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 15th and beyond. If you host an event and we missed you, please let us know -
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Oh and by the way, the photo is probably the most interesting Q&A participant we've experienced. That is Bing the Great Dane. He is the acting dog from The Friend, which screened at the AMC Lincoln Square on March 28, 2025. His co-star Naomi Watts was there and so were Directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel. You can check out Bing's acting chops from the
Q&A here.
95 and 6 to Go - Q&A with Director Kimi Takesue
May 15 (7pm)
Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
Tom Takesue is a hard-working, practical Japanese-American raised in Hawai'i, who discovers his filmmaking aspirations at the age of ninety when he becomes invested in "re-writing" a feature love story that his granddaughter is developing. His unusual script doctoring reveals larger concerns about love, loss, unrealized dreams, and mortality.
Magic Hour
Q&A with Writer/Director/Actress Katie Aselton, Writer Mark Duplass, Actor Daveed Diggs
May 15 (7:25pm)
Q&A with Writer/Director/Actress Katie Aselton, Writer Mark Duplass
May 16 (7:25pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
Erin and Charlie escape to the desert to navigate an unexpected and challenging new phase of their relationship.
Agatha's Almanac - Q&A with Director Amalie Atkins
May 15 (7pm), May 16 (4:40pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
90-year-old Agatha Bock maintains her ancestral farm and heirloom seeds without modern amenities, preserving traditional practices through daily routines that document a fading way of life.
Been Here Stay Here - Q&A with Director David Usui
May 15 (7pm), May 16 (7pm), May 17 (3pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
Three generations on Tangier Island as rising waters threaten their way of life. The close-knit Christian community faces an uncertain future while maintaining their deep connection to the Chesapeake Bay.
Our Hero, Balthazar - Q&A with Writer/Director Oscar Boyson, Writer/Producer Ricky Camilleri
May 15 (8pm), May 16 (8:45pm), May 17 (8:45pm)
Village East (181-189 Second Avenue, Manhattan)
Follows a wealthy New York City teenager who, eager to impress his activist crush, follows an online connection to Texas where he believes he can stop an act of extreme violence.
Erupcja - Q&A with Writer/Director Peter Ohs, Writer/Actor/Producer Jeremy O. Harris
May 16 (3pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan)
The combustible chemistry between a Polish florist and a British tourist in this charming postcard of sapphic synchronicity.
Basquiat (B&W version) - Q&A with Director Julian Schnabel
May 16 (5:40pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
Something Wiild - Q&A with Script Supervisor/Actress Sandy McLeod
May 17 (11am)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-convict husband shows up.
Fantasy Life - Q&A with Writer/Director/Actor Matthew Shear
May 17 (7pm)
New Plaza Cinema (35 West 67th Street, Manhattan)
An actress falls for the anxious law school dropout babysitting her kids in this smart, New York-set romantic comedy.
Power Ballad - Q&A with Director John Carney, Actors Paul Rudd & Nick Jonas
May 18 (7pm)
92NY (1395 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan)
Rick, a washed-up wedding singer, and Danny, a fading boy band star, bond over music and a late-night jam session. When Danny turns Rick's song into a hit, Rick sets out to reclaim the recognition he believes he deserves.
Jason and Shirley Revisited - Q&A with Director Stephen Winter
May 19 (6:45pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
A radical revisitation. This updated version of Stephen Winter's 2015 film unearths the ghosts of Jason and Shirley, restaging the volatile 12-hour shoot of the 1967 documentary Portrait of Jason—held at the Chelsea Hotel—which blurred the line between subject and storyteller.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Q&A with Cinematographer Ellen Kuras
May 19 (7pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.
I Love Boosters - Q&A with Writer/Director Boots Riley
May 19 (7:30pm)
BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn)
A group of shoplifters take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven.
Di'Anno: Iron Maiden's Lost Singer - Q&A with Director Wes Orshoski
May 20 (7pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)
A pair of fans of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden launch a crowdfunding campaign to help Paul Di'Anno (aka The Beast), the band's iconic original singer, get back on his feet literally, emotionally and professionally.
