Event

Choice Cuts

A monthly dinner-and-movie series.

A succession of tasty courses, prepared by Winnie Yang, accompanied by celluloid magic, courtesy of some kickass moviemakers and curated by Matthew Yeager.

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Screening 03
6.30pm, Sunday, June 21

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Directed by Joseph Sargent

"Sometimes you have to go backward to go forward" - MTA ad

Step on board the pre-gentrified, pre-Giulianied NYC subway system and you never know what might happen. Not only does this adaptation of the John Godey best-seller about a subway hijacking serve as a time capsule of a New York that once was, but also of a cinema that predates and anticipates the adrenaline-pumping action movie genre, from Die Hard to Toy Soldiers to Speed to The Fast & the Furious to this year's own Pelham remake. This 1974 original is a veritable who's-who of New York-based character actors including Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Hector Elizando, Martin Balsam and Jerry Stiller. Stand clear of the closing doors, bitches!

Summer Picnic menu (subject to change without notice):
pulled pork sandwiches
potato salad
quinoa salad
coleslaw
fried okra
strawberry shortcake

BYO__.

Space is limited to 15.