Join a conversation celebrating the recent establishment of the Academy Award for Achievement in Casting for films released in 2025 and beyond.

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The work of casting directors is an integral part of the creative process. Enjoy a conversation celebrating the creation of this new Academy Award for Achievement in Casting, beginning with the 98th Annual Academy Awards for films released in 2025.

Join casting directors as they discuss historic milestones, reflect on past achievements, and talk about what the inclusion and impact of the new award means for the future of their discipline.

The list below shows the panelists who will be participating in the afternoon’s program. The list of participants is subject to change and will continuously be updated.

• Carmen Cuba (Heretic, 2024; Nope, 2022)

• Julia Kim (Minari, 2020; The Last Black Man in San Francisco, 2019; Spa Night, 2016; But I’m A Cheerleader, 1999)

• Victoria Thomas (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, 2019; The Harder They Fall, 2021)

Moderated by Academy Casting Directors Branch Governors:

• Richard Hicks (Hell or High Water, 2016; Zero Dark Thirty, 2012; Gravity, 2013)

• Kim Taylor-Coleman (Zola, 2020; BlacKKKlansman, 2018; Dope, 2015)

• Debra Zane (Cocaine Bear, 2023; The Hunger Games franchise; Catch Me If You Can, 2002)

How to Sign Up:

To register, please share this link with your students: REGISTRATION LINK

We believe this workshop will be a valuable and engaging experience for your students. Please feel free to share this invitation with anyone who might be interested.

Expert Panelists: Students will hear from accomplished screenwriters such as Ru Sommer (Descendants: The Rise of Red), Jade Halley (Miller's Girl), and Mary-Margaret Kunze (Cloak and Dagger, Daredevil).

Career Insights: The workshop will explore various screenwriting paths in movies, TV, and online content, providing valuable insights into the industry.

Interactive Q&A: Students can directly ask questions and receive personalized advice from the expert panelists.

This workshop is designed to inspire and educate young filmmakers, providing them with practical knowledge and a glimpse into the world of professional screenwriting. It’s an excellent opportunity for students to explore their creative potential and learn valuable skills in storytelling.

Join us in celebrating this year’s nominated Animated Short Films with screenings of the nominated films and a showcase.

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Join us in celebrating this year’s nominated Animated Short Films with screenings of the nominated films and a showcase.

From 10am–7pm the same day, head to the Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby for a showcase* of items from the nominated films, including concept sketches, character maquettes, and reference materials.    

Seating in the David Geffen Theater will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. No seat saving will be permitted.  

*Tickets to the screening do not guarantee access to the showcase.

Listed below are the 97th Oscars nominees who will be participating in this program. The list of participants is subject to change and will continuously be updated.

Introduction by Animation Branch Governors, Jinko Gotoh, and Marlon West

• Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande, Beautiful Men

• Panelists to be confirmed, In the Shadow of the Cypress

• Video message from Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi, In the Shadow of the Cypress

• Daisuke Nishio, Takashi Washio, and Risa Nikaido, Magic Candies

• Stienette Bosklopper and Nina Gantz, Wander to Wonder

• Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet, Yuck!

Join us for a conversation with the nominees and a showcase from this year’s Animated Feature Films.

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Celebrate this year’s nominated Animated Feature Films as we welcome nominees for a panel in our David Geffen Theater. Hear from the filmmakers about the making of their films.

From 10am-7pm the same day, head to the Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby for a showcase* of items from the nominated films, including concept sketches, character maquettes, and reference materials. 

Seating in the David Geffen Theater will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. No seat saving will be permitted.  

*Tickets to this panel do not guarantee access to the showcase.

See the list of the 97th Oscar Nominees, and stay tuned for an announcement about who will be appearing at this event.

Experience the compelling and authentic narratives of this year’s nominated Documentary Short Films.

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Filmmakers will introduce their nominated Documentary Short Films, followed by a screening of each in our David Geffen Theater.

Watch this year’s nominated documentary shorts on the big screen before the winner is announced at the 97th Academy Awards ceremony.

Seating in the David Geffen Theater will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. No seat saving will be permitted. 

Listed below are the 97th Oscars nominees who will be participating in this program. The list of participants is subject to change and will continuously be updated.

