NYC Weekend Review: Korean Cinema's Celluloid Fever, Southland Tales, Gamer, and More

NYC Weekend Review: Korean Cinema's Celluloid Fever, Southland Tales, Gamer, and More

      NYC Weekend Watch provides our weekly compilation of repertory films.

      Film at Lincoln Center showcases a selection of rare Korean cinema in Celluloid Fever.

      Japan Society presents Kazuhiko Hasegawa’s Anarchic Ethos, which includes an ultra-rare print of The Man Who Stole the Sun—my choice for one of the top 10 films ever made—along with his other directorial work The Youth Killer on 16mm, and the screenwriting credit Bitterness of Youth.

      BAM continues the Pynchonesque series, featuring Southland Tales on 35mm.

      Film Forum is hosting a retrospective of Max and Richard Fleischer, covering everything from children’s animations to intense thrillers; Luchino Visconti’s Bellissima is still showing in a new restoration; and Hoppity Goes to Town will be screened on Sunday.

      Roxy Cinema is screening Neveldine and Taylor’s Gamer on 35mm, and a new 4K restoration of eXistenZ is also being presented.

      DCTV is screening Kimi Takesue’s 95 and 6 to Go on Friday, with an exclusive trailer debut for the director’s Criterion Channel retrospective featured below.

      Museum of Modern Art is launching a comprehensive retrospective of Teo Hernández.

      IFC Center is screening a 4K restoration of A New Leaf daily; Nicolas Winding Refn’s Pusher has also been restored; Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams continues to show in a 3D restoration; Harold and Maude has early screenings, while Bound, Police Story, Salò, and Sweet Movie are screening later.

      Nitehawk is featuring Blue Velvet on 35mm early on Saturday and Sunday, with The Wiz also scheduled.

      Paris Theater is screening Fruitvale Station and Super 8 on 35mm.

      Metrograph has a lineup including Alien 3, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Funny Games, Polyester, Clockwatchers, Peter Pan, Painters Painting, New York Stories, The Face of Another, North by Northwest, and Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore on 35mm; a restoration of The Headless Woman is ongoing; Liliane de Kermadec: The Price of Freedom and Thrust It are starting, while Wallace Shawn: Master Builder, Fraenkel Gallery Presents, The Dog Dies, and The Last Dreamers continue their runs.

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NYC Weekend Review: Korean Cinema's Celluloid Fever, Southland Tales, Gamer, and More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly summary of repertory events. Film at Lincoln Center presents a selection of rare Korean films in Celluloid Fever. Japan Society showcases Kazuhiko Hasegawa’s Anarchic Ethos, which includes an extremely rare print of The Man Who Stole the Sun—my choice for one of the top 10 films ever created—alongside his other directing work The Youth Killer on 16mm, and