Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you’re not likely to see in a theater again anytime soon, and many of which are, also, on 35mm. If you have a chance to attend any of these, we’re of the mind that it’s time extremely well-spent.
Museum of the Moving Image
“No Joke: Absurd Comedy as Political Reality” commences with Xavier: Renegade Angel, Starship Troopers and more.
“See It Big! Ghost Stories” continues.
The Greek feature Electra plays this Sunday.
Film at Lincoln Center
Restorations of Le Professeur and Sergei Parajanov shorts play as part of the 57th New York Film Festival’s final weekend.
Metrograph
A series of New York-set films from 1981 begins with work by Abel Ferrara, John Carpenter and more.
A print of Pola X has showings.
“Welcome to Metrograph: A to Z” continues with Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.
Mulholland Dr. plays late-night, while Howl’s Moving Castle screens early.
Quad Cinema
Francis Ford Coppola’s The Cotton Club Encore begins its run, while Serge Gainsbourg’s Je T’Aime Moi Non Plus has been restored.
BAM
Claudia Weill’s Girlfriends plays back-to-back with Cassavetes’ Husbands.
A series on race in America has begun.
Anthology
Want to impress that girl from work? The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance play on Saturday and Sunday, respectively, for Essential Cinema.
A Nathaniel Dorsky program plays Saturday and Sunday.
Nitehawk
A print of Suspiria (the good one) plays at midnight, while Black Sunday screens early.
Film Forum
Tora-San, Our Lovable Tramp has been restored.
Films by Bob Fosse, Joseph Losey, and Shirley Clarke play this weekend.