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 August 1st and beyond. If you host an event and we missed you, please let us know -
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Desperately Seeking Susan - Q&A with Director Susan Seidelman
Aug 1 (6pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself.
I'm Not There - Pre-screening conversation with Producers Christine Vachon & Pamela Koffler
Aug 2 (4:40pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.
Bad Shabbos - Q&A with Co-Writer Zack Weiner
Aug 2 (7:15pm), Aug 3 (5pm)
New Plaza Cinema (35 West 67th Street, Manhattan)
An engaged interfaith couple are about to have their parents meet for the first time over a Shabbat dinner when an accidental death gets in the way.
A Photographic Memory - Q&A with Director Rachel Elizabeth Seed
Aug 3 (2:45pm)
New Plaza Cinema (35 West 67th Street, Manhattan)
An intimate portrait of a daughter's attempt to piece together a picture of a mother she never knew.
Harvest - Intro with Cinematographer Sean Price Williams
Aug 3 (6pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Over seven hallucinatory days, a village with no name, in an undefined time and place, disappears.
Office Killer - Q&A with Producers Christine Vachon & Pamela Koffler
Aug 3 (7:30pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
A mousy office worker accidentally kills one of her coworkers, then proceeds to bump off a few others.
Drop Dead City - Q&A with Co-Directors Michael Rohatyn & Peter Yost
Aug 5 (6pm)
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn (445 Albee Square West, Brooklyn)
In 1975, New York City is minutes away from bankruptcy when an unlikely alliance of rookies, rivals, fixers and flexers finds common ground, and a way out.
One Hand Don't Clap - Q&A with Director Kavery Dutta Kaul
Aug 5 (7pm)
Maysles Documentary Center (343 Malcolm X Boulevard, Manhattan)
Captures the vibrant story of calypso and the emergence of soca, through the eyes of two legendary artists, Lord Kitchener, the Grandmaster of the music and Calypso Rose, the first woman to break through in the traditionally male arena.
Brighton Beach - Q&A with Director Susan Wittenberg
Aug 6 (7pm)
Maysles Documentary Center (343 Malcolm X Boulevard, Manhattan)
The fascinating world of Brighton Beach, a mixed Jewish/Puerto Rican immigrant community in NYC's legendary beach neighborhood. A new restoration of the PBS classic about the place later made famous by Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs".
A Photographic Memory - Q&A with Director Rachel Elizabeth Seed
Aug 6 (7pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (18 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
An intimate portrait of a daughter's attempt to piece together a picture of a mother she never knew.
Folktales - Q&A with Director Heidi Ewing
Aug 6 (7:10pm)
IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)
Teenagers attend a folk high school in Arctic Norway, relying on themselves, peers, and sled dogs as they navigate the path to adulthood and uncharted personal growth.
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation - Q&A with Director Ebs Burnough
Aug 6 (7:30pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
Explores Kerouac's "On the Road" through today's lens, as celebrities and travelers reflect on authentic experiences in our digital age, echoing the novel's timeless search for genuine connection.
Boys Go To Jupiter - Q&A with Director Julian Glander
Aug 7 (7:30pm), Aug 8 (7:30pm), Aug 9 (7:30pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
A teenager in suburban Florida desperately hustles to make $5,000 in this dreamy and surreal animated coming-of-age story.
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley - Q&A with Director Amy Berg
Aug 7 (7pm), Aug 8 (7pm)
Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
Never-before-seen footage, exclusive voice messages, and accounts from Jeff Buckley's inner circle paint a captivating portrait of the gifted musician who died tragically in 1997, having only released one album.
Angelheaded Hipster - Q&A with Director Ethan Silverman
Aug 8 (7:15pm), Aug 9 (7pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan)
Celebrates the life and work of glam rock pioneer Marc Bolan, combined with a behind-the-scenes look at the tribute album of the same name.
Sudan, Remember Us - Q&A with Director Hind Meddeb
Aug 8 (7pm), Aug 9 (7pm), Aug 10 (1pm), Aug 11 (7pm), Aug 13 (7pm)
Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
Captures a jubilant moment of defiance among young Sudanese activists in Khartoum after the overthrow of a long dictatorship, and then chronicles the military crackdown that followed.
Rebel With a Clause - Q&A with Director Brandt Johnson, subject Ellen Jovin
Aug 9 (3pm)
New Plaza Cinema (35 West 67th Street, Manhattan)
A grammar guru takes her pop-up grammar advice stand on a rollicking road trip across all 50 states to show that comma fights can bring us closer together in a divided time.
Zola - Q&A with Director Janicza Bravo
Aug 9 (5:15pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
A stripper named Zola embarks on a wild road trip to Florida.
Far From Heaven - Q&A with Director Todd Haynes
Aug 10 (5pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
In 1950s Connecticut, a flustered housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.
Videoheaven - Q&A with Director Alex Ross Perry
Aug 12 (6pm)
Alamo Drafthouse Lower Manhattan (28 Liberty Street, Manhattan)
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.
