3. Listen to Leonard

A still from Tony Palmer’s LEONARD COHEN: BIRD ON A WIRE, playing January 18 – 31 at Film Forum. Courtesy of Isolde Films.

Film Forum, 209 West Houston St, at 6th Ave

At trying times like these, Cohen often had the answer.

Sink into Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire and follow him during his 1972 European concert tour, on stage, singing backstage with his band and gamely enduring press interviews.

He performs many of his classic songs – Suzanne, Sisters of Mercy, Chelsea Hotel, Famous Blue Raincoat, and So Long, Marianne – and is self-deprecatingly funny and humble.

It’s the perfect antidote to the arrogance and stupidity to come in 2017.

*Until Jan 31. All tickets available at the box office on day of show beginning at noon daily. Showtimes vary.