NYC Deep Cuts for Friday, May 8

Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Friday, May 8.

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  1. The Gods of Times Square

    6:00 PM · Low Cinema

    Low Cinema returning to The Gods of Times Square keeps old New York strangeness close to the surface.

  2. DIRTY CIRCUS: Variety Show

    6:30 PM · House of Yes

    House of Yes is built for a circus-variety night where the polish and mess can coexist.

  3. El Signo Vacío

    7:00 PM · Anthology Film Archives

    Anthology makes El Signo Vacio read like a proper cinephile side door rather than another Friday screening.

  4. We’re Sick to Death of All This Nonsense: Saffron Time

    7:30 PM · UnionDocs

    UnionDocs plus that title points to the sort of argumentative, handmade film night that rewards curiosity.

  5. Wicked City x Lust Caution: A Neo-Noir Cabaret

    9:00 PM · The Red Pavilion

    The Red Pavilion turning neo-noir into cabaret is exactly the kind of genre collision worth keeping on the radar.

  6. Piano Karaoke with Ben Easton

    9:00 PM · Sid Gold's Request Room

    Sid Gold's piano karaoke is specific enough to feel like a scene, not just another singalong listing.

  7. Fucked Up Play Fest

    9:30 PM · Caveat

    Caveat hosting something called Fucked Up Play Fest is a better late slot than another tidy comedy showcase.

  8. SPF 50 [Live], deep creep b2b adobeprincess / Jump Source, DJ Healthy / Yibing

    11:00 PM · Public Records

    Public Records stacks this bill like a late-night handoff for people who actually read the DJ names.

  9. COBRAH presents GAGBALL: Torn Tour Afterparty

    11:00 PM · 314 Scholes Street

    COBRAH taking the afterparty to Scholes gives the night a sharper warehouse-pop charge than the obvious club picks.

  10. Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues

    11:55 PM · Spectacle

    A midnight-adjacent Spectacle slot with that title is the right kind of cult-film trouble.