34 picks
The 10 picks
#1
Alice Tully Hall and Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanOct 9, 2026 (Closing Night); encore Oct 11, 2026Individually ticketed
Lincoln Square, Manhattan
Ava DuVernay's sequel to 13th, on attacks against the 14th Amendment, premieres as NYFF's closing film with AOC and Hasan Piker on screen.
Closing NightWorld premiereDocumentary
#1Oct 9, 2026 (Closing Night); encore Oct 11, 2026 · One Weekend Only
Alice Tully Hall and Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanIndividually ticketedClosing Night
Ava DuVernay's sequel to 13th, on attacks against the 14th Amendment, premieres as NYFF's closing film with AOC and Hasan Piker on screen.
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Francesca Beale Theater and Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanOct 9, 2026 (with Q&A) and Oct 12, 2026Individually ticketed
Lincoln Square, Manhattan
Rami Malek plays a 1980s New York cabaret star living with AIDS in Ira Sachs's new drama, with Malek and Ebon Moss-Bachrach at the Q&A.
Rami MalekQ&AMain Slate
#2Oct 9, 2026 (with Q&A) and Oct 12, 2026 · One Weekend Only
Francesca Beale Theater and Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanIndividually ticketedRami Malek
Rami Malek plays a 1980s New York cabaret star living with AIDS in Ira Sachs's new drama, with Malek and Ebon Moss-Bachrach at the Q&A.
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Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, QueensOct 9, 2026 at MoMI; also Oct 11, 2026 at Lincoln Center$40
Astoria, Queens
Pedro Pascal plays a former cello prodigy scoring Hollywood films in Tony Gilroy's NYFF Centerpiece, crossing the river to Astoria.
Pedro PascalNYFF CenterpieceQueens
#3Oct 9, 2026 at MoMI; also Oct 11, 2026 at Lincoln Center · One Weekend Only
Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, Queens$40Pedro Pascal
Pedro Pascal plays a former cello prodigy scoring Hollywood films in Tony Gilroy's NYFF Centerpiece, crossing the river to Astoria.
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Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanDon Ramey Logan · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSaturday, October 10, 2026, 9:15 pm; also Monday, October 12, 2026, 9:15 pm (NYFF64)
Lincoln Square, Manhattan
Pedro Almodóvar's Bitter Christmas, a film about an actress writing her friends into a script, gets late screenings at Lincoln Center.
NYFF64Main Slate
#4Saturday, October 10, 2026, 9:15 pm; also Monday, October 12, 2026, 9:15 pm (NYFF64) · One Weekend Only
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanDon Ramey Logan · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsNYFF64Main Slate
Pedro Almodóvar's Bitter Christmas, a film about an actress writing her friends into a script, gets late screenings at Lincoln Center.
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Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, QueensOct 9, 2026 at MoMI; also Oct 10 and Oct 12, 2026 at Lincoln Center$35
Astoria, Queens
John Turturro plays an aging Bronx pickpocket racing across the boroughs to undo one bad lift, with Steve Buscemi along for the ride.
John TurturroNYC storyQueens
#5Oct 9, 2026 at MoMI; also Oct 10 and Oct 12, 2026 at Lincoln Center · One Weekend Only
Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, Queens$35John Turturro
John Turturro plays an aging Bronx pickpocket racing across the boroughs to undo one bad lift, with Steve Buscemi along for the ride.
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Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane, ManhattanJet Lowe · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsSat, Oct 10, 2026 · 5:00pm
18 Minetta Lane, Manhattan
A Ghost in Your Ear has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
Limited Run
#6Sat, Oct 10, 2026 · 5:00pm · Limited Run
Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane, ManhattanJet Lowe · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsLimited Run
A Ghost in Your Ear has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
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The Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Square, ManhattanSaturday · October 10, 2026
Lincoln Square, Manhattan
Mozart's Così fan tutte moves to a 1950s Coney Island boardwalk, with fire-eaters and sword-swallowers woven into Phelim McDermott's staging.
OperaLincoln Center
#7Saturday · October 10, 2026 · One Day Only
The Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Square, ManhattanOperaLincoln Center
Mozart's Così fan tutte moves to a 1950s Coney Island boardwalk, with fire-eaters and sword-swallowers woven into Phelim McDermott's staging.
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Pacha New York, East Williamsburg, BrooklynSaturday · Oct 10, 2026, 10pm–4amFrom $90 (early entry)
East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
50 Cent headlines a Mamacita night at Pacha New York, the club that took over the old Brooklyn Mirage site — 'In Da Club' at an actual club.
Hip-HopClub Night21+
#8Saturday · Oct 10, 2026, 10pm–4am · One Day Only
Pacha New York, East Williamsburg, BrooklynFrom $90 (early entry)Hip-Hop
50 Cent headlines a Mamacita night at Pacha New York, the club that took over the old Brooklyn Mirage site — 'In Da Club' at an actual club.