Introduction by Documentary Branch Governors Jean Tsien, Chris Hegedus, and Simon Kilmurry

• Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard, Death by Numbers

• Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp, I Am Ready, Warden

• Video message from Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven, Incident

• Eric Nyari, Instruments of a Beating Heart

• Molly O’Brien and Lisa Remington, The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Join us for a conversation with this year’s Documentary Feature Film nominees.

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Filmmakers will share the stories behind the making of their nominated  Documentary Feature Films in our David Geffen Theater.

This year’s program will be full of insights about the process of making powerful documentaries.

Seating in the David Geffen Theater will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. No seat saving will be permitted. 

Listed below are the 97th Oscars nominees who will be participating in this program. The list of participants is subject to change and will continuously be updated.

Introduction by Documentary Branch Governors, Jean Tsien, Chris Hegedus, and Simon Kilmurry

• Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari, and Hanna Aqvilin, Black Box Diaries

• Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska, and Paula DuPre' Pesmen, Porcelain War

• Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius, and Rémi Grellety, Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

• Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, and Kellen Quinn, Sugarcane

Moderated by Academy Museum Director of Film Programs, K.J. Relth-Miller

Join us for a celebration of this year’s nominated Live Action Short Films.

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Filmmakers will introduce their nominated Live Action Short Films, followed by a screening of each in our David Geffen Theater.

Watch the nominated films before the winner is announced at the 97th Academy Awards.

Seating in the David Geffen Theater will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. No seat saving will be permitted. 

See the list of the 97th Oscar Nominees, and stay tuned for an announcement about who will be appearing at this event.

Celebrate the nominated cinematographers of the 97th Academy Awards.

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Join us for a panel discussion in our David Geffen Theater featuring the Cinematography nominees. 

Past winners include Hoyte van Hoytema (Oppenheimer, 2023) and James Friend (All Quiet on the Western Front, 2022).

See how nominees created the looks and moods of their films. Learn about their artistic choices of color, lighting, and framing for their film.

Seating in the David Geffen Theater will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. No seat saving will be permitted.

See the list of the 97th Oscar Nominees, and stay tuned for an announcement about who will be appearing at this event.

Celebrate this year’s Best Picture nominees with the producers of the nominated films.

Link to Purchase Tickets, Starting at $5: https://www.academymuseum.org/en/programs/detail/oscars-nominee-spotlights-best-picture-0193b222-e47a-7b79-dd81-302a3c88e085

Join us for a panel discussion with the producers of this year’s nominated films for Best Picture in our David Geffen Theater. The producers will share insights and stories of how the films were made. 

Learn about the role producers play in getting a film completed, including finding a director and securing financing, marketing, and distribution.  

Seating in the David Geffen Theater will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. No seat saving will be permitted.

See the list of the 97th Oscar Nominees, and stay tuned for an announcement about who will be appearing at this event.

Celebrate this year’s nominated International Feature Films.

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Join us for a panel discussion with the filmmakers representing their countries’ nominated films in our David Geffen Theater. 

Countries outside the US can submit a single film to the Academy for consideration. Learn about the impact the final nominated films have had in the US and their home countries. 

Seating in the David Geffen Theater will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. No seat saving will be permitted. 

See the list of the 97th Oscar Nominees, and stay tuned for an announcement about who will be appearing at this event.

Join us for a conversation and showcase with this year’s Makeup and Hairstyling nominees.

Link to Purchase Tickets, Starting at $5: https://www.academymuseum.org/en/programs/detail/2025-makeup-and-hairstyling-0193b223-f458-d8d6-a82e-5332090334e2

Celebrate the nominees of the 97th Academy Awards at the Makeup and Hairstyling Symposium. Nominees will talk about their nominated works in our David Geffen Theater.

Learn about their creative processes and how they work with actors and filmmakers to bring characters to life.

From 10am-3pm the same day, head to the Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby for a showcase* of items from the nominated films, including concept sketches, wigs, prosthetic makeup pieces, and reference materials.  

Seating in the David Geffen Theater will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. No seat saving will be permitted.

*Tickets to this panel do not guarantee access to the showcase.

Listed below are the 97th Oscars nominees who will be participating in this program. The list of participants is... subject to change and will continuously be updated.

