Here's our list of upcoming special event screenings at theaters in New York City from November 14th and beyond. If you host an event and we missed you, please let us know -
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Sansón and Me - Q&A with Director Rodrigo Reyes
Nov 14 (6pm)
Maysles Documentary Center (343 Malcolm X Blvd, Manhattan)
Follows a young immigrant's path from coastal Mexico to a life sentence for murder in California.
All We Imagine As Light - Q&A with Director Payal Kapadia
Nov 14 (6pm)
Film at Lincoln Center (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)
In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend.
The Image You Missed - Q&A with Director Dónal Foreman
Nov 14 (7pm)
Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
Drawing on over 30 years of unique and never-seen-before imagery, The Image You Missed is a documentary essay film that weaves together a history of the Northern Irish Troubles with the story of a son's search for his father.
The World According to Allee Willis - Q&A with Director Alexis Spraic
Nov 14 (7pm), Nov 15 (7pm)
Angelika Film Center (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
Songwriter / artist Allee Willis began filming her life as a kid in 1950s Detroit and never stopped. She pursued creative expression at all costs while struggling to fit established gender and sexual norms - until she found a path to love.
All We Imagine As Light - Q&A with Director Payal Kapadia
Nov 14 (7:30pm), Nov 15 (7:30pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend.
Nathan-ism - Q&A with Director Elan Golod, Producer Melanie Levy
Nov 14 (6pm), Nov 15 (6:30pm), Nov 16 (3:30pm, 6:30pm), Nov 17 (6pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
At the end of World War II, Nathan Hilu, the son of Syrian Jewish immigrants to New York, received a life-changing assignment from the U.S. Army: to guard the top Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg trials. This experience fueled a lifetime of artistic inspiration for Nathan, a virtually unknown "outsider artist", who spent the next 70 years obsessively creating a visual narrative from his memories.
L For Leisure - Intro with Directors Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn
Nov 15 (9:30pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Arthouse comedy set in 1992-3 following awkward graduate students on vacations all around the world.
Dream Team - Intro and Q&A with Directors Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn
Nov 15 (7pm), Nov 16 (3pm), Nov 17 (7pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
In this absurdist homage to 90's basic cable TV thrillers, two hot INTERPOL agents uncover an international, interspecies mystery. A post-modern, soft-core fever dream.
Two Plains and a Fancy - Intro with Directors Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn
Nov 16 (12:45pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
A group of women traverse the landscapes and strange towns of Colorado in the 1890's.
Danton's Death & Towards Tenderness - Q&A with Director Alice Diop
Nov 16 (5:30pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Danton's Death: A black man from the Paris suburbs seeks to escape the violence of his immediate surroundings by training to become an actor at one of France's most prestigious drama schools.
Towards Tenderness: Four young men from the Paris suburbs talk about their masculinity. Their interior monologues, however, reveal other desires.
On Call - Q&A with Director Alice Diop
Nov 17 (1:20pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
The daily routine of a doctor who treats refugees at a hospital in Paris.
Blondes in the Jungle - Intro with Directors Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn
Nov 17 (9:15pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
On a hunt for the Fountain of Youth, three teenagers in 80's Honduras buy drugs, harm nature and have magical encounters. Long silent jungle sequences, a meditation on Mayan Archaeology and a heavy TV teen vibe make Blondes in the Jungle at once an absurd comedy and a serious film about the possibility of spiritual growth in a world of instant gratification.
Janet Planet - Q&A with Director Annie Baker
Nov 19 (7pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. As the months pass, three visitors enter their orbit, all captivated by Janet.
The Devil's Bath - Q&A with Co-Directors Severin Fiala & Veronika Franz
Nov 19 (7:30pm)
Alamo Drafthouse Lower Manhattan (28 Liberty Street, Manhattan)
Austria in the 18th century. Forests surround villages. Killing a baby gets a woman sentenced to death. Agnes readies for married life with her beloved. But her mind and heart grow heavy. A gloomy path alone, evil thoughts arising.
Swift Justice - Q&A with Director Victor J. Blue
Nov 20 (6:30pm)
Bronx Documentary Center (614 Courtlandt Avenue, Bronx)
Granted rare access to a Sharia court in Helmand Province, Swift Justice follows the story of a Afghan widow fighting for her rights in the Taliban's heartland.
A Traveler's Needs - Q&A with Actress Isabelle Huppert
Nov 20 (6:45pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
A French woman drinks makgeolli in Korea after losing her means of income, then teaches French to two Korean women.
Lyd - Q&A with Directors Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland
Nov 20 (7pm)
Maysles Documentary Center (343 Malcolm X Blvd, Manhattan)
A story of a city that once connected Palestine to the world - what it once was, what it is now, and what it could have become.
The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Q&A with Director Mohammad Rasoulof
Nov 20 (7pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.
His Three Daughters - Q&A with Director Azazel Jacobs
Nov 21 (7pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
This tense, touching and funny portrait of family dynamics follows three estranged sisters as they converge in a New York apartment to care for their ailing father and try to mend their own broken relationship with one another.
