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 30th and beyond. If you host an event and we missed you, please let us know - info@greenroomnewyork.com.

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.

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.

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.

Jan 31 (12:15pm)

New Plaza Cinema (35 West 67th 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.

Jan 31 (4:30pm)

92NY (1395 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan)

An impatient young stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless, greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.

Feb 1 (5:20pm)

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.

Feb 2 (8pm)

92NY (1395 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan)

A young couple moves back to the husband's childhood home, only to face threats from new neighbors and uncover dark secrets of their cul-de-sac.

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.

Feb 4 (6:15pm)

Village East (181-189 Second Avenue, 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.

Feb 4 (7pm)

Quad Cinema (34 West 13th 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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

Feb 5 (7:15pm), Feb 6 (7:15pm)

IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)

A father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter in North Africa.

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.

Feb 6 (7pm)

Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)

Jooin, a 17-year-old student, confused by love, unleashes chaos with some words spoken in a moment of anger. Anonymous notes questioning his actions begin to arrive, altering his quiet life.

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.

Feb 6 (9:30pm)

Roxy Cinema (2 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan)

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.

Feb 6 (6:15pm), Feb 7 (2pm)

Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

An aging Spanish woman in Tangier resists her daughter's decision to sell her home. Determined to stay, she does everything she can to keep her home and reclaim the belongings of a lifetime. Along the way, she rediscovers love and desire.

Feb 6 (6:45pm), Feb 7 (6:45pm)

Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

Andre, an irreverent man, embarks on an unexpected journey after receiving a terminal diagnosis, determined to maintain his humor while learning to die happily.

Feb 6 (7pm), Feb 7 (7pm)

BAM (30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn)

A vampire family deals with their father's death in NYC while being pursued by Van Helsing and his nephew. Love and destruction clash in this modern vampire story.

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.

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.

Feb 11 (5:50pm)

Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

Slice-of-life look at Roberto and Aurelia, Cuban exiles living in New York City with their 17-year-old daughter Aurelita. It's February, 1978; the winter is harsh, and for 10 years Roberto's been the super of an apartment building: firing up the boiler, repairing windows, moving bags of garbage.

Feb 11 (7pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Manhattan)

An exploration of one's relationships with food, sexuality, and revenge. It asks, "How far would you go in the name of love?"

Feb 11 (7pm)

Maysles Documentary Center (343 Malcolm X Boulevard, Manhattan)

Through personal video diaries and dance, three teens Amelia, Dedra, and Teylar navigate identity, gender norms, and realize dreams of college, medicine or business.

Feb 12 (6pm, 6:30pm)

IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)

When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008.

Feb 12 (8:10pm)

Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.

Feb 13 (6:30pm, 9:15pm), Feb 14 (2:40pm, 5:25pm)

Angelika Film NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

Two young brothers explore Lagos with their estranged father during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, witnessing both the city's magnitude and their father's daily struggles as political unrest threatens their journey home.

Feb 14 (3:30pm)

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

A poor Bohemian poet in 1890s Paris falls for a beautiful courtesan and nightclub star coveted by a jealous duke.

Feb 15 (4pm)

Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

Feb 19 (6:30pm)

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

Focusing on the bonding between three girls in Brooklyn's "Jackie Robinson Steppers Marching Band" and the choices the girls face once their high school closes down for asbestos removal.

Feb 19 (7pm), Feb 20 (7pm)

Roxy Cinema (2 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan)

After seeing a viral video of a young trans woman claiming to be pregnant, an opportunistic filmmaker decides to document her journey to motherhood.

Feb 24 (7pm)

IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)

In the lead-up to Zohran Mamdani's election as mayor of New York City, many of the city's Jewish population found themselves at odds over the candidate's positions on Palestine and Israel. By inviting viewers into the homes of New Yorkers on both sides of the campaign, DOC NYC alumna Alison Klayman reveals a fierce battle among American Jews over identity, history, and responsibility.

Feb 26 (6:30pm)

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

New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.

Feb 26 (7pm)

Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)

Resurrected through UK-led archival restoration NOVA 78' shows never-before-seen footage of the legendary Nova Convention where William Burroughs, Patti Smith, Zappa, Ginsberg and more collided in an explosion of ideas, art and rebellion.

Feb 27 (6:30pm)

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

New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.

Feb 27 (7pm)

Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)

Agronomist, poet, utopian thinker, and revolutionary... Often referred to as the African Che Guevara, Cabral led the anti-colonial movement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde against Portuguese colonialism until his murder in 1973.

Feb 28 (6:30pm)

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

New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.

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.

Mar 5 (7:30pm)

Union Docs (352 Onderdonk Avenue, Queens)

With the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban imposed a reign of terror that is particularly brutal towards women. Risking their own lives and those of their loved ones, groups of women fight for their rights.