Not many places around the entire world have filmmakers (directors, producers, actors and more) available in its backyard or that will travel to it quite like New York City. With more independent cinemas than anywhere else on top of that, NYC has the best moviegoing experiences in the world. Here's our list of upcoming special event screenings at theaters in New York City from January 16th and beyond. If you host an event and we missed you, please let us know -
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If I Had Legs I'd Kick You - Q&A with Writer/Director Mary Bronstein
Jan 16 (6:30pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
While trying to manage her own life and career, a woman on the verge of a breakdown must cope with her daughter's illness, an absent husband, a missing person, and an unusual relationship with her therapist.
Left-Handed Girl - Q&A with Director Shih-Ching Tsou
Jan 16 (6:30pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
A single mother and her two daughters relocate to Taipei to open a night market stall, each navigating the challenges of adapting to their new environment while striving to maintain family unity.
Seeds - Q&A with Director Brittany Shyne, Producers Danielle Varga & Sabrina Schmidt Gordon
Jan 16 (7pm), Jan 17 (5:20pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
A look into the lives of Black generational farmers, unveiling the challenges of maintaining legacy and the value of land ownership.
Deepfaking Sam Altman - Q&A with Director Adam Bhala Lough
Jan 16 (7pm), Jan 17 (7pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
A filmmaker's humorous journey into artificial intelligence leads to unexpected questions about humanity's future and our relationship with emerging technology.
Shuffle - Q&A with Director Benjamin Flaherty, Producer Carra Greenberg
Jan 16 (7pm), Jan 17 (7pm), Jan 18 (2pm)
Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
Three people navigate a dangerous treatment industry rife with insurance fraud.
All That's Left of You - Q&A with Actor/Writer/Director Cherien Dabis
Jan 16 (3:45pm, 7:30pm), Jan 17 (3:45pm, 7:30pm), Jan 18 (3:45pm)
Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
After a Palestinian teen gets swept up into a West Bank protest, his mother recounts the family story of hope, courage and relentless struggle that led to this fateful moment.
When The Phone Rang - Q&A with Director Iva Radivojevic
Jan 17 (2:50pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Through an intimate reconstruction of an important phone call, this film investigates dislocation and the nature of remembering. In the protagonist's eleven year old mind the phone call erases her entire country, history and identity and hides its existence in books, films and memories of those born before 1995.
Shttl - Q&A with Actor Moshe Lobel
Jan 17 (7:45pm)
New Plaza Cinema (35 West 67th Street, Manhattan)
The 1941 invasion of Soviet Ukraine by Nazi Germany is shown through the life of inhabitants of a Yiddish village at the border of Poland.
Blue Moon - Q&A with Writer Robert Kaplow
Jan 18 (1pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
Tells the story of Lorenz Hart's struggles with alcoholism and mental health as he tries to save face during the opening of "Oklahoma!".
My Undesirable Friends: Part 1—Last Air in Moscow - Q&A with Director Julia Loktev
Jan 18 (1pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
Julia Loktev documents independent journalists in Moscow facing government crackdown as Russia invades Ukraine, capturing their fight for speech amid risks of being branded "foreign agents" and the country's drift towards authoritarianism.
All That's Left of You - Q&A with Actor/Writer/Director Cherien Dabis
Jan 18 (1:50pm)
New Plaza Cinema (35 West 67th Street, Manhattan)
After a Palestinian teen gets swept up into a West Bank protest, his mother recounts the family story of hope, courage and relentless struggle that led to this fateful moment.
A Little Prayer - Q&A with Actor David Strathairn, Director Angus MacLachlan
Jan 18 (4pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
A man tries to protect his daughter-in-law when he finds out that his son is having an affair.
Make Me Famous - Q&A with Director Brian Vincent, Producer Heather Spore
Jan 18 (5:15pm)
New Plaza Cinema (35 West 67th Street, Manhattan)
A madcap romp through the 1980's NYC art scene amid the colorful career of painter, Edward Brezinski, hell-bent on making it. Filmed in NYC, Detroit, San Francisco, Ireland, Berlin and the Cote d'Azur.
K-Pop Demon Hunters (singalong) - Q&A with Singer EJAE, Songwriter Mark Sonnenblick
Jan 18 (6pm)
92NY (1395 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan)
A world-renowned K-Pop girl group balance their lives in the spotlight with their secret identities as demon hunters.
