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Which October films will you catch?
09/30/2026

Which October films will you catch?

What Can’t Be Mentioned + Sounds From Homehttps://tr.ee/gv5NqSJackie (Tallie Medel) is a social worker in training picki...
09/23/2026

What Can’t Be Mentioned + Sounds From Home
https://tr.ee/gv5NqS

Jackie (Tallie Medel) is a social worker in training picking at the knots of her own unresolved issues in microbudget maestro Dan Sallitt’s return to the scene of his notorious-yet-gentle 2012 taboo-buster The Unspeakable Act. This sequel of sorts catches up with Jackie, now in her late twenties in Brooklyn, confronting sexual incompatibility with her bookkeeper boyfriend Anthony (Kyle McCormack) while still maybe nursing latent feelings for her everyguy older brother (Sky Hirschkron), who’s just announced that he’s having a baby with partner Lily (Kit Zauhar). Medel is a neurotic delight as she navigates these murky waters with piquant indelicacy, dancing around that “phase” of her life that remains unspoken—and unspeakable. What Can’t Be Mentioned is an exemplar of Sallitt’s expert comic timing and radical empathy, a minor symphony of emotional projection, transference, and pseudo-flirtation.

Followed by a Q&A with director Dan Sallitt and cast members Tallie Medel, Sky Hirschkron, Kit Zauhar, and Kyle McCormack

Preceded by

Sounds From Home (2026)
Nathan Silver
7min; DCP

Nathan Silver’s parents have been a constant presence in his fractious features; their kibitzing continues in his new short, but from a remove. They narrate their Upstate New York birdwatching adventures in voice memos as he films the more prosaic birdlife in Paris, where he and his wife moved after the 2024 election. In a modern portrait of expatriation, smartphones bridge sound and image, continents, and generations—and carry anxious tidings.

The American Cinema Under George W. Bush. A defining era in the decline of the American empire, the eight years of the G...
09/17/2026

The American Cinema Under George W. Bush. A defining era in the decline of the American empire, the eight years of the George W. Bush administration are the crucible for our current age. Did American cinema, riding high off the grandeur of 90s blockbusters and the exploding indie film movement, meet the moment? This series looks at a wide range of films—from studio comedies and superheroes, to indie dramas and documentaries—to examine how filmmakers tried to grapple with the aftermath of 9/11, the War on Terror, mass surveillance, atrocities, and the end of the so-called American Century.

🎟️ https://tr.ee/GurBtw
🗓️ Sep 25—Oct 1
🎬 Films:
Amreeka
Jesus Camp
The Dark Knight
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Burn After Reading
Redacted
War of the Worlds
My Country, My Country
25th Hour
Deja Vu
Land of the Dead

🚨 ON SALE TOMORROW: Cameron Winter at Carnegie HallCameron Winter, in December 2025, after a months-long sold-out tour w...
09/16/2026

🚨 ON SALE TOMORROW: Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall

Cameron Winter, in December 2025, after a months-long sold-out tour with his band Geese, returned to New York to play a single show at Carnegie Hall. This is the movie.

Directed and shot on 35mm and 16mm by Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another), the crew includes filmmaker and actor Benny Safdie (The Smashing Machine) and music producer Ariel Rechtshaid (Grammy winner for albums with Vampire Weekend and Adele).

GQ praised Cameron Winter’s show at Carnegie Hall as “staggeringly good,” and Nick Cave said he has a "a glorious, emotive voice with brilliant, blistering words, a racked and wondrous thing.” Winter’s solo album Heavy Metal was named one of the best of the year by Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Paste and Mojo and Geese’s last record Getting Killed was named the best album of 2025 by The New Yorker, NME, and Stereogum.

A Pure Person: The Sonic Landscape of Lim Giong 🔊 Few artists have shaped the sound of contemporary cinema as quietly, o...
09/07/2026

A Pure Person: The Sonic Landscape of Lim Giong 🔊 Few artists have shaped the sound of contemporary cinema as quietly, or as profoundly, as Lim Giong. His soundscapes breathe, drift, pulse, and haunt the films they inhabit. Tracing a remarkable three-decade evolution from Taiwanese rock icon to one of Chinese-language cinema’s most essential composers, this retrospective follows Lim’s sonic journey from Taipei to the mainland and the borderlands beyond. Highlighting defining collaborations with auteurs like Hou Hsiao-hsien, Jia Zhang-ke, and Bi Gan, and featuring his personal artistic inspirations (Pink Floyd’s The Wall), this series celebrates a towering cultural force who maps modern history through rhythm, texture, and memory.

