Noah Baumbach’s 2005 film, The Squid and the Whale played tonight for a small group – it’s a tough time of year to get many of your bums on our seats, apparently. I had wanted to show this one for many years, but when I first had the notion, it seemed a little, well, mainstream! I saw it projected at the Metrograph a few weeks ago, and I realized it would be perfect for NewScreen. Although it’s ostensibly a sad story about an eighties Park Slope family living through a bitter marital break-up, it is also really really funny. My audience applauded. ))

Our opening short this evening was a The Bully, by Sody.