Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Saturday, May 16.
A Film Forum block of Fleischer head cartoons is a strange little animation history pocket in the middle of the afternoon.
Anime No Gogo at Spectacle sounds like the kind of programmer-made rabbit hole that rewards showing up without needing a franchise hook.
A daytime Purgatory theater listing called Finn's is small, local, and pleasantly hard to flatten into a generic show description.
Club Cumming turning Romy and Michele into an afternoon tea dance is a very specific gay Saturday premise.
A twentieth-anniversary party plus film screening at Seventh Heaven Bar & Karaoke has more DIY texture than a normal fan gathering.
Anthology serving up The Ghost Talks gives the evening a haunted early-cinema side door before the later repertory choices.
Creeley and Brakhage together is a small but serious avant-garde pairing for people who like their film programs thornier.
Tasselmania 8 at Littlefield has exactly the right burlesque-wrestling-showcase energy for a deep Saturday detour.
The Oppressed Students at Spectacle points toward political-cinema excavation rather than the familiar cult-film comfort zone.
A late Cabaret for a Cause at Purgatory keeps the list grounded in actual small-room performance, not just odd movie titles.