The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Q&A with Director Mohammad Raoulof
Nov 22 (6pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.
Based on a True Story (2 episodes) - Q&A with EP/Actress Kaley Cuoco
Nov 22 (7pm)
92Y (1395 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan)
Season two finds new parents Ava and Nathan Bartlett three months into parenthood. Focused on taking care of her family, Ava is determined to resist her true crime obsession and return to work as a real estate agent while Nathan trains private tennis clients.
A Real Pain - Q&A with Director Jesse Eisenberg
Nov 22 (7pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
After Tiller - Q&A with Director Lana Wilson
Nov 22 (7pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
This thought provoking, sometimes troubling documentary examines the personal and ethical imperatives that drive abortion providers to continue in the face of often dangerous legal and personal harassment.
The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Q&A with Director Mohammad Rasoulof
Nov 22 (7pm)
Film at Lincoln Center (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)
Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.
Jacob's Ladder - Q&A with Director Adrian Lyne
Nov 22 (7:30pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan)
Mourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of death.
Porcelain War - Q&A with Directors Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev
Nov 22 (7:15pm), Nov 23 (2:55pm, 7:15pm), Nov 24 (12:45pm)
IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)
Amid the chaos and destruction of the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine, three artists find inspiration and beauty as they defend their culture and their country. In a war waged against ordinary civilians, Slava Leontyev, Anya Stasenko, and Andrey Stefanov choose to fight, armed with their art and, for the first time in their lives, guns.
Sabbath Queen - Q&A with Director Sandi Dubowski, subject Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
Nov 22 (6:20pm), Nov 23 (6:50pm), Nov 24 (4:20pm, 6:50pm)
IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)
A 39th generation ex-Orthodox rabbi embarks on a remarkable 21-year personal journey, also embracing life as a drag queen.
The Black Sea - Q&A with Directors Crystal Moselle and Derrick B. Harden
Nov 22 (9:15pm), Nov 23 (6pm), Nov 24 (2:45pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
A man journeys to a small Eastern European coastal town where he finds unexpected connections despite being the only black person in the area.
Miss Americana - Q&A with Director Lana Wilson
Nov 23 (4pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
A look at iconic pop artist Taylor Swift during a transformational time in her life as she embraces her role as a singer/songwriter and harnesses the full power of her voice.
Ernest Cole: Lost And Found - Q&A with Director Raoul Peck
Nov 23 (6:30pm)
IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)
South African photographer Ernest Cole was the first to expose the horrors of Apartheid to the world. His 1967 book House of Bondage, published when he was only 27, led him into exile for the rest of his life, never to find his bearings. Peck's new film recounts his wanderings, his turmoil as an artist and his anger at silence and complicity in the face of the horror.
Stolen - Q&A with Writer/Producer Gaurav Dhingra, moderated by filmmaker Mira Nair
Nov 23 (8:30pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Two urbane brothers witness a baby being kidnapped from an impoverished mother at a railway station in rural India. One guided by moral duty, convinces the other to help the mother and join a perilous investigation to find the baby.
The Departure - Q&A with Director Lana Wilson
Nov 24 (3:30pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
A Buddhist monk asks what we owe one another and provides experiences to help us find answers.
Between the Temples - Q&A with Director Nathan Silver, Actors Carol Kane, Robert Smigel & C. Mason Wells
Nov 26 (7pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
A cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student.
Queer - Q&A with Writer Justin Kuritzkes
Nov 29 (7:15pm)
Angelika New York (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American ex-pat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. The arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.
The Body Politic - Q&A with Producer Dawne Langford
Dec 1 (2pm)
Maysles Documentary Center (343 Malcolm X Boulevard, Manhattan)
Amid the George Floyd uprising, Brandon Scott, a young activist, is elected Mayor of Baltimore City. His hope is to lower violence in the city with a new, public health-focused, community-led approach, rather than relying solely on policing as others have done.
Union - Q&A with Directors Brett Story and Stephen Maing
Dec 1 (6pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
A group of current and former Amazon workers in New York City's Staten Island challenges one of the world's largest companies in a unionization battle.
Ovid, New York - Q&A with Director Vito Rowlands
Dec 2 (7:30pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
Seven tales of transformation poetically reimagine Ovid's "Metamorphoses" and paint a picture of violence and catharsis, anchored in mythical landscapes.
Emilia Pérez - Q&A with Director Jacques Audiard
Dec 3 (6pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
Through liberating song and dance and bold visuals, this odyssey follows the journey of four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. The fearsome cartel leader Emilia enlists Rita, an unappreciated lawyer stuck in a dead-end job, to help fake her death so that Emilia can finally live authentically as her true self.
Gaucho Gaucho - Q&A with Directors Gregory Kershaw and Michael Dweck
Dec 3 (7:30pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
Documentary film about an ensemble of iconic gauchos living beyond the boundaries of the modern world. It weaves together a mosaic of tales about gauchos confronting the fragility of their world in the face of unprecedented change.
