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Film Forum · Manhattan
A young prosecutor's promise to right a 1937 Soviet injustice leads him into a bureaucratic trap from which there's no waking. Sergei Loznitsa's hypnotic legal thriller is Kafkaesque nightmare with shivers of bitter wit: a totalitarian horror story that speaks urgently to the present.
October 20 at 7pm
The Museum of Modern Art · Midtown
Chantal Akerman drifts across the collapsing Soviet Union in this 1993 travelogue, turning train queues and quiet kitchens into haunting poetry. No dialogue, just 115 minutes of mesmerizing, slow-burn cinema.
October 20 at 7pm
Anthology Film Archives · East Village
Cinema as kaleidoscope: this Anthology Film Archives program unspools experimental "pattern films," hypnotic works built on rhythm, repetition, and visual geometry. A deep dive into the avant-garde you won't find at the multiplex.
Every day from Aug. 14 to Feb. 28
August Wilson Theatre · Theater District • $60
The cult horror film goes live: a couple flees Chicago for London, only to learn it's people, not places, that are haunted. Expect jump scares, jaw-dropping illusions, and communal screaming.
October 20 at 8:15pm
Quad Cinema · Greenwich Village
Jeff Goldblum slowly becomes a giant housefly, and somehow it's heartbreaking. Cronenberg's gross-out masterpiece pairs Oscar-winning creature effects with a tragic love story.
October 20 at 7pm
Maysles Documentary Center · Harlem • $15
Three films wrestle with colonial reckoning, migration, and who gets to tell Congo's stories. One imagines Mugabe, Mandela, and Tarkovsky critiquing colonial footage together. Heavy, necessary viewing.
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Tue, Oct 20 · 7:15 PM
Jones Wood Foundry · Upper East Side
$$
Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM
SVA Theatre · Manhattan
Tue, Oct 20 · 7:50 PM
Film Forum · SoHo
Tue, Oct 20 · 7:30 PM
Quad Cinema · Greenwich Village
Tue, Oct 20 · 8:00 PM
Quad Cinema · Greenwich Village
Tue, Oct 20 · 8:00 PM
Quad Cinema · Manhattan
Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM
Quad Cinema · Greenwich Village
Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM
IFC Center · West Village
Tue, Oct 20 · 7:30 PM
Quad Cinema · Greenwich Village
Tue, Oct 20 · 8:00 PM
Berlin · East Village
$15
Tue, Oct 20 · 7:30 PM
Longacre Theatre · Theater District
Tue, Oct 20 · 7:50 PM
Film Forum · SoHo
Tue, Oct 20 · 8:20 PM
Film Forum · SoHo
Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM
August Wilson Theatre · Theater District
Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM
Neil Simon Theatre · Theater District
$141-$457
Tue, Oct 20 · 7:30 PM
Quad Cinema · Greenwich Village
Wed, Oct 21 · 12:00 PM
SVA Theatre · Manhattan
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture · NoHo
$25
Wed, Oct 21 · 6:00 PM
Film Forum · SoHo
Wed, Oct 21 · 4:30 PM
The Museum of Modern Art · Midtown
Wed, Oct 21 · 10:50 AM
IFC Center · West Village
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
IFC Center · Manhattan
Wed, Oct 21 · 12:15 PM
Film Forum · Manhattan
Wed, Oct 21 · 12:50 PM
Quad Cinema · Manhattan
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Maysles Documentary Center · Harlem
$15
Wed, Oct 21 · 1:20 PM
Quad Cinema · Manhattan
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NACG) · Midtown
Wed, Oct 21 · 8:10 PM
Film Forum · SoHo
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Anthology Film Archives · East Village
Wed, Oct 21 · 12:00 PM
Colonels Row · Nolan Park
Wed, Oct 21 · 12:20 PM
Film Forum · SoHo
Wed, Oct 21 · 4:00 AM
Film Forum · Manhattan
Thu, Oct 22 · 5:50 PM
Film Forum · Manhattan
Thu, Oct 22 · 12:20 PM
Film Forum · Manhattan
Thu, Oct 22 · 2:50 PM
Film Forum · SoHo
Thu, Oct 22 · 7:00 PM
Anthology Film Archives · East Village
Thu, Oct 22 · 8:10 PM
Film Forum · Manhattan
Thu, Oct 22 · 7:00 PM
The Africa Center · East Harlem
$0
Thu, Oct 22 · 6:00 PM
The People's Forum · Hell's Kitchen
$8
Thu, Oct 22 · 4:00 PM
The Museum of Modern Art · Midtown
Thu, Oct 22 · 7:00 PM
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space · Upper West Side
$20
Thu, Oct 22 · 9:30 PM
The Tank · Hell's Kitchen
Thu, Oct 22 · 6:00 PM
6th Street Community Center · East Village
free
Thu, Oct 22 · 6:30 PM
The Lenfest Center for the Arts · Harlem
Thu, Oct 22 · 7:00 PM
Maysles Documentary Center · Harlem
$15
Thu, Oct 22 · 7:00 PM
Coucou French Classes NYC · SoHo
$20-$35
Thu, Oct 22 · 7:00 PM
IFC Center · West Village
Thu, Oct 22 · 6:30 PM
The Museum of Modern Art · Midtown
Thu, Oct 22 · 7:30 PM
Korean Cultural Center New York · Midtown
Free
Thu, Oct 22 · 6:00 PM
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NACG) · Midtown
Thu, Oct 22 · 9:00 PM
Madame X · Greenwich Village
$$
Fri, Oct 23 · 4:30 PM
The Museum of Modern Art · Midtown
Fri, Oct 23 · 3:45 PM
Metrograph · Chinatown
Fri, Oct 23 · 1:50 PM
Metrograph · Chinatown
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