• Mike Marino, David Presto, and Crystal Jurado, A Different Man

• Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier, and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini, Emilia Pérez

• David White, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, and Traci Loader, Nosferatu

• Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, and Marilyne Scarselli, The Substance

• Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, and Sarah Nuth, Wicked

Introduced and moderated by Makeup Artists & Hairstylists Branch Governors, Howard Berger, Linda Flowers, and Gerald Quist

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The first Indian film to be nominated for an International Feature Film Oscar, Mother India is a melodrama that emerged against the backdrop of a newly independent India. Shot on Gevacolor, the film captures the transformation of Radha (Nargis) from a young bride in a remote village to a single mother and finally an aging mother of two sons who embodies the struggles and aspirations of a fledgling nation freeing itself from exploitative feudalism while upholding the values of virtue and ceaseless toil. One of the most revered films in Indian cinema, the climax of this story is the stuff of legend, both for its stunning impact as well as its role in restoring moral order.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.

1957 | 172 min | India | Color | Hindi | Not Rated | DCP

DIRECTED BY: Mehboob Khan

WRITTEN BY: Wajahat Mirza, S. Ali Raza

WITH: Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, Raaj Kumar

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Join us for a screening of the 97th Academy Award Winner for Documentary Feature Film.

Title to be announced after the 97th Awards ceremony.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.

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Join us for a screening of the 97th Academy Award Winner for International Feature Film.

Title to be announced after the 97th Awards ceremony.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation. 

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Enjoy a screening of the 97th Academy Award Winner for Animated Feature Film.

Title to be announced after the 97th Awards ceremony.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation. 

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Enjoy a screening of the 97th Academy Award Winner for Best Picture.

Title to be announced after the 97th Awards ceremony.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation. 

Link to Purchase Tickets, Starting at $55: https://www.academymuseum.org/en/programs/detail/moxie-the-daring-women-of-classic-hollywood-book-signing-and-conversation-0194ae7c-80c5-fe57-46e7-7de46177355e

Authors Ira M. Resnick and Raissa Bretaña join the Academy Museum for a book signing and conversation to discuss their new book Moxie: The Daring Women of Classic Hollywood.

Authors Ira M. Resnick and Raissa Bretaña join the Academy Museum for a book signing and conversation to discuss their new book Moxie: The Daring Women of Classic Hollywood, which profiles 15 leading ladies during the studio system, a period from the 1920s to the 1950s when a small number of companies dominated the production and distribution of films in America.

The book is comprised of more than two hundred film stills, publicity photos, and lobby cards from the collection of Ira M. Resnick―many published here for the first time. Together, these captivating images reveal how the stars of the Golden Age used pose and performance, fashion and glamour to shape their images both onscreen and off.

Conversation: 12-1pm

Book Signing: 1:15-2pm

Location: Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby

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In David Cronenberg’s Videodrome, amoral TV station president Max Renn, on a constant quest to find boundary-pushing new content, is exposed to hyper-violent imagery via an illicit broadcast channel. Instantly enamored, he becomes obsessed with finding its source. As he watches more and delves deeper into the underground world that controls the footage, his sense of reality begins to warp and disturbing hallucinations manifest in the flesh. Is Renn losing his mind or experiencing the next step in human and technological coevolution? Cronenberg’s graphic body-horror is on full display as he explores the melding of technology and human biology.

Special thanks to Telefilm Canada for program support.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation. 

1983 | 89 min | USA | Color | English | Not rated | 4K DCP

DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: David Cronenberg

WITH: James Woods, Sonja Smits, Deborah Harry, Peter Dvorsky

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Director Quentin Tarantino (with cowriter Roger Avary) won an Oscar for his hugely influential original screenplay telling intertwining, darkly comic tales of Southern California crime. An expertly chosen cast brought the script to life, with nominated performances by John Travolta, Uma Thurman, and Samuel L. Jackson—in his star-making turn as the acerbic, Bible-quoting hit man Jules—as well as memorable roles for a galaxy of performers including Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Rosanna Arquette, Harvey Keitel, Christopher Walken, and Ving Rhames. The film received seven nominations including Best Picture and Directing.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation. 

