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Upcoming at Anthology Film Archives
Comedy Film

Waitress!

October 24 at 7pm

At Anthology Film Archives

East Village, New York

"Unexpected, rare, small budget, avant garde… see them here!"
"One of NYC's best film institutions"
1981 comedy pre-dating the hit musical by decades

Anthology Film Archives digs up WAITRESS!, a gloriously scrappy 1981 cult comedy slinging diner gags and downtown attitude. Catch it on the big screen at the East Village's temple of avant-garde and underground film.

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  • Cult cinema
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  • Anthology Film Archives
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  • New York

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