I Love Boosters - Q&A with Writer/Director Boots Riley
May 20 (8:30pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
A crew of professional shoplifters take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven. It's like community service.
WTO/99 - Q&A with Editor/Producer Alex Megaro
May 21 (7pm)
Maysles Documentary Center (343 Malcolm X Boulevard, Manhattan)
An immersive archival documentary that reanimates the clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the more than 40,000 people who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the WTO's impact on human rights, labor, and the environment.
Ask E. Jean - Q&A with Director Ivy Meeropol
May 21 (7pm), May 22 (7pm), May 23 (7pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
E. Jean Carroll won two lawsuits against Donald Trump for defamation and battery. Beyond that, she built a career as a successful magazine writer and authored one of America's longest-running advice columns.
Radio Days - Intro with Actor Wallace Shawn & John Early
May 22 (1:30pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.
The Wife - Q&A with Actor Wallace Shawn
May 22 (3:45pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
Psychotherapist couple Jack and Rita run a therapy group. Patient Cosmo and his wife Arlie visit late one night. Arlie feels excluded by Cosmo's closeness with the therapists. The awkward evening reveals tensions between both couples.
A Master Builder - Intro with Writer/Actor Wallace Shawn
May 22 (6:25pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.
Forge - Q&A with Director Jing Ai Ng, Actors Andie Ju, Brandon Soo Hoo & TR Knight
May 22 (7pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
Siblings Raymond and Coco Zhang run a forgery ring. Coerced by a disgraced millionaire, they create counterfeit masterpieces for his family's collection. FBI agent Emily Lee investigates a new string of art forgeries.
Matador Bolero - Q&A with Director Jonathan Rosado
May 22 (7:30pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Avenue of the Americas)
A New York nightclub becomes the site of a high-profile murder that attracts the attention of an obsessive detective, a TV news reporter, and an elusive being living outside the realms of time and space.
Forge - Q&A with Jing Ai Ng, Actors Andie Ju, Brandon Soo Hoo, & TR Knight
May 22 (7pm), May 23 (7pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
Siblings Raymond and Coco Zhang run a forgery ring. Coerced by a disgraced millionaire, they create counterfeit masterpieces for his family's collection. FBI agent Emily Lee investigates a new string of art forgeries.
ASCO: Without Permission - Q&A with Director Travis Gutiérrez Senger
May 22 (7:30pm), May 23 (7:30pm)
Village East (181-189 Second Avenue, Manhattan)
Follows ASCO, the Los Angeles based avant-garde art group during the 1970s and '80s.
Manas - Q&A with Director Marianna Brennand
May 22 (7:40pm), May 23 (7:40pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
Aware that the future does not hold many options for her in a riverside community on Marajó Island, a 13-year-old girl decides to confront the violent machinery that governs her family and the women in her community.
Everybody To Kenmure Street - Q&A with Director Felipe Bustos Sierra
May 22 (7pm), May 23 (7pm), May 24 (3pm)
Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
Glasgow residents abandon their daily routines to gather on Kenmure Street after learning authorities plan to deport their neighbors, sparking an impromptu grassroots movement.
Visio Cordis - Q&A with Director Sophie Hamacher
May 23 (1pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
Visio Cordis takes medical imaging as both subject and provocation, tracing how systems built to observe and measure do not merely reveal the body but also shape how care and rupture are interpreted.
The Best Years of Our Lives - Q&A with Kenneth Lonergan
May 24 (4pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
Three WWII veterans return home forever changed and find it difficult to adjust to their new realities.
Rebel With a Clause - Q&A with Director Brandt Johnson, Film Subject Ellen Jovin
May 24 (5pm)
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.