1994 | 154 min | USA | Color | Scope | English | Rated R

DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Quentin Tarantino

STORY BY: Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary

WITH: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis

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Self-described as a “famous unknown filmmaker” (una famosa cineasta desconocida), Narcisa Hirsch (1928–2024) was a pioneer of Argentine experimental film. As an independent artist who moved outside the traditional global and local art circuits, her low-budget projects allowed her radical freedom to experiment with the medium of film, in dialogue with other artists (Michael Snow, Steve Reich, Michelangelo Antonioni, Nina Simone, Jorge Luis Borges) and art forms (music, dance, painting, graffiti, performance, narrative). Her work, which ranged from structural to lyrical films, from documented happenings to celluloid love letters, was in large part unavailable to the public until recently. Thanks to a collaboration between the Filmoteca Narcisa Hirsch and the USC Digital Repository, Hirsch’s entire archive—consisting mainly of Super 8 and 16mm films—is now available... digitally and has been featured in programs and exhibitions in New York, Vienna, San Francisco, London, Montreal, Madrid, Buenos Aires, A Coruña, and Los Angeles.

Marabunta (Swarm)

• 1967. 8 min. Argentina. B&W. Sound. Digital.

Aída

• 1976. 7 min. Argentina. Color. Sound. Digital. US premiere of new scan by the USC Digital Repository.

Bach Surely Closed the Door When He Wanted to Work (Seguro que Bach cerraba su puerta cuando quería trabajar)

• 1979. 27 min. Argentina. Color. Spanish with English subtitles. Digital. US premiere of new scan by the USC Digital Repository.

Rafael, August 1984

• 1984. 12 min. Argentina. Color. Spanish with English subtitles. Digital.

The Aleph (El Aleph)

• 2005. 1 min. Argentina. Spanish with English subtitles. Digital.

Come Out

• 1974. 11 min. Argentina. Color. Sound. Digital.

This program contains some explicit adult content.

Programmed and note by Erin Graff Zivin, professor and Director of Experimental Humanities Lab at the University of Southern California.

All films directed by Narcisa Hirsch. Films courtesy of the Filmoteca Narcisa Hirsch. Digital scans by USC Digital Repository.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation. 

1967–2005 | 66 min | Digital

DIRECTED BY: Narcisa Hirsch

This program contains some explicit adult content.

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Shot between 1975 and 1982, this visually poetic documentary showcases the beauty of nature while examining modern urban life. The juxtaposition of images demonstrates the effects of industrialization on the environment and humanity’s drift from nature. Composer Philip Glass aptly balances invoking a feeling of doom with a simultaneous sense of wonder and fascination in one of his earliest feature film scores. Borrowed from the Hopi language, Koyaanisqatsi translates to “chaotic life” or “life out of balance,” and appears in connection with a Hopi prophecy that warns of future catastrophe if we only take from nature’s resources instead of protecting them.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.

1982 | 86 min | USA | Color | English | Not rated | 35mm

DIRECTED BY: Godfrey Reggio

WRITTEN BY: Ron Fricke, Godfrey Reggio, Michael Hoenig, Alton Walpole.

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The color red is as much a character in this powerful feminist tale as Sonbai (Smita Patil), a feisty village woman who stands firm against the lustful advances of a tax collector (Naseeruddin Shah) in colonial India. Enraged by Sonbai’s rejection, the tax collector threatens to destroy the village. The villagers pressure Sonbai to give in, to avoid dire consequences. Despite the patriarchy, misogyny, and caste discrimination faced by the village women, they come together in a moment of sisterhood to protect Sonbai in one of the most stunning climaxes of Indian cinema.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.

1987 | 118 min | India | Color | Hindi | Not rated | DCP

DIRECTED BY: Ketan Mehta

WRITTEN BY: Ketan Mehta, Shafi Hakim

WITH: Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Suresh Oberoi

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Author Marya E. Gates will be signing her book Cinema Her Way: Visionary Female Directors in Their Own Words and join filmmaker Allison Anders for a conversation before a screening of Gas Food Lodging (1992). Includes the book, book signing, author meet-and-greet, screening, and conversation.

Join film critic and historian Marya E. Gates for a signing of her book Cinema Her Way: Visionary Female Directors in Their Own Words. Gates’ book celebrates women directors and their contributions to cinema. The book includes in-depth conversations with directors about their filmmaking processes and their journeys in the film industry.

