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Naza

Naza

November 9 at 2:10pm +7

IFC Center · West Village

Secret conversations on the rooftops of Tel Aviv at night reveal the systems behind Israel's mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor direct this investigative documentary screening at the IFC Center.

The History of Concrete

The History of Concrete

November 10 at 4:10pm +3

IFC Center · West Village

Following the finale of his television show, filmmaker John Wilson attempts to apply the formula from a Hallmark movie workshop to a documentary about concrete in this screening at the IFC Center.

whisper & SHOUT / flüstern & SCHREIEN

whisper & SHOUT / flüstern & SCHREIEN

November 10 at 6:30pm

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

Whisper & SHOUT / flüstern & SCHREIEN screens at Anthology Film Archives during a scheduled evening session.

The Invasion. 2024. Written and directed by Sergei Loznitsa

The Invasion. 2024. Written and directed by Sergei Loznitsa

November 10 at 4pm

The Museum of Modern Art · Midtown

A smoldering apartment building, food relief distributions, weddings, and relentless funerals fill Sergei Loznitsa's documentary. Visitors attend a screening of The Invasion at The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2, capturing two years of civilian life in wartime Ukraine.

Victory Day (День Победы). 2018. Written and directed by Sergei Loznitsa

Victory Day (День Победы). 2018. Written and directed by Sergei Loznitsa

November 10 at 7:30pm +1

The Museum of Modern Art · Midtown

Decorated veterans in full military regalia and nationalists in black leather uniforms gather in Berlin's Treptower Park in Sergei Loznitsa's 2018 documentary, screening at The Museum of Modern Art with English subtitles.

EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN: LIEBESLIEDER (GUDRUN GUT IN PERSON ON FRI, NOV 6!)

EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN: LIEBESLIEDER (GUDRUN GUT IN PERSON ON FRI, NOV 6!)

November 11 at 8:15pm

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

Gudrun Gut appears in person for this screening of Einstuerzende Neubauten's Liebeslieder at Anthology Film Archives.

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Mon, Nov 9 · 7:00 PM

Club Kid (2026)

Village East by Angelika · East Village

Mon, Nov 9 · 7:00 PM

You Can See Everything

Quad Cinema · Greenwich Village

Mon, Nov 9 · 7:00 PM

Science on Screen: The Biggest Little Farm

Symphony Space · Upper West Side

Tue, Nov 10 · 1:05 PM

Who Killed Alex Odeh?

Quad Cinema · Greenwich Village

Tue, Nov 10 · 6:35 PM

Avedon (Open Captioning)

