Museum of the Moving Image is the only U.S. museum devoted to film, television, and digital media. Now open Thu–Sun, admission tickets available online.
Tickets are on sale for HIROSHI SHIMIZU, Part I: The Shochiku Years, May 4–19. Among the rare titles are CHILDREN IN THE WIND (1937) and FOUR SEASONS OF CHILDREN (1939), presented alongside his best-known work in the U.S., feat. imported 35mm prints!
Best known for his collaborations with David Lynch (including TWIN PEAKS, BLUE VELVET, and MULHOLLAND DRIVE), famed composer Angelo Badalamenti has passed away.
(1937-2022)
The greatest anime film you've never seen.
From director Mamoru Oshii (GHOST IN THE SHELL) and famed illustrator Yoshitaka Amano, ANGEL'S EGG (1985) is a masterpiece of haunting atmosphere and pure visual storytelling.
Few have contributed so greatly to the modern animation landscape as Hayao Miyazaki. Happy 80th birthday to the Studio Ghibli co-founder and one of our finest working artists.
#BornOnThisDay
“I'm not going to make movies that tell children, 'You should despair and run away.'” ― Hayao Miyazaki
Happy Birthday to the master animator and storyteller, who turned 78 today!
"Cinema is not about format, and it's not about venue. Cinema is an approach. Cinema is a state of mind on the part of the filmmaker. I've seen commercials that have cinema in them, and I've seen Oscar-winning movies that don't. I'm fine with this."
HBD Steven Soderbergh.
For THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN (1984), production designer Stephen Hendrickson built this set model showing how the performers would handle the puppets from "below the floor" in the wedding scene. On view in The Jim Henson Exhibition at MoMI.
We're throwing a party tonight—AKA we're showing RRR on the big screen.
Don't miss the Tollywood sensation, part of our ongoing series of the best films of 2022.
Released 25 years ago today, Mamoru Oshii's acclaimed cyberpunk anime, GHOST IN THE SHELL, has inspired everyone from James Cameron to the Wachowskis, and still remains a benchmark for the genre.
#OnthisDay
When we reopen this weekend, visitors to The Jim Henson Exhibition will encounter a Kermit puppet from 1963, only the second Kermit ever made, and before the character acquired his trademark collar and flippered feet.
#HensonMoMI
For the first time ever, one of the most inspired comedy experiments of our time will be presented theatrically in a string of marathon viewing sessions. Join us for the entirety of ON CINEMA AT THE CINEMA (seasons 1-11), NOV 12–21. Tickets:
The upcoming
@SuckerPunchProd
game, GHOST OF TSUSHIMA, includes a wind-swept black-and-white filter with film grain, allowing you to mimic some of the most iconic samurai films of all time. How will you play?
🎬: HARAKIRI (Kobayashi, 1962), SAMURAI ASSASSIN (Okamoto, 1965).
We braved nearly 100 years of Academy Awards to choose some of our favorite American films that received no nominations. From CITY LIGHTS to UNCUT GEMS, the Academy might have missed these movies—but you shouldn't! SNUBBED opens on JAN 20.
It might feel like early Fall, but we're thinking about Yasujirō Ozu's LATE SPRING (晩春)🌿, which was released
#onthisday
in 1949, and served as the starting point for the filmmaker's famed "Noriko" trilogy.
Happy birthday to the late Isao Takahata (1935–2018), co-founder of Studio Ghibli and the acclaimed animation director behind GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES, POM POKO, MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS, THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA, and more.
If you are as wowed as we are by Jorge Gutiérrez's
@mayaandthe3
, be sure to join us starting Saturday, OCT 30 for big-screen showings of his 2014 film THE BOOK OF LIFE.
Saddened by the loss of the great Jean-Paul Belmondo, whose career included star-making work in the '60s alongside Jean-Luc Godard and eventually some of Europe's finest filmmakers.
RIP Nichelle Nichols (1932-2022). Best known for her groundbreaking work on STAR TREK, Nichols also spent decades championing NASA and worked to help diversify their astronaut program.