After the signing, Marya will join director and writer Allison Anders for a conversation before a screening of Anders’ film Gas Food Lodging (1992).

SCHEDULE:

• 6:30–7:15pm | Book signing of Cinema Her Way | Ted Mann Theater Lobby

• 7:30pm | Conversation and screening of Gas Food Lodging (1992) in 35mm | Ted Man Theater

Gas Food Lodging (1992) in 35mm

From her first feature, Border Radio (1987), filmmaker Allison Anders has always been interested in interrogating the “mainstream” by exploring and ultimately exploding genre. In doing so, her films upset the values maintained and encouraged by the dominant filmmaking industry. In its localized view of relationships and small-town dreams in the fictional border town of Laramie, New Mexico, her second feature, Gas Food Lodging (1992), focuses on a single mother (Brooke Adams) raising two teenage daughters (Ione Skye and Fairuza Balk), and explores their relationships within and outside the family unit. Inspired by her work as a production assistant for Wim Wenders on Paris, Texas (1984), Anders opens Gas Food Lodging... on an image of the open road, inviting us into the emotional landscape of these complex women. J Mascis’s reverb-drenched score and Dean Lent’s gorgeous cinematography envelop the protagonists in a world entirely of Anders’s making.

1992 | 101 min | USA | Color | English | Rated R | 35mm | Print courtesy of UCLA Film & Television Archive

DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Allison Anders

WITH: Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk, James Brolin

Link to Purchase Tickets: https://www.academymuseum.org/en/programs/detail/archiving-the-academy-awards-0193b2ac-7f37-56b5-be49-1fe2c7f40603

Date: Friday, March 21

Time: 12pm

Location: Netflix Lounge, L2

Cost: Free with General Admission

Go behind the scenes with the Academy Museum and their work on preserving and conserving cinematic history.

The Academy Awards have always had triumphs, surprises, and heartbreaks. Since 1929, the Oscars have recognized excellence in cinematic achievements. But what happens after the show ends? How do we remember it, and most importantly, how do we preserve the movies, memories, and objects from it?

Go behind the scenes with the Academy Museum and their work on preserving and conserving cinematic history. 

Visitors are encouraged to explore the Academy Awards History gallery on Level 2 before or after the program.

If you have any questions or need assistance planning your visit, please email museumeducation@oscars.org.  

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Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s 1917 novel Devdas has acquired an almost mythical status in India, having been adapted for the screen a record twenty times in multiple languages since the first silent film version in 1928. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s adaptation is a sumptuously mounted romantic period drama with opulent sets, luxurious costumes, and spectacular choreography that tells the tragic tale of star-crossed lovers Devdas (Shah Rukh Khan) and Paro (Aishwarya Rai) on a grand operatic scale. Childhood sweethearts, Devdas and Paro’s plans to marry are rebuffed by Devdas’s wealthy family. In retaliation, Paro’s family arranges her marriage to an older aristocrat while a heartbroken Devdas leaves his home and descends into alcoholism, finding solace with a warm-hearted courtesan (Madhuri Dixit).

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.

2002 | 185 min | India | Color | Hindi | Not rated | DCP

DIRECTED BY: Sanjay Leela Bhansali

WRITTEN BY: Prakash Ranjit Kapadia, Sanjay Leela Bhansali

WITH: Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai, Jackie Shroff

Link to Purchase Tickets: https://www.academymuseum.org/en/programs/detail/the-magic-of-mary-poppins-a-visual-effects-demo-with-paul-debevec-0194d767-142f-ec57-8e4c-05872446cab0

Join us for a visual effects demonstration inspired by the classic Disney film, Mary Poppins (1964).

The Education team invites families to join us in the Shirley Temple Education Studio for a demonstration inspired by the classic Disney film Mary Poppins (1964).

We will be joined by visual effects artist Paul Debevec, who will give a demonstration of the sodium vapor process that was originally used in the film to create the effect of merging live actors with animated characters.

We encourage visitors to attend the screening of Mary Poppins at 2:30pm in the Ted Mann Theater. A separate ticket is required for this screening.

Check back soon for upcoming workshop themes!

