Comedy in NYC This Week. Photo. The comedian and actress Madeline Kahn, who died of ovarian cancer in 1. Credit. Richard DrewAssociated Press Our guide to stand up, improv and variety shows. TH ANNUAL STAND UP FOR MADELINE AND OCRFA at Carolines on Broadway May 1. This annual stand up show benefits the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance and pays tribute to the comedian and actress Madeline Kahn, who died of that disease in 1. With a cocktail hour and live auction, the show will feature a mixture of veteran comedians Joy Behar, a host of The View, and Robert Klein, who has been performing since he joined the Second City comedy troupe in 1. Judy Gold and Des Bishop and up and comers Bob the Drag Queen and Tim Dillon. COMEDY CENTRAL CORPORATE RETREAT at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater East Village May 1. Download The Great Bear For Free. Brett Davis, host of the eclectic New York public access variety show The Special Without Brett Davis, takes over this regular Comedy Central spot for an hour of characters and videos that is described in a news release as a one man nightmare. Mr. Davis, a winner of the 2. Andy Kaufman Award, embodies a series of strange personas including a depressive poetry professor and a cult leader in this presentation, Brett Davis Is Not Real. I LOVE YOU, MOM at Magnet Theater May 1. Cult Comedy Movies Strange Magic ' title='Cult Comedy Movies Strange Magic ' />Laughs From Underground From Jerry Lewis to an animated Jesus, a look at some other cult obsessions among comedians. The Day the Clown Cried In the 90s. A bad rating on Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer doesnt always mean its a terrible film. Here are some of the supposed flops that are now cult classics. Sir Roger Moore, the third actor to take on the legendary mantle of James Bond, has died of cancer at the age of 89. Cult Comedy Movies Strange Magic ' title='Cult Comedy Movies Strange Magic ' />Six of Magnet Theaters resident improvisers invite their mothers, most of whom have never done improv before, to join them onstage for this special Mothers Day show. Performers include Jennette and Madeleine Cronk Lorena, Erika and Nora Russi Serna Liz Migliaccio and Paula Kelly Eleanor Lewis and Anne Field Justin and Christine Anderson and Hannah and Carola Chase. WHATS YOUR DAMAGE Grand May 1. Sachi Ezura and Halle Kiefer host this monthly storytelling meets stand up show, where all the performers explore the emotional baggage be it a childhood humiliation, family issue or dating disaster that made them who they are today. Performers include Naomi Ekperigin, a writer for Broad City and Difficult People Dan Chamberlain, a writer for Above Average and Funny or Die Emmy Blotnick, a writer for Comedy Centrals The Presidents Show Josh Gondelman, a writer for Last Week Tonight and Jesse Burkle, a friend of Ms. Kiefers from high school. WONDERSHOW at the Cutting Room May 1. This vaudevillian variety show features mentalism, magic and stand up comedy. Performers include the mind reader Jon Stetson, the inspiration for the CBS procedural The Mentalist magic from Alexander Boyce and comedy from Mike Wood and Liz Miele. Continue reading the main story. Movies released and planned for release in 2017. The List Thus Far 3. Weird Movies. Here is an alphabetical listing of all the movies so far that have been certified as among the 3. Lost Highway is your source for weekly reviews of bmovies and cult films ranging from scifi and horror to the downright weird and bizarre. Enjoy the journey. Our short film reviews have been moved to this page Shorts. Note that the numbers that appear beside the original entries dont indicate any sort of rank, but refer solely to order of publication. THE LIST OF 3. 66 2. Iron 2. 00. 4 A homeless young Korean man trains himself to be invisible so he can romance another mans wife. Women 1. 97. 7 Identities merge and personalities shift when ingnue Pinky becomes obsessed with delusional Millie. Memories and dreams collide with reality in Fellinis self reflexive, stream of consciousness classic about a director trying to make a movie. Motels 1. 97. 1 Frank Zappas psychedelic review includes Ringo Starr as Larry the Dwarf, Keith Moon as a nun groupie, and an oratorio devoted to the penis. A Space Odyssey 1. Space monoliths turn apes into men and men into star children. The 5,0. 00 Fingers of Dr. T 1. 95. 3 A mad doctor enslaves 5. Dr. Seuss. Adaptation. Charlie Kaufman cant get started on an adaptation of The Orchid Thief, so he writes himself and his twin brother into the screenplay. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension 1. Buckaroos a neurosurgeonparticle physicistsecret agentrock star with a backing band of soldier of fortune scientists opposed by transdimensional aliens and it just goes on from there. After Last Season 2. An amateurish embarrassment about two med students, a killer on the loose, and a ghost, so full of misguided directorial choices and failed attempts at cinematic poetry that it takes on a dreamlike character. Akira 1. 98. 8 A telekinetic maniac wrecks Neo Tokyo in this trendsetting cult anime. Akira Kurosawas Dreams 1. The master filmmaker relates eight dreams, including one where he wanders through Vincent Van Goghs paintings.