Museum of the Moving Image is the only U.S. museum devoted to film, television, and digital media. Open Thurs–Sun, admission tickets available online.
Astoria, Queens, NY
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Best known for his collaborations with David Lynch (including TWIN PEAKS, BLUE VELVET, and MULHOLLAND DRIVE), famed composer Angelo Badalamenti has passed away.
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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.
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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
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“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!
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A true classic shown in its original Academy aspect ratio, THE WIZARD OF OZ comes to MoMI August 23 as part of our series Summer Saturdays with Dolby Atmos! See it on our big (but not crazy-Sphere-big) screen. movingimage.org/event/the-wi…
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Sesame Street debuted on this day, November 10, in 1969. Pictured here: Richard Hunt (left), Jim Henson (center), and Frank Oz (right) performing Ernie and Bert, on the set of Sesame Street, 1970s.
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"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.
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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.
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looking forward to this one
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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. movingimage.us/event/rrr/
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Tonight, we’re thrilled to be hosting a special preview screening of SUZUME with director @shinkaimakoto in person—it’s a full house!
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Happy Birthday to our favorite green guy, Kermit the Frog! And Happy Anniversary to SAM AND FRIENDS, the WRC-TV program created by Jim Henson and Jane Nebel in 1955 that started it all! 💚 #TheMuppets70
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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
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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
ALT A man (on left) and woman (center) carefully install a green frog-like puppet on a pedestal in a museum exhibition setting
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Show us your favorite Red, White, and Blue film color palettes.
🎞: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, THREE COLORS TRILOGY: WHITE, MOONLIGHT.
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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: bit.ly/oncinemarathon
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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).
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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. movingimage.us/series/snubbe…
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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.
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"My acting technique is to look up at God just before the camera rolls and say, 'Give me a break.'"
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Happy new Michael Mann day to those who celebrate.
Here's a tease of what's coming soon to MoMI...
#TokyoVice #ManntoMann
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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. bit.ly/3BmCcwB
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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.
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For #ScienceAndFilm's "Peer Review" series, @AstroKatie writes about "one of the best fiction offerings on television," The Expanse @ExpanseOnPrime #TheExpanse @JamesSACorey bit.ly/2UScJWZ
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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.
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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.
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"It's not me who makes the film. The film makes itself, and I have no choice but to follow."
✨HBD Hayao Miyazaki!✨
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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: bit.ly/WalkingDeadMoMI
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More context: "The 70mm version, limited to what can be reproduced in a film pipeline, is arguably closer to what audiences in 1956 would have seen on screen, minus all the artifacts associated with the lab processes and duplicating stocks of the era."
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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: movingimage.us/event/poster-… @AMC_Networks #TWDMoMI #TWD #TWDFamily
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Happy Birthday, Tom Cruise! 🎂
Join us in celebrating this singular movie star with our ongoing retrospective Tom Cruise, Above and Beyond! Up next: BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, RAIN MAN, and A FEW GOOD MEN this holiday weekend.
Get tickets: movingimage.org/tom-cruise
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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: bit.ly/WalkingDeadMoMI #TWDMoMI #TWD #TWDFamily
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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): bit.ly/WalkingDeadMoMI #TWD #TWDMoMI
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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
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“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
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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
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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.
ALT Puppet designer and builder Caroly Wilcox holds up puppet Mahna Mahna
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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.
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🙌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.
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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.
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Big news! Opening April 18, MoMI presents “MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE—Story and Spectacle” exhibition, presented in partnership with @Paramountpics and @MissionFilm!
Museum of the Moving Image will launch a major initiative celebrating the “Mission: Impossible” franchise on April 18. variety.com/2025/film/news/m…
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We’re pleased to announce three major summer film series, linked by the theme of big-screen moviegoing:
⭐️ Tom Cruise, Above and Beyond
June 20–August 17:
movingimage.org/series/tom-c…
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✨A very happy birthday to the one and only @James_Caan––the icon behind our #CaanFilmFestival series and seen here in the 1974 classic, THE GAMBLER.✨
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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.
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Wish the iconic Miss Piggy a happy 50th! The beloved Muppet made her show biz debut on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson on May 24, 1974. In our Jim Henson Exhibition, you can see the fabulous star in her Muppets Take Manhattan wedding dress ❤️
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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.
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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. piped.video/watch?v=FKGfKH7p…
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"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: piped.video/watch?v=xb-DtICm…
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Just announced! We're hosting a sneak preview of BLUE JAY next week w/ @MsSarahPaulson & @MarkDuplass in person! Tix bit.ly/2cOueDP
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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: bit.ly/WalkingDeadMoMI.
Presented with @WalkingDead_AMC #TWDMoMI #TWD
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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:
eventbrite.com/e/queens-driv…
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"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. bit.ly/3Bvk1Vd
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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.
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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.
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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.
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We are thrilled to welcome director @sapphicspielbrg on Dec 14 for a special screening of the extraordinary I SAW THE TV GLOW followed by a Q&A, as part of Curators' Choice 2024, celebrating the year's best films. Tickets on sale now:
movingimage.org/event/tv-glo…
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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
ALT Audrey Hepburn and Stanley Donen on set of Funny Face in Paris
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🚨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: bit.ly/3b1QZ2C
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Into the Multiverse of Manness.
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Michael Mann’s melodramas screen MAY 27–JUNE 12. Tickets going fast 🔥 bit.ly/ManntoMann
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Sad news: The great cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, who shot GoodFellas, The Age of Innocence, Gangs of NY, & The Departed, died today
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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.
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Tonight, we’re looking forward to welcoming @JohnDeMarsico + the premiere of his new edition of BASEBALL IS CINEMA, intercutting film clips with highlights from recent SNY Mets broadcasts. The event is totally sold out, but we hope to share the audio following the event. ⚾️
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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: bit.ly/39d03DV #HensonMoMI
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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." bit.ly/haynes-exhibit-momi
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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! bit.ly/2o6Qx00
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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 🎟️bit.ly/sibRE
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