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Screenings with Q&As and special appearances for next week:

Steal This Story, Please!
IFC Center
Wednesday, May 13 - Amy Goodman (Subject), Carl Deal (Director)

** TUNER**
AMC Empire 25
Sunday, May 17 - Special Guests

Magic Hour
IFC Center
Thursday, May 14 - Katie Aselton (writer-director-star), Mark Duplass (writer)
Friday, May 15 - Katie Aselton (writer-director-star), Mark Duplass (writer)
Saturday, May 16 - Katie Aselton (writer-director-star), Mark Duplass (writer)
Sunday, May 17 - Katie Aselton (writer-director-star), Mark Duplass (writer)

Vanya on 42nd Street
Metrograph
Friday, May 15 - Wallace Shawn (Co-star), Andre Gregory (Co-star)

Men in Black
Nitehawk Cinema
Monday, May 11 - Fappell Moan (Host), Thee Suburbia, Tuna Melt, Chad Rangoon, Salaam Kitty, Mr. Slut

Compulsion
Film Forum
Wednesday, May 13 - Jason Ney (Author), Foster Hirsch (Author)

Ghost
Paris Theater
Tuesday, May 12 - Bruce Joel Cohen (Academy Award® winner for Best Original Screenplay)

Saccharine
IFC Center
Wednesday, May 13 - Midori Francis (star), Caryn Coleman (moderator)

The Misconceived
Anthology Film Archives
Tuesday, May 12 - Filmmakers
Thursday, May 14 - Filmmakers and cast

Reeling
Nitehawk Cinema
Tuesday, May 12 - Yana Alliata (Director), Ryan Wuestewald (Cast), Hans Christopher (Cast), Nikki DeParis (Cast)

En el Séptimo Día (On the Seventh Day)
The New York Historical
Friday, May 15 - Jim McKay (Director), Moises Bazbaz (Introducer)

Something Wild
Paris Theater
Sunday, May 17 - Sandy McLeod (Director & actor)

True Stories
Quad Cinema
Tuesday, May 12 - Rebecca Bengal (writer, Criterion Collection contributor, author)

A New Leaf
IFC Center
Friday, May 15 - Carrie Courogen (Author)

Nan Goldin selects The Naked Kiss
Metrograph
Sunday, May 17 - Nan Goldin (Photographer and Activist)

Poetry in Motion
Anthology Film Archives
Tuesday, May 12 - Anne Waldman (Poet)
Saturday, May 16 - Anne Waldman (Poet)

The a List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
Asia Society
Wednesday, May 13 - Eugene Yi (Director), Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (Executive Producer), DJ Rekha (Film Participant), Madelyn Yu (Film Participant)

This is What We Mean By Short Films: Opening Night 2026
Green-Wood Cemetery
Friday, May 15 - Filmmakers

Barabbas
Film Forum
Thursday, May 14 - Foster Hirsch (Author)

The Designated Mourner
Metrograph
Friday, May 15 - John Early, Wallace Shawn

Clockwatchers
Metrograph
Sunday, May 17 - John Early (Introducer)

Willy's Reading, Creeley, For Will
Anthology Film Archives
Wednesday, May 13 - Will Creeley and Grayson Goga
Sunday, May 17 - Will Creeley and Grayson Goga

The Adventures of Prince Achmed
Nitehawk Cinema
Thursday, May 14 - Morricone Youth (Live Performers)

The Plagiarists
Anthology Film Archives
Thursday, May 14 - Filmmakers

Agatha's Almanac
Film Forum
Friday, May 15 - Amalie Atkins (Filmmaker)
Saturday, May 16 - Amalie Atkins (Filmmaker)

Heavenly Homecoming to Stars
Film at Lincoln Center
Saturday, May 16 - Young Jin Eric Choi, Goran Topalovic

The Heart Is a Muscle
Film at Lincoln Center
Monday, May 11 - Imran Hamdulay (Director)

The Narrow Margin
Film Forum
Monday, May 11 - Gordon Gebert (child actor), Bruce Goldstein (moderator)

Caméra arabe
Film at Lincoln Center
Tuesday, May 12 - Férid Boughedir (Director)

USA: Poetry: Robert Creeley
Anthology Film Archives
Wednesday, May 13 - Charles Bernstein (Poet)