If you have any questions or need assistance planning your visit, please email museumeducation@oscars.org.

Date: Saturday, March 22, 2025

Time: 12:30–2:30pm

Location: Shirley Temple Education Studio, LL1

Ages: This program is designed for all ages

Cost: The demonstration is free with museum General Admission and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Museum admission is free for youth ages 17 and under.

Link to Purchase Tickets: https://www.academymuseum.org/en/programs/detail/the-thing-01948b7c-9296-d4dc-d043-5e568ec5f69b

In person: John Carpenter and Bong Joon Ho.

Museum member presale begins 2/19.

Public tickets open 2/21.

A research team in a remote Antarctic outpost runs afoul of a shapeshifting alien menace in this bleak and stylish sci-fi horror thriller from director John Carpenter. Bill Lancaster’s screenplay is a faithful adaptation of John W. Campbell’s 1938 novella Who Goes There?, which was first filmed in 1951 as The Thing from Another World. Upon its release, Carpenter’s film was overlooked in favor of Steven Spielberg’s record-breaking, friendly alien adventure E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, but in the ensuing decades, The Thing has become a contemporary classic, influencing many filmmakers, including Bong Joon Ho, who selected the film for a special screening and conversation.

Note by Robert Reneau.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.

1982 | 108 min | USA | Color | Scope | English | Rated R | 4K DCP

DIRECTED BY: John Carpenter

WRITTEN BY: Bill Lancaster

WITH: Kurt Russell, Wilford A. Brimley, T. K. Carter, David Clennon

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In person: Steven Yeun and Bong Joon Ho.

A one-of-a-kind child-and-pet adventure, Okja runs the gamut of emotions from exhilarating action to comedy and heartwarming drama. Featuring magnificent special visual effects, the film takes the audience on a journey led by Mija, a young girl on a rescue mission to save Okja, a massive “superpig” who gets snatched away by a gigantic meat industry conglomerate. An incredible cast including An Seo Hyun, Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal, Steven Yeun, and Tilda Swinton deliver superb character realization, adding dimensions to Bong Joon Ho’s fantastical world.

Academy Museum film programming is generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation. 

2017 | 120 min | South Korea | Color | Scope | English, Korean | 4K DCP

DIRECTED BY: Bong Joon Ho

WRITTEN BY: Bong Joon Ho, Jon Ronson

WITH: An Seo Hyun, Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal

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Parasite is a 132-minute masterpiece that won Oscars for Best Picture, International Feature Film, Directing, and Original Screenplay, becoming the first non–English language feature to win Best Picture. An ironic anxiety driven by the narrative’s unpredictability throughout the film is a crucial component that shapes its eccentric undertone. Director Bong Joon Ho meticulously crafted and achieved this with help from his brilliant ensemble cast, including Song Kang-ho, who portrays the father of a struggling family that infiltrates the household of a wealthy one.

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2019 | 132 min | South Korea | Color | Scope | Korean | Rated R | 4K DCP

DIRECTED BY: Bong Joon Ho

WRITTEN BY: Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin Won

WITH: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik

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Bong Joon Ho’s first English-language feature is a postapocalyptic epic based on Le Transperceneige, a graphic novel series by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand, and Jean-Marc Rochette. It takes place on a nonstop express train that carries the survivors of the Earth’s new ice age, a disaster caused by a failed experiment to address global warming. The passengers are segregated into different socioeconomic categories, with the rich at the front of the train and the poor crammed in the rear cars. Bong’s dystopian fantasy is realized with horror, humor, and magnificent visuals, and is coded with social commentary. It features a stellar cast including Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris, and Song Kang-ho.

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2013 | 126 min | South Korea | Color | English, Korean | Rated R | 35mm

DIRECTED BY: Bong Joon Ho

WRITTEN BY: Bong Joon Ho, Kelly Masterson

WITH: Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris

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eXistenZ follows virtual reality video game designer Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh), whose new project is sabotaged by activists. Before becoming a filmmaker, director David Cronenberg studied organic chemistry and cell biology, and this resonates in his approach to themes, props, and makeup: players interact with a fleshy controller that connects to their bodies via umbilical-like power cords. Cronenberg’s fifteenth feature considers cyberpunk concepts like biohacking, wearable technologies, body modification, and transhumanism not through mechanical devices but via common organic material, setting the film in dialogue with similar Y2K-era works of cyberpunk cinema like The Matrix (1999).