Big news! On June 25, we will open a major exhibition "Living with The Walking Dead," exploring key aspects of the show’s origins, production, and cultural impact. Presented in partnership with
@WalkingDead_AMC
. Tickets on sale next month:
This SAT, to coincide w/ the opening of the Living with The Walking Dead exhibition, we're thrilled to host artist Kirk Manley (
@batmankm
) for a special signing of his exclusive poster art! Starts at 2PM, learn more:
@AMC_Networks
#TWDMoMI
#TWD
#TWDFamily
Here’s a special sneak peek 👀 at the “Living with The Walking Dead” exhibition from our press preview this morning. We can’t wait to show you more!
Opens tomorrow (6/25), reserve your tickets now:
#TWDMoMI
#TWD
#TWDFamily
THE WALKING DEAD comes to life like never before in our brand new exhibition opening JUNE 25. Presented in partnership with
@WalkingDead_AMC
&
@AMC_Networks
.
Tickets on sale now (through AUG):
#TWD
#TWDMoMI
We're excited to debut the exclusive exhibition poster for "Living with The Walking Dead," featuring original art by Kirk Manley (
@batmankm
)!
It will be available in our shop and Kirk will be on hand to sign posters on Opening Day (6/25).
#TWDMoMI
#TWD
#TWDFamily
“We screened the film for you, to bring you up to date...do not misconstrue this as our soliciting the input of raging primitives.” –– Mel Brooks when execs saw a cut of THE ELEPHANT MAN (which he produced) and asked David Lynch to make edits.
Happy 95th Birthday, Mel!
#BOTD
THE RAID immediately launched (with a flying kick) into the pantheon of action cinema when it debuted 10 years ago, and it remains a lean, mean, unassailable classic.
#TheRaid10
We are sad to share the news that puppet designer and builder Caroly Wilcox passed away. Caroly started working with Jim Henson in 1969, where she helped create the wonderful cast of puppet characters for Sesame Street.
good morning.
Janusz Kamiński, the acclaimed cinematographer best known for his long-running collaboration with Steven Spielberg, celebrates his 63rd birthday today. Here's some of his evocative work on MINORITY REPORT.
🙌SAVE THE DATE: APRIL 30.🙌 Our building will reopen, with access to exhibitions, and screenings in the Redstone Theater! That Friday is for members-only (this could be YOU), with reservations opening up to all starting Saturday, May 1.
Having dreamt of crafting an RPG for some time, director Hironobu Sakaguchi was finally given the green light in 1986, and began assembling a small talented team of designers and programmers.
FINAL FANTASY released a year later in Japan
#onthisday
for the Famicom/NES.
Originally conceived and partially completed as a television pilot, David Lynch's surreal love story in the city of dreams, MULHOLLAND DRIVE, celebrates its 20th anniversary
#onthisday
.
The great Harry Belafonte has passed away.
Here he is alongside Sidney Poitier in BUCK AND THE PREACHER (1972), which broke Western traditions by putting two Black men at center of a traditionally white genre.
This FRI (at 5PM) tune into our conversation with
@SuckerPunchProd
's creative directors Nate Fox and Jason Connell (
@artenvelope
) on crafting the world of their samurai epic, GHOST OF TSUSHIMA.
"You SHOULD know about this game. You NEED to know about this game."
TOKIMEKI MEMORIAL was released
#onthisday
in 1994. To learn about this classic, highly influential dating sim, we're turning it over to an expert––
@108
:
Featuring costumes, props, BTS materials, prosthetics, and more, "Living with The Walking Dead" is an ESSENTIAL experience for fans of the show and newcomers alike! On view now, get your tickets: .
Presented with
@WalkingDead_AMC
#TWDMoMI
#TWD
FRI (11/6): Catch MISS AMERICANA, a raw, emotionally revealing look at Taylor Swift, one of the most iconic artists of our time, at the
@QueensDriveIn
, w/ director Lana Wilson in person.
FREE RSVP:
"Kubrick and [John] Alcott's remarkable images are immortal." ––
@reverse_shot
Misunderstood upon its release, but now rightly regarded as one of the Kubrick’s great masterworks, the magisterial tragicomedy BARRY LYNDON arrives in
#35mm
, SEP 17– OCT 2.
