A teenage delinquent (Miya Cech) befriends a surly magician (Rhea Perlman) who helps her navigate her inner demons and dysfunctional family with sleight of hand magic. A coming of age comedy that touches on unlikely friendships, grief, and finding hope in the darkest moments.

Special guest James Kenney will discuss his miraculous discovery of the director’s cut of Peter Bogdanovich’s Squirrels to the Nuts, previously only seen in a substantially different version retitled She’s Funny That Way. As it’s not available to watch online, the only way to see Bogdanovich’s true vision for his final film is to join us for this special screening.

Admission is free for this fundraising event. Suggested donation is $20. Online donations can be made after clicking “Checkout” when getting online tickets.

Heavily cut, substantially reshot, and burdened with a painfully explicit voice-over narration, Peter Bogdanovich’s final theatrical feature was released in 2014 under the title She’s Funny That Way and quickly disappeared from view. Miraculously, Bogdanovich’s full original cut, running 123 minutes and titled Squirrels to the Nuts in homage to Ernst Lubitsch’s Cluny Brown, was saved from oblivion by James Kenney, a CUNY English instructor, who discovered a high-definition video master of the Bogdanovich edit on eBay.

In its full, free-floating form, Squirrels recovers Bogdanovich’s elegance, airiness, and ability to smoothly manage a large cast of characters, connected here by the divergent needs and fantasies they project on Imogen Poots’ Isabella, a Brooklyn sex worker with stage ambitions. At heart the film is a McCareyesque comedy of remarriage, with stage director Owen Wilson fighting through serial infidelities to make it back to his patient wife Kathryn Hahn, who herself is being pursued by scruffy Brit film star Rhys Ifans. But the peripheral characters—including Austin Pendleton as a lovesick judge and Jennifer Aniston as the world’s most indiscreet therapist—leave some darker notes behind. (MoMA)

Only in theaters! 10% donated to Second Chance Animal Center.

CatVideoFest is a compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses. CatVideoFest is a joyous communal experience, only available in theaters, and raises money for cats in need through partnerships with local cat charities, animal welfare organizations, and shelters to best serve cats in the area.