Programmed by Frank Yan and co-presented by CineCina.

🗓️ Sep 18—24
🎟️ Link in bio
🎬
Dust of Angels
Pink Floyd – The Wall
Hometown Boy
The Assassin
The World
Caught by the Tides
Millennium Mambo
Jinpa
City of Jade
Kaili Blues

Powwow People is a vérité-style documentary grounded in the rhythms, relationships, and lived experience of a contempora...
09/04/2026

Powwow People is a vérité-style documentary grounded in the rhythms, relationships, and lived experience of a contemporary Native gathering. Rather than entering as outside observers, the filmmakers organized the powwow itself, inviting dancers, singers, vendors, and community members to participate in the making of this film. Structured around the arc of a single day, the film follows four central figures: Gina Bluebird, who frames the powwow’s shape and guides its setup; Ruben Littlehead, the MC whose presence anchors the present moment; Jamie John, a non-binary dancer imagining the future of these traditions; and Freddie Cozad, a singer and drummer considering the past. The film culminates in a 30-minute unbroken shot of a Northern Traditional dance special, drawing the viewer into the textures, movement, and collective presence of the powwow. It is both a reflection of a beloved community and a gesture toward the continuities of Native life.

Q&A with director Sky Hopinka following the 7PM screenings on Fri, Sep 11 and Sat, Sep 12.

Tickets available now at the link in bio.

Garod Collective Presents: Posthumous TracesGarod Collective presents five short films by Armenian women spanning three ...
09/03/2026

Garod Collective Presents: Posthumous Traces

Garod Collective presents five short films by Armenian women spanning three decades, exploring themes of family, parenthood, and identity through the lens of loss.

These filmmakers depict loss in many forms: from the surreal experience of postpartum depression, to a daughter watching her mother slowly slip away, to a cemetery groundskeeper grieving his own past. Using experimental and conventional narratives, the filmmakers present mythical images of a homeland constantly out of reach, and imagine the lives of fathers they have never known. An exercise in remembering, these works trace intimate threads of connection in danger of fading away.

Founded by Cynthia Nahhas and Nanor Vosgueritchian, Garod Collective hosts Armenian cultural events in New York City, acting as a space to introduce, build, or revitalize connections to Armenian culture, language, and tradition.

Followed by a Q&A with Anahid Yahjian, director of Domestic Demon.

🗓️ Wed, Sep 16 at 7PM
🎟️ https://www.bam.org/film/2026/garod-collective

This September at BAM Rose Cinemas. Which series is your favorite?
09/02/2026

This September at BAM Rose Cinemas. Which series is your favorite?

Fantastical Felines 🐈 Despite their unassuming stature and feigned innocence, any cat-owner knows that felines possess ...
09/01/2026

Fantastical Felines 🐈 Despite their unassuming stature and feigned innocence, any cat-owner knows that felines possess a surprisingly potent power. For the cats in this film series, these powers are rendered literal. Whether its the mystical mousers of Kiki’s Delivery Service and Bell Book and Candle, the alien alley cats in The Cat and The Cat from Outerspace, the transcendent tabbies of Hausu and The Cassandra Cat, or the alleged killer kitties of The Black Cat and The Cat Creeps, these charmed cats are truly otherworldly.

Programmed by Yasmina Tawil.

🗓️ Sep 11—17
🎟️ Link in bio
🎥
Kuroneko
The Cat Creeps
Cat People
The Cat from Outer Space
The Cat
Hausu
Kiki’s Delivery Service
Bell, Book and Candle
The Black Cat

Red Card + Sunrise/Sunset. Korean American filmmaker Ougie Pak conjures atmospheric films of emotional heft and quietly ...
08/31/2026

Red Card + Sunrise/Sunset. Korean American filmmaker Ougie Pak conjures atmospheric films of emotional heft and quietly beautiful imagery, reflections of an infatuation with the identities of both American coasts. Sunrise/Sunset, Pak’s debut and a BAMcinemaFest selection, is an outsider’s portrait of New York City, reveling in the thrill and dizziness of a Korean man’s tumultuous arrival. In his latest work Red Card, Pak crosses the country, depicting a gang member love story nestled in California’s San Gabriel Valley.

🗓️ Wed, Sep 9 at 7PM
🎟️ https://www.bam.org/film/2026/ougie-pak

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