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 November 21st and beyond. If you host an event and we missed you, please let us know -
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Rental Family - Intro with Actors Brendan Fraser & Mari Yamamoto
Nov 21 (6pm, 6:30pm)
Regal Union Square (850 Broadway, Manhattan)
An American actor in Tokyo struggling to find purpose lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese "rental family" agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. He rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the beauty of human connection.
Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter - Q&A with Director Zeberiah Newman
Nov 21 (5pm, 7pm)
Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street, Manhattan)
In the 90s wellness icon Susan Powter rose to fame with bestsellers and infomercials, then vanished. After bankruptcy and lawsuits, she lives in poverty in Las Vegas. Can her "Stop The Insanity" message still resonate today?
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere - Q&A with Director Scott Cooper (and Jon Landau)
Nov 21 (7pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
Bruce Springsteen's journey crafting his 1982 album Nebraska, which emerged as he recorded Born in the USA with the E Street Band. Based on Warren Zanes' book.
Harvest Season - Q&A with Director Bernardo Ruiz
Nov 21 (7pm)
Maysles Documentary Center (343 Malcolm X Boulevard, Manhattan)
Delves into the lives of the people who make California's premium wine possible, following Mexican-American winemakers and migrant workers whose labor is essential yet often overlooked
Three Portraits by Lucas Kane - Intro and Q&A with Director Lucas Kane
Nov 21 (8pm)
Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Avenue, Manhattan)
This program showcases a series of shorts by NYC filmmaker and theater director Lucas Kane.
IMPRESSIONS OF RESISTANCE AND ERASURE (2021, 3 min, Super-8-to-16mm)
JACOB'S HOUSE (2025, 21 min, 16mm)
THREE SONGS FOR PETER BROOK (work-in-progress, 24 min, Super-8 and 16mm-to-digital)
Zodiac Killer Project - Q&A with Director Charlie Shackleton
Nov 21 (6:45pm), Nov 22 (6:45pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
Against the backdrop of deserted spaces, a filmmaker explores his abandoned Zodiac Killer documentary, delving into the true crime genre's inner workings at a saturation point.
The Age of Disclosure - Q&A with Producer/Director Dan Farah
Nov 21 (7pm), Nov 22 (7pm)
Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
Documentary that reveals an 80-year global cover-up of non-human intelligent life and a secret war among major nations to reverse-engineer advanced technology of non-human origin.
Cutting Through Rocks - Q&A with Directors Sara Khaki & Mohammadreza Eyni
Nov 21 (7pm), Nov 22 (7pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
First female councilor in her Iranian village, Sara Shahverdi challenges tradition by teaching girls to ride motorcycles and fighting child marriage, while facing doubts about her motives.
Cactus Pears - Q&A with Director Rohan Kanawade (and Kal Penn and Mira Nair at select screenings)
Nov 21 (7pm), Nov 22 (4:10pm), Nov 23 (4:10pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
Anand, a 30-something city dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with a local farmer struggling to stay unmarried.
The Shepherd and the Bear - Q&A with Director Max Keegan (and others)
Nov 21 (8:20pm), Nov 22 (8:20pm), Nov 23 (8:20pm), Nov 24 (8:20pm)
Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street, Manhattan)
An aging shepherd struggles to find a successor as bears prey on his flock. While, a teenage boy becomes obsessed with tracking the bears.
Remaining Native - Q&A with Director Paige Bethmann (and others)
Nov 21 (7pm), Nov 22 (2pm, 5pm), Nov 23 (12:30pm, 6pm), Nov 24 (11am), Nov 25 (7pm), Nov 26 (5pm)
Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
Ku Stevens wants to be an elite runner, but when the remains of Native children are found, Ku must face his family's past while attempting to run towards his future.
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Q&A with actor Moshe Lobel
Nov 22 (12:15pm)
Q&A with Actor Moshe Lobel & Saul Rubinek
Nov 23 (6:30pm)
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.
Neighboring Sounds - Q&A with Director Kleber Mendonça Filho
Nov 22 (1:15pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
The lives of the residents of a Brazilian apartment building and the security guards who get the job guarding the surrounding streets.
The Seventh Bullet - Q&A with Director Ali Khamraev
Nov 22 (2:15pm)
Asia Society (725 Park Avenue, Manhattan)
Based on the conflict between the new atheistic communist government that ruled in Uzbekistan after the revolution in Russia and the traditional laws of Islam that Uzbek people believing for a thousand years.
Henry Street Settlement Movie Club - Q&A with Michael Jacobsohn
Nov 22 (4pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Abrons Arts Center presents a selection of short films produced by the then-teen filmmakers of the Henry Street Movie Club, a youth filmmaking workshop that was hosted by the Henry Street Settlement from 1968 to 1973.