Playland - Q&A with Director Geordan West
Dec 4 (7pm)
Maysles Documentary Center (343 Malcolm X Boulevard, Manhattan)
PLAYLAND conjures a time-bending night in Boston's oldest and most notorious gay bar. The work of queer fantasy and history takes place inside the empty husk of the Playland Café. Although the cafe shut down in the late '90s, PLAYLAND stages one last bawdy night on the town for the ghosts of their LGBTQ+ ancestors.
Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion - Q&A with Director Matthew Miele, Bob Mackie, Bernadette Peters
Dec 4 (7pm)
92Y (1395 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan)
Bob Mackie, a six-decade costume designer, received a Lifetime Achievement award and Tony nomination for The Cher Show. His unique, unfiltered style has been showcased in a new documentary.
The Sex Lives of College Girls (advance screening of episode 3)
Q&A with Actors Pauline Chalamet, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Mia Rodgers, Gracie Lawrence
Dec 4 (8pm)
92Y (1395 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan)
Four 18-year-old freshman roommates at Essex College in Vermont. A bundle of contradictions and hormones, these sexually active college girls are equal parts lovable and infuriating.
Conclave - Q&A with Director Edward Berger
Dec 5 (7pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53 Street, Manhattan)
When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church.
Three (Extra)Ordinary Women - Q&A with Director Cionin Lorenzo
Dec 6 (7pm)
Maysles Documentary Center (343 Malcolm X Boulevard, Manhattan)
Tells the personal stories of three women of color (one African American, one Afro Latina, and one Palestinian American) who have collectively overcome poverty, abuse, systemic racism, and political occupation through practicing forgiveness, sisterhood, and immersing themselves in nature.
Good One - Q&A with Director India Donaldson
Dec 6 (7:15pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
During a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam navigates the clash of egos between her father and his oldest friend.
Hard Truths - Q&A with Actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Dec 6 (6:15pm), Dec 7 (12:15pm)
Film at Lincoln Center (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)
Ongoing exploration of the contemporary world with a tragicomic study of human strengths and weaknesses.
Obsessed with Light - Q&A with Directors Zeva Oelbaum and Sabine Krayenbühl
Dec 6 (7:30pm), Dec 7 (7:30pm), Dec 8 (3pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
A film that tells the story of American performer Loie Fuller, a pioneer of dance, stage lighting and design.
Good One - Q&A with Director India Donaldson
Dec 7 (7:30pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
During a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam navigates the clash of egos between her father and his oldest friend.
Report From Hollywood - Q&A with Director Ed Lachman
Dec 8 (5:50pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Visionary cinematographer Ed Lachman provides a behind-the-scenes account of Wim Wenders' production of The State of Things (1984), a film about the difficulties of making a film. The cast and crew give interviews while driving a convertible between gas stations and motels in a striking document of Los Angeles in the 1980s.
How To Draw a Bunny - Q&A with Producer Andrew Moore
Dec 10 (6:45pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
Interviews with Christo, Chuck Close, Roy Lichtenstein, Judith Malina, James Rosenquist and others help illuminate the life and work of Warhol contemporary Ray Johnson.
The Day of the Jackal (episode 109) - Q&A with Eddie Redmayne
Dec 10 (7:30pm)
92Y (1395 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan)
The Jackal is an elusive assassin who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. He soon meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who tracks him down in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe.
Veselka: The Rainbow on the Corner at the Center of the World - Q&A with Director Michael Fiore
Dec 10 (2:15pm)
New Plaza Cinema (35 West 67th Street, Manhattan)
As the second generation owner of New York's beloved Ukrainian restaurant Veselka reluctantly retires after 54 years, his son Jason faces the pressure of stepping into his father's shoes as the war in Ukraine impacts his family and staff.
Hippo - Q&A
Dec 10 (7:30pm)
New Plaza Cinema (35 West 67th Street, Manhattan)
Hippo examines the coming-of-age of two step-siblings: Hippo, a video-game addicted teenager and Buttercup, a Hungarian Catholic immigrant with a love of classical music and Jesus.
No Good Deed - Q&A with Creator Liz Feldman & Actors Linda Cardellini, Lisa Kudrow, Ray Romano, Luke Wilson
Dec 11 (7:30pm)
92Y (1395 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan)
When Lydia and Paul decide to move on from their empty nest to forge a new life, they list their gorgeous 1920s Spanish-style villa located in one the most desirable neighborhoods in Los Angeles — and the real estate frenzy begins. But as Lydia and Paul know all too well, sometimes the home of your dreams can be a true nightmare.
The Room Next Door - Q&A with Actors Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Author Sigrid Nunez
Dec 13 (7pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.
I Saw the TV Glow - Q&A with Director Jane Schoenbrun
Dec 14 (6pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
A teenager just trying to make it through life in the suburbs is introduced by a classmate to a mysterious late-night TV show.
The Brutalist - Q&A with Director Brady Corbet
Dec 15 (1pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
When visionary architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious and wealthy client.
Babygirl - Q&A with Director Halina Reijn
Dec 17 (7pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much-younger intern.