Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Thursday, July 23.
A Roxy slot for Indonesian genre strangeness gives the night a cult-film option beyond the better-known repertory houses.
The band names alone make this Berlin bill feel like a tiny scene flyer that escaped into the feed.
Spectacle plus a title this cryptic points toward tiny-room cinephile programming with a real taste for the uncanny.
A full-album Tori Amos drag tribute is gloriously specific, built for a crowd that knows exactly which feelings it came to sing at.
Anthology is the right home for a title this forbidding and poetic, especially as a late option for serious film wanderers.
Cafe Erzulie after dark gives this a neighborhood dance-floor feel, less polished showcase than local night-in-motion.
A solo-ish late comedy title this personal at Union Hall has more point of view than the usual stand-up showcase.
A 10 p.m. Spectacle screening called Imperial Green sounds like exactly the sort of cult detour this list exists to catch.
A late set-and-session at Close Up has working-player energy, the sort of night that feels made for people already listening closely.
A Sad Cowboy two-step night is far more particular than a generic bar listing, with a built-in crowd and a little honky-tonk mischief.