Two questions: How does Hollywood create all those real-looking animals and bugs? And are these renderings accurate examples of what they’re like in real life? Get the answers to these questions — and many other ones about slimy, creepy, and crawly celluloid stars — on Sunday, June 8, when the Museum of the Moving Image…
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May
May
Kick off Pride Month in Queens. The Museum of the Moving Image hosts Gaymers Pride 2025 on Saturday, May 31, starting at noon. Back for a second year, this six-hour festival celebrates gaming within the LGBTQIA+ community with panels, video games, board games, game houses, and community groups. Admission is free. The agency behind this…
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Apr
Apr
“I can’t promise you it will be easy, but I can promise you it will be worth it.” The Museum of the Moving Image unveils Mission Impossible: Story and Spectacle on Friday, April 18. On time for the Memorial Day Weekend release of the eighth MI film, The Final Reckoning, this exhibition spotlights the Paramount…
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Apr
Apr
Christopher Clary, Molly Soda, Sarah Rothberg, and Bhavik Singh are members of the artist collective “is this thing on?” They push the boundaries of live, interactive performances with their platform thing.tube. Their pushing gets an extra shove when the Museum of the Moving Image presents THING+YOU from April 12 through Aug. 10. This exhibition blends…
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Mar
Mar
See the world through the eyes of a person with autism. Museum of the Moving Image hosts the Marvels of Media Festival from Thursday, March 27, to Saturday, March 29. Now in its fourth year, this showcase celebrates autistic media-makers with 22 recently made films, discussions, workshops, and an exhibition featuring two VR experiences and…
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Jan
Jan
Question: Besides being world famous Hollywood icons, what do Danny DeVito, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Grant, Jim Carrey, Mia Farrow, Richard Gere, and Rita Hayworth have in common? Answer: They were never in the final round for an Oscar…and they are featured in an upcoming Queens program. Snubbed Forever: Great Actors, No Nominations runs at the…
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Dec
Dec
Move over, Hollywood. Eat your digital heart out, Japan. Queens is activating. The Museum of the Moving Image hosts AniTOMO’s NYE Anime Rewind on Saturday, Dec. 28, at 12:30 pm. The one-day conference celebrates the outgoing year’s most popular anime stories with a live panel discussion featuring diverse digital content creators, a Q&A with experts,…
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Nov
Nov
Leave it up to the experts. That’s exactly the point behind Curators’ Choice, which is at the Museum of the Moving Image in December. This annual series screens the year’s best films as chosen by MoMI Senior Curator of Film Eric Hynes and Associate Curator of Film Edo Choi with contributions from Curator of Science…
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Oct
Oct
Shall we go to a movie? Actually, many, many movies. Peliculas, filmes, and eiga, too. The Museum of the Moving Image hosts Directors’ Fortnight: 1969 and Directors’ Fortnight Extended over the next two weeks. The French Directors’ Guild founded DF (aka Quinzaine des cinéastes) in 1969 to promote new talent and serve as an independent…