Dean Stockwell at BAM and a Packed Repertory Weekend Across NYC

The Brooklyn Academy of Music opens a Dean Stockwell retrospective this weekend, anchoring a repertory slate that spans ten New York venues. The series pairs Stockwell with directors David Lynch, Joseph Losey and Jonathan Demme, and includes a 35mm screening of Dennis Hopper's Backtrack.

Stockwell built a six-decade career on unease. BAM's program, titled Dean's List, follows him through the auteurs who used him best. What does this change for the weekend viewer? It puts one of American cinema's great character actors at the center of the city's film calendar.

BAM does not stop there. The Playback series brings films by Spike Lee and Gillo Pontecorvo. Ken Russell's reconstructed The Devils continues its run, the subject of a Film Stage interview with Mark Kermode, who said of the restoration's journey, "I can't quite believe it's happening."

What is showing in Queens?

The Museum of the Moving Image mounts James Gray's New York, a series that includes a print of Raging Bull. A Kubrick series continues with A Clockwork Orange and The Killing on 35mm. Lynne Littman's Testament screens on 35mm this Saturday, with the director appearing in person.

Which rarities are on offer?

At Roxy Cinema, Bill Gunn's Personal Problems shows on Saturday. Tickled plays Friday and Sunday, marking its tenth anniversary with a question-and-answer session.

The Museum of Modern Art continues its Sergei Loznitsa retrospective. The Sundays with Steven program brings The Spy Who Came In from the Cold and Bridge of Spies.

Film Forum begins a 4K restoration of Zhang Yimou's Raise the Red Lantern. The Red Balloon screens on Sunday. Anthology Film Archives launches a German Punk series.

IFC Center keeps the reconstructed The Devils on a restored 35mm print. Late-night slots hold The Exorcist, The Holy Mountain and Ju-On: The Grudge.

Nitehawk Prospect Park screens a print of JFK early on Saturday and Sunday.

What starts at Metrograph?

Metrograph runs 35mm prints of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Sad Vacation and Far from Heaven. Three new series begin: Neuro-Noir, Kogonada: A Way of Looking, and All Happy Families Are Alike. Four more continue — Terence Fisher, The Leaves are Falling, Trains: Local Routes and Winona Ryder.

The weekend's density tells its own story. Two venues are running Russell's reconstructed The Devils simultaneously, a 35mm print sits alongside a Kubrick double bill in Queens, and a director's-cut restoration of a 1991 Zhang Yimou classic reaches Film Forum. For a city often told that theatrical repertory is shrinking, this weekend argues otherwise.