maysles Documentary Center (343 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan)

In a burning hot near-future, climate change has both devastated the planet and turned melanin into the world's most valuable commodity. When Nuyorican beauty LUNA has her newborn ripped from her arms just moments after giving birth, she is thrust into the merciless world of melanin harvesting to save her daughter, her community and spark a revolution.

Sep 12 (7pm SOLD OUT)

Sep 12 (9:45pm)

Sep 13 (6:30pm)

IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.

Sep 13 (7:30pm), Sep 14 (7:30pm)

IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

A young professor struggles in her marriage, only to meet Matt, a man from her past who wanders onto her university campus.

Sep 13 (7:40pm), Sep 14 (7:40pm), Sep 16 (8pm)

Film Forum (208 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

Follows the journey of 16 year old Mira, whose sexy, rebellious coming of age is disrupted by her young mother who never got to come of age herself.

Sep 13 (7pm), Sep 14 (1pm, 7pm), Sep 15 (2:30pm)

Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)

A trio of digital humanists, immigrants themselves, dig deep into the hidden apparatus of the border industrial complex, exposing ruthless profiteering from the suffering of fellow humans.

Sep 13 (7:30pm), Sep 14 (7:30pm), Sep 15 (2pm)

Village East (181-189 2nd Avenue, Manhattan)

Four sex workers caught in the spiral of addiction turn to a self-proclaimed healer offering friendship and a path to salvation from the streets inside his roadside RV. But just as they begin to rebuild their lives, a shocking betrayal comes to light that will change them all.

Sep 13 (7pm), Sep 14 (7pm), Sep 17 (7:45pm)

Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)

New Yorker Anna is faced with the sudden and unexpected death of her best friend and roommate, Izzy. As Anna grieves, Izzy's cat, Booger, runs away, leading to a desperate search, only to be bitten on the hand by the cat. Anna soon takes on feline characteristics and her work life and relationship with her boyfriend go downhill.

Sep 13 (7pm), Sep 14 (7pm), Sep 15 (2:40pm), Sep 16 - 19 (7:20pm)

Village East (181-189 2nd Avenue, Manhattan)

After a brush with death, Maya Gabeira makes history in the male-dominated world of big wave surfing.

Sep 13 (7:30pm), Sep 14 (5pm), Sep 15-19 (7:30pm)

Spectacle Theater (124 S. 3rd Street, Brooklyn)

Dale spends the majority of his time transporting various goods to people while attempting to carve out a social life in-between. Eventually the weight of work, his declining health, pressure from his manager and decaying social relations become too heavy to bear.

Sep 14 (4:30pm)

Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)

The day-to-day lives of several suburban Los Angeles residents.

Sep 14 (7:30pm), Sep 15 (2:00pm)

Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)

A powerful story of bigotry, loyalty and courage which sometimes feels ripped from today's headlines, Honorable Mr. Morgenthau is a documentary about U.S. immigration policy during the Holocaust — as told through the lens of one American's extraordinary experience.

Sep 15 (12pm)

Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn (445 Albee Square West, Brooklyn)

A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.

Sep 15 (3:15pm)

Film Forum (208 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

A generative documentary about artist Brian Eno, with 52 quintillion possible iterations, so that no viewing is the same twice.

Sep 16 (7pm)

Film at Lincoln Center (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)

A pre-wedding party descends into an existential nightmare when an estranged friend shows up with a mysterious suitcase.

Sep 16 (8:30pm)

IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

Follows Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict in 1820s Tasmania, who having served her 7-year sentence, is desperate to be free of her abusive master, Lieutenant Hawkins who refuses to release her from his charge. Clare's husband Aidan, retaliates and she becomes the victim of a harrowing crime at the hands of the lieutenant and his cronies.

Sep 17 (6:30pm)

Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)

A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.

Sep 17 (7pm), Sep 20 (7:35pm)

IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

Embark on a journey with two sisters as they grapple with their relationship to their well-meaning but troubled father during their childhood summers.

Sep 17 (8:30pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)

Two sisters are thrown out of their isolation and onto opposite coasts of America by a terrifying cosmic entity. On their quest to reunite they discover their own supernatural abilities and meet many strange characters.

Sep 18 (6:30pm)

IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

Maxmilian Grünfeld spoke Yiddish, lived in Czechoslovakia, lost his family to Nazi concentration camps, and had no business experience. Martin Greenfield lives on Long Island, speaks English, hand-tailors suits for U.S. presidents, and runs a bespoke clothing empire with high society clients and friends. This is one and the same man.

Sep 18 (6:45pm)

BAM (30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn)

Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play and becomes obsessed with reclaiming what was lost.

Sep 18 (7pm)

IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.

Sep 19 (6:15pm)

IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

Six queer teenagers struggle to get along with each other and with life in the face of varying obstacles.

Sep 19 (7pm)

Maysles Documentary Center (343 Malcolm X. Blvd, Manhattan)

LIFE OR DEATH tells the incredible journey of Silky Slim, a former gang leader whose life takes a profound turn after surviving a tragic accident that claims the lives of his friends. Fueled by miraculous signs, Silky embarks on a mission to break the cycle of violence and crime that once defined him.

Sep 19 (8:15pm)

IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embark on a sex-and-violence-filled journey through an America of psychos and quickie marts.

Sep 19 (8:30pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)

A police detective uncovers a conspiracy behind a case involving a high-school guidance counselor when accusations of rape are made against him by two female students.

Sep 19 (10pm)

IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

Follows a day in the lives of a group of Los Angeles high school students and the strange lives they lead.

