Film Events in NYC for Thursday, October 8, 2026

A live Scope NYC view of film events in New York for Thursday, October 8, 2026.

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  1. NAZA

    10:45 AM · IFC Center

    Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor build this documentary from secret rooftop conversations with people involved in Israel’s military system, examining the mechanisms behind mass killing in Gaza.

  2. The History of Concrete

    10:50 AM · IFC Center

    After his television series ends, filmmaker John Wilson searches for another creative outlet, taking a workshop in Hallmark-style screenwriting as the unlikely start of a documentary about concrete.

  3. Free Leonard Peltier

    11:00 AM · IFC Center

  4. Lisztomania

    11:25 AM · IFC Center

    Lisztomania screens at IFC Center as part of The Gospel According to Ken Russell.

  5. The Incomer

    11:50 AM · IFC Center

  6. The Scout

    12:15 PM · Film Forum

  7. Unzipped

    12:30 PM · Film Forum

  8. Danton

    12:40 PM · Film Forum

    Danton screens at Film Forum as part of Andrzej Wajda 100.

  9. The People's Beach

    12:45 PM · Film at Lincoln Center

    The People's Beach screens at Film at Lincoln Center as part of 64th New York Film Festival with a Q&A with J. Wortham, Heather Landsman, Eliza Barry Callahan, Fanny Texier, and Charlotte Wells.

  10. A Face In The Crowd

    1:00 PM · Paris Theater

    A Face In The Crowd screens at Paris Theater as part of The Monster in All of Us: The Films Behind EAST OF EDEN.

  11. NAZA

    1:00 PM · IFC Center

    Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor build this documentary from secret rooftop conversations with people involved in Israel’s military system, examining the mechanisms behind mass killing in Gaza.

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

    1:00 PM · Film Forum

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

  13. Free Leonard Peltier

    1:15 PM · IFC Center

  14. The History of Concrete

    1:20 PM · IFC Center

    After his television series ends, filmmaker John Wilson searches for another creative outlet, taking a workshop in Hallmark-style screenwriting as the unlikely start of a documentary about concrete.

  15. Whore

    1:55 PM · IFC Center

    This searing melodrama investigates the life of a prostitute in a pseudo-documentary style. as part of The Gospel According to Ken Russell.

  16. Chungking Express

    2:10 PM · Metrograph

    Chungking Express screens at Metrograph as part of Like the Wind: Lensed by Christopher Doyle.

  17. Unzipped

    2:15 PM · Film Forum

  18. The History of Concrete

    2:20 PM · IFC Center

    After his television series ends, filmmaker John Wilson searches for another creative outlet, taking a workshop in Hallmark-style screenwriting as the unlikely start of a documentary about concrete.

  19. The Scout

    2:20 PM · Film Forum

  20. NAZA

    3:15 PM · IFC Center

    Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor build this documentary from secret rooftop conversations with people involved in Israel’s military system, examining the mechanisms behind mass killing in Gaza.

  21. The Debut

    3:15 PM · Film at Lincoln Center

    The Debut screens at Film at Lincoln Center as part of 64th New York Film Festival with a Q&A w. Jesse Eisenberg, Julianne Moore, and Paul Giamatti.

  22. The Wedding

    3:30 PM · Film Forum

    The Wedding screens at Film Forum as part of Andrzej Wajda 100.

  23. Filipiñana

    3:45 PM · Film Forum

  24. Begotten

    3:50 PM · IFC Center

  25. The History of Concrete

    3:50 PM · IFC Center

    After his television series ends, filmmaker John Wilson searches for another creative outlet, taking a workshop in Hallmark-style screenwriting as the unlikely start of a documentary about concrete.

  26. Tai Chi Master

    4:00 PM · Museum of Modern Art

    Tai Chi Master screens at Museum of Modern Art as part of Yuen Woo-ping: The Number One Martial Arts Director Under the Sky.

  27. The Lady Eve

    4:00 PM · Paris Theater

    The Lady Eve screens at Paris Theater as part of The Monster in All of Us: The Films Behind EAST OF EDEN.

  28. Unzipped

    4:00 PM · Film Forum

  29. Digger

    4:00 PM · Nitehawk Cinema - Williamsburg

  30. Altered States

    4:05 PM · IFC Center

    Altered States screens at IFC Center as part of The Gospel According to Ken Russell.

  31. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus

    4:15 PM · Metrograph

    Q&A with cinematographer Bill Kirstein and producer Albert Tholen moderated by filmmaker Kogonada on Sunday, September 27th as part of Sakamoto on Screen, Portraits of an Artist.

  32. Ulysses’ Gaze

    4:20 PM · Metrograph

    Ulysses’ Gaze screens at Metrograph as part of Classical Cinema on a 35mm print.

  33. The Scout

    4:25 PM · Film Forum

  34. American Doctor

    4:30 PM · Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film

    American Doctor screens at Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film with post-Screening Q&As with director Poh Si Teng.

  35. Roots of the NY Underground

    4:30 PM · Museum of Modern Art

    Roots of the NY Underground screens at Museum of Modern Art on a 16mm print.

  36. Primetime

    4:30 PM · Nitehawk Cinema - Williamsburg