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 May 29th and beyond. If you host an event and we missed you, please let us know -
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Bad Shabbos - Q&A with Director Daniel Robbins
May 29 (7:30pm), May 31 (4:45pm, 7:30pm), Jun 1 (1pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th 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.
It's All Gonna Break - Q&A with Director Stephen Chung
May 29 (7pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
A front-row seat to Broken Social Scene's rise and how they came to define a generation of indie rock
It's All Gonna Break - Q&A with Director Stephen Chung
May 30 (7:15pm)
IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)
A front-row seat to Broken Social Scene’s rise and how they came to define a generation of indie rock
Shall We Dance? - Q&A with Director Masayuki Suo
May 30 (7pm), May 31 (4:10pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
A successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.
Ron Delsener Presents - Q&A with Director Jake Sumner, film subject Ron Delsener
May 30 (7:15pm), May 31 (7:15pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
Follows Ron Delsener one of the most influential concert promoter in New York. Now that he is 86-year-old but still has a spring in his step.
Troma's Curse of the Weredeer - Q&A with Director Ben Johnson
May 31 (6:30pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
There's sumthin' in them woods, 'n it's killin' hunters. On his bachelor party deer killin', beer drinkin', huntin' trip weekend; Randy's world is turned inside out. All's he wanted to do was to spend a lil' time with the fellers.
BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes, and Sadomasochism - Q&A with Director Michelle Handelman
May 31 (7pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
From pushy bottoms to macho femmes, Bloodsisters is an A-Z documentary guide that takes an in-depth look at the San Francisco Leatherdyke scene during the mid-nineties.
Rebel Ridge - Q&A with Writer/Director Jeremy Saulnier
Jun 1 (5:10pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
A former Marine grapples his way through a web of small-town corruption when an attempt to post bail for his cousin escalates into a violent standoff with the local police chief.
I Married a Strange Person - Intro with Director/Animator Bill Plympton
Jun 1 (5:15pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
A newlywed develops a strange lump on his neck that gives him the ability to transform people or objects at will. His wife is very upset. Meanwhile, the CEO of Smilecorp learns of this man and his ability and sees a way to achieve world domination if only the man can be taken alive.
Cheatin' - Intro with Director/Animator Bill Plympton
Jun 1 (7:30pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Cheatin' follows a couple, Jake and Ella, from the first blush of attraction at a carnival meet-cute to the cusp of marital disintegration.
Swoon - Q&A with Writer/Director Tom Kalin, Producer Christine Vachon
Jun 2 (6:30pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
The true story of gay lovers, Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr. Who kidnapped and murdered a child in the early 1920s for kicks. The plot covers the months before the crime, the investigation, trial and final fate of the two men.
Dangerous Animals - Q&A with Director Sean Byrne, Actor Jai Courtney
Jun 2 (8pm)
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn (445 Albee Square West, Brooklyn)
When Zephyr, a savvy and free-spirited surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.
Redlands - Q&A with Director John Brian King
Jun 4 (8:45pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
The lives of three residents of Redlands, California -- a middle-aged glamour photographer named Allan, his nude model Vienna, and her indie-musician boyfriend Zack -- intersect and ultimately collide in this claustrophobic adult drama.
Sunlight - Q&A with Writer/Director Nina Conti, Writer/Actor Shenoah Allen
Jun 6 (7:20pm), Jun 7 (7:20pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
A hilariously dark and unconventional love story, following two people on the edge of life who find purpose and romance through an unlikely connection, escaping the darkness in search of some sunlight.
Slumlord Millionaire - Q&A with Directors/Producers Steph Ching & Ellen Martinez, Producer Nicole Tsien
Jun 6 - 12 (numerous showtimes - check link below)
Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
In New York City's most quickly gentrifying neighborhoods, a group of fearless residents, activists, and nonprofit attorneys fight corrupt landlords and developers for the basic human right to a home.
Country Hotel - Q&A with film scholar Palita Chunsaengchan
Jun 7 (2:15pm)
Asia Society (725 Park Avenue, Manhattan)
If Jim Jarmusch attempted an adaptation of Jean Paul Sartre's No Exit, it might turn out something like R.D. Pestonji's surreal, freewheeling comedy Country Hotel (1957). In Country Hotel, the curious and easily vexed bartender and self-proclaimed "arm wrestling world champion" at a ramshackle outpost called "Paradise Hotel" encounters a revolving cast of eccentric visitors who test his patience in confounding ways over the course of a single night.
Underground Orange - Q&A with Writer/Director Michael Taylor Jackson
Jun 8 (7pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
A Californian backpacker becomes entangled in a polyamorous relationship with a gang of young actors who plot to kidnap the US Ambassador to Argentina.
