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FRIDAY

Feeling some ’80s nostalgia? Head on over to see Crazy Thunder Road, a Japanese film (with English subtitles) portraying the rivalry between gangs after one of the leaders calls it quits.

Valeria Luiselli, author of Los Ingrávidos (Faces in the Crowd) will be at McNally Jackson at 7pm to discuss her debut novel which features poet Gilberto Owen and an Emily Dickinson-like woman as narrators.

SATURDAY

Take a tour back to your high school days with the Ramones in Rock and Roll High School at Nitehawk Cinema.

Find a seat at the IFC Center to watch Neighboring Sounds, a film about the illusion of security directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho.

SUNDAY

Catch Janet Cardiff’s The Forty Part Motet, a spatialized adaptation of a 16th-century, sacred motetat at MoMa PS1 before it closes on Sept 4th.

Don’t miss Grounded, a free indoor and outdoor exhibition of sculptures featuring “found, recycled or otherwise ‘humble’ materials” at Airplane Gallery in Bushwick.