Daughter of the Light
Maysles Documentary Center
Thursday, May 14 - Khashem Gyal (Director)

Salomé and Vloof l’aigrette – Pain de singe
Museum of Modern Art
Thursday, May 14 - Carlos Saldaña, Francisco Algarín Navarro

Been Here Stay Here
Quad Cinema
Friday, May 15 - David Usui (Director), James "Ooker" Eskridge (Tangier Island Mayor), Duy Linh Tu (Moderator)
Saturday, May 16 - David Usui (Director), James "Ooker" Eskridge (Tangier Island Mayor), J. English Cook (Moderator), Alec Tumbull (Moderator)
Sunday, May 17 - David Usui (Director), Nelson Walker (Moderator)

Black Mountain Blues: A Film on Robert Creeley
Anthology Film Archives
Friday, May 15 - Colin Still (Filmmaker)
Sunday, May 17 - Colin Still (Filmmaker)

Polyester
Metrograph
Sunday, May 17 - John Early

Film Portraits by Tacita Dean
Metrograph
Tuesday, May 12 - Tacita Dean (Visual Artist), Phil Coldiron (Moderator)

Wolobougou
Maysles Documentary Center
Friday, May 15 - Camille Varenne (Director)

95 and 6 to Go
DCTV Firehouse Cinema
Friday, May 15 - Kimi Takesue (Director), Roddy Bogawa

Aloïse preceded by Qui donc a rêvé?
Metrograph
Friday, May 15 - Theda Hammel (Filmmaker)

Lucky Chow Explores Europe with Danielle Chang
Asia Society
Tuesday, May 12 - Danielle Chang (Creator, Host, and Producer)

TCB – The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing
Maysles Documentary Center
Wednesday, May 13 - Louis Massiah (Director), Monica Henriquez (Director)

Robert Creeley, Pgm 5: Creeley/Brakhage
Anthology Film Archives
Saturday, May 16 - Raymond Foye

Oddball Fleischer
Film Forum
Sunday, May 17 - Jerry Beck (Animation Historian)

Brakhage on Brakhage
Anthology Film Archives
Saturday, May 16 - Colin Still (Filmmaker)

En résidence surveillée
Film at Lincoln Center
Monday, May 11 - Ahmad Cissé, Stéphane Soumanou Vieyra

Lacrima Christi
Museum of Modern Art
Saturday, May 16 - Carlos Saldaña, Francisco Algarín Navarro

Batwing: Unmasked: An African Super Hero / Diaspora Power
Maysles Documentary Center
Saturday, May 16 - Filmmakers

Basquiat: Black and White Version
Metrograph
Saturday, May 16 - Julian Schnabel (Director)

If any events or dates are missing feel free to comment below!

Screenings with Q&As and special appearances for next week:

HOKUM
AMC Empire 25
Friday, May 1 - Damian McCarthy (Director) and Adam Scott (Actor)

No Picnic
Film Forum
Thursday, April 30 - Philip Hartman (filmmaker)

Mulholland Drive
Nitehawk Cinema
Tuesday, April 28 - Miss Malice, Reina NoBuena, Maxx Love, Tits Morality

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Nitehawk Cinema
Wednesday, April 29 - Tom Stern (Director)

zi
Museum of the Moving Image
Thursday, April 30 - Kogonada (Director), Michelle Mao (Actor), Christopher Radcliff (Producer)

Mad Bills to Pay
Film Forum
Tuesday, April 28 - Joel Alfonso Vargas (Filmmaker)

Fucktoys
Roxy Cinema
Sunday, May 3 - Annapurna Sriram (writer-director), select cast and crew (Q&A), Jane Schoenbrun (moderator)

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
IFC Center
Tuesday, April 28 - Sasha Waters (Filmmaker)

Our Land (Nuestra Tierra)
Film Forum
Friday, May 1 - Joslyn Barnes (Producer), Pamela Yates (Documentary Filmmaker)

Tony Foster: Painting at the Edge
Roxy Cinema
Saturday, May 2 - Filmmakers

Francophone Short Films
Maysles Documentary Center
Monday, April 27 - Filmmakers
Tuesday, April 28 - Filmmakers
Wednesday, April 29 - Filmmakers

