NYC Weekend Highlights: New Orleans, Shinji Sōmai, Charlie Chaplin, and More
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly summary of repertory offerings.
Museum of Modern Art: A series focused on New Orleans before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina features Déjà Vu on 35mm; the Michael Caine retrospective is ongoing.
Film at Lincoln Center: Dual screenings of M. Night Shyamalan films paired with personally selected complementary films continue, along with a new restoration of Shinji Sōmai’s The Friends, and In the Mood for Love and In the Mood for Love 2001.
Brooklyn Academy of Music: A selection of films by Chaplin, Lubitsch, Miyazaki, and others are being showcased in a series of anti-fascist comedies.
Anthology Film Archives: Works by Charlie Chaplin, Tony Conrad, and Bruce Conner are featured in Essential Cinema; a retrospective on witch cinema also begins.
IFC Center: Films by John Woo, Tsui Hark, and Ching Siu-tung are screened in Hong Kong Cinema Classics; a retrospective celebrating IFC’s 20th anniversary includes Boyhood and Fay Grim on 35mm; The Lovers on the Bridge and Diva are showing in new restorations alongside In the Mood for Love and In the Mood for Love 2001; late screenings include Spirited Away, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Candyman, and Pet Sematary.
Film Forum: The Women In Action series continues, featuring Jackie Brown on 35mm and Terminator 2 in 3D; Brazil is being shown in a new restoration.
Paris Theater: Big & Loud presents Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Lawrence of Arabia, and Close Encounters on 70mm; Blade Runner: The Final Cut is part of a cyberpunk series.
Museum of the Moving Image: JFK, The Wild Bunch, and 1941 are part of a series on Eddington inspirations; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is scheduled for Saturday.
Nitehawk Cinema: The African Queen and The Baby-Sitters Club are screening early on Saturday and Sunday.
Metrograph: Days of Heaven, The Life Aquatic, The Grandmaster, High Fidelity, and Apocalypse Now: Redux are being shown on 35mm; Nothing But Light, High Voltage, Class Rules, Topographies of Absence, Come as You Are, and In ‘Scope and Color continue their runs.
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NYC Weekend Highlights: New Orleans, Shinji Sōmai, Charlie Chaplin, and More
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly summary of repertory events. Museum of Modern Art features a series about New Orleans before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina, which includes a 35mm screening of Déjà Vu, while the Michael Caine retrospective is ongoing. Film at Lincoln Center is showcasing double features of M. Night Shyamalan films paired with personally selected companions, along with a newly restored version of Shinji Sōmai’s The Friends (check out our