Sundays may be a "wan, stuff shadow of a robust Saturday" or a day of "forced leisure for folks who have no aptitude for leisure," according to Tom Robbins, but a weekend is still a weekend. The pleasure of a Friday night, the knowing the burdens of work week have a brief respite carry themselves into the following two days of leisure, and what better way to indulge in that leisure than heading to the cinema.

And this weekend, there are more than enough wonderful films showing around New York for you to disappear into. Whether it’s your favorite John Waters, the best of NYFF, or some of the most stunning new releases, there’s surely something to satisfy every cinematic appetite. I’ve founded up the best of what’s playing around the city, so peruse our list, and enjoy.  

IFC Center

Shepard & Dark
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
Blue Caprice
Dark Touch
The Big Lebowski
Frances Ha
The Network
Slacker
Red River
Una Noche
Wild Style

Film Forum

After Tiller
Newlyweeds
Antoine and Antoinette
Speedy
Lost…Now Found

BAM

Female Trouble
Blue Jasmine
Enough Said
Charles Bradley: Soul of America 
Polyester 

Film Linc

Manakamana
A Touch of Sin
Alan Partridge
At Berkley
Inside Llewyn Davis
The Wind Rises
Child of God
Le Week-end
Norte, the End of History
Platform Agnostic, Brand Specific
Particle Fever
The Cosmonaut
In the Dark Room

Nitehawk

Donnie Darko
In a World…
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
Don Jon
Salinger
Thanks for Sharing
Back to the Future
Metropolis

Landmark Sunshine

Thanks for Sharing
Haute Cuisine
Short Term 12
We Are What We Are
Brazil

MoMA

Ginger e Fred
The Job/The Sound of Trumpets
Titus
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
Todo Modo
Medea