Sep 20 (7:30pm), Sep 21 (7:30pm)

Angelika Film Center (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play and becomes obsessed with reclaiming what was lost.

Sep 20 (6:30pm), Sep 21 (6:30pm)

Film Forum (208 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

Angie and Pat have been together for over four decades but after Pat's unexpected death, Angie finds herself at the mercy of Pat's family as she struggles to retain her dignity and the home that both had shared for over thirty years.

Sep 20 (7:15pm), Sep 21 (7:15pm)

Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)

In 1964, a camera crew follows retired featherweight boxing champion Willie Pep. Down and out in Hartford, Conn., married to a woman half his age and facing mounting debts, Pep decides to return to the ring.

Sep 20 (7pm), Sep 22 (7:30pm), Sep 23 (5pm)

Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)

At 21, he was a leader of Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution. By 23, he became Hong Kong's youngest elected lawmaker. At 26, he was Most Wanted. The film offers to uncover what happens to freedom when an authoritarian power goes unchecked.

Sep 21 (12pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)

John McNaughton's sole documentary, focusing on the work of painter George Condo

Sep 21 (7pm)

Alamo Drafthouse Lower Manhattan (28 Liberty Street, Manhattan)

A woman from Miami, Florida decides to solve time travel in order to go back and be the person she always intended to.

Sep 21 (8:45pm)

Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)

For one night only, Chinatown Basketball Club and Metrograph present a night of never-before-screened films and conversation at the intersection of basketball, art and Chinatown. These intimate portrayals of CBC characters and moods, by artists that are part of the group, will introduce audiences to a uniquely New York pick-up basketball and art community.

Sep 22 (12pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)

Chris struggles as a cop, not willing to play along with dishonest colleagues. When he first encounters Pam, he is drawn to her chaotic energy, and the two quickly fall in love. But Pam bristles at any expectation that she be a dutiful wife, drawn as she is to the mysteries of far away galaxies and black holes, seeking the extraordinary. Only when she discovers Chris has started to rob banks to elevate their lifestyle does she emerge from the malaise, invigorated by the danger.

Sep 22 (4pm)

92Y (1395 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan)

Tracker follows a lone wolf survivalist (Hartley) who roams the country using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve mysteries — all while contending with his own fractured family.

Sep 23 (7pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)

Escaping their dying planet, two body-snatching alien lovers arrive separately on Earth. Jumping from body to body in search of each other, they dig themselves deeper and deeper in the madness of modern-day America.

Sep 23 (7:30pm)

92Y (1395 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan)

The story of American photographer Lee Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.

Sep 24 (7pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)

After bassist Jason Newsted quits the band in 2001, superstars Metallica realize that they need an intervention. In this revealing documentary, the filmmakers follow the three rock stars as they hire a group therapist and grapple with 20 years of repressed anger and aggression while searching for a replacement bass player and creating a new album confronting their personal demons.

Sep 27 (7pm)

BAM (30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn)

Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King.

Sep 27-29 (1:30pm, 4pm, 7pm), Oct 1-3 (2pm, 4:30pm, 7pm)

Village East by Angelika (181-189 2nd Avenue, Manhattan)

A Japanese restaurant serves whale meat, while the industry declines. Experts discuss environmental issues, resource management and alternative protein sources at international conferences.

Sep 28 (7pm)

BAM (30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn)

A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.

Sep 28 (8:30pm)

Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)

A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.

Sep 30 (7pm)

IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

When their Lower East Side building comes under siege by a predatory landlord, a young filmmaker and an aging punk artist forge an unlikely friendship. As the two women collaborate on a portrait of a creative life amidst NYC's cultural crisis, they discover what it means to be neighbors.

Sep 30 (7:30pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)

Examines the early DIY punk scene in the Nation's Capital. It was a decade when seminal bands like Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Government Issue, Scream, Void, Faith, Rites of Spring, Marginal Man, Fugazi and others released their own records and booked their own shows—without major record label constraints or mainstream media scrutiny.

Oct 1 (7pm)

IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

Two horror fans buy a creepy duplex to shoot a film. They find cult members gathering outside in a trance. The friends investigate the phenomenon, their obsession escalating as they pursue real-life horror thrills.

Oct 1 (7:30pm SOLD OUT)

92Y (1395 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan)

After living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. Hoping to heal, she returns to the wild beauty of Scotland's Orkney Islands where she grew up.

Oct 2 (6:30pm)

Bronx Documentary Center (614 Courtlandt Avenue, Bronx)

A person's ZIP code has been shown to have a greater impact on health and well-being than their genetic code, affecting access to education, transportation, and wealth. How is this possible? The provocative documentary ZIP Code Matters boldly asks the question and gets profound and insightful answers from some of the nation's leading policymakers, nonprofit executives, public health officials and social justice activists.

Oct 2 (7pm)

Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn (445 Albee Square West, Brooklyn)

MEN IN BLACK follows the exploits of agents Kay and Jay, members of a top-secret organization established to monitor alien activity on Earth. The two MiB find themselves in the middle of the deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.

Oct 4-6 (4:20pm, 7pm)

Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)

Nurse Unseen explores the little-known history and humanity of the unsung Filipino nurses who risked  their lives on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic while facing a resurgence of anti-Asian hate in the streets.

Oct 28 (7pm)

Village East by Angelika (181-189 2nd Avenue, Manhattan)

Anxiety-ridden Walt embarks on a desperate quest through Portland, Maine to retrieve his stolen dog before his girlfriend returns from a business trip, or risk losing them both.