See 'Good Time' On A Billboard In Long Island City

The billboard in Long Island City

The kinetic, pulse-pounding thriller Good Time will screen for free in August... on a billboard under an elevated subway station in Queens.

A24, the production company and distributor, announced that Good Time—along with other signature A24 films—would screen for free, all on billboards, in the cities where the films are set, explaining that they want to bring the "movies back home to the places that inspired them, turning billboards across the country into outdoor cinemas by night. "

The series, called Public Access, kicks off with Lady Bird in Sacramento on July 20th, followed by The Bling Ring (Los Angeles) on July 27th; The Witch (in the middle of New Hampshire) on August 6th; Good Time in Long Island City on August 10th; The Spectacular Now (Athens Georgia) on August 17th; and Moonlight, in Miami, of course, on August 24th.

Each screening location is specified by the longitude and latitude, so the Long Island City location is 40°44'59.0"N 73°56'11.0"W, or 41st Avenue and Northern Boulevard, by the Dutch Kills Green.

If you've seen Good Time, hearing traffic and screeching subways are a perfect layer of cacophony to add to the 2017 film. If you haven't, well, just know that Pete Davidson says it's the "best movie ever made" and spent much of a 2018 Tonight Show appearance promoting Good Time instead of his Netflix film

The NY TImes' Manohla Darghis called it "pure cinematic pleasure" and wrote in 2017:

[Robert] Pattinson plays Constantine Nikas, a.k.a. Connie, a calamitously inept bad guy who, during one terrible New York adventure, leaves ruin and broken bodies in his wake. Directed by the brothers Josh and Benny Safdie, “Good Time” is thrillingly energetic and focused. It doesn’t peddle a message or redemption, but instead tethers you to an oblivious narcissist who pushes the story into an ever-deepening downward spiral. As errors turn into catastrophes, Connie grows increasingly feral, becoming a character who is a biliously funny reproach to the American triumphalism that suffuses superhero flicks and indies alike and insists that success isn’t just inevitable but also a birthright.

The Safdie brothers are currently working on a drama called Uncut Gems, starring Adam Sandler as a Diamond District jewelry store owner with a gambling problem (Lakeith Stanfield, Judd Hirsch, and Idina Menzel also star).

Also, Nick from Good Time (played by Benny Safdie) is extremely meme-able:

Disclosure: I once ate some Good Time promotional Carvel cake. I would recommend this for the screening.