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 9th and beyond. If you host an event and we missed you, please let us know -
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Arco - Q&A with Co-Writer/Producer Félix de Givry
Jan 9 (7:30pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
In 2075, a girl witnesses a mysterious boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky. He comes from an idyllic far future where time travel is possible. She shelters him and will do whatever it takes to help him return to his time.
My Neighbor Adolf - Q&A with Director Leon Prodovsky
Jan 9 (7:10pm), Jan 10 (7:10pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
In 1960s South America, a Holocaust survivor suspects his neighbor is Adolf Hitler. Disbelieved, he investigates and reluctantly befriends the man to gather evidence.
Holding Liat - Q&A with Director Brandon Kramer
Jan 9 (7pm), Jan 10 (7pm), Jan 11 (4:40pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
After Liat Beinin Atzili is kidnapped on October 7th, her Israeli-American family faces their own conflicting perspectives to fight for her release and the future of the places they call home.
Obex - Q&A with Director Albert Birney
Jan 9 (7:30pm), Jan 10 (7:30pm), Jan 11 (2:50pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
Conor Marsh's secluded life disrupted when he plays OBEX game. His dog Sandy disappears, blurring reality and game. Conor enters OBEX world to rescue Sandy, navigating its strange realms.
Folktales - Q&A with Directors Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady
Jan 10 (2pm)
Scandinavia House (58 Park 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.
Predators - Q&A with Director David Osit
Jan 10 (3pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
Exploring the controversial NBC series that caught potential child predators in sting operations, leading to arrests, and its eventual cancellation.
Eddington - Q&A with Director Ari Aster
Jan 10 (6pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.
All That's Left of You - Q&A with Producer Stephanie Nadi Olson
Jan 10 (3:10pm), Jan 11 (3:10pm)
Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
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.
Shttl - Q&A with Actor Moshe Lobel
Jan 11 (2:45pm)
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.
Palestine 36 - Q&A with Director Annemarie Jacir
Jan 11 (3:30pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
In 1936, as Palestinian villages revolt against British colonial rule, Yusuf navigates between Jerusalem and his rural home, amidst escalating unrest and a pivotal moment for the British Empire.
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives - Q&A with Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito Garcia
Jan 11 (5:15pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan)
A retrospective look at the "Best Hip Hop Radio Show of All-Time".
Nadja - Q&A with Director Michael Almereyda (and cast & crew)
Jan 11 (6:30pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
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.
All The Walls Came Down - Q&A with Director Ondi Timoner
Jan 12 (9pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan)
Provides a personal and heartrending chronicle of the aftermath of the fires that devastated Los Angeles, including her own Altadena house. Yet, the wreckage of a neighborhood is fertile ground for new friendships and energies.
Sirat - Q&A with Director Oliver Laxe, Composer Kangding Ray, Sound Designer Laia Casanovas
Jan 13 (7pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
A father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter in North Africa.
The Voice of Hind Rajab - Q&A with Actor Saja Kilani
Jan 13 (7:30pm)
BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn)
Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year old girl is trapped in a car under IDF fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her.
Batang West Side - Intro with Director Lav Diaz
Jan 14 (5:30pm)
Asia Society (725 Park Avenue, Manhattan)
A teen's murder investigation in NJ reveals insights into Filipino-American life, crystal meth's impact on youth, and a detective's struggle with his past trauma.
The Voice of Hind Rajab - Q&A with Actor Saja Kilani
Jan 14 (6pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year old girl is trapped in a car under IDF fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her.
Left-Handed Girl - Q&A with Director Shih-Ching Tsou
Jan 14 (6:45pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)
A single mother and her two daughters relocate to Taipei to open a night market stall, each navigating the challenges of adapting to their new environment while striving to maintain family unity.
The Inquisitor - Q&A with Director Angela Tucker
Jan 14 (7pm)
Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
As a young girl in Houston's Fifth Ward, Barbara Jordan was taught to defy expectations. She understood that to succeed, she would need to forge her own path. With relentless determination and unyielding tenacity, Barbara Jordan made history as Texas's first Black state senator and the first Southern Black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Ozone: Attack of the Redneck Mutants - Q&A with Director Matt Devlen
Jan 15 (9:30pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)
When a toxic chemical spill tears open the ozone above rural Texas, locals mutate into ghouls with an appetite for flesh. Dubbed dialogue, surreal padding, Americana weirdness, and inventive practical gore make Ozone unforgettable.
