Film Events in NYC for Wednesday, September 23, 2026

A live Scope NYC view of film events in New York for Wednesday, September 23, 2026.

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  1. Who Moves America

    10:40 AM · IFC Center

    UPS Teamsters organize across the country as a possible strike approaches in Yael Bridge’s documentary about building solidarity.

  2. The History of Concrete

    10:45 AM · IFC Center

    John Wilson borrows a Hallmark screenwriting formula for a documentary about concrete, turning an ordinary material into an unexpected investigation.

  3. Arsa

    11:05 AM · IFC Center

    An isolated young woman’s island existence is disrupted by three vacationers, including a man determined to enter her private world.

  4. Heathers

    11:30 AM · IFC Center

    “What is your damage, Heather?” Cynical, surreal and viciously funny, this dark high school comedy remains one of the most influential teen movies ever.

  5. The History of Concrete

    11:40 AM · IFC Center

    John Wilson borrows a Hallmark screenwriting formula for a documentary about concrete, turning an ordinary material into an unexpected investigation.

  6. You Had to Be There: How the Toronto GODSPELL Ignited the Comedy Revolution...

    12:15 PM · Film Forum

    YOU HAD TO BE THERE: HOW THE TORONTO GODSPELL IGNITED THE COMEDY REVOLUTION… Opens Friday, September 18

  7. Filipiñana

    12:20 PM · Film Forum

    A teenage golf-club worker discovers the inequality and violence beneath an elite Manila resort’s immaculate lawns and polite rituals.

  8. 2026 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour

    12:25 PM · IFC Center

    2026 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour screens at IFC Center with oCAP.

  9. My Brothers Wedding

    12:30 PM · Film Forum

    Charles Burnett’s newly restored tragicomedy follows a dry-cleaning worker negotiating family duty and his upwardly mobile brother’s impending marriage.

  10. Kwaidan

    1:00 PM · Film Forum

    Masaki Kobayashi stages four Japanese ghost stories in elaborate color tableaux, presented in a new 4K restoration.

  11. Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie

    1:20 PM · IFC Center

    Alex Gibney draws on Salman Rushdie’s writing and survival of an attempted murder to examine the stakes of free expression.

  12. The History of Concrete

    1:20 PM · IFC Center

    John Wilson borrows a Hallmark screenwriting formula for a documentary about concrete, turning an ordinary material into an unexpected investigation.

  13. Arsa

    2:00 PM · IFC Center

    An isolated young woman’s island existence is disrupted by three vacationers, including a man determined to enter her private world.

  14. Happy Together

    2:00 PM · Metrograph

    Happy Together screens at Metrograph as part of Like the Wind: Lensed by Christopher Doyle.

  15. The History of Concrete

    2:10 PM · IFC Center

    John Wilson borrows a Hallmark screenwriting formula for a documentary about concrete, turning an ordinary material into an unexpected investigation.

  16. My Brothers Wedding

    2:20 PM · Film Forum

    Charles Burnett’s newly restored tragicomedy follows a dry-cleaning worker negotiating family duty and his upwardly mobile brother’s impending marriage.

  17. Take Me Home

    2:25 PM · IFC Center

    A Korean adoptee with a cognitive disability and her family confront changing caregiving needs in Liz Sargent’s debut drama.

  18. Filipiñana

    2:30 PM · Film Forum

    A teenage golf-club worker discovers the inequality and violence beneath an elite Manila resort’s immaculate lawns and polite rituals.

  19. Shanghai Blues

    2:30 PM · Metrograph

    Shanghai Blues screens at Metrograph as part of Don't Play with Fire: The Films of Tsui Hark.

  20. You Had to Be There: How the Toronto GODSPELL Ignited the Comedy Revolution...

    2:30 PM · Film Forum

    YOU HAD TO BE THERE: HOW THE TORONTO GODSPELL IGNITED THE COMEDY REVOLUTION… Opens Friday, September 18

  21. Resident Evil (2026)

    3:35 PM · Nitehawk Cinema - Williamsburg

  22. The History of Concrete

    3:45 PM · IFC Center

    John Wilson borrows a Hallmark screenwriting formula for a documentary about concrete, turning an ordinary material into an unexpected investigation.

  23. Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie

    3:55 PM · IFC Center

    Alex Gibney draws on Salman Rushdie’s writing and survival of an attempted murder to examine the stakes of free expression.

  24. American Job

    4:00 PM · Metrograph

    American Job screens at Metrograph as part of The Office of Emptiness.

  25. Dreadnaught

    4:00 PM · Museum of Modern Art

    Dreadnaught screens at Museum of Modern Art as part of Yuen Woo-ping: The Number One Martial Arts Director Under the Sky on a 35mm print.

  26. Women Laughing

    4:00 PM · Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film

    Women Laughing screens at Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film with new Parents + Sensory Friendly.

  27. My Brothers Wedding

    4:10 PM · Film Forum

    Charles Burnett’s newly restored tragicomedy follows a dry-cleaning worker negotiating family duty and his upwardly mobile brother’s impending marriage.

  28. Take Me Home

    4:25 PM · IFC Center

    A Korean adoptee with a cognitive disability and her family confront changing caregiving needs in Liz Sargent’s debut drama.

  29. The Assassin

    4:30 PM · BAM

    An assassin is tasked to return home and kill the man to whom she was betrothed in youth. as part of A Pure Person: The Sonic Landscape of Lim Giong.

  30. Black Orpheus

    4:40 PM · Metrograph

    Black Orpheus screens at Metrograph as part of Classical Cinema on a 35mm print.

  31. The History of Concrete

    4:40 PM · IFC Center

    John Wilson borrows a Hallmark screenwriting formula for a documentary about concrete, turning an ordinary material into an unexpected investigation.

  32. Barbara Forever

    4:45 PM · Film Forum

  33. Filipiñana

    4:45 PM · Film Forum

    A teenage golf-club worker discovers the inequality and violence beneath an elite Manila resort’s immaculate lawns and polite rituals.

  34. You Had to Be There: How the Toronto GODSPELL Ignited the Comedy Revolution...

    4:45 PM · Film Forum

    YOU HAD TO BE THERE: HOW THE TORONTO GODSPELL IGNITED THE COMEDY REVOLUTION… Opens Friday, September 18

  35. Who Moves America

    4:50 PM · IFC Center

    UPS Teamsters organize across the country as a possible strike approaches in Yael Bridge’s documentary about building solidarity.

  36. Free Joan Little

    5:00 PM · Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film