Gangs of New York
Monday, November 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Music Box Theatre
screening
Ostensibly "suggested" by Herbert Asbury's 1928 historical chronicle of New York's 19th century underworld, Martin Scorsese's American epic bore little relation to its source material by the time it unfurled in theaters as a remorseless holiday offering in 2002. A hulking, feral slab of gouging, stabbing, and cleaving, Gangs of New York emerged from the catacombs of development hell as a primordial work of historical fiction. Set primarily in 1863, in the lead-up to New York's Civil War draft riots. Preceded by "The Big Shave" (Martin Scorsese, 1967) – 5 min – 16mm. 35mm presentation from the Chicago Film Society.