Boots Riley is a phenomenon 🎩 ✨ Last night's sneak peek screening + talkback with the director was a hoot and a half, and so is I Love Boosters—opening tomorrow at BAM.

Coming soon to BAM cinemas, as part of our yearly DanceAfrica festival and in partnership with African Film Festival, Inc. https://www.broadwayworld.com/brooklyn/article/FILMAFRICA-2026-Will-Present-Pan-African-Cinema-Series-at-BAM-Rose-Cinemas-20260508

Erupcja | Join us for a post-screening Q&A after the May 6, 7:10PM screening with Pete Ohs and Jeremy O. Harris, moderated by Nia Dacosta. 🎟️ https://tr.ee/DM56dp

Written by William Shakespeare around 1600 and first performed at the turn of the 17th century, Hamlet is one of “literature’s most enduring tragedies....almost as dramatic as when someone gets left on read 👀” Now thru 5/17 🗞️ https://bit.ly/4t9MnPu 🎟️ https://tr.ee/YZJKpe

Hamlet in Vogue by Jenna Diaz. Now playing through May 17. Tickets at https://tr.ee/YZJKpe

Come see Shakespeare's “enduring story of murder, malevolent ghosts, familial feuding, and bloody revenge omnipresent” on the BAM stage. Showing now until 5/17. 🗞️ https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a71109530/hamlet-shakespeare-resurgence-explained/ 🎟️ https://tr.ee/YZJKpe

The Square | Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 86th Academy Awards, Jehane Moujaim’s film traces the ongoing Egyptian Revolution of 2011, immersing its viewer in the intense emotional drama of young people on the streets of Cairo. Tickets: https://bit.ly/48ZfD40

"It embraces grief, rage, betrayal, indecision, cowardice, duty, melancholy, madness, and so much more — all the many manifestations of human interiority — which partly explains why it has never aged." Hamlet opens April 26. https://www.vulture.com/article/why-is-hamlet-everywhere-right-now.html

"Abeysekera inhabits the role with an emotional resonance that kept an audience of nearly 1,000 hanging on his every word in London." https://www.vogue.com/article/hiran-abeysekera-hamlet-brooklyn-academy-of-music

Hoyt-Schermerhorn: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors is running through April 9. Including films from "The Warriors" to "Coming to America", the broad range of films shot in and around the station makes for a delightful commute through cinema history. https://bit.ly/41TWahd

Listen to this delightful @WNYC segment about Hoyt-Schermerhorn: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, now playing at BAM Rose Cinemas. https://bit.ly/4sjPrI7

"As his non-fiction project languishes in the form of a neglected Adobe Premiere rough-cut, Simon’s sentiment curdles into something born of narcissistic entitlement as opposed to artistic scrappiness." https://www.screenslate.com/articles/travel-companion

"That secret, that the Downtown Brooklyn station is subbing in for City Hall, is at the heart of an upcoming film series at BAM...Every movie being shown contains scenes shot in and around the station." Our Hoyt-Schermerhorn series opens tonight. https://bit.ly/3PYYctV

"Word. Sound. Power. returns to Brooklyn Academy of Music this spring with a celebration of women in hip-hop culture, amplifying their voices across generations, boroughs, and artistic traditions." https://bit.ly/4tkC3Ez

Hamlet, Moby Dick, and Dear Everything: A Musical Uprising for the Earth got the New York Times' thumbs-up 👍 Enjoy some of the best theater NYC has to offer, right here at BAM. 🗞️ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/theater/off-broadway-shows-jane-fonda-jennifer-tilly.html 🎟️ https://tr.ee/8zxNJO

"It’s not just Hamlet, the character, who’s haunted by the past, but the actor and the director as well; they are both grappling with legendary predecessors from the past." https://brooklynrail.org/2026/04/theater/hiran-abeysekera-and-robert-hastie-with-gerard-raymond/