Special thanks to Telefilm Canada for program support.

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1999 | 97 min | UK/France/Canada | Color | English | Rated R | DCP

DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: David Cronenberg

WITH: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm, Willem Dafoe

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Margot Lee Shetterly’s 2016 nonfiction book Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race tells the inspiring true story of the women employed by NASA as “human computers” to make the necessary engineering calculations to send the Apollo astronauts to the moon. Writer-director Theodore Melfi and casting director Victoria Thomas assembled the impressive cast led by three remarkable talents portraying the real-life mathematicians: Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Goble, Octavia Spencer in an Oscar-nominated performance as Dorothy Vaughan, and Grammy-nominated recording artist Janelle Monáe in her first leading film role as Mary Jackson.

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2016 | 127 min | USA | Color | Scope | English | Rated PG | DCP

DIRECTED BY: Theodore Melfi

WRITTEN BY: Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi

WITH: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner

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Three decades since its release, the magic of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge remains undiminished; the film still screens daily at the Maratha Mandir Theatre in Mumbai. Audiences will fall in love with the charming Raj (Shah Rukh Khan) and the spirited Simran (Kajol), both Indians raised in the UK, who meet on a train when traveling with their friends across Europe. A frothy love story develops against picture-postcard Alpine landscapes, and the couple’s romance is threatened when Simran’s father takes her to India for an arranged marriage. The film wears its patriotism on its sleeve as it captures the conflict between modern attitudes toward love and traditional Indian values, where duty to the family takes precedence.

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1995 | 189 min | India | Color | Hindi | Not rated | DCP

DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Aditya Chopra

WITH: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal

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Set in the 16th century, Jodhaa Akbar is an epic historical drama that is a fictional depiction of the marriage of the Muslim Mughal Emperor Akbar (Hrithik Roshan) to the Hindu princess Jodhaa (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan). Set amid the pomp and pageantry of the Mughal Empire, what begins as a strategic political alliance blossoms into a love story full of palace intrigue, political machinations, and religious barriers, culminating in a message of religious tolerance. The chemistry between the two gorgeous screen idols, plus the soulful music, lavish sets, and costumes makes for a visual feast.

A costume worn by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Jodhaa Akbar is on display in the museum’s exhibition Color in Motion: Chromatic Explorations of Cinema,... on view through July 13, 2025.

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2008 | 214 min | India | Color | Hindi | Not Rated | DCP

DIRECTED BY: Ashutosh Gowariker

WRITTEN BY: Haidar Ali, Ashutosh Gowariker

WITH: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Poonam S. Sinha

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Actor Kim Hye-Ja, known to be the prototypical mother figure in Korea, stars in Bong Joon Ho’s psychological thriller as the titular “mother” who takes extreme measures to free her only son, imprisoned for the alleged murder of a teenage girl. Kim is brilliant in her subversive depiction of a Korean mother, going against the grain of the types of characters she’s played since the 1960s, all popular and familiar to Korean audiences. Heavily driven by the mother’s agenda, the film’s narrative constantly shifts and reroutes its direction, unfolding new elements derived from the mother’s subjective, instinctual investigation in which the line between truth and deception is neither crucial nor corroborated.

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2009 | 129 min | South Korea | Color | Korean | Rated R | 35mm

DIRECTED BY: Bong Joon Ho

WRITTEN BY: Bong Joon Ho, Park Eun-kyo

WITH: Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin, Jin Goo, Yoon Jae-moon

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The feature directorial debut of Alejandro González Iñárritu—winner of back-to-back Oscars for directing Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) and The Revenant (2015)—tells three unsettling tales, linked by a car accident, that involve dog fighting, an injured model, and a hired killer. For this International Feature Film nominee, Iñárritu worked with several key collaborators he would reunite with for later films, including actor Gael García Bernal, screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, composer Gustavo Santaolalla, and four-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, whose dramatic yet realistic visuals contribute a key part of the film’s impact.

