The best movie screenings in NYC this week
Every week, we round up the best movie events happening outside New York’s multiplexes, from major international film festivals (such as Sundance, the Toronto International Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival) and revivals at Film Forum and BAM to one-off movie screenings and in-person Q&As with stars, filmmakers and experts. New York also has a thriving film scene in galleries and pop-up venues, and in the summer months, you’ll find a wealth of outdoor screenings in NYC parks and gardens across the city.
Movie screenings and events in NYC
The Ice Storm + Still Walking
Do Ang Lee’s magnificently chilly Connecticut drama The Ice Storm (pictured) and Hirokazu Kore-eda’s grief tragedy Still Walking make a strange pairing? Not to actor Paul Dano (he got milkshook in There Will Be Blood). In celebration of his directorial debut, Wildlife, Dano will screen these two inspirations as a double feature, chatting with Lee and screenwriter-producer James Schamus in between.
IFC Center, Greenwich Village (ifccenter.com). Tue 18 at 7pm; $15.
Married to the Mob
Dearly departed director Jonathan Demme brought out the brassy side of Michelle Pfeiffer in this witty suburban mob comedy, made years before The Sopranos came along to dominate the genre.
IFC Center, Greenwich Village (ifccenter.com). Fri 21, Sat 22 midnight; $15.
Daisies
Czech New Wave director Věra Chytilová's gleefully anarchic film centers on two young pranksters (Jitka Cerhová and Ivana Karbanová) who cause mischief rather than succumb to political oppression. The spectacle is at once a delight and a punk-feminist provocation.
The Big Lebowski
Jeff Bridges gives the most inspired comic performance of the 1990s as the terminally laid-back Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski—and if you don’t agree, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man. But are these the Coens’ finest two hours? Inarguably.
IFC Center, Greenwich Village (ifccenter.com). Fri 21, Sat 22 midnight; $15.
L'Atalante
Heartbreakingly romantic, Jean Vigo’s 1934 masterpiece is about two kids in love who travel the Seine on a barge. Who knows what the director might have accomplished had he not died at 29?
Film Forum, Greenwich Village (filmforum.org). Fri 21–Tue 2 at various times; $15.
Suspiria
Call Me by Your Name’s Luca Guadagnino is about to unleash his remake, but it’s best to catch up with Dario Argento’s 1977 original first—a lovably lurid piece of Italian horror starring Jessica Harper as a ballerina stalked by witches.
Metrograph, Lower East Side (metrograph.com). Sat 22 at 9:15pm, Tue 25 at 6:15pm; $15.
The Godfather: Part II + Cuba Libres
It’s a natural pairing, given that this (superior) sequel has a lengthy stretch set down South. We also remember Fredo’s pathetic line: “How do you say banana daiquiri?” Expand the drinks menu, guys.
Videology Bar & Cinema, Williamsburg (videologybarandcinema.com). Sun 23 at 3pm; $20.
Army of Shadows
Anchored by Lino Ventura as a French Resistance hero, Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1969 espionage epic plays like a series of stealthy set pieces: daring escapes from the Gestapo, nighttime parachute jumps, even a submarine cruise. If you speak French, there’s a free half-hour lecture in between these two screenings given by journalist Olivier Barrot.
French Institute Alliance Française, Upper East Side (fiaf.org). Tue 25 at 4pm, 7:30pm; $14.
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