New Yorker Festival

The New Yorker Festival is running this coming weekend. While it looks like most of the high-exposure events are sold out, there are free events (a screening of Barry Lyndon on Sunday afternoon, for one) and book signings that everyone who is interested can go to (early) and hope to see. If anyone's interested in taking a break from the beats and heading over to one, post a comment.

Other screening info:

SUNDAY SNEAK PREVIEW:

“Man of the Year”

The New Yorker presents a special screening of “Man of the Year,” a new comedy from Morgan Creek and Universal Pictures about a talk-show host who runs for President as a joke and, to his surprise, is elected to office. Following the screening, New Yorker staff writer Lillian Ross will interview the film’s writer and director, Barry Levinson, and star, Robin Williams.

Sunday, October 8th at 12 noon
Florence Gould Hall
French Institute Alliance Française
55 East 59th Street ($25)

Tickets will be available exclusively at New Yorker Festival headquarters, located at the Union Square Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 33 East 17th Street, beginning at 5 p.m. on Friday, October 6th.

Cash only. No more than four tickets can be sold per person. The film is rated PG-13.

SECOND SCREENING ADDED [The tix for this are probably sold out, but you'll have to check to know for sure]:

“Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”

Due to popular demand, The New Yorker will add a second screening of the film at 12:30 a.m. on Saturday night, October 7th.

Sacha Baron Cohen, the star of HBO’s comedy “Da Ali G Show,” brings the journalist Borat Sagdiyev to the big screen. In the new film, Borat travels from his home in Kazakhstan to the United States to make a documentary. On his cross-country road trip, he meets real people in real situations. (The film has an R rating.)

Saturday night, October 7th at 12:30 a.m.
Directors Guild of America
110 West 57th Street ($15)

Tickets will be available online at ticketmaster.com, at tri-state outlets, or by calling 1.877.391.0545, beginning Wednesday, September 27th at 9 a.m