You Need to Check Out 'Killing Gunther' and More This Weekend

Looking for some stuff to catch up on this weekend? Whether it's TV, movies, books, or anything in between—VICE has you covered. Read on for our staff recommendations on what to take in during your downtime:

Killing Gunther looks ridiculous. And if you've read anything about it, it seems ridiculous, too. Written and directed by (and starring) ex-SNL'er Taran Killam, the movie focuses around the act of killing the titular Gunther, the best hit man in the world portrayed by a guy who can capably portray the best hitman in the world: Arnold Schwarznegger. Bobby Moynihan is in it, and so is Hannah Simone, who you probably recognize as Cece from The New Girl. Does Cece kill Gunther? Only one way to find out! —Larry Fitzmaurice, Senior Culture Editor, Digital

You probably know Carolee Schneemann for her (in)famous work, Interior Scroll, a 1975 performance piece that featured the artist reading aloud from a paper scroll as she unfurled it from her vagina. Starting this Sunday, MoMA PS1, in Long Island City, presents the first comprehensive retrospective of Schneemann's prolific, six-decades-long career, featuring paintings, films, installations, and documentation of her experimental theater events. At a moment when pop culture is actively debating Hollywood's objectification of women, it feels like an apt time to immerse yourself in Schneemann's world. The exhibition runs from October 22, 2017–March 11, 2018. Click here to learn more. —Kara Weisenstein

You already have your weekly schedule of This American Life, My Favorite Murder, and Comedy Bang Bang timed to your commute and just don't have the mental space for another pair of podcasting co-hosts, right? Wrong. Uncivil is easily one of the best-made and #relevant podcasts of the Trump era. It retells the story of the Civil War, covering events not mentioned in history books, and revisiting characters we thought we knew. The first episode, which you can listen to above, recounts a group of runaway slaves enlisted by the Union Army to burn and pillage the plantation from whence they came (thanks, in part, to Harriet Tubman!). The podcast is reported and recorded by This American Life vet Jack Hitt and scholar, professor, and journalist Chenjerai Kumanyika (who has written for VICE). Sorting fact from fiction about the Civil War has recently become an urgent political necessity, and Uncivil accomplishes that with gusto. —Beckett Mufson

It's been five years since Norwegian space-disco titan Lindstrøm released his last solo album, 2012's microscopically detailed Smalhans. He's kept busy since then—the EPs and singles he's released over the past two years, in particular, are worth checking out—but today he returns with a new LP, It's Alright Between Us As It Is. If you're familiar with Lindstrøm's work, then you know what to expect here: percolating rhythms, skyward synths that ascend to infinity, and earworm-ready melodies that are as immediately memorable as they are giddily complicated. What's wrong with getting what you want, anyway? —LF

The narcotic films of Philippe Garrel make for excellent, if erudite, aphrodisiacs, so why not chase the dragon down the rabbit hole this weekend at Metrograph? For the first in a two-part retrospective, the Lower East Side cinematheque presents a number of rare and forgotten films from the French auteur, including new 35mm prints and a 4K presentation of L'enfant secret, the 1979 film's US premiere. Rivette called him, "The child of Cocteau and Godard," which you should take to mean "psychedelic, but in an opium way." —Emerson Rosenthal