Neshoma - Q&A with Director Sandra Beerends
Jan 18 (6:15pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
Neshoma is set in Amsterdam between World War I & II, when one out of ten of the city's residents was Jewish. Seventeen-year-old Rusha lives in the Jewish quarter with her family. Her older brother Max has emigrated to the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. In her letters to Max, Rusha recounts daily life in the city.
Midas Man - Q&A with Writer Brigit Grant
Jan 18 (7:30pm), Jan 23 (6pm)
New Plaza Cinema (35 West 67th Street, Manhattan)
On Thursday 9 November 1961, a man named Brian descended the stairs to a cellar in Liverpool and changed the world forever.
Selma - Q&A with Congressman Jerry Adler
Jan 19 (12:15pm)
New Plaza Cinema (35 West 67th Street, Manhattan)
A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.
Maintenance Artist - Q&A with Director Toby Perl Freilich
Jan 19 (3:30pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
NYC's first Sanitation Department artist-in-residence, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, blends art with waste management in Maintenance Artist, exploring her groundbreaking public art career.
My Underground Mother - Q&A with Director Marisa Fox
Jan 19 (6:30pm), Jan 20 (2:45pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
New York journalist Marisa Fox delves into her mother's secret past, discovering revelations about her life as a spy and freedom fighter against the Nazis.
The First Lady - Q&A with Director Udi Nir & Sagi Bornstein
Jan 20 (8pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
This documentary profile follows Efrat Tilma, a transgender woman who fled Israel in the 1960s only to return decades later and become a pioneering activist for LGBTQ+ rights.
Mr. Nobody Against Putin - Q&A with EP Robin Hessman
Jan 21 (6:45pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
A Russian teacher secretly documents his small town school's transformation into a war recruitment center during the Ukraine invasion, revealing the ethical dilemmas educators face amid propaganda and militarization.
Monk in Pieces & Weaving Anni Albers - Q&A with Directors Billy Shebar & Alessandro del Vigna, respectively
Jan 21 (7pm)
Maysles Documentary Center (343 Malcolm X Blvd, Manhattan)
Monk in Pieces: The boundary-breaking composer and performer Meredith Monk overcame a hostile critical establishment to become one of the great innovators of her generation. Now, Monk faces mortality: can such singular work be performed without her?
Weaving Anni Albers: A hypnotic journey into the art of weaving that celebrates the legacy of German artist and designer Anni Albers
The Track - Q&A with Director Ryan Sidhoo
Jan 21 (7pm)
Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
A coming-of-age journey following three friends going for gold in post-war Bosnia while training on their destroyed luge track from the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games.
Mother of Flies - Q&A with Actors Toby Poser, John Adams, Zelda Adams, Lulu Adams
Jan 21 (7pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
When a young woman faces a deadly diagnosis, she seeks dark magic from a witch in the woods - but every cure has costs.
Real Estate - Q&A with Director Anat Maltz
Jan 21 (8pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
A young couple is priced out of their Tel Aviv apartment and on the hunt for an affordable new home, just as they are planning to start a family.
All I Had Was Nothingness - Q&A with Editor Svetlana Vaynblat
Jan 22 (2:30pm, 7:45pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
Explores Claude Lanzmann's dedication to his film Shoah. It uses Lanzmann's own words and previously unseen footage to provide new insights into his groundbreaking work.
Along the River - Q&A with Director Gerburg Rohde-Dahl
Jan 22 (5:30pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
A group of Israelis and Palestinians came together in Germany for a dialogue in the aftermath of October 7, 2023 and the subsequent war in Gaza.
Arco - Q&A with Writer/Director Ugo Bienvenu
Jan 23 (6pm)
Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
In 2075, a girl witnesses a mysterious boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky. He comes from an idyllic far future where time travel is possible. She shelters him and will do whatever it takes to help him return to his time.
The Room - Q&A with Writer/Director Tommy Wiseau
Jan 23 (6pm, 8pm), Jan 24 (6pm, 8pm), Jan 25 (6pm)
Village East (181-189 2nd Avenue, Manhattan)
In San Francisco, an amiable banker's seemingly perfect life is turned upside down when his deceitful bride-to-be embarks on a passionate affair with his best friend.
