The fall season kicks off with a jam-packed month of riches, including experiments in docu-theater and performances by Lupita Nyong’o and Victoria Clark.

BAM presents visions of a few possible utopias—and plenty of dystopias.

Janus Films and Criterion restored Welcome II The Terrordome’ in 2K. The film's re-release begins this week at BAM in New York.

The annual film series ANA Contemporary Arab Cinema is back in New York, with screenings at BAM and the Jacob Burns Film Center.

New York in June is a bonanza of Off and Off Off Broadway productions. Here’s our guide to shows we recommend, many in the city’s coziest spaces (and closing soon).

BAM presents twelve films ranging from the early 1960s through the late 1980s.

Todd Almond embarks on a musical Odyssey, seeking companionship and good coffee.

How do you stop being yourself? It's a question many of us face at some point. Todd Almond's Edinbur

Loren Noveck reviews Review: I’m Almost There at BAM Fisher at BAM Fisher

Imagine if Odysseus was actually the middle-aged gay dude who lives in your building, the one who nods politely but never learns your name and always seems to be rushing off to some probably fabulo…

Ramón Rivera Moret’s Everything Seemed Possible (2025) derives its title from an essay by Arcadio Díaz Quiñones in which he describes Puerto Rico during its relentless modernization campaign in the 19...

Richard Brody on Raoul Walsh's "Band of Angels" (1958).

The program, with three numbers, beautifully balances history, innovation and spiritual reflection.

A sure sign of summer is the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre’s appearance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), June 4–7 this year.

A chaotic, complex, and hilarious preview of an upcoming BAM film series, with co-presenter and Pulitzer-nominated writer Craig Jenkins.

Spike Lee, John Early, the literal underground and the figurative underground are all on screen.

Watch the full interview here.

We’re revisiting work by Tarkovsky, Pelechian, and Portabella as well as two films with the word Dead in the title.

Love Island USA returns, Mary H.K. Choi’s first adult novel, and a cheat sheet for summer music festivals.

BAM Rose Cinemas will present FILMAFRICA 2026, a showcase of contemporary and classic Pan-African cinema curated by the New York African Film Festival, featuring world, US, and North American premiere...

*Operation Mincemeat* director Robert Hastie and stars Hiran Abeysekara and Francesca Mills discuss redefining Shakespeare’s tragedy for a surveillance-heavy world. Read more on New York Theatre Guide...

It suddenly feels like there are as many productions of Hamlet as Real Housewives franchises. What makes the melancholy Dane the perfect Shakespeare anti-hero for right now?

Shakespeare's greatest play has never gone away, but we seem to be at an especially ripe moment for its revival.

The Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station for decades has been used to bring iconic movies in cinema to life.

It’s easy to feel creatively inferior as a New York City artist. But what if that feeling isn’t stirred by errant imposter syndrome, but rather an honest recognition of mediocrity? This is the existen...

"Stand Clear of the Closing Doors" showcases films featuring the Brooklyn subway station.

Eisa Davis joins Anessa Folds, Kaya Kulu and Stephanie Pacheco for "Word. Sound. Power." at BAM on April 24 and 25.

We all know the ghost in Hamlet—the murdered King of Denmark whose specter sets the tragic events of the play in motion. But actor Hiran Abeysekera and director Robert Hastie had more to contend with ...

A short-and-sweet curio.

This year's theme shines a queer spotlight on small towns, rural areas and suburbs: "Queering the Canon: We're Out Here" is playing at BAM, March 26-30, 2026