Programs
Film
Presenting classic films, premieres, festivals, and retrospectives, with appearances by filmmakers, actors, and critics.
“[A] vital arts center…dedicated to forgotten and overlooked…directors." —Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
Leadership support for BAM Film programs
provided by The
Thompson Family Foundation
Major support for BAM Film provided by the Ford Foundation
This summer, BAM Film partners with FAB FULTON to present a series of free outdoor screenings at Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center.
Director Baz Luhrmann (The Great Gatsby, Moulin Rouge!,) brings Elvis Presley’s life story to the big screen through the star’s complicated relationship with his manager, Col. Tom Parker, played by Tom Hanks.
Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas star as two egomaniacs commissioned by a millionaire to make a movie together in this sharp comedy skewering wealth, art, and pride.
A beloved character—the adorable and hilarious shell, Marcel—gets his big-screen debut in this stop-motion animated mockumentary, a heartwarming story about searching for long-lost family, voiced by Jenny Slate.
This series brings recently restored masterpieces to the big screen at BAM, featuring well-known favorites by Lynch, Coppola, and more alongside nearly forgotten gems.
A new restoration of Sara Gómez’s radical narrative-documentary hybrid reckons with the successes and shortcomings of the revolution from an Afro-Cuban perspective.
Portraits of individuals, cities, and family from the trailblazing Afro-Cuban director exemplify her commitment to capturing the diversity and specificity of those who history could forget.
An Afro-Latina filmmaker forges her own creative path amid a landscape of intense racial and political unrest in this remarkable coming-of-age documentary/cinematic memoir.
Drawing from the spectacular archive of French volcanologist couple Katia and Maurice Krafft, this lyrical documentary narrated by Miranda July celebrates their ventures into the unknown.
Nana Mensah’s award-winning debut feature about a Ghanian-American woman that moves back to her Bronx neighborhood to oversee her late mother’s Christian bookstore.
In this romantic drama from acclaimed director Claire Denis, Juliette Binoche is Sara, a woman whose life in Paris spirals out of control when she becomes entangled in a passionate love triangle.
Headstrong eleven-year-old Kenza navigates the tense relationship between her rational father and mystical grandfather as she searches for her own path.
Academy Award winner Jordan Peele (Get Out) unleashes his singular vision of American horror in this new sci-fi thriller starring Keke Palmer, Daniel Kaluuya, and Steven Yeun.
This century-spanning primer traces the cinematic roots and development of this much misunderstood and quintessentially American artform.
New restorations of African-American filmmaker Ayoka Chenzira’s visionary work center Black womanhood.
The latest from director Wes Anderson stars Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, and Timothée Chalamet.
Lady Gaga and Adam Driver star in a decadent tale about Italy's most famous fashion house.
Joaquin Phoenix stars in this delicate and moving story about a man and his young nephew.
Steven Spielberg crafts a brilliant new vision of this beloved American musical.
Paul Thomas Anderson offers a humorous and visually hypnotic story of unlikely first love.
An all-star cast brings a roving carnival to life in the latest from Guillermo del Toro.
Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand star in Joel Coen’s fierce Shakespeare adaptation.
Based on Haruki Murakami's story, this haunting road movie won Best Screenplay at Cannes.
In this anime twist on Beauty and the Beast, a shy teen finds empowerment in a virtual world.
Pedro Almodóvar’s bracing new drama about two women united by unplanned pregnancies.
A man’s impending marriage resurfaces trauma from his past.
A selection of triumphant star roles, rare gems, and scene-stealing performances from Tyson.
Joachim Trier chronicles one woman’s search for love and meaning in present-day Oslo.
A series highlighting the legacy of Brazilian modernism’s provocation and inventiveness.
Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda face off in this battle-of-the-sexes screwball comedy.
Barry Jenkins’ debut traces a romantic journey from one-night stand to something more.
Dope is Death recounts a radical 1973 project—the country's first acupuncture detox program.
Blaxploitation, Afrofuturism, and European avant-garde cinema collide in this singular drama.
A teenager joins a sisterhood of Soca dancers in Port-of-Spain and a risky, glamorous new world.
A chronicle of The East, which essentially built an independent Black nation in Brooklyn.
This year’s best animated shorts range from humorous to political to profound.
Shahram Mokri's intricate, time-looping dramas and thrillers reinterpret Iranian history.
These feminist, leftist films from a singular filmmaker challenge the status quo.
A look back at 1990s New York City through film. Stay tuned for a full lineup of films.
Between Moscow and the Arctic, strangers on a train confront truths about human connection.
Mark Rylance dazzles in this gripping crime thriller from the writer of The Imitation Game.
Plumb the depths of David Lynch’s style with a variety of surrealist, blackly comic films.
Naomi Watts stars as a climber who attempts to rescue a stranded man on Mt. Washington.
A woman on the run reconnects with her estranged twin sister in this exciting art-thriller debut.
A young witch assumes the shapes of her victims in this singular exploration of human nature.
Lee’s restored first feature is a comic drama about family, immigration, and assimilation.
Set in the mountains of Nepal, this gorgeous debut feature screens for one night only.
Reflecting fascination and fear, this series offers a vivid depiction of our virtual world.
Academy Award winner Andrea Arnold offers an intimate portrait of one dairy cow’s life.
A bold critique by Nadav Lapid about an Israeli filmmaker battling grief and censorship.
Within an online role-playing horror game, teenage Casey comes of age as reality unravels.
Episodic stories of young love, lust, and friendship from acclaimed director Jacques Audiard.
The Witch director Robert Eggers crafts an action-filled epic of Viking vengeance.
Nicolas Cage channels his own legend as a fictionalized Nick Cage in this action-comedy.
Rumors derail an investigation into the murder of prominent Jamaican sprinter Jeffrey Jacobs.
Crowd-pleasers and rare gems that take a subversively queer approach to the rom-com genre.
A tender tale of childhood memory and grief by Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire).
Works of cinematic rebellion from women filmmakers the world over.
A young woman grapples with an unwanted pregnancy in 1960s France in this gripping drama.
Comedian Jerrod Carmichael’s dark comedy follows two friends on the last day of their lives.
A new restoration of the unsparing quasi-documentary about the 1980s porn industry.
The Crawley family contend with filmmakers and a mysterious villa in the South of France.
A new horror film from Alex Garland (Ex Machina), starring Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley.
A personal story illuminating Hawaii’s colonial treatment and representations in cinema.
This series gathers new and past films from more than a decade of FilmAfrica at BAM.
David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen reunite for a body horror tale of human metamorphosis.
This Afrofuturist punk musical from Saul Williams follows anti-colonialist hackers.
With a serial killer afoot, an actress notices a stalker in this terrifying feminist thriller.
Saul Williams stars in an existential parable that travels the streets of Dakar.
This exhilarating, action-packed spectacular mythologizes two Indian freedom fighters.
A lonely inventor in rural Wales creates and bonds with an AI robot in this sweet comedy.
Cooper Raiff writes, directs, and stars with Dakota Johnson in an unconventional love story.