Since any New York City cinephile has an almost 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.
BAMCinématek
Hithcock‘s nine remaining silent titles come to Brooklyn in “The Hitchcock 9.” It starts Saturday (6/29) with The Ring and Blackmail, continuing into Sunday when The Manxman and The Lodger screen. All in all, this is probably the best repertory option of the weekend.
Museum of the Moving Image
Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life, one of our recent (if not all-time) favorites, pops up Friday evening (6/29) on 35mm, helping us relive the glory of May 2011. Saturday (6/29) and Sunday (6/30), respectively, bring with them prints of Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive, for those who need their Lynch fix now, more than ever.
Of (admittedly) lesser note is a Saturday afternoon presentation of The Sandlot, for “Coming of Age Comedies: The Summer Edition.”
Museum of Modern Art
Friday afternoon (6/28), enjoy a double feature of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (recently discussed here) and Robert Bresson‘s Pickpocket, both screening on behalf of “An Auteurist History of Film.”
“Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios” is, somehow, still going, Friday and Saturday (6/29) bringing Driftwood & The River’s Edge. The latter date also presents The Restless Breed, which screens on Sunday (6/30), too, in conjunction with Escape to Burma.
Nitehawk Cinema
Friday (6/28) and Saturday (6/29) brings past-midnight presentations of Total Recall and Bad Girls Go to Hell, part of “June Midnite: Space is the Place” and “Nitehawk Naughties,” respectively. (In case you couldn’t tell which belonged to which.)
Just before Saturday afternoon — and Sunday (6/30), too — be sure to sit down for Carl Theodor Dreyer‘s The Passion of Joan of Arc, nothing less than one of the greatest films ever made.
Of the more fun variety those same afternoons, you can see Airplane! screen for “June Brunch: Perfect Parodies.”
Film Forum
Forty-five years after its release, Rosemary’s Baby returns to New York with a new, digital restoration. The Polanski classic will begin a six-day Film Forum run on Friday (6/28), so we advise checking this out right when the desire sets in.
On Sunday (6/30), a patron can enjoy James Cagney in the Michael Curtiz-directed Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Film Society of Lincoln Center
Continuing their repertory tribute to John Carpenter, Film Society bring you Big Trouble in Little China this Friday (6/28), at midnight, on 35mm.
Something a little more extreme hits earlier in the day, when a Taiwanese rape-revenge thriller by the name of Lady Avenger helps kick off this year’s New York Asian Film Festival; coming on Sunday (6/30), then, is Enter the Dragon. Although it’s not all repertory, one might want to check out their full selection of titles, the trailers for many of which can be seen here.
IFC Center
The Terry Gilliam retrospective soldiers on when, midnight this Friday (6/28) and Saturday (6/29), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen screens on 35mm.
If you can’t see Mulholland Drive when it hits the Museum of the Moving Image, attend a midnight showing this Friday or Saturday. There’s no note as to whether or not it’s in 35mm, though, so be sure to check on that before plunking down your dollars.
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Landmark Sunshine
Samurai Cop. Friday (6/28) and Saturday (6/29). Midnight. Fun.
What are your weekend watching plans?