We're playing #AnnaCalvi's EP on repeat, and counting down the days til we can hear her score of indie-rock riffs and soaring ballads in Moby Dick, opening Wed, Apr 29. 🗞️ diymag.com/review/ep/anna-calvi-is-this-all-there-is 🎟️ tr.ee/Cx83Wu

Queering The Canon was a riotously fun good time 🏳️‍🌈 ❤️ https://gomag.com/article/queering-the-canon-cinema-retrospective-now-at-bam-were-out-here/

"Could I find the laughter within this grief?" Hiran Abeysekera on Hamlet. The National Theatre's Hamlet surges onto the BAM stage April 19: https://tr.ee/YZJKpe https://bit.ly/4sGwv7m

Hamlet stars Hiran Abeysekera & Francesca Mills light up this interview with Broadway World. Don't miss The National Theatre's run, starting April 19 at BAM. 📽️ youtube.com/watch?v=_1AFXprfS04 🎟️ https://tr.ee/YZJKpe

Rewind: our first BAM Free Music concert of the season, featuring OKAN and DJ Garo. The fashion was unparalleled, the dance floor was smoking. Were you there? 📸 Ellen Qbertplaya

"One of the choreographer Mark Morris’s great gifts is the way he pares movement down to its essence, and then uses repetition and variation to create lasting images." 🗓️ March 26-29 🗞️ Full article: https://bit.ly/4uOPbU0 🎟️ Tix: https://tr.ee/5xdJ1v

Well go on, get on over here. The National Theatre's Hamlet is to be-gin April 19. Read on: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/The-Plays-the-Thing-Inside-HAMLET-at-BAM-with-Hiran-Abeysekera-Francesca-Mills-20260320 🎟️ : https://tr.ee/YZJKpe

We're deeply excited to welcome Dear Everything to our stage for a spectacular, one-night only event. https://www.theatermania.com/news/jane-fonda-to-star-in-climate-change-musical-dear-everything_1827295/ Tickets available now 🎟️ https://tr.ee/dLwbvp

"Jane Fonda will star in the New York premiere of Dear Everything: A Musical Uprising for the Earth....the urgent new folk-pop musical arrives at the Howard Gilman Opera House for a one-night engagement." Read on: bit.ly/4sNUNvR 🎟️ tr.ee/dLwbvp

Jane Fonda is headed to BAM. "The Oscar winner and climate activist will appear in the New York stage premiere of Dear Everything: A Musical Uprising for the Earth created by V (formerly Eve Ensler)." https://deadline.com/2026/03/jane-fonda-robert-redford-tcm-film-festival-1236749110/

BAM Rose Cinemas are excited to participate in Art House New York Cinema Week! Free tickets are available at our Box Office only, for screenings that are not sold out. Check out bam.org for what's screening.

That's #NataliaLafourcade in the hot seat, one of this century’s most influential voices in Latin pop culture. She's headed to BAM in just a few weeks, and there are Apr 10—Apr 11 https://www.instagram.com/reels/DT-82-7DouF/

"Our planet is burning from human-made climate catastrophe, and we need to join together to confront this," Fonda said..."Dear Everything is about the power of solidarity and it gives us the anthems we need for the job." Check us out in Time Out https://bit.ly/4boswoO

Announcing an advance screening of Palestine ‘36 on Fri, March 20 at 6PM, followed by a Q&A with director Annemarie Jacir. Our full run of the film opens Friday, March 27. Advance screening tickets now on sale 🎟️ https://www.bam.org/film/2026/palestine-36

Three films + four Q&As = access to director Luiz Fernando Carvalho and actress Maria Fernanda Cândido. 🎞️ : The Passion According to G.H., Capitu, The Kingdom's Stone 🎟️ bam.org/film/2026/may-your-eyes 🗓️ Mar 13—Mar 19

2️⃣ 📚 🗣️ "BAM is hosting two spring conversations that bring together prominent voices from literature, performance and technology for discussions that explore storytelling, culture and the impact of artificial intelligence." Check us out in BKReader: https://bit.ly/4b7URRt

Thanks to @screenslate.bsky.social for featuring tonight’s 7pm screening of SILVIA PRIETO by Martín Rejtman at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social, celebrating 25 years of Cinema Tropical!