IFC Center · West Village

Wed, Nov 11 · 6:45 PM

THE BATTLE OF TUNTENHAUS

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

Wed, Nov 11 · 7:30 PM

Sergei Loznitsa’s Short Films: Program 2

The Museum of Modern Art · Midtown

Wed, Nov 11 · 7:00 PM

RUNA SIMI

Maysles Documentary Center · Harlem

Thu, Nov 12 · 6:30 PM

A Sense of the Past: The Film and Video Work of Nicholas Swanton

The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NACG) · Midtown

Thu, Nov 12 · 1:30 PM

Exhibition on Screen: James McNeill Whistler

Symphony Space · Upper West Side

Thu, Nov 12 · 7:00 PM

POSTCOLONIAL MOTION: TAXIS AND TRAVELOGUES

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

Thu, Nov 12 · 1:00 PM

It’s Alive! Jane Aaron

The Museum of Modern Art · Midtown

Fri, Nov 13 · 6:00 PM

Movie Night: Loving Karma

Tibet House US NYC · Chelsea

$10

Fri, Nov 13 · 6:00 PM

A First-Look Event: Standing Alone Together

Jewish Community Center (Harlem) · Harlem

Fri, Nov 13 · 4:00 PM

The Event (СОБЫТИЕ). 2015. Written and directed by Sergei Loznista

The Museum of Modern Art · Midtown

Fri, Nov 13 · 6:00 PM

TIBET FILM FESTIVAL NEW YORK: OPENING NIGHT + RECEPTION

The Whitby Hotel · Midtown

$45

Sat, Nov 14 · 8:15 PM

EC: EGGELING / GRANT / JACOBS & FLEISCHNER

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

Sat, Nov 14 · 1:30 PM

Sergei Loznitsa: The Early Films

The Museum of Modern Art · Midtown

Sat, Nov 14 · 3:40 PM

BLOCK 2: Storytelling, Memory, and the Future Beyond Rikers

Maysles Documentary Center · Harlem

Free

Sat, Nov 14 · 2:30 PM

West Side Familia: Goddard Riverside Screening

Goddard Riverside Bernie Wohl Center · Upper West Side

Sat, Nov 14 · 8:45 PM

ZORN III

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

Sat, Nov 14 · 7:00 PM

Ann Deborah Levy: Illusions

The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NACG) · Midtown

Sun, Nov 15 · 11:00 AM

2026 Tibet Film Festival

Tibet House US NYC · Chelsea

$20–$45

Sun, Nov 15 · 6:00 PM

Jennifer Lopez: The JLO Show: Live in Las Vegas Screening and Conversation

Kaufmann Concert Hall · Upper East Side

Sun, Nov 15 · 8:30 PM

EC: HUGO / JACOBS / LEVITT / MAAS

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

Sun, Nov 15 · 6:15 PM

EC: JEROME HILL

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

Sun, Nov 15 · 7:00 PM

Laugh Track Not Included: Comedy Experiments

The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NACG) · Midtown

Mon, Nov 16 · 6:00 PM

In Solidarity: Program 3

The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NACG) · Manhattan

Mon, Nov 16 · 6:00 PM

New York: A Documentary Film The Future of Cities Screening and Q&A

SVA Theatre · Chelsea

$10-$15

Mon, Nov 16 · 7:00 PM

DORSKY & HILER, PGM 1: NATHANIEL DORSKY

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

Tue, Nov 17 · 4:30 PM

Babi Yar. Context (БАБИЙ ЯР. КОНТЕКСТ). 2021. Written and directed by Sergei Loznitsa

The Museum of Modern Art · Midtown

Tue, Nov 17 · 7:00 PM

Leopoldo Bloom: Hand Processed 16mm Films from the 1990s

The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NACG) · Midtown

Tue, Nov 17 · 7:00 PM

DORSKY & HILER, PGM 2: JEROME HILER

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

Tue, Nov 17 · 7:30 PM

DEVO: RESTORATIONS AND REVELATIONS

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

Wed, Nov 18 · 7:00 PM

DORSKY & HILER, PGM 3: NATHANIEL DORSKY’S ‘ARBORETUM CYCLE’

Anthology Film Archives · Manhattan

Thu, Nov 19 · 7:00 PM

CINEMATIC CORRESPONDENCES: THERESA HAK KYUNG CHA AND HER FILMIC INFLUENCES

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

Thu, Nov 19 · 6:30 PM

What’s Happening? Film Series: William Greaves' “The Fight”

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts · Upper West Side

Fri, Nov 20 · 6:00 PM

Screening of Conscious Light, an award winning documentary film about the Divine Life and Revelation of Avatar Adi Da Samraj

Nicholas Roerich Museum · Upper West Side

$0

Fri, Nov 20 · 8:45 PM

Max Turnheim (16mm) [2002-24]

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

Fri, Nov 20 · 6:30 PM

Galaxie (16mm) [1966] dir. Gregory J. Markopoulos

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

Fri, Nov 20 · 7:30 PM

NO FOOD NO MONEY NO JEWELS + NOTES FROM THE INTERZONE

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

Fri, Nov 20 · 4:00 PM

Sergei Loznitsa’s Short Films: Program 1

The Museum of Modern Art · Manhattan

Fri, Nov 20 · 6:30 PM

Second Nature: Gender and Sexuality in the Animal World

National Institute for the Psychotherapies · Flatiron District

$6.24

Sat, Nov 21 · 3:00 PM

THE ALABAMA SOLUTION

Maysles Documentary Center · Harlem

Free

Sat, Nov 21 · 1:00 PM

State Funeral (ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЕ ПОХОРОНЫ). 2019. Written and directed by Sergei Loznitsa

The Museum of Modern Art · Midtown

Sat, Nov 21 · 12:00 PM

Open Call: Films for Freedom

The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NACG) · Manhattan

Sun, Nov 22 · 1:00 PM

The 2026 Reel Works Film Festival

SVA Theatre · Chelsea

Ticket prices start at $15

Sun, Nov 22 · 7:30 PM

PORTRAIT COLLECTIONS

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

Sun, Nov 22 · 4:00 PM

2026 New York Independent Art Film Festival

Producers Club Theatre · Hell's Kitchen

$20

Sun, Nov 22 · 2:45 PM

EC: LAWRENCE JORDAN

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

Mon, Nov 23 · 6:30 PM

PORTRAIT STUDIES

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

Mon, Nov 23 · 8:45 PM

CINÉMATON, PROGRAM 1

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

Tue, Nov 24 · 8:30 PM

PORTRAITS OF THE ARTIST

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

Fri, Nov 27 · 6:30 PM

ANDY WARHOL’S 'SCREEN TESTS' + CONRAD VENTUR’S 'SCREEN TESTS REVISITED', PGM 1

Anthology Film Archives · East Village

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