Weekanerd NYC: Michel Gondry, Airbender, and College Classics

Friday, May 9

• An Evening with Michel Gondry
• $27, 7pm @ The Times Center, 242 West 41st Street, Manhattan
  

Is Michel Gondry ever NOT doing a public appearance in New York? Seriously, living in this city he's difficult to avoid. He'll be screening clips of his films, probably show some classic music vids, and talk about what it's like to be a famous French visionary. An acquaintance of mine who worked on one of his videos said that he witnessed Michel's brother Oliver directing the whole production, so maybe if you go you can get confrontational and ask him if he's just been hiding behind his brother's genius the whole time. Then again, this clip is a pretty strong indicator that he does in fact put the man-hours into his music videos...



Airbender and the best college movie ever, after the jump...


Saturday, May 10

• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• $10 Museum Admission, 2pm @ The Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th Street, Manhattan
  

Kids love the Airbender! So do a lot of the 20-something guys I know. I have no idea what they'll be showing here, but the screening will be 90 minutes long.

Sunday, May 11

• Movie Night: PCU and Animal House
• FREE, 7pm @ Hugs, 108 North Sixth Street, Manhattan
  

You know, I can't vouch for Animal House, I've never seen it, a little before my time. PCU however, is great. Jeremey Piven's finest role, Entourage be damned. Also certainly Jon Favreau's best performance. Best use of David Spade ("Earth to tall bitch!"). Best cinematic use of the Parliament Funkadelic. Good times. Plus free popcorn.

Battlestar Galactica Fans: Register For A Free RAZOR Screening, Quick!

If you're a Battlestar Galactica fan and you don't want to wait till Nov 24th to see the big exciting Razor episode, hop over to this site ASAP and register for a free screening in a real live movie thee-a-ter on the much sooner date of November 12th!

Screenings are taking place in:

• Boston
• Chicago
• Dallas/Ft. Worth
• Los Angeles
• New York City
• Philadelphia
• San Francisco
• Seattle

The registration site just opened up, and I imagine these will go pretty fast. Godspeed!