Rubble Kings - Q&A with Director Shan Nicholson
Jun 10 (7pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)
Through archival footage Nicholson tells the story of the real Warriors that walked the streets of New York City in the 1970s and the harsh reality of gang life in a city that seemed to be falling apart.
The War of the Roses - Q&A with Actress Kathleen Turner
Jun 11 (6:30pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
A married couple tries everything to drive each other out of the house in a vicious divorce battle.
Miller's Crossing - Q&A with Actor John Turturro
Jun 12 (6:30pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
Tom Reagan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties.
Vox Lux - Q&A with Writer/Director Brady Corbet, Writer Mona Fastvold, Actor Daniel London
Jun 13 (6:30pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
An unusual set of circumstances brings unexpected success to a pop star.
Manchester By The Sea - Q&A with Director Kenneth Lonergan
Jun 14 (2:10pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.
Happiness - Q&A with Director Todd Solondz
Jun 14 (6pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
Mutual Appreciation - Q&A with Director Andrew Bujalski
Jun 14 (6:20pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Alan is a musician who leaves a busted-up band for New York, and a new musical voyage. He tries to stay focused and fends off all manner of distractions, including the attraction to his good friend's girlfriend.
Funny Ha Ha - Intro with Director Andrew Bujalski
Jun 14 (9pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Marnie just graduated from college, drinks likes she's still in school, and is looking for a temporary job but a permanent boyfriend. She loves a guy who doesn't love her (?), ping-pongs between awkward romantic alternatives and even less suitable jobs.
Results - Q&A with Director Andrew Bujalski, Actor Kevin Corrigan
Jun 15 (1:30pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Two mismatched personal trainers' lives are upended by the actions of a new, wealthy client.
Ron Delsener Presents - Q&A with Director Jake Sumner
Jun 15 (3:15pm)
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn (445 Albee Square West, Brooklyn)
Follows Ron Delsener one of the most influential concert promoter in New York. Now that he is 86-year-old but still has a spring in his step.
Saurians - Q&A with Director Mark Polonia
Jun 19 (9:30pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)
2 dinosaurs are awakened by a construction blast.
Sabbath Queen - Q&A with Director Sandi DuBowski
Jun 20 (6:30pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
A 39th generation ex-Orthodox rabbi embarks on a remarkable 21-year personal journey, also embracing life as a drag queen.
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch - Q&A with Directors Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Caichwal & Nicholas de Pencier
Jun 20 (7:10pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Filmmakers travel to six continents and 20 countries to document the impact humans have made on the planet.
Familiar Touch - Q&A with Director Sarah Friedland, Actress Kathleen Chalfant
Jun 20 (6:50pm), Jun 21 (4:45pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
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.
Manufactured Landscapes - Q&A with Director Jennifer Baichwal, Producer Nicholas de Pencier, subject Edward Burtynsky
Jun 21 (2pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Photographer Edward Burtynsky travels the world observing changes in landscapes due to industrial work and manufacturing.
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - Q&A with Editor Marcia Lucas
Jun 21 (4:30pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
A recently-widowed woman is on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.
Watermark - Intro with Directors Edward Burtynsky & Jennifer Baichwal
Jun 21 (5:15pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
A documentary on how water shapes humanity.
Gangs of Wasseypur - Q&A with Director Anurag Kashyap
Jun 22 (12:15pm: 321 minutes with an intermission)
Asia Society (725 Park Avenue, Manhattan)
A clash between Sultan and Shahid Khan leads to the expulsion of Khan from Wasseypur, and ignites a deadly blood feud spanning three generations.
Make Me Famous - Q&A with Director Brian Vincent, Producer Heather Spore
Jun 22 (4:45pm)
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.
Monsoon Wedding - Q&A with Director Mira Nair
Jun 23 (7pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.
Dog Movie - Q&A with Director Henry Hanson, Actors Jessi Gaston, Marten Katze & Milo Talwani
Jun 24 (9:15pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
A couple adopts a dog with the same name as the unemployed couch surfer.
How to Have an American Baby - Q&A with Director Leslie Tai
Jun 25 (6pm)
Asia Society (725 Park Avenue, Manhattan)
A kaleidoscopic voyage into the once-booming shadow economy catering to Chinese tourists who travel to the U.S. on "birthing vacations" in order to obtain American citizenship for their babies.
Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue - Q&A with Director Jill Campbell, Models Carol Alt & Roshumba Williams
Jun 25 (7pm), Jun 26 (7pm)
IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)
Jule Campbell's 32-year reign as editor of Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue, transforming it into a media empire. Exploring changing beauty standards, feminism's evolution, and interviews with Campbell and supermodels she championed.