He built a scraper for New York cinema listings so he never misses a classic again

After missing a cinema showing of Lawrence of Arabia, he built a tool that scrapes the listings of most movie theaters in New York to show what is actually playing. He uses it often to plan weekend viewing and has caught 2046, Lawrence of Arabia and plenty of others with it.

How it works

Listings scraped from most NYC theaters
Combined into one listings page
He checks it when planning a weekend

Why it’s worth knowing

It came from one missed film and turned into the way he plans his weekends.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on reddit.com. See the original ↗

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