Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
E. Elias Merhige’s stark 1989 creation myth returns in a 4K restoration at IFC: silent, grainy, and built from grotesque images rather than conventional dialogue.
PEN America and P&T Knitwear pair Intan Paramaditha and Mathilda Zeller for an after-dark conversation about folklore, horror, grief, and sisterhood in their new books.
Jupiter Disco’s EARTHTONES brings together Pedestrian Access, Frank Garret, Jake Korolev + Mago, and Lulannie for a locals-only night of leftfield grooves.
A tight Sleepwalk triple bill pairs Klovis Gaynor & the Urinal Cakes with Jewel Thief and Investigation, tracing three corners of Brooklyn’s small-room electronic scene.
The Red Pavilion’s Cinema Paradiso reimagines David Lynch’s film worlds as a live jazz-noir songbook, with Tomoya Ogawa leading the dreamlike set.
Brad Dourif, Bob Holman, and other poets and performers converge at Bowery Poetry Club for Poe readings, a new radio drama, and a closing psychic reading.
Nitehawk screens an intimate portrait of Gogol Bordello frontman Eugene Hütz, followed by a Q&A with Hütz, directors Nate Pommer and Eric Weinrib, and producer Beverly Chase.
Janicke Askevold’s Norwegian comedy-drama follows a single mother whose search for her son’s sperm donor becomes a web of lies and uneasy connections.
Farm.One’s Written in Brooklyn series turns the theme “Questionable Decisions” into true stories from Annalisa Ellis, Clara Hinchcliffe, Amritha Prasad, and others.
Selkie Skins and Lith Li join burlesque artist Xerlina Devine for a Red Pavilion performance that brings shibari, fashion, and transformation together.