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
Howard Hawks, Howard Hawks, Howard Hawks. The year’s most significant retrospective commences this weekend, Saturday (9/7) bringing To Have and Have Not and Rio Bravo. Sunday (9/8) has a trio of rarer titles on deck, with MoMI playing silent titles Fig Leaves, The Cradle Snatchers, and Fazil. All are on film.
An even greater filmmaker, Alfred Hitchcock, starts the weekend: Rear Window will show, in 35mm, as part of their new “See It Big!” series this Friday (9/6).
IFC Center
It’s a 35mm weekend at IFC, with midnight shows of Reality Bites and The Holy Mountain (couldn’t the former be a title for the latter?) complimented by the early-morning Sirk of Written on the Wind.
Film Forum
One of the most acclaimed, most rigorous works of Jean-Luc Godard‘s early career, Contempt, will play throughout the week in a new digital restoration. If you’ve never seen it, a mighty fine opportunity has just presented itself.
Russian Ark, a picture whose technical achievements are hardly matched, also begins a week-long run.
Something lighter comes this Sunday (9/8) morning, when the Ray Harryhausen-designed The 3 Worlds of Gulliver screens.
Film Society of Lincoln Center
Sci-fi classic It Came from Outer Space is to be presented on 35mm and in 3D this Saturday and Sunday (9/7, 9/8).
BAMCinématek
Skater culture is celebrated with “Skateboarding Is Not a Crime,” which captures some retro examples of the rebellious activity. A 16mm showing of Skateboard is on tap for Friday (9/6), followed by a Saturday (9/7) lineup consisting of the Josh Brolin-starrer Thrashin’ and a similarly titled Freewheelin’. One can enjoy Gleaming the Cube and the documentary Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator on Sunday (9/8).
The feature debut of Tim Burton, Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, has a 35mm appearance early this Saturday.
Nitehawk Cinema
Planet of the Apes starts off a “Find the Time” series — dedicated to time-travel cinema, you see — by screening Friday and Saturday (9/6, 9/7) at midnight. Saturday and Sunday (9/8) morning, City Slickers plays as part of “Country Brunchin’,” complete with music and food.
Landmark Sunshine
It’s not just another screening of The Room, but a 10th-anniversary screening of The Room, complete with a Q & A featuring Tommy Wiseau.
What are your weekend watching plans?