Behind Her Eyes - Q&A with film subject Tova Friedman
May 26 (6pm)
Marlene Meyerson JCC (334 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan)
Behind Her Eyes tells the powerful journey of one of the youngest survivors of the Holocaust who uses the power of social media to bridge across generations. Born in Poland in 1938, Tova was one of the few Jewish children to survive the horrors of Auschwitz. Tova proves that understanding how and why hatred erupts can serve as one of the strongest antidotes to building empathy and compassion.
Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back - Q&A with Chris Hegedus
May 27 (7pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
Documentary covering Bob Dylan's 1965 tour of England, which includes appearances by Joan Baez and Donovan.
Mr. Scorsese (Eps 1 & 2) - Q&A with Director Rebecca Miller
May 27 (7pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
Follows the life and career of legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese.
Not Suitable for Work (1 episode) - Q&A with Writer/Producer Mindy Kaling, Producer Charlie Grandy and others
May 27 (8pm)
92NY (1395 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan)
Explores the next stage in young people's lives after high school. Five work-obsessed twenty-somethings professionals living in Manhattan's Murray Hill neighborhood focused on achieving career success and find time for personal happiness.
Hangin' With The Homeboys - Q&A with EP Janet Grillo
May 27 (8:30pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
Four young friends spend one crazy Friday night on the streets of Manhattan that quickly turns into a night, they'll never forget.
Fuori - Q&A with Actress Valeria Golino
May 28 (3:30pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)
A writer ends up in prison for a crazy and unexpected act, where she meets with some young inmates. Once out, the writer and the other women maintain their friendship, an authentic bond that no one else will be able to understand.
The Kidnapping of Arabella - Q&A with Director Carolina Cavalli, Actress Benedetta Porcaroli
May 28 (7pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)
An Italian woman named Holly is convinced she's the wrong version of herself until meeting a 7-year-old girl who changes her perspective.
Along the Green Line - Q&A Reporter Matthew Cassel, Cinematographer Ayman Abu Ramouz, Producer/Editor Kyri Evangelou
May 28 (7pm)
Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
Since the war in Gaza and the expanding occupation of the West Bank, a peaceful resolution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians feels more distant than ever. Matthew Cassel travels along the 1949 Armistice border, or 'Green Line', once seen as the best hope for a resolution.
The Boroughs (Episode 1) - Q&A with Actress Alfre Woodard
May 28 (7pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
In a seemingly picturesque retirement community, a group of unlikely heroes must band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don't have - time.
La Gioia - Q&A with Director Nicolangelo Gelormini, Actress Valeria Golino
May 29 (3pm)
Walter Reade Theater (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)
A high school teacher who forms an improbable relationship with one of her students, a hustler selling his body to support his mother.
A Brief Affair - Q&A with Director Ludovica Rampoldi
May 29 (6pm)
Walter Reade Theater (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)
Lea and Rocco, secret lovers, find their relationship taking a dark turn as Lea becomes obsessive, trying to insert herself into Rocco's daily life.
All The Ladies Say - Q&A with Director/B-girl Ana 'Rokafella' Garcia, Photojournalist Martha Cooper
May 29 (6:30pm)
Bronx Documentary Center Annex (364 E. 151st Street, Bronx)
This film raises awareness of the female presence in Hip-hop and promotes the growth of this dance community in the United States and internationally. Discussions about femininity, motherhood and the representation of women in popular culture are a few of the themes explored by the dancers.
53 Spaceships - Q&A with Director Sujewa Ekanayake
May 29 (7pm)
Film Noir Cinema (122 Meserole Avenue, Brooklyn)
2 NYC detectives - Rene and Allyson must find 53 hidden, ancient spaceships that have now gone missing, and due to a security system that was altered the ships are at risk of engine core meltdowns that may create an ever expanding black hole or 53 of them that will destroy the planet and perhaps the entire universe.
Elisa - Q&A with Actress Barbara Ronchi
May 29 (8:30pm)
Walter Reade Theater (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)
After a decade in prison for her sister's murder, Elisa barely remembers the crime. A criminologist helps her uncover buried memories, leading her toward potential redemption.
