Posted on June 12, 2013
Nitehawk is happy to welcome the Northside Film Festival back onto our screens for several marquee screenings. We’ve put together a quick guide to what we’ll be showing, who’s going to be there, and how drunk you an get at after parties.
Wednesday, June 19
Maniac (2012) | Tickets
Director: Franck Khalfoun
Starring: Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder
When is it Playing: Wednesday, June 19 at 7:00 pm
Format: DCP
Who’s Going to Be There: Elijah Wood will be doing a Q&A after the film
How Drunk Can You Get: You can drink away the trauma of watching Elijah Wood scalp women for a party in the bar after the film.
What’s the Deal with This Movie Anyway?: A remake of William Lustig’s chilly, violent cult classic, this version of Maniac is helmed by a pair of French filmmakers who have already made quite the mark on violent horror cinema: Franck Khalfoun, who directed the parking garage thriller P2; and Alexandre Aja who brought us High Tension, the surprisingly good Hills Have Eyes remake, and Piranha 3D, the greatest film ever made. Elijah Wood is this film’s maniac, a mannequin store owner named Frank with who struggles with violent psycho-sexual impulses. As he attempts a normal relationship with a woman, Frank’s obsessive wild side begins seeping more and more to the surface as he begins scalping, stabbing and slashing his way through dark L.A. streets.
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Kopfstand (1981) | Tickets
Director: Ernst Josef Lauscher
Starring: Christoph Waltz
When is it Playing: Wednesday, June 19 at 9:45 pm
Format: Digital
What else?: The Brooklyn Film Collective short Unstrung
How Drunk Can You Get: No party for this one, but the movie involves unnecessary electro-shock treatments, so you’ll probably need one during the movie.
What’s the Deal with This Movie Anyway?: In Christoph Waltz’s first film, the German actor plays Markus, a young punk who doesn’t get along with his mother. When an argument escalates into violence, his mother has him dragged to a mental institution where the boy is left to wallow in depression and an over utilization of electro-shock therapy.
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Thursday, June 20
The Invader (2011) | Tickets
Director: Nicolas Provost
Starring: Issaka Sawadogo, Stefania Rocca
When is it Playing: Thursday, June 20 at 7:00 pm
Format: Digital
What Else?: There will be a Q&A with director Nicoloas Provost after the film
How Drunk Can You Get:
What’s the Deal with This Movie Anyway?: The struggles of Amadou, a large, charismatic African man, who washes onto the shores of Europe with hopes of building a better life for himself. After making his way to Brussels, Amadou shares many of the exploitative experiences that immigrants face in a resistant society. Opportunities arise and then vanish, leaving Amadou with little else to rely on than his brute strength.
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Look of Love (2013) | Tickets
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Steve Coogan, Imogen Poots, Anna Friel, Tamsin Egerton
When is it Playing: Thursday, June 20 at 10:00 pm
Format: DCP
What else?: The Brooklyn Film Collective short Gawking Red
How Drunk Can You Get: Northside’s closing party will be held after this screening. So, responsibly drunk.
What’s the Deal with This Movie Anyway?: Steve Coogan plays British adult magazine publisher Paul Raymond, who woke up the randy side of notoriously stuffy and repressed English culture to become Britain’s richest man. The movie illustrates the rise of Raymond’s empire, how it shaped English culture and the lasting, damaging effect his success had on his family.