Ten curated Scope NYC picks for Wednesday, July 22.
A long, unruly documentary landmark at Film Forum is a stronger repertory bet than the more interchangeable multiplex-style screenings.
The Jazz Gallery is still one of the city's best bets for hearing sharp younger players before the wider crowd catches up.
Woody brings a current-generation trumpet voice into a room that gives the set enough polish without sanding off the bandstand energy.
Bowery Ballroom gives this a clearer live-night shape than most of the midweek club listings, with enough scale to feel like the plan.
A Chinese Arts Week dance presentation at Lincoln Center gives the evening a live, public-programming charge that stands apart from standard concerts.
Littlefield is a good setting for a live comedy-theater hybrid, and this has more event shape than the night's anonymous stand-up.
BAM gives this screening real destination weight, and the title has enough urgency to justify one of the day's limited film spots.
The Vanguard has a serious improvised-music summit here, with three players who can make a Wednesday feel anything but routine.
A named lineup this sturdy makes the comedy slot feel earned, especially in a feed crowded with generic free-ticket listings.
Artists Space makes this the day's strongest art anchor, a downtown exhibition pick with more edge than the generic museum listings.