The Currents - Q&A with Director Milagros Mumenthaler
May 29 (6:15pm), May 30 (6:15pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)
www.filmlinc.org a business trip to Geneva, Lina's impulsive decision leads to perilous consequences. Back in Buenos Aires, she tries to bury her secret, but the dark past she left behind resurfaces to threaten her current life.
Renoir - Q&A with Director Chie Hayakawa
May 29 (6:45pm), May 30 (6:45pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
In 1987 Tokyo, a quirky and sensitive 11-year-old girl copes with a terminally ill father and stressed-out working mother while encountering various adults dealing with their own struggles.
Forastera - Q&A with Director Lucía Aleñar Iglesias
May 29 (7pm), May 30 (7pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
During her Mallorca summer, Antonia recognizes similarities with her late grandma. She develops an influence over her mourning grandpa through dress-up, blurring who inhabits who.
With Hasan In Gaza - Q&A with Director Kamal Aljafari
May 29 (8pm), May 30 (12pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
A filmmaker's rediscovered footage from 2001 captures a journey through Gaza, guided by Hasan, while searching for an old prison companion. The tapes reveal intimate moments of Palestinian life during a pivotal time.
Time and Water
Q&A with Director Sara Dosa, Film Participant Andri Snær Magnason, Producer Elijah Stevens, and Animator Lucy Munger
May 29 (7pm), May 30 (7pm)
Q&A with Film Participant Andri Snær Magnason, Producer Elijah Stevens, and Animator Lucy Munger
May 31 (3:30pm)
Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
An Icelandic writer preserves vanishing glaciers, departed grandparents, family memories, and flowing time in his personal archives, transforming loss into a time capsule.
The Eyes of Others - Q&A with Director Andrea De Sica
May 30 (6pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)
In the island owned by a wealthy Marquis, Elena's arrival marks the beginning of a passionate love affair. Soon erotic play unfolds into obsession.
My Tennis Maestro - Q&A with Director Andrea Di Stefano
May 30 (8:45pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)
A teen tennis prodigy struggles with his father's expectations while embarking on a transformative coastal Italian training tour with his coach, an ex-champion who lost his way.
I Want Her Dead - Q&A with Director Gianluca Matarrese
May 31 (12:30pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)
Luisa, a fierce and unruly woman at war with her sister-in-law Imma, fuels a bitter feud that consumes their entire household. As tensions spiral, three eccentric aunts stage a surreal family "trial" in a last-ditch effort to restore peace.
Teenage Gang Debs - Q&A with Actress Sandra Kane
Jun 2 (7pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Manhattan)
A girl from Manhattan moves into a neighborhood that is the turf of the Rebels, a female teenage gang. She quickly rises to the top of the gang and sets her sights on the leader of the neighborhood tough guys.
The Easy Kind - Q&A with Director Katy Chevigny, film subject Elizabeth Cook
Jun 3 (7pm), Jun 4 (7pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
A rollicking journey inspired by and starring Nashville singer Elizabeth Cook as she breaks through the constraints of country music to become the artist she's meant to be.
Underland - Q&A with Director Rob Petit
Jun 4-6 (7pm), Jun 7 (3:30pm)
Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
Based on Robert Macfarlane's bestseller, UNDERLAND, a cinematic voyage beneath the surface of the earth into worlds rarely glimpsed by human eyes to explore the unknown below our feet.
Lonely Are the Brave - Intro with Carrie Coon & Tracy Letts
Jun 5 (6:45pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
A fiercely independent cowboy gets himself locked up in prison to escape with an old friend.
Emergent City - Q&A with Directors Kelly Anderson & Jay Arthur Sterrenberg
Jun 5 (7pm)
UnionDocs (352 Onderdonk Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens)
Industry City, a Brooklyn industrial area, sparks conflict when purchased by global developers. Residents, city officials, and planners clash over differing visions for the city's urban development future.
