A retrospective on Spike Jonze will be held at MoMA starting October 8th. It will coincide with the opening of Where the Wild Things Are (October 16) a movie that took almost 80 years to make. Jonze will be on hand for the opening on October 8th. Three shorts will be screened that evening followed by onstage conversation with curator Joshua Siegel.

October 8, 2009: 8:00 In Cahoots: Maurice Sendak and Spike Jonze
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak. 2009. Co-directed with Lance Bangs. 40 min.
Maurice at the World’s Fair. 2009. With Spike Jonze, Catherine Keener. 4 min.
The Creature Within. 2009. With Maurice Sendak, Sonny Gerasimowicz. 1 min.
Where the Wild Things Are [clips]. 2009. 5 min.
Program 100 min. Introduced by Jonze. Followed by onstage conversation with curator Joshua Siegel.