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You - Q&A with Writer/Director Mary Bronstein
Jan 16 (6:30pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
While trying to manage her own life and career, a woman on the verge of a breakdown must cope with her daughter's illness, an absent husband, a missing person, and an unusual relationship with her therapist.
Left-Handed Girl - Q&A with Director Shih-Ching Tsou
Jan 16 (6:30pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
A single mother and her two daughters relocate to Taipei to open a night market stall, each navigating the challenges of adapting to their new environment while striving to maintain family unity.
Seeds - Q&A with Director Brittany Shyne, Producers Danielle Varga & Sabrina Schmidt Gordon
Jan 16 (7pm), Jan 17 (5:20pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
A look into the lives of Black generational farmers, unveiling the challenges of maintaining legacy and the value of land ownership.
Deepfaking Sam Altman - Q&A with Director Adam Bhala Lough
Jan 16 (7pm), Jan 17 (7pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
A filmmaker's humorous journey into artificial intelligence leads to unexpected questions about humanity's future and our relationship with emerging technology.
Shuffle - Q&A with Director Benjamin Flaherty, Producer Carra Greenberg
Jan 16 (7pm), Jan 17 (7pm), Jan 18 (2pm)
Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
Three people navigate a dangerous treatment industry rife with insurance fraud.
When The Phone Rang - Q&A with Director Iva Radivojevic
Jan 17 (2:50pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Through an intimate reconstruction of an important phone call, this film investigates dislocation and the nature of remembering. In the protagonist's eleven year old mind the phone call erases her entire country, history and identity and hides its existence in books, films and memories of those born before 1995.
Blue Moon - Q&A with Writer Robert Kaplow
Jan 18 (1pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
Tells the story of Lorenz Hart's struggles with alcoholism and mental health as he tries to save face during the opening of "Oklahoma!".
My Undesirable Friends: Part 1—Last Air in Moscow - Q&A with Director Julia Loktev
Jan 18 (1pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
Julia Loktev documents independent journalists in Moscow facing government crackdown as Russia invades Ukraine, capturing their fight for speech amid risks of being branded "foreign agents" and the country's drift towards authoritarianism.
A Little Prayer - Q&A with Actor David Strathairn, Director Angus MacLachlan
Jan 18 (4pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
A man tries to protect his daughter-in-law when he finds out that his son is having an affair.
Neshoma - Q&A with Director Sandra Beerends
Jan 18 (6:15pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
Neshoma is set in Amsterdam between World War I & II, when one out of ten of the city's residents was Jewish. Seventeen-year-old Rusha lives in the Jewish quarter with her family. Her older brother Max has emigrated to the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. In her letters to Max, Rusha recounts daily life in the city.
Maintenance Artist - Q&A with Director Toby Perl Freilich
Jan 19 (3:30pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
NYC's first Sanitation Department artist-in-residence, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, blends art with waste management in Maintenance Artist, exploring her groundbreaking public art career.
My Underground Mother - Q&A with Director Marisa Fox
Jan 19 (6:30pm), Jan 20 (2:45pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
New York journalist Marisa Fox delves into her mother's secret past, discovering revelations about her life as a spy and freedom fighter against the Nazis.
The First Lady - Q&A with Director Udi Nir & Sagi Bornstein
Jan 20 (8pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
This documentary profile follows Efrat Tilma, a transgender woman who fled Israel in the 1960s only to return decades later and become a pioneering activist for LGBTQ+ rights.
Monk in Pieces & Weaving Anni Albers - Q&A with Directors Billy Shebar & Alessandro del Vigna, respectively
Jan 21 (7pm)
Maysles Documentary Center (343 Malcolm X Blvd, Manhattan)
Monk in Pieces: 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?
Weaving Anni Albers: A hypnotic journey into the art of weaving that celebrates the legacy of German artist and designer Anni Albers
The Track - Q&A with Director Ryan Sidhoo
Jan 21 (7pm)
Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
A coming-of-age journey following three friends going for gold in post-war Bosnia while training on their destroyed luge track from the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games.