RZA’S ONE SPOON OF CHOCOLATE
AMC Empire 25
Thursday, April 30 - RZA (Director)

Les Hautes Solitudes
Anthology Film Archives
Wednesday, April 29 - Nina Verneret (Series Curator), Beatrice Loayza (Writer and Editor)

Last Summer
Paris Theater
Sunday, May 3 - Richard Thomas (actor), Larry Karaszewski (moderator)

West Side Story
Film at Lincoln Center
Wednesday, April 29 - Jeanine Tesori

Silent Friend
Museum of the Moving Image
Saturday, May 2 - Ildikó Enyedi (Director)

Symbiosis x Infinite Sums
DCTV Firehouse Cinema
Monday, April 27 - Filmmakers, Scientists

Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Nitehawk Cinema
Thursday, April 30 - Order of the Illusive (Live Sound Cinema score)

There There
The Old American Can Factory
Thursday, April 30 - Andrew Bujalski (Filmmaker/Installation Artist)

Fishin 4 Luv
Roxy Cinema
Thursday, April 30 - Ivy Wolk, Roey Rozen

Put the Camera on Me
Nitehawk Cinema
Wednesday, April 29 - Darren Stein (Director)

Big Mama Thornton: I Can't Be Anyone But Me
Roxy Cinema
Sunday, May 3 - Robert Clem (Director)

Voyages en Italie
L'Alliance New York
Tuesday, April 28 - Sophie Letourneur (Director)

Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, Dile Que No Soy Malo)
Film Forum
Tuesday, April 28 - Joel Alfonso Vargas (Filmmaker)

All the Mornings of the World
Roxy Cinema
Wednesday, April 29 - Marc Armitano Domingo (Gambist)

Italo Disco Legacy
Nitehawk Cinema
Tuesday, April 28 - Antoni Maiovvi, Andi Harriman (Moderator)

Puddysticks
Nitehawk Cinema
Wednesday, April 29 - Megan Seely (Director), Cast Members
Saturday, May 2 - null
Sunday, May 3 - null

Heavy Healing
Nitehawk Cinema
Monday, April 27 - Howie Abrams (Director/co-producer), Jimi Hazel (24-7 Spyz), Seth Abrams (co-producer)

Kamikaze Hearts
IFC Center
Thursday, April 30 - Elizabeth Purchell (Programmer), KJ Shepherd (Programmer)

This Girl's Nervy
Union Docs
Thursday, April 30 - Jennifer Reeves (Filmmaker)

Felix, Dare to Dream
Roxy Cinema
Saturday, May 2 - Filmmakers

The Vergecast Presents: Sneakers
IFC Center
Monday, April 27 - David Pierce (The Verge), Nilay Patel (The Verge)

Conbody vs Everybody
DCTV Firehouse Cinema
Tuesday, April 28 - Debra Granik (Director) + special guests
Wednesday, April 29 - Debra Granik (Director) + special guests
Friday, May 1 - Debra Granik (Director) + special guests

Bill Plympton Grilled (by Signe Baumane)
Metrograph
Saturday, May 2 - Bill Plympton (Director), Signe Baumane (Animator)

Humboldt USA
Museum of the Moving Image
Saturday, May 2 - G. Anthony Svatek (Director)

Queen of Diamonds
Metrograph
Saturday, May 2 - Nina Menkes (Director)

Invisible Borders
Angelika Film Center
Thursday, April 30 - Bernardo Barreto (Writer/Star) & Special Guests

Harlan County USA
IFC Center
Friday, May 1 - Barbara Kopple (Director)
Saturday, May 2 - Barbara Kopple (Director)

Joybubbles
Museum of the Moving Image
Saturday, May 2 - Rachael J. Morrison (Director)

Computer Chess
Anthology Film Archives
Sunday, May 3 - Blair Barnes (Filmmaker)

Prismatic Ground Closing Night: Gangsterism
Metrograph
Sunday, May 3 - Isiah Medina (Director)

American Dream
IFC Center
Friday, May 1 - Barbara Kopple (Director) and crew
Saturday, May 2 - Barbara Kopple (Director)

The Whole World Is a Lie
Museum of the Moving Image
Friday, May 1 - Director Charlie Birns

If any events or dates are missing feel free to comment below!