7 Ludlow Street
Metrograph NYC is an independent movie theater that opened in 2016 on Ludlow Street, dedicated to rare archival screenings in 35mm and digital, special premieres, and filmmaker Q&As. The space also houses The Commissary restaurant, a bookstore, and its beloved Candy Store—making it less a single-screen cinema and more a carefully built world around going to the movies.
Inspired by the grand New York movie palaces of the 1920s and the Commissaries of Hollywood studio backlots, Metrograph feels intentionally cinematic before the lights even dim. Every detail (from the programming to the interiors) signals a deep respect for the history, craft, and communal experience of watching movies.
Metrograph has become a gathering place for movie lovers and movie makers alike: a community where directors screen their work, industry folks take meetings between showtimes, and audiences show up not just to watch films, but to sit with them. The year-long residency of film screenings from the Academy Film Archive is just one example of many over the past decade.
If you follow ICP or Metrograph programming closely you’ll spot occasional screenings of films related to our exhibitions A recent example is The Anthropocene Trilogy, screened in conjuction with ICP’s 2025 summer exhibition Edward Burtynsky: The Great Acceleration.
