Room with Brie Larson, Lenny Abrahamson, Ed Guiney, and Jacob Tremblay

On his fifth birthday, Jack wakes up and begins his morning ritual of greeting the various objects and fixtures in the squalid shed he and his mother inhabit. At first it seems that the two live in poverty, until it becomes clear that they are captives in a hidden building whose door combination is known only to their captor. The uneasy feeling that follows this realization remains throughout the film. Ma is gentle with Jack, but she has carefully schooled him to believe the outside world is wicked, perhaps to save him from the same longing she continues to suffer many years after her capture. Room cannily poses questions about parental responsibility, freedom, and the ambiguity of survival.

A Q&A with actor Brie Larson, actor Jacob Tremblay, producer Ed Guiney, and director Lenny Abrahamson follows the screening, moderated by Rajendra Roy, the Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of Film, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. 

Learn more about the film.
Room. 2015. Ireland/Canada. Directed by Lenny Abrahamson. Photo credit: Courtesy of A24 Films. 118 min.

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$15 General Admission
$10 Hammer Members with valid discount code

Advanced, online ticket sales for this film are closed. On-site tickets will be available the night of the screening on a first-come, first-served basis. Box office opens 1 hour prior to screening start time.

Tickets can be picked up starting at 6:30 p.m. the night of the screening. Any unclaimed tickets will be released at 7:15 p.m. A standby line for a limited number of tickets will be available the night of the program.

Refunds cannot be provided.

Location: Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum
Parking: Under the museum, $3 flat rate after 6 p.m. (cash or check only)
Food and Drink: Enjoy happy hour in our open courtyard café, AMMO at the Hammer beginning at 4 p.m. Food and drink may not be carried into the Billy Wilder Theater. 
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