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2000 | 154 min | Mexico | Color | Spanish | Rated R | 35mm

DIRECTED BY: Alejandro González Iñárritu

WRITTEN BY: Guillermo Arriaga

WITH: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero

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This animated adaptation of Shirow Masamune’s manga dives into the networked urban landscape of New Port City, Japan. In the year 2029, technological advancements have allowed humans to optimize their bodies, or “shells,” with physical augmentations. Major Motoko Kusanagi, a full-body synthetic female cyborg, is tasked with tracing the Puppet Master, a cybercriminal mastermind suspected of a nefarious hacking job. Extraordinary photorealistic cityscapes realized through cel animation and computer-generated images are enhanced by an enthralling score by Kawai Kenji to shape the story’s dystopia into a gritty realism. Its prescient symbols and themes resonate in later films by James Cameron (The Terminator) and the Wachowskis (The Matrix).

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1995 | 83 min | Japan/UK | Color | Japanese | DCP

DIRECTED BY: Oshii Mamoru

WRITTEN BY: Ito Kazuanori

WITH: Tanaka Atsuko, Otsuka Akio, Kayumi Iemasa, Yamadera Koichi

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Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho’s third feature film, The Host, is a monster blockbuster starring Song Kang-ho as Park Gang-du, the head of a dysfunctional family. The film begins with a US military doctor (Scott Wilson) ordering his assistant to illegally dump toxic chemicals down a drain that leads to the Han River. Several years later, a mutated monster emerges from the river to wreak havoc on Seoul. When the monster abducts his daughter, Gang-du and his squabbling family band together to rescue her. Equal parts creature feature, comedy, and political satire, The Host is a monumental melting pot garnished with spectacular visual effects and a grandiose soundtrack.

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2006 | 120 min | South Korea | Color | Korean | Rated R | 35mm

DIRECTED BY: Bong Joon Ho

WRITTEN BY: Bong Joon Ho, Ha Won-jun, Baek Chul-hyun

WITH: Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona

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Kanchenjungha is Satyajit Ray’s first original screenplay and his first film in color. Indranath Roy (Chhabi Biswas), a domineering patriarch, is determined that his daughter Monisha marry an affluent man of his choice. Over long walks and conversations in this slow, contemplative film, independent-minded Monisha is hesitant about her prospective suitor, due to her budding relationship with working-class man Ashoke and her sister’s failed marriage. The play of light and color reflects shifting moods, as the promise of a sunny day is lost to darkening clouds and lowering mist, bringing with it ugly revelations, confusion, and doubt—all set amid majestic views of Mount Kanchenjungha.

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1962 | 102 min | India | Color | Bengali | Not rated | DCP

DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Satyajit Ray

WITH: Chhabi Biswas, Karuna Bannerjee, Pahari Sanyal, Anil Chatterjee

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Bong Joon Ho’s phenomenal breakthrough film is the first in which the director collaborated with actor Song Kang-ho, who Bong has called his “muse.” Inspired by a true story, Memories of Murder centers around the gruesome serial killings of women in South Korea in the 1980s, investigated by Doo-man (Song), a detective who relies on instinct rather than factual objectives. Bong’s vision, which challenges conventional components of storytelling and blurs the boundaries between genre categories, is meticulously orchestrated in his second feature, which breathed a new sensation into the world of Korean cinema in the early 2000s.

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2003 | 131 min | South Korea | Color | Korean | 4K DCP

DIRECTED BY: Bong Joon Ho

WRITTEN BY: Bong Joon Ho, Shim Sung-bo

WITH: Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il

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Philip Seymour Hoffman’s uncanny performance as Truman Capote earned the quintessential character actor a Best Actor Oscar for this thoughtful biopic. Focused on the years Capote spent researching his bestselling “nonfiction novel” In Cold Blood, the film was a labor of love for Hoffman and two of his old friends, director Bennett Miller and actor-turned-screenwriter Dan Futterman, who were both nominated for their contributions. The film also received nominations for Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress for Catherine Keener’s subtle performance as Harper Lee, Capote’s childhood friend. The outstanding supporting cast includes Chris Cooper, Bruce Greenwood, and Clifton Collins Jr.

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2005 | 114 min | USA | Color | English | Rated R | 35mm

DIRECTED BY: Bennett Miller

WRITTEN BY: Dan Futterman

WITH: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr., Chris Cooper