Thursday, Oct. 8 - Cult MTL

Rodney Ramsey

The 44th annual Festival du nouveau cinéma — Montreal’s prestigious fall film fest, which runs through Oct. 18 — begins with a screening of Jaco Van Dormael’s The Brand New Testament (in its original French with English subtitles), an irreverent take on Christian myth wherein God is actually an alcoholic douchebag from Belgium. 3575 Parc, 1 p.m., $13/$9 for students & seniors

Citizen Vintage invites you to the launch of their new ’80s inspired window display, created by Laure-Anne Carré (Hello L.A., the Scope Club), with music by Sailor Danny and beer from Kronenbourg. 5330 St-Laurent, 6–9 p.m., free

Montreal’s biennial celebration of the photograph, Le Mois de la Photo, is in its final week, and Parisian Laundry invites the public to check out the works of six international artists in their St-Henri space tonight with a cocktail soirée, La Nuit MPM, with DJ Donald Lauture. 3550 St-Antoine W., 8 p.m., $10/$5 students

Urban Science’s weekly live hip hop night, #LECYPHER, turns one year old with a special edition of the event at le Bleury Bar à Vinyle featuring performances from K.O.F. and Harmny, snacks from Boom J’s Cuisine and Deli Sokolow and an open jam session, all for free. Check out our interview with founder Vincent Stephen-Ong here. 2109 Bleury, 8 p.m., free

Comedian Rodney Ramsey headlines ComedyWorks tonight with the first of five shows, which which will be recorded and released as the upcoming live album Jus Try’na Eat!! Joining Ramsey will be MC Patrick Hakeem and some special surprise guests. 1238 Bishop, 8:30 p.m., $15

Montreal band Reversing Falls will play their first show in quite a while tonight, headlining at le Ritz with openers Holy Data and Nobro, Check it! 179 Jean-Talon W., 9:30 p.m., $5