Funny Pages - Q&A with Director Owen Kline, Actors Matthew Maher, Miles Emanuel, & Michael Townsend Wright
Aug 12 (8:15pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
A bitingly funny coming-of-age story of a teenage cartoonist who rejects the comforts of his suburban life in a misguided quest for soul.
Realm of Satan - Q&A with Director Scott Cummings
Aug 13 (7pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
Explores the Church of Satan, a 50-year-old religion celebrating individualism and carnal desires. It offers a glimpse into modern Satanists' daily lives and rituals, showcasing their devotion to Satan as a symbolic figure.
Ben and Suzanne: A Reunion in 4 Parts - Q&A with Director Shaun Seneviratne
Aug 14 (7pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan)
The romantic reunion of Ben Santhanaraj and Suzanne Hopper is thwarted when Suzanne's boss asks her to work during their holiday road trip.
The Glassworker - Q&A with Director Usman Riaz
Aug 14 (7:10pm), Aug 15 (7pm), Aug 16 (7pm), Aug 17 (4:30pm)
Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
The life of a young glassblower in training and his relationships over the years, as his land goes through war and strife.
A Spartan Dream - Q&A with Writer/Producer George Demas
Aug 15 (7pm)
Village East (181-189 2nd Avenue, Manhattan)
A travel-adventure story about an atypical Ancient History lover sent to Greece to evict his relatives from an ancestral home. Cracking under pressure, he escapes into fantasy, purposefully (and absurdly) reigniting the Peloponnesian War, all to win the heart of a young village woman.
Checkpoint Zoo - Q&A with Director Josh Zeman
Aug 15 (7pm), Aug 16 (7pm), Aug 17 (2:45pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
Checkpoint Zoo documents a daring rescue led by a heroic team of zookeepers and volunteers, who risked their lives to save thousands of animals trapped in a zoo behind enemy lines in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
The Threesome - Q&A with Director Chad Hartigan, Actress Ruby Cruz
Aug 16 (7pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan)
A young man's perennial crush leads him into an unexpected threesome, he thinks it's his ultimate fantasy come true. When the fantasy ends, all three are left with sobering real-world consequences, to take responsibility for their actions.
Solvent - Q&A with Director Johannes Grenzfurthner
Aug 16 (8pm)
Alamo Drafthouse Lower Manhattan (28 Liberty Street, Manhattan)
While searching for Nazi documents in an Austrian farmhouse, a team of experts uncovers a hidden secret buried in its bowels. American expatriate Gunner S. Holbrook becomes obsessed with solving the mystery, and as his sanity wanes, he must confront an insatiable evil. Can he find redemption before it drains the life out of him?
Nashville - Q&A discussion with Ari Aster
Aug 17 (1pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
Over the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention.
Blue Sun Palace - Q&A with Director Constance Tsang
Aug 18 (6:45pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Williamburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)
When tragedy strikes, an unexpected bond forms between two migrants in the Chinese community of Queens. Far from home, their labor-filled lives intertwine as they grieve and search for familial connections.
Say Amen, Somebody - Q&A with Director George Nierenberg
Aug 18 (7pm)
IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)
Documentary about the American gospel music scene, focusing on two of the movement's pioneering forces, Thomas A. Dorsey and Willie May Ford Smith.
Split & Cape Fear - Q&A with Director M. Night Shyamalan
Aug 23 (6pm)
Film at Lincoln Center (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)
Three girls are kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities. They must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24th.
JFK - Q&A discussion with Ari Aster
Aug 23 (6:15pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Clueless - Q&A with Writer/Director Amy Heckerling
Aug 25 (7pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other.
Love, Brooklyn - Q&A with Actor/Producer Andre Holland, Director Rachael Abigail Holder, Actor Roy Wood Jr on Aug 27 only
Aug 27 (7:15pm, 8pm), Aug 28 (7:15pm, 8pm), Aug 29 (7:15pm, 8pm)
Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
Three longtime Brooklynites navigate careers, love, loss, and friendship against the rapidly changing landscape of their beloved city.
Unbreakable & Pulp Fiction - Q&A with Director M. Night Shyamalan
Aug 31 (5:30pm)
Film at Lincoln Center (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)
A man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident.
Lady in the Water & The Princess Bride - Q&A with Director M. Night Shyamalan
Sep 1 (6pm)
Film at Lincoln Center (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)
Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.
Somnium - Q&A with Writer/Director Racheal Cain
Sep 4 (7pm)
Alamo Drafthouse Lower Manhattan (28 Liberty Street, Manhattan)
At experimental sleep clinic, Somnium, dreams are made real. Side effects may include: hallucinations, confusion, paranoia, sleep paralysis, detachment from reality, lost sense of self, permanent nightmares.
The Cornelia Street Cafe in Exile - Q&A with Director Michael Jacobsohn, subject Robin Hirsch
Sep 25 (6:30pm)
IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)
For over forty years, the Cornelia Street Cafe was more than just a café; it was a vibrant, eclectic haven for artists, poets, and musicians, lovingly nurtured by its visionary owner, Robin Hirsch. This film chronicles its extraordinary journey, celebrating the unforgettable voices and cherished memories that filled its iconic walls.