Videoheaven - Q&A with Director Alex Ross Perry, Editor Clyde Folley
Jan 24 (1:30pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
VHS's 1980s rise transformed how people watched movies. Using diverse footage and Maya Hawke's narration, Alex Ross Perry examines video stores' crucial role in film culture.
The Squid and the Whale - Q&A with Editor Tim Streeto
Jan 24 (6:30pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Follows two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
Castration Movie Anthology i: Traps - Q&A with Director Louise Weard, Actor Aoife Josie Clements
Jan 24 (8:45pm), Jan 25 (7:45pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan)
Trans sex worker Michaela mentors her newly-out friend Adeline while pursuing motherhood in Vancouver. Production assistant Turner slides toward inceldom as his relationship falls apart.
The Right Track - Q&A with Director Shareen Anderson
Jan 24 (2pm), Jan 25 (11am)
Village East (181-189 2nd Avenue, Manhattan)
Documentary that amplifies the voices of survivors of sex trafficking, revealing their resilience, heartbreak, and courage as they fight for freedom, justice, and a future where exploited individuals are no longer criminalized but protected.
The Safe House - Q&A with Director Lionel Baier
Jan 24 (7pm), Jan 26 (4pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
A 9-year-old stays in his grandparents' apartment in Paris while the student protests of May '68 explode.
Out of Exile: The Photography of Fred Stein - Q&A with Director Peter Stein
Jan 25 (12:45pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
This documentary portrays the courageous life and work of German Jewish photographer Fred Stein.
Charles Grodin: Rebel with a Cause - Q&A with Director James L. Freedman
Jan 25 (6:15pm), Jan 26 (1pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
This eye-opening documentary sheds light on the life of Charles Grodin, a beloved comedy mainstay for generations of viewers as well as a social activist devoted to fighting for wrongly imprisoned people.
Towheads - Q&A with Director Shannon Plumb
Jan 26 (7pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan)
Adventurous and bold mother of two, PENELOPE, struggles to strike the balance between her artistic aspirations and motherly responsibilities in this playful look at modern-day motherhood and the difficulties families face everyday.
A Letter to David - Q&A with Director Tom Shoval, Producer Nancy Spielberg
Jan 26 (7pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
Ten years ago, David Cunio starred in Tom Shoval's debut feature film Youth. On October 7, 2023, Cunio was taken from the Nir Oz kibbutz and has been held hostage ever since. The filmmaker sends him a heartfelt video message.
Orna and Ella - Q&A with Director Tomer Heymann
Jan 27 (2:45pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
Twenty-six years after the iconic "Orna and Ella" restaurant opened in Tel Aviv, having become a celebrated culinary institution, Orna Agmon and Ella Shine decided to close their shared life's work.
In the Glow of Darkness - Q&A with Director Tucker Bennett
Jan 27 (7pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)
Intersecting stories unfold in the cyberpunk city of San Zokyo, where a young hacker takes on the corporation behind Meme, a drug that mines users' psyches to deliver personalized psychedelic trips and hyper-targeted ads.
Standing Above the Clouds - Q&A with Director Jalena Keane-Lee
Jan 28 (6:45pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)
Hawaiians, including Pua Case and her daughters, protest the construction of telescopes on the sacred Mauna Kea, highlighting the environmental and cultural impact, while showcasing the resilience of their movement and sisterhood.
A Poet - Q&A with Director Simón Mesa Soto
Jan 28 (6:50pm), Jan 29 (6:50pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
An aging poet finds purpose mentoring Yurlady, a talented teen, though exposing her to the poetry scene might be unwise. His own poetic pursuits led nowhere, leaving him a stereotypical obscure writer.
Atomic Echoes: Untold Stories From World War II - Q&A with Director Beatrice Becette, Producers Karin Tanabe & Victoria Kelly
Jan 29 (5:30pm)
Asia Society (725 Park Avenue, Manhattan)
Two friends, connected by family histories on opposite sides of World War II, set out to explore the lasting trauma of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. While Japanese "hibakusha" endure lifelong health complications and psychological scars, American atomic veterans who witnessed the bombings' aftermath also struggle with radiation-related illnesses and PTSD.
The Tallest Dwarf - Q&A with Director/Producer Julie Forrest Wyman, Executive Producer Sofiya Cheyenne
Jan 29 (7pm)
Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
Julie Wyman's quest to find her place within the little people (LP) community at a moment when dwarf identity is poised to radically change. As Julie unpacks the rumors of "partial dwarfism" in her family she finds that hers is the last of a body type she has inherited.
