NYC Weekend Preview: Independent Sci-Fi, Francis Ford Coppola, Strangers on a Train, and Additional Highlights

NYC Weekend Preview: Independent Sci-Fi, Francis Ford Coppola, Strangers on a Train, and Additional Highlights

      NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly summary of repertory events.

      BAM Films features works by Godard, Wong Kar-wai, Apichatpong (on 35mm), Żuławski, Cronenberg, and Tarkovsky, showcasing Arthouse Sci-Fi.

      Film Forum kicks off a Francis Ford Coppola retrospective with screenings of The Conversation and New York Stories; Robb Moss’s The Same River Twice and Riverdogs debut in a new restoration; Billy Liar, Sherman’s March, and Stanley Kwan’s Center Stage are ongoing in new 4K restorations.

      Anthology Film Archives presents Strangers on a Train on 35mm on Friday night; Robert Downey Sr.’s No More Excuses will show on Saturday and Sunday; there are also westerns by Barbara Loden, Charles Burnett, Luc Moullet, and others being screened.

      Roxy Cinema continues its 2006 retrospective with 35mm showings of Crank and Click; the director’s cut of 54 will screen on Sunday.

      The Museum of Modern Art is showcasing films by Laurent Cantet, Med Hondo, and others as part of Immigrant Nation.

      The Museum of the Moving Image presents a new edition of See It Big: 70mm, featuring Hamlet and Lawrence of Arabia; The Umbrellas of Cherbourg will be screened on Sunday.

      IFC Center continues with Gregg Araki’s new cut of Mysterious Skin and Manhunter: The Final Cut; late-night showings include The Panic in Needle Park, The Departed, and Battle Royale.

      Nitehawk Prospect Park will have Fargo screening early.

      Metrograph screens House and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown on 35mm, alongside That Most Taboo of Red Meats, Going Up the Country, The Night Has Opened My Eyes, Gary Oldman, In Her Shadow, and Otar Iosseliani.

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NYC Weekend Preview: Independent Sci-Fi, Francis Ford Coppola, Strangers on a Train, and Additional Highlights

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly summary of repertory screenings. BAMFilms presents works by Godard, Wong Kar-wai, Apichatpong (on 35mm), Żuławski, Cronenberg, and a pair of Tarkovsky films, featured in the Arthouse Sci-Fi category. Film Forum kicks off a retrospective of Francis Ford Coppola, showcasing prints of The Conversation and New York Stories; Robb Moss' The Same River Twice and Riverdogs will also start screening.