Lee won a Student Academy Award for this hour-long film, which he made as his master’s thesis for NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Monty Ross (who would go on to co-produce several of Lee’s features, ...

This event is SOLD OUT. There will be a STAND-BY line at the west doors (closest to Almont Dr.) with STAND-BY numbers given out starting at approximately 5:30 pm. The number of STAND-BY tickets ...

The Academy and The New York Times present a special screening of an Academy Film Archive print of Network. This scathing satire of network television riveted audiences in 1976, produced one of the ...

A new installment in our series moderated by Academy Award nominee Gary Yershon, in which we invite Academy Award-winning composers to talk about their work alongside a screening of the film for which ...

In a tumble-down Memphis hotel run by rock ‘n roll royal Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (with bellboy Cinqué Lee, brother of Spike Lee, in tow) three stories unfold: a pair of Elvis-obsessed Japanese tourists ...

“Worked with Billy Wilder, who paces constantly, has over-extravagant ideas, but is stimulating. He has humor – a kind of humor that sparks with mine.” - excerpt from Charles Brackett’s diary (1936) ...

The Choreography of Comedy: The Art of Eccentric Dance featured interviews and dance clips of our greatest Eccentric Dancers, including rare Nicholas Brothers home movies introduced by Tony Nicholas, ...

The Academy produces a series of guides for middle and high school teachers to facilitate the classroom exploration of the art and science of motion pictures. The activities are designed to tap ...

After the screening, co-writer Katie Dippold (The Heat, “Parks and Recreation,” “MADtv”) will participate in a discussion about adapting the screenplay from the 1984 original. About the film: ...

A program of lectures, panels and hands-on workshops that will introduce students of the Information Studies field, collectors, scholars, filmmakers, cinephiles and the general public to aspects of ...

In person: Deborah Nadoolman Landis, Danny Glicker, Judianna Makovsky and Michael Wilkinson.

Special guests include filmmakers Charlie Ahearn, Frank Mouris, Jeanne Liotta, Bill Morrison, and Lisa Crafts; and archivists/preservationists Pamela Vizner (BB Optics), Heather Linville (Academy Film ...