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The Rooftop at Pier 17, Seaport, ManhattanSat, Oct 10, 2026, 7pm (doors 6pm)Ticketed via AXS
Seaport, Manhattan
San Holo brings his TRUE LOVE IN A MADE UP WORLD tour to the open-air Pier 17 rooftop over the East River, with yetep and Leotrix opening.
ElectronicRooftop concertPier 17
#9Sat, Oct 10, 2026, 7pm (doors 6pm) · One Day Only
The Rooftop at Pier 17, Seaport, ManhattanTicketed via AXSElectronic
San Holo brings his TRUE LOVE IN A MADE UP WORLD tour to the open-air Pier 17 rooftop over the East River, with yetep and Leotrix opening.
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The Bell House, Gowanus, BrooklynSaturday · Oct 10–11, 2026 — four shows (6pm & 8:30pm, then 5pm & 7:30pm)Ticketed via Ticketmaster
Gowanus, Brooklyn
Maria Bamford's voice-shifting, deeply personal stand-up fills the Bell House for four shows across two nights, all listed sold out.
Stand-upFour showsBell House
#10Saturday · Oct 10–11, 2026 — four shows (6pm & 8:30pm, then 5pm & 7:30pm) · One Weekend Only
The Bell House, Gowanus, BrooklynTicketed via TicketmasterStand-up
Maria Bamford's voice-shifting, deeply personal stand-up fills the Bell House for four shows across two nights, all listed sold out.
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#11
Regal UA Midway, 108-22 Queens Boulevard, Forest Hills, QueensOctober 9–11, 2026, 11am–9pmIndividual tickets $20
Forest Hills, Queens
Forty-seven films from fourteen countries fill a Forest Hills multiplex for three days of Caribbean and diaspora storytelling.
Caribbean filmThree days onlyQueens
#11October 9–11, 2026, 11am–9pm · One Weekend Only
Regal UA Midway, 108-22 Queens Boulevard, Forest Hills, QueensIndividual tickets $20Caribbean film
Forty-seven films from fourteen countries fill a Forest Hills multiplex for three days of Caribbean and diaspora storytelling.
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Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanOffice of the Press Secretary · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsOct 10 and Oct 12, 2026Individually ticketed
Lincoln Square, Manhattan
Kate and Rooney Mara play sisters who speak in unison in Werner Herzog's first NYFF film since Fitzcarraldo, shot in Irish caves.
Werner HerzogSpotlightMara sisters
#12Oct 10 and Oct 12, 2026 · One Weekend Only
Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanOffice of the Press Secretary · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsIndividually ticketedWerner Herzog
Kate and Rooney Mara play sisters who speak in unison in Werner Herzog's first NYFF film since Fitzcarraldo, shot in Irish caves.
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House of Yes, Bushwick, BrooklynSelect nights Oct 9–23, 2026Ticketed
Bushwick, Brooklyn
House of Yes stages Rocky Horror live with drag star God Complex as Frank-N-Furter — costumes and callbacks encouraged, for an October run only.
DragCult Classic21+
#13Select nights Oct 9–23, 2026 · Limited Run
House of Yes, Bushwick, BrooklynTicketedDrag
House of Yes stages Rocky Horror live with drag star God Complex as Frank-N-Furter — costumes and callbacks encouraged, for an October run only.
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David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Square, ManhattanBillie Grace Ward from New York, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsFriday · Fri–Sat, Oct 9–10, 2026, evening performances (the program's last two)
Lincoln Square, Manhattan
New York City Ballet pairs Balanchine's The Four Temperaments and La Source with Jerome Robbins's laugh-out-loud piano-recital spoof, The Concert.
BalletLincoln Center
#14Friday · Fri–Sat, Oct 9–10, 2026, evening performances (the program's last two) · One Weekend Only
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Square, ManhattanBillie Grace Ward from New York, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBalletLincoln Center
New York City Ballet pairs Balanchine's The Four Temperaments and La Source with Jerome Robbins's laugh-out-loud piano-recital spoof, The Concert.
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#15
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanMarcy Hargan from New York City (Manhattan), USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSaturday · October 10, 2026 (64th New York Film Festival)
Lincoln Square, Manhattan
Andrew Haigh, director of All of Us Strangers, sets a family drama in the 1950s Mountain West, where a mother vanishes into a blinding snowstorm.
FilmNYFF
#15Saturday · October 10, 2026 (64th New York Film Festival) · One Day Only
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanMarcy Hargan from New York City (Manhattan), USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsFilmNYFF
Andrew Haigh, director of All of Us Strangers, sets a family drama in the 1950s Mountain West, where a mother vanishes into a blinding snowstorm.
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Brooklyn Improv, Williamsburg, BrooklynSaturday · Oct 10, 2026, 7pmFrom $46.30
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Mexican comic Ricardo O'Farrill brings a Spanish-language hour about the uncomfortable conversations most people dodge to Brooklyn Improv.