Man Follows Birds - Q&A with Director Ali Khamraev, Actress Gulcha Tashbayeva
Nov 22 (6:30pm)
Asia Society (725 Park Avenue, Manhattan)
A coming-of-age story of a young Uzbek poet surrounded by violence. Farouk is fascinated by trees. Cast apart because he's poor and his father's drunk, Farouk is not happy in his village.
Hamnet - Q&A with Actors Paul Mescal & Jessie Buckley
Nov 22 (7:15pm)
Angelika Film NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
A powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse - Q&A with Director/Producer Philip Dolin
Nov 23 (12:15pm)
New Plaza Cinema (35 West 67th Street, Manhattan)
The life and work of the Pulitzer-prize-winning career of the cartoonist, Art Spiegelman.
I Remember You - Q&A with Director Ali Khamraev, Actress Gulcha Tashbayeva
Nov 23 (2:15pm)
Asia Society (725 Park Avenue, Manhattan)
A dying woman's wish sends her son on a train journey from the steppes of Uzbekistan to the Russian hinterland in search of his father's grave.
Harlan County USA - Q&A with Director Barbara Kopple
Nov 23 (3pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
A heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line.
Cover-Up - Q&A with Director Laura Poitras, subject Seymour Hersh, moderator Mira Nair
Nov 23 (4:05pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
Seymour Hersh has been at the front lines of political journalism in the United States. Hersh's breakthrough reportage has brought to the public's attention many of the most damning constitutional wrongdoings and cover-ups.
All That's Left of You - Q&A with Director Cherien Dabis
Nov 23 (5:45pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
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.
Nouvelle Vague - Q&A with Actress Zoey Deutch
Nov 24 (7pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, young Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He gets Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, creating a treatment with Truffaut about a gangster couple.
A House of Dynamite - Q&A with Director Kathryn Bigelow
Nov 24 (7pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.
Pools - Q&A with Director Sam Hayes
Nov 25 (7pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan)
In the midst of her whole life falling apart, Kennedy attempts to somehow reconnect with her dead father, searching for permission to live her own life within a wild pool-hopping escape through the elaborate estates of her college town.
The Tale of Silyan - Q&A with Director Tamara Kotevska, Cinematograher Jean Dakar
Nov 28 (7:15pm), Nov 29 (7:15pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
A farmer's bond with a white stork intertwines with North Macedonian folklore.
Teenage Wasteland - Q&A with Directors Jesse Moss & Amanda McBaine
Nov 28 (7:30pm), Nov 29 (5:10pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
A teacher inspires a group of teenagers in the early 1990s to make a student film and they uncover a conspiracy that is poisoning their community. Thirty years later they revisit this transformative experience.
You Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine - Q&A with Producer Fiona Prine (and others)
Nov 28 (7:15pm), Nov 29 (7:15pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
70+ artists joined family and fans at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium in Oct 2022 for two nights, celebrating John Prine's life and music.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery - Q&A with Director Rian Johnson
Nov 28 (7pm), Nov 30 (12:45pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet. When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it's clear that all is not well in the pews.
Benita - Q&A with Director Alan Berliner
Nov 28 (7pm), Nov 29 (7pm), Nov 30 (7:30pm), Dec 1 (6:30pm), Dec 2 (6pm), Dec 3 (7pm), Dec 4 (7pm)
Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
BENITA is Alan Berliner's intimate portrait of New York City filmmaker, Benita Raphan, who took her life by suicide in the middle of the Covid pandemic.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery - Q&A with Director Rian Johnson
Nov 29 (7:30pm)
Village East (181-189 Second Avenue, Manhattan)
Detective Benoit Blanc sifts through a series of suspects when a monsignor turns up dead.
It Was Just an Accident - Q&A with Director Jafar Panahi
Nov 30 (2pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
A small mishap triggers a chain reaction of ever-growing problems.
Rebel With a Clause - Q&A with Director Brandt Johnson, subject Ellen Jovin
Nov 30 (4:45pm)
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.
The Secret Agent - Q&A with Director Kleber Mendonça Filho, Actor Wagner Mouras
Nov 30 (2pm), Dec 2 (7pm), Dec 3 (7:30pm)
Angelika Film NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
In 1977, a technology expert flees from a mysterious past and returns to his hometown of Recife in search of peace. He soon realizes that the city is far from being the refuge he seeks.
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions - Q&A with Director Kahlil Joseph
Nov 30 (6:40pm), Dec 2 (8:30pm), Dec 3 (8:15pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
Adapted from the artist Kahlil Joseph's video exhibition that carried the same name.
