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  • Now Playing ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM Directed by David Greaves Conceived and Filmed by William Greaves August 1972: A reunion of Harlem Renaissance luminaries held at Duke Ellington's St. Nicholas Ave. townhouse - featuring Romare Bearden, Aaron Douglas, Richard Bruce Nugent, Eubie Blake, Arna Bontemps, James Van Der Zee, Richard B. Moore, Louise Patterson, and more.
  • Now Playing Julia Loktev's MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART II - EXILE Executive Produced by Meryl Streep & Laura Poitras This riveting, epic documentary tracks dissident Russian journalists as they continue to report on Putin's war crimes far from the country they may never return to - the follow-up to last year's awards-sweeping PART I - LAST AIR IN MOSCOW (which viewers do not need to see before EXILE).
  • OCTOBER 2 - 22 THREE WEEKS ANDRZEJ WAJDA 100 Co-Presented by The Polish Cultural Institute New York and Di Factory and co-financed by The Polish Film Institute / Partner: WFDiF COMMEMORATING CENTENNIAL OF GREAT POLISH DIRECTOR ANDRZEJ WAJDA (1926-2016), INCLUDING NEW 4K RESTORATIONS OF ASHES AND DIAMONDS, KANAL, A GENERATION, MAN OF MARBLE, MAN OF IRON, KORZCAK, AND MUCH MORE. Presented with support from The Ashes and Diamonds Fund for Eastern European Film
  • NOW PLAYING THE SCOUT Written, Directed & Produced by Paula González-Nasser Mimi Davila stars as a young location scout traversing NYC in search of meaning and the perfect settings for a TV pilot in this remarkably assured feature debut.
  • HELD OVER Isaac Mizrahi in UNZIPPED A film by Douglas Keeve Produced by Nina Santisi NEW 4K RESTORATION
  • Film Forum Jr. SPY KIDS Sunday, October 18
  • SELECT SCREENINGS STARTING JULY 28 NYC IN TRANSIT Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the New York Transit Museum Including THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 (1974), THE NAKED CITY, THE WARRIORS, THE INCIDENT, WILD STYLE, Harold Lloyd's SPEEDY, Keaton's THE CAMERAMAN, and more Transit museum logo
  • October 23 PAWEŁ PAWLIKOWSKI'S FATHERLAND WINNER - Best Director - 2026 Cannes Film Festival Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann returns from exile to war-ravaged 1949 Germany in the latest from the director of IDA and COLD WAR Starring Hans Zischler (KINGS OF THE ROAD) and Sandra Hüller (ANATOMY OF A FALL)
  • OCTOBER 23 – OCTOBER 29 ONE WEEK WILLIAM GREAVES 100 Centennial celebration of trailblazing filmmaker William Greaves (1926-2014), including documentaries, early acting appearances (Lost Boundaries, Miracle in Harlem) and feature films (Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Takes One and Two). Curated by Ina Archer.
  • Film Forum Jr. CORPSE BRIDE Sunday, October 25
  • OCTOBER 30 – NOVEMBER 5 ONE WEEK “A GALLERY OF SHARP-EDGED SATIRIC PORTRAITS.” – Roger Ebert Alexander Payne’s CITIZEN RUTH Starring Laura Dern NEW 4K RESTORATION
  • Film Forum Jr. Pixar's COCO Sunday, November 1
  • NOVEMBER 6 – NOVEMBER 19 TWO WEEKS
  • Film Forum Jr. THE RED BALLOON Sunday, November 8
  • Opens November 13 threeASFOUR: FULL CIRCLE Directed by Sean Ono Lennon A captivating portrait of the talented and fiercely uncompromising NYC avant-garde design collective threeASFOUR
  • Film Forum Jr. THE COURT JESTER Sunday, November 15
  • MONDAYS, BEGINNING NOVEMBER 16 SILENT LUBITSCH Live piano accompaniment by Steve Sterner.
  • NOVEMBER 20 - DECEMBER 10 THREE WEEKS ROSSELLINI Co-presented by Cinecittà, with support from the Italian Ministry of Culture 26-film retrospective Includes ROME OPEN CITY, PAISAN, VOYAGE TO ITALY, STROMBOLI, GERMANY YEAR ZERO, EUROPA ‘51, and much more in 35mm prints and new 4K restorations.
  • Film Forum Jr. LITTLE FUGITIVE Sunday, November 22
  • Opens Wednesday, November 25 RYÛSUKE HAMAGUCHI's ALL OF A SUDDEN WINNER - BEST ACTRESS (Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto), 2026 Cannes Film Festival From the director of DRIVE MY CAR
  • Film Forum Jr. PINOCCHIO Sunday, November 29
  • Opens December 4 THE FRIEND'S HOUSE IS HERE Written & Directed by Hossein Keshavarz & Maryam Ataei WINNER - SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR ENSEMBLE CAST (US DRAMA) - 2026 Sundance Film Festival
  • Film Forum Jr. THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S Sunday, December 6
  • DECEMBER 11 - 17 ONE WEEK “One Visconti’s greatest late works –– a withering autocritique of masculine vanity and self-delusion.” – Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader Luchino Visconti’s L’INNOCENTE NEW 4K RESTORATION
  • Film Forum Jr. THE PARENT TRAP Sunday, December 13
  • Opens Wednesday, December 16 TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN Directed by Biljana Tutorov & Petar Glomazić WINNER - GRAND JURY PRIZE, WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY, 2026 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Mother-daughter shepherds fight to keep their homeland - the beautiful, remote Sinjajevina plateau in Montenegro - from being turned into a NATO military training ground
  • DECEMBER 18 – 24 ONE WEEK “A CLEVERLY BARBED COMEDY OF DEPRAVITY.” – Pauline Kael “PUT TOGETHER AS CAREFULLY AS HITCHCOCK.” – Roger Ebert GRAND JURY PRIZE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL, 1967 Joseph Losey's ACCIDENT Starring Dirk Bogarde Screenplay by Harold Pinter
  • 25 - 31 DECEMBER ONE WEEK Ernst Lubitsch’s TROUBLE IN PARADISE in 35mm* PLUS BETTY BOOP! Spend a Pre-Code New Year’s Eve with Lubitsch! Free bubly at last show on December 31. *New 4K restoration at select screenings
Today's Schedule