Stand-upEn espaolHispanic Heritage Month
#16Saturday · Oct 10, 2026, 7pm · One Day Only
Brooklyn Improv, Williamsburg, BrooklynFrom $46.30Stand-up
Mexican comic Ricardo O'Farrill brings a Spanish-language hour about the uncomfortable conversations most people dodge to Brooklyn Improv.
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Roxy Cinema, Tribeca, ManhattanOct 9–18, 2026Ticketed per screening
Tribeca, Manhattan
Ten days of one-night-only indie screenings with filmmaker Q&As in the Roxy Hotel's basement cinema, from world premieres to cult anniversaries.
Film festivalScreeningsQ&A
#17Oct 9–18, 2026 · Limited Run
Roxy Cinema, Tribeca, ManhattanTicketed per screeningFilm festival
Ten days of one-night-only indie screenings with filmmaker Q&As in the Roxy Hotel's basement cinema, from world premieres to cult anniversaries.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanSaturday · Oct 10, 2026Ticketed
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Dovzhenko's silent Ukrainian masterpiece Earth screens on a Warsaw 35mm print with live piano, synths and bandura.
Live music35mmSilent classic
#18Saturday · Oct 10, 2026 · One Day Only
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanTicketedLive music
Dovzhenko's silent Ukrainian masterpiece Earth screens on a Warsaw 35mm print with live piano, synths and bandura.
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House of Yes, Bushwick, BrooklynSaturday · Oct 10, 2026, doors 10pmTicketed
Bushwick, Brooklyn
Aluna headlines a Libra-season party at House of Yes with Darling Cool and Niara Sterling, with no phones allowed on the dance floor.
Dance PartyLibra Season21+
#19Saturday · Oct 10, 2026, doors 10pm · One Day Only
House of Yes, Bushwick, BrooklynTicketedDance Party
Aluna headlines a Libra-season party at House of Yes with Darling Cool and Niara Sterling, with no phones allowed on the dance floor.
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Brooklyn Comedy Collective (Eris Mainstage), East Williamsburg, BrooklynSaturday · Oct 10, 2026, 8:30pm (doors 8:15pm)Ticketed
East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
A live band and cast improvise an entire musical from one audience suggestion — Baby Wants Candy has made up more than 3,500 of them.
Improvised musicalLive bandBrooklyn
#20Saturday · Oct 10, 2026, 8:30pm (doors 8:15pm) · One Day Only
Brooklyn Comedy Collective (Eris Mainstage), East Williamsburg, BrooklynTicketedImprovised musical
A live band and cast improvise an entire musical from one audience suggestion — Baby Wants Candy has made up more than 3,500 of them.
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Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanSaturday · Oct 10, 2026Ticketed
Lower East Side, Manhattan
Toshiro Mifune pays a ransom for his chauffeur's kidnapped son in Kurosawa's thriller, whose train hand-off still grips on 35mm.
35mmKurosawaLate show
#21Saturday · Oct 10, 2026 · One Day Only
Metrograph, Lower East Side, ManhattanTicketed35mm
Toshiro Mifune pays a ransom for his chauffeur's kidnapped son in Kurosawa's thriller, whose train hand-off still grips on 35mm.
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Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanSaturday · October 10, 2026 (64th New York Film Festival)
Lincoln Square, Manhattan
The Esiri brothers move Mrs Dalloway to Nigeria, where party preparations send Clarissa back to her youth and a soldier carries Boko Haram scars.
FilmNYFF
#22Saturday · October 10, 2026 (64th New York Film Festival) · One Day Only
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanFilmNYFF
The Esiri brothers move Mrs Dalloway to Nigeria, where party preparations send Clarissa back to her youth and a soldier carries Boko Haram scars.
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Mercury Lounge, Lower East Side, ManhattanThis photo was taken by participant/team Team Dustizeff as part of the Commons:Wikis Take Manhattan project on Octobe... · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSaturday, October 10, 2026, 10 pm–4 am$20 all night
Lower East Side, Manhattan
The Red Party's all-goth, post-punk dance night takes over Mercury Lounge until 4am, with a live set from cult band Strange Boutique.
Goth night21+
#23Saturday, October 10, 2026, 10 pm–4 am · One Day Only
Mercury Lounge, Lower East Side, ManhattanThis photo was taken by participant/team Team Dustizeff as part of the Commons:Wikis Take Manhattan project on Octobe... · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons$20 all nightGoth night
The Red Party's all-goth, post-punk dance night takes over Mercury Lounge until 4am, with a live set from cult band Strange Boutique.
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Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanSaturday · October 10, 2026 (64th New York Film Festival)
Lincoln Square, Manhattan
Valeska Grisebach's gangster western follows a woman pulled into illegal trade in a dusty Bulgarian town on the Greek and Turkish border.
FilmNYFF
#24Saturday · October 10, 2026 (64th New York Film Festival) · One Day Only
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanFilmNYFF
Valeska Grisebach's gangster western follows a woman pulled into illegal trade in a dusty Bulgarian town on the Greek and Turkish border.
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