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 August 28th and beyond. If you host an event and we missed you, please let us know - info@greenroomnewyork.com.
Lingua Franca - Intro with Director Isabel Sandoval
Aug 28 (4:30pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
An undocumented Filipina trans woman falls in love in Brooklyn.
Filipiñana - Q&A with Writer/Director/Editor Rafael Manuel
Aug 28 (7pm), Aug 29 (7pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
Teen Isabel's attraction to Dr. Palanca at her country club job turns dark as she uncovers violence beneath the club's facade and discovers their disturbing connection from the past.
Hanging By A Wire - Q&A with Director Mohammed Ali Naqvi
Aug 28 (7:10pm), Aug 29 (7:10pm)
Village East (181-189 Second Avenue, Manhattan)
When a cable car malfunctions in the mountains, eight people including six students are trapped high above a valley. As time runs out before the final cable fails, rescue teams work against the clock to save the stranded passengers.
The Cycle of Love - Q&A with Director Orlando von Einsiedel, film subjects PK Mahanandia & Lotta Mahanandia
Aug 28 (7:10pm), Aug 29 (7:10pm)
Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
Documents the romantic journey of PK Mahanandia, a Delhi street artist who trekked 6,000 miles by bicycle in 1977, venturing across continents to reunite with the woman he loved.
Boorman and the Devil - Q&A with Director David Kittredge
Aug 28 (6:45pm), Aug 29 (6:45pm), Aug 30 (6:45pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
After directing Point Blank and Deliverance, John Boorman was offered to direct The Exorcist II. The film became a massive failure, nearly ending his career. Years later, cast and filmmakers discuss its ambition and artistic value.
The Invite - Q&A with Production Designer Jade Healy
Aug 29 (5pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places.
Wild Inside - Intro with Director Penny Lane, Q&A with film participant birders Jacqueline Emery and David Lei
Aug 30 (2:30pm)
New Plaza Cinema (35 West 67th Street, Manhattan)
Flaco, a captive-raised Eurasian eagle-owl, escaped NYC's Central Park Zoo in 2023. The largest owl species worldwide, he'd lived there 13 years since being a fledgling before gaining fame through his wild adventures.
Wild Inside - Q&A with Director Penny Lane
Aug 30 (3pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
Flaco, a captive-raised Eurasian eagle-owl, escaped NYC's Central Park Zoo in 2023. The largest owl species worldwide, he'd lived there 13 years since being a fledgling before gaining fame through his wild adventures.
The Kill-Off & My New Gun - Q&A with Directors Maggie Greenwald & Stacu Cochran
Aug 31 (6pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)
The Kill-Off: Business at The Pavilion bar is down so Pete and Rags decide that the best way to get The Pavilion off the skids is to turn it into a strip joint.
My New Gun: Debbie and Gerald's lives drastically change after they get a gun. Their mysterious neighbor, Skippy, becomes an important and transforming figure in their lives.
The Sun Never Sets - Q&A with Director Joe Swanberg, Actor Cory Michael Smith
Aug 31 (7pm), Sep 1 (7pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
A woman's relationship with her older, divorced boyfriend hits a rough patch just as her ex reappears in her life, leading to complicated emotions and messy entanglements in the Alaskan wilderness.
Late Fame - Q&A with Director Kent Jones
Sep 2 (6:50pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
Legendary New York poet Ed Saxberger's forgotten works captivate an eccentric group of young creatives, reigniting his artistic passion. Their intrigue intertwines with the bewitching presence of actress Gloria.
The Room - Q&A with Actor Greg Sestero
Sep 2 (7pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
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.
The Work in Progress - Q&A with Director Ian Cheney, Producers Heather Kinlaw Lofthouse & Elliot Krischner
Sep 4 (7pm), Sep 5 (7pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
Follows Americans engaging in face-to-face conversations about cultural, political, economic, and generational divisions across seven states.
Brailled It - Q&A with Directors David Grabias & Brendon Schulze
Sep 4 (7:40pm), Sep 5 (7:40pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
Blind and low-vision kids take control of the cameras and capture their own experiences at the annual Braille Challenge - a weekend of high-pressure competition and raw coming-of-age moments.
Barbara Forever - Q&A with Director Brydie O'Connor
Sep 4 (7:45pm), Sep 5 (7:30pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
An archive-driven exploration of the life, work, and legacy of iconic, pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer.
Chronovisor - Q&A with Directors Kevin Walker & Jack Auen
Sep 4 (6:15pm), Sep 5 (6:15pm), Sep 6 (3:45pm)
Walter Reade Theater FLC (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)
An armchair mystery in which the life of a reclusive academic collides with the story of a clandestine technology that can photograph the past.
