Film Forum in New York will present Screen Deco, a festival showcasing more than 25 films from the 1920s and 1930s that exemplify the style later dubbed Art Deco. Running from September 8, 2025, through January 1, 2026, the series commemorates the 100th anniversary of the 1925 Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, which helped introduce the movement to the world.

Highlights include silent-era landmarks such as Our Dancing Daughters with Joan Crawford, A Woman of Affairs with Greta Garbo, Pandora’s Box with Louise Brooks, and the French production L’Inhumaine. Pre-Code features include Michael Curtiz’s Female, Edgar G. Ulmer’s The Black Cat with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, William Wyler’s Counsellor at Law with John Barrymore, Ernst Lubitsch’s Trouble in Paradise, and Busby Berkeley’s Footlight Parade. Musicals such as Top Hat with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers also feature in the lineup.

Curated by Film Forum repertory artistic director Bruce Goldstein, the festival explores how Art Deco design permeated early Hollywood productions, with MGM art director Cedric Gibbons playing a key role in introducing the style to American cinema. Guest speakers throughout the series will include film historians, authors, and descendants of stars such as Joan Crawford and Greta Garbo. Several screenings will feature live piano accompaniment for silent titles.

Screen Deco is presented in association with the Art Deco Society of New York, with special events including illustrated lectures and discussions by scholars and critics.