Mother of Flies - Q&A with Actors Toby Poser, John Adams, Zelda Adams, Lulu Adams
Jan 21 (7pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
When a young woman faces a deadly diagnosis, she seeks dark magic from a witch in the woods - but every cure has costs.
Real Estate - Q&A with Director Anat Maltz
Jan 21 (8pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
A young couple is priced out of their Tel Aviv apartment and on the hunt for an affordable new home, just as they are planning to start a family.
All I Had Was Nothingness - Q&A with Editor Svetlana Vaynblat
Jan 22 (2:30pm, 7:45pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
Explores Claude Lanzmann's dedication to his film Shoah. It uses Lanzmann's own words and previously unseen footage to provide new insights into his groundbreaking work.
Along the River - Q&A with Director Gerburg Rohde-Dahl
Jan 22 (5:30pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
A group of Israelis and Palestinians came together in Germany for a dialogue in the aftermath of October 7, 2023 and the subsequent war in Gaza.
The Room - Q&A with Writer/Director Tommy Wiseau
Jan 23 (6pm, 8pm), Jan 24 (6pm, 8pm), Jan 25 (6pm)
Village East (181-189 2nd Avenue, Manhattan)
In San Francisco, an amiable banker's seemingly perfect life is turned upside down when his deceitful bride-to-be embarks on a passionate affair with his best friend.
Videoheaven - Q&A with Director Alex Ross Perry, Editor Clyde Folley
Jan 24 (1:30pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
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.
The Squid and the Whale - Q&A with Editor Tim Streeto
Jan 24 (6:30pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Follows two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
The Right Track - Q&A with Director Shareen Anderson
Jan 24 (2pm), Jan 25 (11am)
Village East (181-189 2nd Avenue, Manhattan)
Documentary that amplifies the voices of survivors of sex trafficking, revealing their resilience, heartbreak, and courage as they fight for freedom, justice, and a future where exploited individuals are no longer criminalized but protected.
The Safe House - Q&A with Director Lionel Baier
Jan 24 (7pm), Jan 26 (4pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
A 9-year-old stays in his grandparents' apartment in Paris while the student protests of May '68 explode.
Out of Exile: The Photography of Fred Stein - Q&A with Director Peter Stein
Jan 25 (12:45pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
This documentary portrays the courageous life and work of German Jewish photographer Fred Stein.
Charles Grodin: Rebel with a Cause - Q&A with Director James L. Freedman
Jan 25 (6:15pm), Jan 26 (1pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
This eye-opening documentary sheds light on the life of Charles Grodin, a beloved comedy mainstay for generations of viewers as well as a social activist devoted to fighting for wrongly imprisoned people.
A Letter to David - Q&A with Director Tom Shoval, Producer Nancy Spielberg
Jan 26 (7pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
Ten years ago, David Cunio starred in Tom Shoval's debut feature film Youth. On October 7, 2023, Cunio was taken from the Nir Oz kibbutz and has been held hostage ever since. The filmmaker sends him a heartfelt video message.
Orna and Ella - Q&A with Director Tomer Heymann
Jan 27 (2:45pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 W 65th Street, Manhattan)
Twenty-six years after the iconic "Orna and Ella" restaurant opened in Tel Aviv, having become a celebrated culinary institution, Orna Agmon and Ella Shine decided to close their shared life's work.
In the Glow of Darkness - Q&A with Director Tucker Bennett
Jan 27 (7pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)
Intersecting stories unfold in the cyberpunk city of San Zokyo, where a young hacker takes on the corporation behind Meme, a drug that mines users' psyches to deliver personalized psychedelic trips and hyper-targeted ads.
A Poet - Q&A with Director Simón Mesa Soto
Jan 28 (6:50pm), Jan 29 (6:50pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
An aging poet finds purpose mentoring Yurlady, a talented teen, though exposing her to the poetry scene might be unwise. His own poetic pursuits led nowhere, leaving him a stereotypical obscure writer.
The Love That Remains - Q&A with Director Hlynur Pálmason
Jan 29 (8:30pm), 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.
Natchez - Q&A with Director Suzannah Herbert, Producer Darcy McKinnon
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.
Paying For It - Q&A with Director Sook-Yin Lee, Author Chester Brown
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.
Monk in Pieces - Q&A with Director Billy Shebar
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?
Peter Hujar's Day - Q&A with Director Ira Sachs
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.