The Paper - Q&A with Director Ding Jiancheng
Sep 6 (4:45pm)
Asia Society (725 Park Avenue, Manhattan)
Centered on an elderly maker of paper effigies and the young boy drawn into his world, the film treats paper as both subject and method, drifting between literature and cinema, dream and reality, color and monochrome.
True North - Director Michèle Stephenson in-person
Sep 8 (7pm)
Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Avenue, Manhattan)
A documentary on the 1969 Black student protests against racism at Montreal's Concordia University, highlighting their role in Black liberation movements.
The Stamp Thief - Q&A with Director Dan Sturman, Producers Gary Gilbert & Dylan Nelson
Sep 8 (7pm)
Marlene Meyerson JCC (334 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan)
Seinfeld producer Gary Gilbert seeks to recover stamps stolen from victims of the Holocaust by a rogue Nazi officer. This real-life mission is part detective story, part heist film, and a small but powerful act of historical reckoning.
Marie Antoinette - Q&A with Director Sofia Coppola
Sep 10 (6pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 14 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
9/11: Reclaiming Ground Zero - Q&A with Director Josh Sabey
Sep 11 (7:30pm)
Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
After the 9/11 attacks, no one could agree what should be done with Ground Zero. And so New York did something really crazy. They asked the people to decide.
Ernie & Emma - Q&A with Writer/Director Bruce Campbell
Sep 11 (10pm)
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn (445 Albee Square West, Brooklyn)
Widowed pear salesman Ernie Tyler travels to scatter his wife's ashes in places she specified, each location stirring memories that help him process their marriage, his work life, and his future.
Powwow People - Q&A with Director Sky Hopinka
Sep 11 (7pm), Sep 12 (7pm)
BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn)
A cinematic invitation into the realm of Native American powwow culture.
On a String - Q&A with Actor/Writer/Director Isabel Hagen
Sep 11 (8:30pm), Sep 12 (8:30pm), Sep 13 (1pm), Sep 17 (8:15pm)
Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)
A Juilliard-trained violist navigates the New York City freelance classical musician scene, playing gigs that often draw her into the personal lives of strangers, all while living in her oddball family's NYC apartment.
The Big Scary 'S' Word - Q&A with Director Yael Bridge
Sep 13 (11:30am)
Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
Historians, journalists and politicians reveal that, contrary to popular belief, socialism is in fact deeply American.
If I Go Will They Miss Me - Q&A with Writer/Director Walter Thompson-Hernandez
Sep 14 (7pm)
Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
In Watts, California, a 12-year-old boy attempts to connect with his distant father following his incarceration while sensing mysterious visions, from airplanes and Greek gods, that seem to follow him through his everyday world.
Hunting Yellow Pigs - Q&A with Directors Ming-I Huang and Jon Roberts
Sep 15 (6pm)
Marlene Meyerson JCC (334 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan)
With love instead of a PhD, one maverick educator shaped generations of young minds at his summer mathematics program - quietly powering American innovation and launching the careers of top scientists and creators now influencing millions.
White Nights - Q&A with Actress Isabella Rossellini
Sep 15 (6:30pm)
Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street, Manhattan)
A Russian American ballet dancer's airplane is forced to land in USSR, where he's "repatriated". He stays with an American man married to a Russian. Will the American help him flee USSR?
Soul Patrol - Q&A with Director JM Harper
Sep 15 (7pm)
IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
Vietnam War's first Black special ops team reunites to share their untold story, revealing hidden military history and exploring whether confronting the past can heal old wounds.
Traces of Home - Q&A with Director Colette Ghunim, Executive Producer Melissa Barrera
Sep 16 (6:30pm)
Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
Filmmaker Colette Ghunim takes her parents to find the ancestral homes in Mexico and Palestine that they had fled from decades earlier.
Lemonade Blessing - Q&A with Writer/Director Chris Merola, Actor Jake Ryan
Sep 16 (7pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
Freshly tossed into a private Catholic high school by his devout mother, John falls for a devious classmate ready to push his faith (and morals) to the brink with a series of increasingly uncomfortable actions, all in the name of love.
Last Train to Fortune - Q&A with Actors Malcolm McDowell, Bernadette Peters, James Paxton
Sep 17 (7pm)
Village East (181-189 Second Avenue, Manhattan)
Follows Cecil Peachtree, a schoolteacher, and Dooley, an outlaw, as they strike a deal and develop an odd friendship along the road to Fortune after having to deal with gunfights, jailbreaks and saloon gals on the way.
Werewolf in a Women's Prison - Q&A with Director Jeff Leroy
Sep 17 (9:30pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)
When camping with her boyfriend, Sarah is attacked by a werewolf. She wakes up in a corrupt prison only to find out her boyfriend has been torn apart and she is the only suspect.
