Maps to the Stars
A mysterious young woman (Mia Wasikowska) arrives in sunny Hollywood, taking a job assisting a narcissitic, embittered actress (Julianne Moore) and striking up a relationship with a wannabe-screenwriter-cum-chauffeur... more...
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Futuro Beach
In Aïnouz’s (Madame Satã, Love for Sale) richly textured tale, two German swimmers get caught in an undertow in Brazil; Donato, a young lifeguard, manages to save... more...
Ejecta
A horrific alien invasion forces two men to fight for their lives during one universe-altering night of terror. This nerve-shredding film stars Julian Richings (Cube, X-Men: The Last Stand)... more...
Wild Canaries
In this sprightly Brooklyn murder mystery, an elderly neighbor’s sudden death rattles fiancés Barri and Noah (real-life partners Sophia Takal and writer-director Levine). Smelling... more...
Academy Award-Nominated Animated Short Films 2015
Program recommended for ages 8 and up. Me and My Moulton (Torill Kove) – 14 minutes/Canada/English: One summer in mid-'60s Norway, a seven-year-old girl asks her... more...
Academy Award-Nominated Live-Action Short Films 2015
Program recommended for ages 11 and up. Parvaneh (Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger) – 25 minutes/Switzerland/Dari and German: A young Afghan immigrant travels... more...
The Duke of Burgundy
Day in and day out, lesbian lovers Cynthia (Sidse Babett Knudsen, TV’s Borgen) and Evelyn enact an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy as mistress and maid. But as their ritual of domination and... more...
Two Days, One Night
Academy Award Nominee, Best Actress (Marion Cotillard) Ready to resume work after a medical leave, Sandra (Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard) discovers her boss has put her fate in her... more...
The Babadook
Named Best First Film of 2014 by the New York Film Critics Circle! Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a loss. She struggles to discipline her... more...
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps and other sordid souls, is a bastion of depravity and hopelessness where a lonely vampire stalks its most... more...
Goodbye to Language
IN 3D Named the Best Picture of 2014 by the National Society of Film Critics! “The idea,” in Godard’s own words, “is simple. A married woman and a single... more...
Citizenfour
Academy Award Winner, Best Documentary Feature In January 2013, filmmaker Laura Poitras was in the process of constructing a film about abuses of national security in post-9/11 America... more...
Series And Events
TOUGH BEING LOVED BY JERKS
Monday, March 9Special introduction by New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff When twelve cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad were published by Denmark’s largest newspaper... more...
RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA 2015
Friday, March 6 - Thursday, March 12"The edition starting Friday is the strongest I can remember." - Stephen Holden, New York Times Rendez-Vous with French Cinema returns to IFC Center, celebrating its 10th... more...
Next: Hippocrates (Hippocrate), Friday, March 6
ACADEMY AWARD-NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2015
IFC Center’s annual showcase of the animated, live-action and documentary short films nominated for this year’s Academy Awards. Separate admission for each program. more...
Stranger Than Fiction
STF WINTER 2015Monday, January 19 - Tuesday, March 24
The hit documentary series celebrates its 26th season at IFC Center, boasting a lineup of sneak previews, tributes and rediscovered classics, with filmmakers in person for post-screening discussions. Organized... more...
Next: Seymour: An Introduction, Tuesday, March 10
CELLULOID DREAMS
"Real film is light, digital is electricity." - Aki Kaurismäki With the rise of digital technology, 35mm film prints have become an increasing rarity. IFC Center’s new ongoing series offers the chance... more...
Next: Carlito’s Way, Thursday, March 26
QUEER/ART/FILM WINTER/SPRING 2015
Don’t miss out on the queerest series in town! Each month, Queer/Art/Film invites one of New York’s most unique and homosexual artists to pick a film that’s inspired them and share it with our audience.... more...
Next: Batman Returns, Monday, March 23
Waverly Midnights
LATE-NIGHT FAVORITESThursday, December 25 - Saturday, March 14
A rotating selection of some of our most popular midnight movie offerings. All shows free for Auteur-level members! All midnight screenings are on Friday & Saturday nights (if the... more...
Next: The Rolling Stones: Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965, Friday, March 6
SHORT ATTENTION SPAN CINEMA: FOCUS FORWARD
Friday, November 28 - Thursday, March 5Now playing before our regular first-run features, films from Focus Forward, an award-winning series of 30 three-minute stories about innovators—people... more...
REFRAMED: ART/ARCHITECTURE/DESIGN/FILM
Ennead Architects and IFC Center have partnered on a monthly screening and discussion series exploring the intersection of cinema, architecture and design. Screenings will be at the IFC Center. Events... more...