Sirât - Q&A with Director Oliver Laxe
Dec 4 (7pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
A father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter in North Africa.
Sirât - Q&A with Director Oliver Laxe
Dec 5 (6pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
A father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter in North Africa.
Fire Will Come - Intro with Director Oliver Laxe
Dec 5 (8:50pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Amador returns home to his aging mother after serving a sentence for arson. He tries to adapt to daily farm life and coping with the villagers' memories of his past actions.
Little Trouble Girls - Q&A with Director Urska Djukic
Dec 5 (6:55pm), Dec 6 (4:25pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
16-year-old Lucia joins Catholic school choir, befriends senior Ana-Maria. During choir retreat at convent, Lucia's attraction to a restoration worker creates tension with Ana-Maria and challenges her faith.
Familiar Touch - Q&A with Actress Kathleen Chalfant & Carolyn Michelle
Dec 7 (12pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
An octogenarian woman transitions to life in assisted living as she contends with her conflicting relationship to herself and her caregivers amidst her shifting memory, age identity, and desires.
Cover-Up - Q&A with Director Laura Poitras
Dec 7 (2pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
Seymour Hersh has been at the front lines of political journalism in the United States. Hersh's breakthrough reportage has brought to the public's attention many of the most damning constitutional wrongdoings and cover-ups.
Girlfriends - Q&A with Director Claudia Weill
Dec 7 (3:15pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
Follows twentysomething Upper West Side photographer Susan who, alongside her poet roommate Anne, is trying to navigate the professional and romantic dead ends of 1970s city living.
Dance Freak - Q&A with Co-Directors Robby Rackleff & Alan Resnick
Dec 10 (7:15pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
A dangerous experiment goes awry resulting in a Dance Freak running wild.
Resurrection - Q&A with Director Bi Gan
Dec 10 (7pm), Dec 11 (7pm), Dec 12 (7:55pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
In a society where people stops dreaming to extend their lifespan, some dangerous individuals still dream, warping the fabric of time. We experience five dreams, for each of the senses, each chronologically representing a period of cinema.
Resurrection - Q&A with Director Bi Gan
Dec 11 (6pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)
In a society where people stops dreaming to extend their lifespan, some dangerous individuals still dream, warping the fabric of time. We experience five dreams, for each of the senses, each chronologically representing a period of cinema.
Metropolitan - Q&A with Editor Christopher Tellefsen
Dec 12 (6:50pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.
The Dating Game - Q&A with Director Violet Du Feng
Dec 12 (7pm), Dec 13 (4pm, 7pm), Dec 14 (1:30pm, 4:30pm), Dec 15 (6:30pm), Dec 17 (6:30pm), Dec 18 (6:30pm)
Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
In a country where eligible men greatly outnumber women, three perpetual bachelors join an intensive seven-day dating camp led by one of China's most sought-after dating coaches in what may be their last-ditch effort to find love.
Where to Land - Q&A with Writer/Director Hal Hartley
Dec 13 (2pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
Joseph Fulton, a famous director, wants to work at a cemetery. Meanwhile, he has his last will and testament drawn up. His girlfriend thinks he's dying. Rumor spreads and soon everyone he knows gathers to say their last farewells.
The Menu - Q&A with Editor Christopher Tellefsen
Dec 14 (4:30pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
Grey Gardens - Q&A with Co-Director Muffie Meyer
Dec 14 (5:30pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
Meet a mother and daughter, high-society dropouts, reclusive cousins of Jackie O., managing to thrive together amid the decay and disorder of their East Hampton, NY, mansion, making for an eerily ramshackle echo of the American Camelot.
The Plague - Q&A with Actor Kayo Martin
Dec 15 (8:30pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
A socially awkward tween endures the ruthless hierarchy at a water polo camp, his anxiety spiraling into psychological turmoil over the summer.
Peter Hujar's Day - Q&A with Director Ira Sachs
Dec 17 (7pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
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.
Is This Thing On? - Q&A with Director Bradley Cooper
Dec 18 (7pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
As their marriage unravels, Alex faces middle age and divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene. Meanwhile, his wife Tess confronts sacrifices made for their family, forcing them to navigate co-parenting and identities.
Rosemead - Q&A with Writer/Director Eric Lin, Actress Lucy Liu, Producer Mynette Louie
Dec 19 (7pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
Inspired by a harrowing true story, Lucy Liu transforms in a riveting, career-redefining performance as an ailing woman who takes drastic measures to protect her troubled teenage son.
Crossing Delancey - Q&A with Writer Susan Sandler
Dec 20 (3:15pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
A Manhattan single meets a man through her Jewish grandmother's matchmaker.