Left-Handed Girl - Q&A with Writer/Director Shih-Ching Tsou
Sep 18 (6pm)
Metrograph (7 Ludlow 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.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Q&A with Director Ang Lee, Yuen Woo-ping
Sep 18 (7pm)
Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)
A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.
House of Fish - Q&A with Director Santiago Burin des Roziers
Sep 18 (7pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
A conservation documentary led by Paolo's efforts to stop trawling (illegal, destructive fishing) through a radical approach: The installation of marble sculpted works of art that form an underwater museum.
My Brother's Wedding - Q&A with Director Charles Burnett
Sep 18 (6pm), Sep 19 (2:20pm)
Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
A man who has struggled personally has conflicts with his upwardly mobile lawyer brother and his brother's well to-do fiancée and is reluctant to be the best man at their wedding.
Free Joan Little - Q&A with Director/Producer Yoruba Richen
Sep 18 (6pm), Sep 19 (8:30pm), Sep 20 (2:30pm)
Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
A chronicle of a woman's courageous fight for survival, whose 1975 acquittal challenged injustice and inspired a nation to confront sexual violence and racism.
If I Go Will They Miss Me - Q&A with Writer/Director Walter Thompson-Hernandez
Sep 18 (7pm), Sep 19 (4pm, 7pm), Sep 20 (7pm)
Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)
In Watts, California, a 12-year-old boy attempts to connect with his distant father following his incarceration while sensing mysterious visions, from airplanes and Greek gods, that seem to follow him through his everyday world.
On a String - Q&A with Actor/Writer/Director Isabel Hagen
Sep 18 (7:30pm), Sep 19 (7:30pm), Sep 20 (7:30pm)
Alamo Drafthouse Lower Manhattan (28 Liberty Street, Manhattan)
A Juilliard-trained violist navigates the New York City freelance classical musician scene, playing gigs that often draw her into the personal lives of strangers, all while living in her oddball family's NYC apartment.
Women Laughing - Q&A with Directors Liza Donnelly & Kathleen Hughes
Sep 18 (7:30pm), Sep 19 (7pm), Sep 20 (1pm), Sep 22 (7pm)
Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)
Longtime New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly sets out to explore her lifelong passion for humor and cartooning by speaking, laughing, and drawing with a diverse group of remarkable women who create cartoons for the iconic magazine.
A Clockwork Orange - Q&A with Actor Malcolm McDowell
Sep 19 (7pm)
Village East (181-189 Second Avenue, Manhattan)
Alex DeLarge and his droogs barbarize a decaying near-future.
Leonora in the Morning Light - Q&A with Writer/Directors Thor Klein & Lena Vurma
Sep 20 (3pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
In 1930s Paris, rebellious painter Leonora Carrington joins surrealists Breton and Dalí. Her romance with Max Ernst forces her to face her inner struggles.
Day Night Day Night - Q&A with Actress Luisa Colón (Williams)
Sep 21 (7pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
A 19-year-old girl prepares to become a suicide bomber in Times Square. She speaks with a nondescript American accent, and it's impossible to pinpoint her ethnicity. We never learn why she made her decision -- she has made it already. We don't know whom she represents, what she believes in - we only know she believes it absolutely.
City Wide Fever - Q&A with Director Josh Heaps
Sep 23 (7pm)
Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)
Film student Sam uncovers a hard drive chronicling forgotten Giallo director Saturnino Barresi's life. Investigating his disappearance, she's drawn into a violent conspiracy mirroring the horror films she loves.
Situations - Q&A with Writer/Director Greg Vrotsos
Sep 25 (7pm), Sep 26 (7pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
A Los Angeles based photographer navigates his way through a failing relationship.
Bird in the Hand - Q&A with Writer/Director Melody C. Roscher
Oct 2 (7pm), Oct 4 (3pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
A biracial bride-to-be seeking a connection with her charismatic hippie mother uses her wedding plans to manipulate everyone in her orbit.
On a String - Q&A with Writer/Director/Actor Isabel Hagen
Oct 20 (7pm)
Roxy Cinema (2 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)
A Juilliard-trained violist navigates the New York City freelance classical musician scene, playing gigs that often draw her into the personal lives of strangers, all while living in her oddball family's NYC apartment.
Tell Everyone - Q&A with Director Alli Haapasalo, Actress Marketta Tikkanen
Oct 21 (7pm)
Scandinavia House (58 Park Avenue, Manhattan)
Amanda, confined to a remote asylum island, defies the bleak destiny society imposes on unwanted women.
Testament - Q&A with Director Lynne Littman
Nov 7 (12:30pm)
Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35th Avenue, Astoria, Queens)
The life of a suburban American family is scarred after a nuclear attack.