A Litany For Survival: the Life and Work of Audre Lorde - Q&A with Directors Ada Gay Griffin & Michelle Parkerson
Jan 29 (7pm)
BAM (30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn)
Tenderly tracing the life of poet Audre Lorde, the film cracks open life's poetry guided by Lorde's sincere belief more and better is possible if we envision it enough to will it into existence.
The Love That Remains - Q&A with Director Hlynur Pálmason
Jan 29 (8:30pm), Jan 30 (7:30pm), Jan 31 (7:15pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
Captures a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation. Through intimate vignettes and strange occurrences, the film explores the complexities of family, love, and the impact of shared memories.
Natchez - Q&A with Director Suzannah Herbert, Producer Darcy McKinnon
Jan 30 (8:10pm), Jan 31 (6:10pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
A sharp look at the American South's unreconciled history through Natchez, a Mississippi town that mixes antebellum tourism with a community deeply divided over its past.
Paying For It - Q&A with Director Sook-Yin Lee, Author Chester Brown
Jan 30 (7:30pm), Jan 31 (7:30pm), Feb 1 (1:45pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
When an introverted cartoonist's girlfriend wants to redefine their relationship, he begins sleeping with sex workers and discovers a new kind of intimacy in the process. An adaptation of the Graphic Novel by Chester Brown.
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez - Q&A with Director David Alvarado, Producer Lauren DeFilippo, and Lou Diamond Phillips
Feb 3 (7pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
Luis Valdez elevates Chicano narratives to cinema through Zoot Suit and La Bamba, overcoming political and industry pushback to create landmark films that broaden and honor America's cultural story.
Monk in Pieces - Q&A with Director Billy Shebar
Feb 4 (7pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
The boundary-breaking composer and performer Meredith Monk overcame a hostile critical establishment to become one of the great innovators of her generation. Now, Monk faces mortality: can such singular work be performed without her?
Removal of the Eye - Q&A with Directors Artemis Shaw & Prashanth Kamalakanthan
Feb 4 (7pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)
Struggling with new parenthood and stalling careers, Kallia and Ram's lives are thrown into chaos when Kallia's blind mother goes on a mission to exorcize the family from the evil eye.
Starman - Q&A with Director Robert Stone, Author/Engineer Gentry Lee
Feb 4 (7pm), Feb 6 (6:55pm), Feb 7 (1:30pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
Legendary NASA robotics engineer and best-selling science fiction author, Gentry Lee, has spent a lifetime seeking an answer to the ultimate cosmic question: Are we alone in the universe? At age 82 he has come to a revelatory conclusion.
Removal of the Eye - Q&A with Directors Artemis Shaw & Prashanth Kamalakanthan
Feb 5 (7:30pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
Struggling with new parenthood and stalling careers, Kallia and Ram's lives are thrown into chaos when Kallia's blind mother goes on a mission to exorcize the family from the evil eye.
Jimpa - Q&A with Director Sophie Hyde
Feb 5 (7pm), Feb 6 (7pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
Hannah and her non-binary teenager Frances visits her gay grandfather Jimpa at Amsterdam. Frances expresses a desire to stay with their grandfather for a year, challenging Hannah's parenting beliefs and forcing her to confront past issues.
My Architect - Q&A with Editor Sabine Krayenbühl
Feb 6 (7:30pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Director Nathaniel Kahn searches to understand his father, noted architect Louis Kahn, who died bankrupt and alone in 1974.
Peter Hujar's Day - Q&A with Director Ira Sachs
Feb 7 (1:30pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
Conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and Linda Rosenkrantz from 1974 sheds light on New York's vibrant downtown art world and the introspective journey of an artist's life.
Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong - Q&A with Director/Cinematographer Alex Wolf Liewis, Producer Justin Levy
Feb 10 (7pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
As America's aging wastewater system begins to fail, one plant does all it can to stay afloat.
A Life Illuminated - Q&A with Director/Producer Tasha Van Zandt, Producer Sebastian Zeck
Mar 3 (7pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
A Life Illuminated follows renowned marine biologist Dr. Edith Widder as she embarks on an extraordinary journey into the magical world of deep sea bioluminescence.