Starring: John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter, Nick Frost
Presented as part of The FOFIF double-feature celebrating the release of Robin Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris’ new book, The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar. Recorded introduction by the authors.
“Probably the best received of the modern wave of Black-led horror, this cult classic launched the career of John Boyega as the leader of a group of mostly Black London teenz ‘n the hood defending their turf against an alien invasion.”
In this expertly paced genre debut by Joe Cornish, a gang of resourceful South London teens experience some “28 Days Later shit” and defend their council estate after ape-like aliens descend on Guy Fawkes day. Using motor bikes, samurai swords, fireworks, and a whole lot of gumption, they bravely fight the unknowable horror with the help of an NHS nurse (future Doctor Who Jody Whittaker). Attack the Block has heart and humor, dives into the politics of policing, and amplifies the meaning of finishing what you start. It also gives horror the Black heroes it needed. The kids are alright, innit.
Want the book? Choose the book + ticket option and have it waiting at your seat! Books will also be available at the screening.
Also be sure to see the other film, Spider Baby, at Nitehawk Williamsburg on 2/27.
Starring: Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Williams Ostrander, Robert Prosky, Harry Dean Stanton
Unpopular nerd Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon) buys a 1958 Plymouth Fury, which he names Christine. Arnie develops an unhealthy obsession with the car, to the alarm of his jock friend, Dennis Guilder (John Stockwell). After bully Buddy Repperton (William Ostrander) defaces Christine, the auto restores itself to perfect condition and begins killing off Buddy and his friends. Determined to stop the deaths, Dennis and Arnie’s girlfriend, Leigh Cabot (Alexandra Paul), decide to destroy Christine.
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Meg Tilly, Robert Loggia, Dennis Franz
Two decades after the original murders at the Bates Motel, Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) completes his treatment at a mental institution and returns home to find his hotel run down under the management of Warren Toomey (Dennis Franz). Despite a new friendship with a waitress (Meg Tilly) and a job busing tables at a diner, Norman begins to hear voices once again. No matter how hard he tries, Norman cannot keep “Mother” from returning and coaxing him to unleash the homicidal maniac within.
Starring: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Teri Garr, Verna Bloom, Linda Fiorentino, John Heard, Catherine O’Hara, Dick Miller, Bronson Pinchot, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong
4K restoration
In a Manhattan cafe, word processor Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) meets and talks literature with Marcy (Rosanna Arquette). Later that night, Paul takes a cab to Marcy’s downtown apartment. His $20 bill flying out the window during the ride portends the unexpected night he has. He cannot pay for the ride and finds himself in a series of awkward, surreal and life-threatening situations with a colorful cast of characters. He spends the rest of the night trying to return uptown.
Starring: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn
Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) is a successful banker who keeps mostly to himself. When his estranged brother Conrad (Sean Penn) returns on his birthday with an odd gift — participation in a personalized, real-life game — Nicholas reluctantly accepts. Initially harmless, the game grows increasingly personal, and Orton begins to fear for his life as he eludes agents from the mysterious game’s organizers. With no one left to trust and his money gone, Orton must find answers for himself.
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis, Timothy Olyphant, Tom Sizemore
One of the most confounding cinematic experiences ever, Dreamcatcher is most baffling as it was born of the minds Stephen King and Lawrence Kasdan, two men who had before successfully captured the imagination of hoards. A book dreamt up when King was supposedly high on pain killers following a car accident, Dreamcatcher had a major budget and lofty aspirations – King himself saying it “would do for the toilet what Psycho did for the shower.” A disaster at the box office and celebrated by no critic, it nevertheless remains a marvel of human creation, complete with scatalogical flourishes, questionable accents and crude CGI. Not even the gravitas of Morgan Freeman could elevate the material, but you know what? We applaud such bold swings-and-misses.
Starring: Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie
Disney and Pixar’s Elemental, an all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire, water, land and air-residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in.
Starring: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen
While working underground to fix a water main, Brooklyn plumbers Mario (Chris Pratt) and brother Luigi (Charlie Day) are transported down a mysterious pipe and wander into a magical new world. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on an epic quest to find Luigi.
With the assistance of a Mushroom Kingdom resident Toad (Keegan-Michael Key) and some training from the strong-willed ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom, Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy), Mario taps into his own power.
Pinegrove will be hosting a world premiere screening of Montclair on February 2 at 9.30pm – a concert film recorded the night of their hometown show at the Wellmont Theatre in October 2021, shot and directed by Brian Paccione.
There will also be a short Q&A with Brian and Evan Hall afterwards!
Starring: Natalia Solián, Alfonso Dosal, Mayra Batalla, Mercedes Hernández, Aída López, Martha Claudia Moreno
The Future of Film is Female presents a preview screening of Michelle Garza Cervera’s debut feature HUESERA. Q&A with Cervera after the screening. To make an additional $10 donation to The Future of Film is Female, select the “Event + Donation” ticket on the checkout screen.
Writer/Director Michelle Garza Cervera uniquely explores the complexities of first-time motherhood in her darkly affective debut feature, Huesera. Imbuing a sense of fear and loss of self that is inherent to becoming a parent, the film uses the supernatural curse of “La Huesera” to heighten Valeria (Natalia Solián) sense of anxiety.
Valeria’s joy at becoming pregnant with her first child is quickly taken away when she’s cursed by a sinister entity. As danger closes in and relationships with her family become fractured, she’s forced deeper into a chilling world of dark magic that threatens to consume her. A group of witches emerge that could be her only hope for safety and salvation, but not without grave risk.
Huesera had its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival on 9 June 2022 and won the Best New Narrative Director and Nora Ephron awards.
