TONIGHT: You can catch former Get A Life creator/star Chris Elliot present his semi-forgettable slapstick movie, Cabin Boy, as well as partake in a Q&A at The Anthology Film Archives at 8PM. Featuring the likes of Andy Richter, David Letterman, and Ricki Lake, Cabin Boy is a film that people either love or absolutely can’t stand watching. Either way, we still think observing Chris Elliot is worth the trip. And if you’re planning a night in of cuddling with your mouse or simply interested in wasting more time at work, then you can play trailer catch up with the futuristic V for Vendetta starring Natalie Portman, the remake of The Fog, Jennifer Aniston’s Rumor Has It (in which she plays a woman who discovers The Graduate might have been based on her family), and the Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line.
FRIDAY:
• Catch the last leg of the “In Deppth” retrospective, featuring the 1993 classic What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
• Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris plays the Museum of the Moving Image, 25th Ave at 36th St, Astoria, at 7:30 PM, whereas his stunning, surreal 1970’s political thriller The Conformist plays the Film Forum till Wed, at 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30 and 9:40 PM, 209 W Houston at Sixth Ave.
• Here’s the joke: An interviewee strolls into an agent’s office, claiming to possess the funniest "family act" and proceeds to explain a completely offensive and obscene show. When questioned as to the show’s name, the interviewee exclaims, “the Aristocrats!” Badum-bum! Now, imagine hearing the same joke over and over again, with different variations, until your badgered and abused ears beg for mercy.
• Because Hollywood just hasn’t raped enough beloved TV shows and movie classics, Richard Linklater (School of Rock) presents The Bad News Bears, now with one less Academy Award winner (Tatum O’Neal) - but to quote the NYTimes, “is there a movie role Billy Bob Thornton can't pull off?”
• Lloyd Dobbler stars, yet again, in a chick-flick/romantic comedy -- Must Love Dogs -- in which he battles delicious Dermot Mulroney for the affections of the abnormally attractive and single preschool teacher, Diane Lane – whose family pulls a classic neurotic-intervention and posts her dating profile for internet freaks. We’re gonna guess this nauseatingly cutesy titled film boasts a cliché happy ending, so quick, grab your man and make him suffer.
SATURDAY:
• The Paris plays one of Gothamist’s all time favorites -- Hitchcock’s masterpiece North by Northwest -- at MIDNIGHT @ 4 West 58th St at 5th Ave; $10.
SUNDAY:
• Williamsburg’s Stain celebrates Tim Burton’s latest release with “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Party,” a costume party featuring various drink specials, chocolate wrestling, and of course, a screening of the 1971 film adaptation; 766 Grand St at Humboldt St
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