{"id":367155,"date":"2026-10-07T20:14:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T20:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/367155\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T20:14:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T20:14:50","slug":"upcoming-at-momi-queens-gazette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/367155\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming At MoMI – Queens Gazette"},"content":{"rendered":"

Museum of the Moving Image welcomes the Halloween season with the screening series Handcrafted Horrors, featuring 12 scary movies that use models, puppets, makeup artistry, or hand-drawn animation to create their surreal, physical other worlds; presents free public programs as part of its Open Worlds initiative that range from a showcase of independent video games to an Internet Walk; special screenings marking the 100th anniversaries of two silent German classics, Lotte Reiniger\u2019s\u00a0\u201cThe Adventures of Prince Achmed\u201d\u00a0and F. W. Murnau\u2019s\u00a0\u201cFaust,\u201d\u00a0plus Murnau\u2019s\u00a0\u201cNosferatu\u201d\u00a0(1922); the launch of Phone-Free Fridays, as part of\u00a0MoMI\u00a0LAB programs; a roster of special guests; and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On October 10, the Museum will open a new exhibition, Seeing the Cinema: Photographic Visions of Movie Theaters, featuring photographs by Thomas R. Schiff, Hiroshi Sugimoto, John Margolies, and Joseph Holmes. The exhibition will be accompanied by a monthly screening series that casts cinemas as key locations, starting October 30 with Tsai Ming-liang\u2019s Goodbye, Dragon Inn.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Among other film highlights, New Yorkers can catch back-to-back screenings of Disney\u2019s\u00a0\u201cFantasia\u201d\u00a0and F. W. Murnau\u2019s\u00a0\u201cFaust,\u201d\u00a0the 100-year-old film that features imagery that would directly inspire the\u00a0\u201cNight on Bald Mountain\u201d\u00a0segment of\u00a0\u201cFantasia,\u201d\u00a0on October 17; the Greek Film Expo, co-presented by the Hellenic Film Society USA, October 16\u201318, featuring a retrospective of films by Michael Cacoyannis, including the classic\u00a0\u201cZorba the Greek;\u201d\u00a0an afternoon with film critic and author J. Hoberman, with the films\u00a0\u201cSouthland Tales\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cPeeping Tom,\u201d\u00a0in conjunction with his new anthology book, Across the\u00a0Movi-verse: Writing on Film 2011\u20132021 (2026, The Film Desk) on October 11; silent films\u00a0\u201cThe Adventures of Prince Achmed\u201d\u00a0(1926, 35mm, October 10), with live music by Charlie Judkins, and\u00a0\u201cNosferatu\u201d\u00a0(1922,\u00a035mm, October 30) with live music by Makia Matsumura.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0Year-round, the Museum\u2019s Open Worlds initiative invites the public to access the lobby, caf\u00e9, and ground-floor spaces for free and attend community events. In October, these include industry talks, workshops, and a Halloween party. In addition, the final Open Worlds: Science program of the year takes place October 17: Arcade Science Day of Play, featuring game designers and scientists in conversation and\u00a0demonstrating\u00a0their work, with access to unique independent games.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Unless noted, all programs take place at Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave, Astoria, NY 11106. Screenings are presented in the Sumner M. Redstone Theater and\/or the Celeste and Armand Bartos Screening Room. Schedule and tickets are available at movingimage.org.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Nosferatu (dir. F. W. Murnau, 1922) \/ Courtesy of Kino Lorber\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Museum of the Moving Image welcomes the Halloween season with the screening series Handcrafted Horrors, featuring 12 scary…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-367155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}