Tix on sale now for THE FAMESICK TOUR: An Evening of Stories and Togetherness. Celebrating her 1st book in over a decade, Lena Dunham returns to the stage for a night of fearless storytelling & no holds barred conversation. 🗓️ Tue, Apr 14 at 8PM 🎟️ https://www.bam.org/talks/2026/lena-dunham-famesick

Well hey now, #55 there looks familiar. timeout.com/film/the-100-greatest-cinemas-in-the-world-right-now

bThen: BAM Director of Film Programming. Now: curatorial director of the Criterion Collection. This weekend: Ashley Clark presents a series inspired by his new book, 'The World of Black Film'. Read on: https://bit.ly/3MLiVQH 🎟️: https://tr.ee/L6sTsg

"Set and Reset is not only the brainchild of three stars but also a moving portrait of collaboration itself. Here...three artistic visions are each given adequate autonomy even as they are delivered simultaneously." 📰 bit.ly/3N3V8vn 🎟️ tr.ee/LY3Wvn

One performance remaining. "Having opportunities to show archival works becomes critical as its own form of preservation. After all, when pieces stop getting taught, rehearsed and staged, they lose their bodily presence." 🗞️ https://bit.ly/4s7vIf2 🎟️ https://tr.ee/LY3Wvn

"With 'Set and Reset,' Brown’s aim was to decenter the action, so she created a long phrase of movement that directed the audience’s attention from one side of the stage to the other." Only 2 performances left. 🗞️ https://nyti.ms/4aUhWp7 🎟️ https://tr.ee/LY3Wvn

"Ashley Clark,...critic, historian, film programmer, curatorial director of the Criterion Collection, and author, is bringing an 8-film series “back home” to the Brooklyn Academy of Music this weekend, with a project that reflects the work of his life." https://bit.ly/4aSSmkr

Update: BAM's matinee performance of Age of Content is going on as scheduled today, Sunday, Feb 22. Cinemas are operating under a modified schedule today due to the weather. Please check bam.org for the current film schedule.

This season is an embarrassment of riches—how will you even choose which shows to see? https://bit.ly/4aEN0sP

"It’s unbelievable. We’ve dreamed about this. For the longest time. It’s a stage where our heroes showed their work. And it means so much to be standing where they once were." https://www.dance-enthusiast.com/features/the-dance-enthusiast-asks/view/LA-HORDE-Age-of-Content-BAM

One night only: Riverbend, ft. a Q&A with dir. Sam Firstenberg and actors Julius Tennon and Vanessa Tate, moderated by Melissa Lyde of Alfreda’s Cinema. 📅 Tue, Feb 24 at 7PM 🎟️ https://tr.ee/9GEfmB

"What to See in New York This Spring"? Mark Morris Dance Group, Hamlet, and Moby Dick, right here at BAM. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/arts/nyc-shows-concerts-spring.html

"Next up is Set and Reset...It originally debuted at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1983 as part of the Next Wave Festival. Later this month, it touches down again in that very venue as part of the stellar Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels." https://bit.ly/4bSoozn

As hyperrealistic avatars and endless streams of images flood our screens, the line between our physical bodies and virtual selves has begun to blur. In Age of Content, (LA)HORDE explores how identity is fractured in the digital age. 📅 Feb 20—22 🎟️ https://tr.ee/aS4Ues

What shows are we excited for this season? So glad you asked. This Winter/Spring season brings opera, the Bard, free concerts, and so much more. Hope to see you there.

"A recently restored Nadja is currently traveling to North America’s most elite theaters in a new 4K print...The latest version features a few extra minutes that most have never seen before, including an added scene." Nadja is now playing at BAM. https://bit.ly/4rCdfr2

Nadja is not to be missed—the film has already debuted at BAM, but if you're still on the fence, check out #IndieWire's trailer. https://www.indiewire.com/news/trailers/watch-david-lynch-restored-nadja-trailer-1235173770/