Trees Lounge - Q&A with Writer/Director/Actor Steve Buscemi
Jun 6 (7pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
Tommy is an unemployed mechanic who spends most of his time in a bar in a small blue collar town. He seems to always be thinking, "If only X then I could stop drinking".
April Story - Q&A with Director Shunji Iwai
Jun 7 (6:30pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
In spring, a young girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo.
Hana and Alice - Intro with Director Shunji Iwai
Jun 7 (8:45pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)
When two best friends develop a crush on the same boy, they develop a plan to trick him into dating them.
Miracle Mile - Q&A with Actors Anthony Edwards & Mare Winningham
Jun 8 (7pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
A young man hears a chance phone call telling him that a nuclear war has started and missiles will hit the city within 70 minutes.
Nadja - Q&A with Director Michael Almereyda, Producer Amy Hobby, Actor Galaxy Craze, Editor David Leonard
Jun 9 (7pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th 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.
The Man Who Wasn't There - Q&A with Composer Carter Burwell
Jun 10 (6:45pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
A laconic, chain-smoking barber blackmails his wife's boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning, but his plan goes terribly wrong.
Women - Q&A with Director Stanley Kwan
Jun 11 (6:30pm)
Asia Society (725 Park Avenue, Manhattan)
Unfortunate Bao-er decides to divorce her husband Derek after she discovers he is having an affair. Seeking solace with her group of friends, who call themselves the 'Happy Spinsters Club', she begins to face life as a single mother while Derek moves in with his new young girlfriend.
Love Unto Waste - Q&A with Director Stanley Kwan
Jun 12 (6:30pm)
Asia Society (725 Park Avenue, Manhattan)
Four young people spend their time living the wild life - until one of them is brutally murdered in a burglary.
Rouge - Q&A with Director Stanley Kwan
Jun 13 (12:30pm)
Asia Society (725 Park Avenue, Manhattan)
A 1930s courtesan and a wealthy heir plan to die together, but he never shows up in the afterlife. Fifty years later, her ghost visits a newspaper office to place an ad searching for him, captivating a modern couple with her tragic tale.
Full Moon in New York - Q&A with Director Stanley Kwan
Jun 13 (3:30pm)
Asia Society (725 Park Avenue, Manhattan)
Three very different Asian women forge a friendship in New York.
Center Stage - Q&A with Director Stanley Kwan
Jun 13 (6:30pm)
Asia Society (725 Park Avenue, Manhattan)
Biopic of 1930s Chinese actress Lingyu Ruan.
Red Rose White Rose - Q&A with Director Stanley Kwan, moderated by Isabel Sandoval
Jun 14 (12:30pm)
Asia Society (725 Park Avenue, Manhattan)
Chronicles the love life of a man, Zhenbao. He has a steamy fling with the wife of a friend, the saucy and exciting Red Rose. Even though he feels happy with her, he knows he will not end up with her. To maintain his reputation, he marries an antiseptic, frigid but classy lady of a prim and proper background (White rose).
Lan Yu - Q&A with Director Stanley Kwan
Jun 14 (4:30pm)
Asia Society (725 Park Avenue, Manhattan)
A young gay student has a relationship with an older successful businessman. The handsome playboy-businessman must choose between his comfortable, yet straight, life or an honest, yet subversive, life with the student.
True North - Q&A with Director Michèle Stephenson
Jun 17 (6:30pm), Jun 18 (6:30pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
A documentary on the 1969 Black student protests against racism at Montreal's Concordia University, highlighting their role in Black liberation movements.
State of Firsts - Q&A with Director Chase Joynt
Jun 25 (7pm), Jun 27 (7pm)
Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
Sarah McBride's groundbreaking campaign becomes the first transgender Congressional victory amid anti-trans political tension.
Footloose - Q&A with Actor Kevin Bacon
Jul 21 (7pm)
Marlene Meyerson JCC (334 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan)
A big city teenager moves to a small town where Rock and Roll music and dancing have been banned by backward local parents and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.