THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS The Contenders

Opening the series is September 5, directed by Tim Fehlbaum and starring Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, and Leonie Benesch, which premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival in August 2024. The film, which will be released in the United States on November 29, 2024, is set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics and follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Other notable screenings include Universal Language on November 7 (post-screening conversation with director Matthew Rankin and screenwriter Ila Firouzabadi), Sing Sing on November 8 (post-screening discussion with the cast, Clarence ‘Divine Eye’ Maclin, Jon-Adrian ‘JJ’ Velazquez, and Sean ‘Dino’ Johnson), His Three Daughters on November 10 (post-screening conversation with writer/director Azazel Jacobs), Janet Planet on November 19 (post-screening conversation with writer/director Annie Baker), A Real Pain on November 22 (post-screening conversation with writer/director/actor Jesse Eisenberg), Between the Temples on November 26 (post-screening conversation with writer/director Nathan Silver), The Brutalist on December 15 (post-screening conversation with writer/director Brady Corbet), and Nickel Boys on January 8 (introduced by writer/director RaMell Ross).