NYC Deep Cuts for Saturday, April 18

Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Saturday, April 18.

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  1. Public Access Fever Dream

    1:30 PM · Caveat

    A daytime Caveat event with this title is already halfway to the right answer.

  2. The Buttonmashers: A Speed Dating Experience (M4M)

    2:30 PM · Wonderville

    Wonderville remains one of the few places where a gimmick like this can still feel oddly sincere.

  3. Anime No Gogo

    3:00 PM · Spectacle

    A Saturday anime block at Spectacle is almost definitionally a Deep Cuts move.

  4. God's Gift

    4:00 PM · Anthology Film Archives

    Anthology keeps winning this category by programming titles that feel slightly confrontational on sight.

  5. Young Soul Rebels

    6:00 PM · Anthology Film Archives

    This is the kind of repertory pick that feels like it belongs to a specific crowd, not just a canon.

  6. ROAR Story Slam

    7:00 PM · Racket

    A story slam at Racket is a strange enough room-premise pairing to deserve the slot.

  7. Lust Caution: A Neo-Noir Cabaret

    7:30 PM · The Red Pavilion

    The Red Pavilion keeps finding the sweet spot where cabaret stops being nostalgic and gets a little lurid.

  8. Mikefest 3.0

    8:00 PM · The Red Pavilion

    A numbered Mikefest at the Red Pavilion is exactly the kind of local weirdness that rarely travels far.

  9. Stray Cat Rock: Beat '71

    11:55 PM · Spectacle

    The midnight Spectacle slot is still where the list gets to end on the right kind of damage.

  10. a hole new world.

    TBC · Community Arts Space at La MaMa, New York, NY

    A title this unserious in a La MaMa slot is exactly the sort of thing the list should keep catching.