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM
12:15(OC) 2:30 4:45 6:00 7:00 8:15 9:15

MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART II – EXILE: Chapters 1-3
12:15 7:15

MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART II – EXILE: Chapters 4-5
4:00

UNZIPPED
12:20 4:15(OC)

THE SCOUT
2:10(OC)

ANDRZEJ WAJDA 100
SIBERIAN LADY MACBETH
12:50

ANDRZEJ WAJDA 100
LANDSCAPE AFTER BATTLE
3:10

ANDRZEJ WAJDA 100
THE CONDUCTOR
5:30

ANDRZEJ WAJDA 100
KORCZAK
7:50

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM
SHOWTIMES & TICKETS Watch Trailer
MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: <br>PART II – EXILE
MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS:
PART II – EXILE
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ANDRZEJ WAJDA 100
ANDRZEJ WAJDA 100

Friday, October 2 – Thursday, October 22

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THE SCOUT
THE SCOUT

ENDS SOON

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Isaac Mizrahi in <br>UNZIPPED
Isaac Mizrahi in
UNZIPPED

HELD OVER THROUGH THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22

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FILM FORUM Jr.
FILM FORUM Jr.

SPY KIDS
Sunday, October 18
11:00

NYC IN TRANSIT
NYC IN TRANSIT

CARLITO’S WAY
Tuesday, October 20
7:50 – 35mm

Coming Soon

FATHERLAND

FATHERLAND

Opens Friday, October 23

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WILLIAM GREAVES 100

WILLIAM GREAVES 100

Friday, October 23 – Thursday, October 29

Elaine May’s <br>MIKEY AND NICKY

Elaine May’s
MIKEY AND NICKY

Monday, October 26
8:00

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Perry Henzell’s <br>THE HARDER THEY COME

Perry Henzell’s
THE HARDER THEY COME

Thursday, October 29
8:20

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Alexander Payne’s <br>CITIZEN RUTH

Alexander Payne’s
CITIZEN RUTH

Friday, October 30 – Thursday, November 5

SHOWTIME & TICKETS
Zhang Yimou’s <br>RAISE THE RED LANTERN

Zhang Yimou’s
RAISE THE RED LANTERN

Friday, November 6 – Thursday, November 19

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threeASFOUR: FULL CIRCLE

threeASFOUR: FULL CIRCLE

Opens Friday, November 13

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SILENT LUBITSCH

SILENT LUBITSCH

Mondays beginning November 16

ROSSELLINI 120

ROSSELLINI 120

Friday, November 20 – Thursday, December 10

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Tabitha Jackson named director of Film Forum

Tabitha Jackson named director of Film Forum

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Founding Repertory Artistic Director Bruce Goldstein presented with the 2026 TCM Robert Osborne Award

Founding Repertory Artistic Director Bruce Goldstein presented with the 2026 TCM Robert Osborne Award

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