IFC Center is a five-screen, state-of-the-art, independent movie theater in Manhattan’s West Village. It is the AMC Networks cinema. The former Waverly Theater popularized the Rocky Horror Picture Show in 1976.
IFC Center News
Benedetta, Paul Verhoeven’s story of a nun’s forbidden passion, opened at IFC Center in the West Village on Fri, Dec 3. $13. 🇫🇷ifccenter.com
The Hand of God, Paulo Sorrentino’s (The Great Beauty) 1980s Neapolitan coming of age story that involves Maradona, opened at IFC Center in the West Village on Fri Dec 3. $13. 🇮🇹 ifccenter.org
Titane by Julia Ducournau (Cannes Palme d’Or winner) opened at IFC Center in the West Village Oct 1. $13. 🇫🇷
The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhall’s directorial debut based on Elena Ferrante’s Italian novel, opens at IFC Center in the West Village on Fri, Dec 17 with director Q&As Fri, Dec 17 at 8pm. $13. 🇮🇹 ifccenter.org
Memoria, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s tale of a Scottish woman who starts hallucinating in the Colombian jungle, is at IFC Center in the West Village Sun, Dec 26 – Jan 1, 2022. $13. 🇨🇴 ifccenter.com
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“Passing” by Rebecca Hall, a thoughtful film about passing as White, at IFC Center in the West Village is extended to Thu, Dec 2. $13. 🇺🇸
The DOC NYC documentary film festival is at IFC Center, SVA Theatre and Cinépolis Chelsea for one week Wed-Thu, Nov 10-18, 2021. docnyc.net
El Planeta by Amalia Ulman is at IFC Center in the West Village is extended to Thu, Oct 21. 🇪🇸
Azor (2021) by Andreas Fontana, a Swiss film about Argentine finance in the 1970s, is at IFC Center in the West Village is extended to Thu, Oct 21. 🇦🇷
Arrebato (1979) by Iván Zulueta, Pedro Almodóvar’s favorite horror film, is at IFC Center in the West Village Fri-Sat, Oct 15-16. $17. 🇪🇸
DOC NYC 2019
November 6-15, 2019
WEST VILLAGE & CHELSEA, NYC ~ The biggest documentary film festival in the U.S. is at IFC Center, SVA Theatre and Cinépolis Chelsea
“Boom for Real” Jean-Michel Basquiat
Sunday, December 22, 2019
“BOOM FOR REAL”
A documentary about Basquiat’s early years and the City that formed the landmark Haitian-Puerto Rican artist from Brooklyn
DOC NYC 2018 ~ America’s biggest documentary film festival
November 8 – 15, 2018
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IFC Center, SVA Theatre & Cinepolis
West Village & Chelsea, Manhattan
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America’s largest documentary film festival presents over 300 films and events with 42 world premieres and 17 U.S. premieres
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African – American, Brazilian, Honduran, Indigenous, Italian, Jamaican, Jewish, Mexican, Puerto Rican and Spanish films
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Cocote
Winner of “Best Film” at Switzerland’s 2017 Locarno International Film Festival.
IFC Center
West Village, Manhattan
August 3 – 9, 2018
‘Zama’ is Lucrecia Martel’s colonial Argentine story about waiting
Lucrecia Martel is one of the great Argentine directors. Argentina’s 2017 Oscars entry for “Best Foreign-Language Film” opened at Venice, then did well at Toronto and The New York Film Festival.
April 13 – June 24, 2018
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21st New York International Children’s Film Festival 2018
Be the first to see the next generation of children’s cinema.
Cinépolis Chelsea, IFC Center, Scandinavia House, SVA Theatre in Manhattan
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Downtown Brooklyn
Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, Queens
Weekends, February 23 – March 18, 2018
Saturday – Sunday
ENDING
March 17 – 18, 2018
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Vazante
Brilliant story about racism in colonial Brazil.
IFC Center
West Village, Manhattan
January 12 – 25, 2018
Django (Movie)
A bio-drama about how the legendary French Manouche Hot Jazz guitarist responded to Nazi persecution.
IFC Center
West Village, Manhattan
January 5 – 18, 2018
Like Crazy
Two half women make themselves whole by taking a road trip out of the psychiatric hospital into a truly crazy world in this Italian comedy-drama.
IFC Center
West Village, Manhattan
May 5 – 18, 2017
Neruda
Hot Chilean director Pablo Larrain stars Mexican actor Gael García Bernal at IFC Center Mar 10-16, 2017
The Former Waverly Theater
Today, IFC Center launches independent films that feed into the Independent Film Channel. It also hosts DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival in November.
The 1807 building was originally the Dutch Reform Church.
In the 1930s, the old church was converted into The Waverly Theater which became a well-known art house cinema.
In the 1960s The Waverly became a hangout for young people in The Village. It’s mentioned several times in the 1967 Rock musical “Hair” produced by the Public Theater in the East Village.
In 1976, The Waverly became the home of midnight screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show which grew into a nationwide audience participation cinema experience. As a kid in the Los Angeles suburbs, I remember thinking how strange the Rocky Horror fans were. After living in and around New York City for more than a decade, nothing seems strange anymore.
The Waverly closed in 2001 right after the 9/11 attack shocked New York City. IFC Center opened in 2005.