NYC Weekend Preview: Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Pynchonesque, Max and Richard Fleischer, the Pusher Trilogy, and More

      NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly compilation of repertory offerings.

      Japan Society: Kazuhiko Hasegawa’s Anarchic Ethos features an extremely rare print of The Man Who Stole the Sun—my personal choice for one of the top 10 films ever made—along with his other work, The Youth Killer on 16mm, and two screenwriting credits.

      BAM: Films by Orson Welles, Alan Rudolph, Paul Thomas Anderson, the Coen brothers, Robert Zemeckis, Alex Cox, and Thom Anderson are showcased in Pynchonesque; a 4K restoration of David Lynch’s The Elephant Man begins its run.

      Film Forum: A retrospective of Max and Richard Fleischer spans from children’s cartoons to gritty thrillers; Luchino Visconti’s Bellissima continues its screening in a new restoration; Gulliver’s Travels will be shown on Sunday.

      Museum of Modern Art: A trilogy of films by Caroline Strubbe is set to begin its screening.

      IFC Center: Nicolas Winding Refn’s Pusher trilogy has been restored; films by David Wain, Howard Hawks, and Mike Nichols are featured in Renegade Rom-Coms; Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams remains in a 3D restoration; American Dream and Harlan County USA play early, while Blow Out, Police Story, Salò, and Benny’s Video screen late.

      Paris Theater: George Cukor’s Gaslight will be shown on 35mm this Sunday.

      Metrograph: Marie and Bruce, Mother, Panic Room, Late Autumn, and Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore are being screened on 35mm; restorations of The Headless Woman and The Taste of Tea, Wallace Shawn: Master Builder, Fraenkel Gallery Presents, and All the Single Mothers are beginning, while The Dog Dies, The Last Dreamers, and Actress as Auteur are continuing their runs.