MUSIC DRIVEN
Mainstream or underground, MUSIC DRIVEN is all the about music and the people that make it. Nitehawk’s MUSIC DRIVEN series combines the two powerful mediums of music and film with screenings of the latest music-focused features and bona fide classics. Travel back and forth across the dial with musicals, documentaries, and concert films on the big screen with big sound.
Beware of Mr. Baker
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
Mon, Apr 28 @ 7:00 pm: Followed by a Q&A with director Jay Bulger, moderated by Gina Gershon
Director: Jay Bulger Run Time: 100 min. Format: DCP Rating: NR Release Year: 2012
"He influenced me as a drummer... but not as a person."
Blues Run the Game: The Strange Tale of Jackson C. Frank
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
Wed, May 7 @ 7:00 pm: Followed by a Q&A
Director: Damien Aimé Dupont Run Time: 84 min. Format: DCP Rating: NR Release Year: 2023
Amidst Soho’s flourishing folk scene of the mid-60s, Jackson C. Frank released a masterpiece album and disappeared without a trace
Having Fun with A**h*les: The Greatest Band No One Knows
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
Thu, May 8 @ 7:00 pm: Followed by a Q&A
Director: Ted Maniatakos Run Time: 48 min. Format: DCP Rating: NR Release Year: 2025
The story of The Giraffes, a native New York City band
It’s All Gonna Break
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
Director: Stephen Chung Run Time: 94 min. Format: DCP Rating: NR Release Year: 2025
A front-row seat to Broken Social Scene’s rise and how they came to define a generation of indie rock