Already ahead of its time when it was released on the Playstation in 1997,
#moon_rpg
has finally been localized in English, over two decades later. Dubbed an "anti-rpg," Moon tasks players with restoring a world ravaged by the "hero"––flipping the classic roleplaying game trope.
We're saddened by the passing of Peter Bogdanovich, who leaves behind a significant body of work, including THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, WHAT'S UP, DOC?, and PAPER MOON—all released within the span of 3 years.
One of the great on-screen presences of the last 60 years and the subject of our Caan Film Festival series, we're extremely saddened by the passing of James Caan.
R.I.P. Stanley Donen. As it happens, this weekend we are screening FUNNY FACE, which features two of his favorite performers, Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. Here is Donen rehearsing with Hepburn during production of the film
🚨We're thrilled to announce that in addition to Dave Goelz,
@TheFrankOzJam
will join us this SAT (4/18) to discuss his directorial debut THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN, including the challenges and charms of bringing the Muppets to the streets of NYC.🚨 RSVP:
One of the greatest animated films ever made, and the only hand drawn AND non-English-language film to win Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards, Hayao Miyazaki's SPIRITED AWAY was released
#OnThisDay
in Japan in 2001.
Studio Ghibli's catalog is now streaming on
@hbomax
.
Make this a merry Muppet holiday season by joining us on DEC 18 for a special virtual behind-the-scenes exploration of rarely displayed material from Jim Henson's Christmas-related productions.
Tickets: $10/ $7 MoMI members:
#HensonMoMI
November 10th marks the
#50thAnniversary
of
@SesameStreet
, and what better way to celebrate than with the show's premiere episode on the date it aired? With cast and crew special guests Bob McGrath, Frank Biondo, and Dick Maitland in person!
Todd Haynes's proposal for the film I'M NOT THERE, presented to Bob Dylan in 2000, is one of the objects on view, alongside other notes, sketches, and materials for the film, in our Haynes exhibit "Reflected Forms."
Two visually splendid works from two unassailable masters. Akira Kurosawa's RAN and Martin Scorsese's THE AGE OF INNOCENCE screen 3X each in
#35mm
, AUG 7–15. On sale now 🎟️
Pulling inspiration from the '30s and '40s Universal Monster classics and vintage
#marvelcomics
horror titles, composer turned filmmaker
@m_giacchino
crafted WEREWOLF BY NIGHT.
🎞️: WEREWOLF BY NIGHT (2022), FRANKENSTEIN (1931), DRACULA (1931), and THE WOLFMAN (1941).
One of the most emotionally complex of all Hollywood behind-the-scenes movies, IN A LONELY PLACE features astonishing (and unrecognized) performances by Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame. See it in
#35mm
this SUN (1/22), part of our SNUBBED series. 🎟️:
John Singleton was the first Black filmmaker—and the youngest director, at age 24—to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for his *debut* feature BOYZ N THE HOOD (1991). See it Sat, 4/10, alongside the original SHAFT at
@QueensDriveIn
Are you watching FRAGGLE ROCK on Apple TV+? If you're a fan, be sure to visit our Jim Henson Exhibition to see the Fraggle puppets Uncle Traveling Matt (pictured), Gobo, Cantus, and Doozers that appeared in the original series.
Dudes rock 💪
Kicking off Memorial Day weekend, MANN TO MANN celebrates beloved auteur Michael Mann’s affinity for emotive, often operatic hetero-male relationships, and features four of his most bracing, stylized movies on the big screen. OPENS MAY 27. 🎟️
"[A] forgotten proto-cyberpunk classic you need to see." –
@TheSaintOfTous
for
@Polygon
We're thrilled to add Walter Hill's neo-noir cum outlaw-biker rock opera, STREETS OF FIRE, to our See It Big: 70mm! series. Screens AUG 27–SEP 4. Tickets now on sale:
Hi, we're MoMI and welcome to JACKASS!
This THURS (2/3), join us for a special marathon of the first 3 jackass films, followed by a preview screening of jackass forever and a Q&A with Johnny Knoxville, Jeff Tremaine, and Spike Jonze. Limited RSVP:
JAN 13: One of the breakout sensations of the year, RRR is featured among our favorite films of 2022. See it as a part of our ongoing CURATORS' CHOICE series, alongside other essential new cinema! Tickets: