NYC Weekend Viewing: Breathless, Barbara Loden, Birth, and More
NYC Weekend Watch provides our weekly summary of repertory offerings.
Roxy Cinema In connection with a new 4K release, Jim McBride’s Breathless will be screened on 35mm this Friday; City Dudes will return on Saturday; and a print of Snake Eyes will be shown throughout the weekend.
Film at Lincoln Center A retrospective celebrating Gene Hackman’s career, featuring a heavy focus on 35mm, will commence, showcasing films by Clint Eastwood, William Friedkin, Francis Ford Coppola, Wes Anderson, and Nicolas Roeg.
Anthology Film Archives A series dedicated to Barbara Loden will kick off.
BAMA The retrospective of 2000s New York continues, featuring a print of Birth.
Film Forum Several of Akira Kurosawa’s most iconic films will be shown, while the 4K restoration of Hearts of Darkness (hear our interview) is ongoing.
IFC Center In the Mood for Love and In the Mood for Love 2001 are still playing; Dogtooth is shown daily; and late screenings include Pulse, Cure, Clerks, Koyaanisqatsi, Tenebrae, and Ghost in the Shell.
Museum of Modern Art A retrospective highlighting Mexican actress María Félix is still underway.
Museum of the Moving Image Addressing the pertinent question of our time—Is Tom Cruise evil?—a career-spanning retrospective continues with prints of Minority Report, Collateral, and War of the Worlds; West Side Story will be screened on Saturday.
Paris Theater A technicolor series continues with screenings of Vertigo on 35mm and The Red Shoes.
Nitehawk Cinema Touch of Evil and Jetsons: The Movie will be shown early on Saturday and Sunday.
Metrograph Wind Across the Everglades, Dream of Light, Sunshine State, Bonjour Tristesse, Still Life, Heaven Knows What, and Suspiria will play on 35mm; Topographies of Absence will commence while the retrospectives of Chang Chen and Jafar Panahi, as well as Come as You Are, In ‘Scope and Color, High Voltage, and Florida is a Feeling continue.
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NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly summary of repertory options. Roxy Cinema, in conjunction with a new 4K release, will show Jim McBride's Breathless on 35mm this Friday; City Dudes is back on Saturday; and a print of Snake Eyes will be screened over the weekend. At Film at Lincoln Center, there is a retrospective on Gene Hackman, showcasing a variety of his films on 35mm, including works by Clint Eastwood, William Friedkin, and Francis Ford.