Museum of the Moving Image

Museum of the Moving Image advances the understanding, enjoyment, and appreciation of the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media. The Museum’s primary activities include presenting exhibitions, education programs, significant moving-image works, and interpretive programs, as well as collecting and preserving moving-image related artifacts.

Part of the Museum’s event schedule includes screenings of classic & edgy cinema from the U.S. and around the world. This portion of its programming includes new & revival screenings, as well as panel discussions surrounding cult classic films, martial arts cinema and audience favorite action movies. The Museum of the Moving Image has also hosted advance screenings of cult favorite action films, anniversary screenings of cult classics and in-depth discussion events about various forms of entertainment media.

Queens New York Drive-In returns for 2021 with screenings of Coming 2 America, Fist of Fury, North by Northwest and more

Rooftop Films, the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI), and the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) today announced the return of the Queens Drive-In at New York’s Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. A collaborative project between the three organizations, the Queens Drive-In hosted more than 80 sold-out events during the summer and fall ….

Death Proof and Kill Bill film screening series will lead up to Raze preview and Zoë Bell Q&A interview at MOMI

International action star Zoë Bell, who was discovered by Quentin Tarantino, will appear at the Museum of the Moving Image for a preview screening of her new action film Raze, on Tuesday, January 7, 2014. In this relentlessly hyperviolent action film directed by Josh Waller, she stars as a woman forced to do battle with ….

Thai martial arts movie Fireball to be part of ongoing Museum of the Moving Image screening series

Warrington Hudlin’s Fist and Sword series at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, NY, will screen Thai martial arts movie Fireball this Saturday, Sept. 22nd, at 5PM. Fist and Sword is the Museum’s series of contemporary and classic martial arts and related action movies. Directed by Thanakorn Pongsuwan, the 2009 martial arts action ….

Woo Ping’s True Legend and Master Jose Figueroa talks kung fu and breakdancing this Sunday at Museum of the Moving Image

The Museum of the Moving Image in Queens has been regularly hosting a series of martial arts and action films called Fist and Sword. This Sunday, September 18th, the program will screen Yuen Woo-ping’s epic film True Legend. After the screening, Rock Steady Crew founder Jo Jo Torres, along with Tai Chi Master Jose Figueroa, ….

Michael Jai White and director Ben Ramsey to appear at Blood & Bone museum screening

Blood and Bone was the 2009 directorial debut of Ben Ramsey, an African-American screenwriter and martial artist, and stars Michael Jai White, karate champion and movie star. The all-star martial arts ensemble features White as Isaiah Bone, a drifter and skilled fighter who’s just out of prison, and is introduced to the Los Angeles underground ….