Starring: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, Edie McClurg

Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) has an uncanny skill at cutting classes and getting away with it. Intending to make one last duck-out before graduation, Ferris calls in sick, “borrows” a Ferrari, and embarks on a one-day journey through the streets of Chicago. On Ferris’ trail is high school principal Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), determined to catch him in the act.

Starring: Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Andrew McCarthy, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez

A group of recent college graduates embark on a series of misadventures in the real world. There’s Kirby (Emilio Estevez), a waiter who wants to be a lawyer; Kevin (Andrew McCarthy), a moody writer who yearns for the wild Jules (Demi Moore) ; Alec (Judd Nelson), whose political aspirations alienate his girlfriend, Leslie (Ally Sheedy) ; and Wendy (Mare Winningham), a quiet girl in love with Billy (Rob Lowe), who juggles roles as husband, dad and drunk. Together they grapple with adulthood.

Starring: America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros, Ingrid Oliu, George Lopez, Brian Sites

20th anniversary screening with screenwriter Josefina López in conversation with film critic Monica Castillo

The feature film debut of America Ferrera tells the story of Ana García, about to graduate high school in Los Angeles and at odds with her parents about what comes next. Eager to take the opportunity to enroll at Columbia University, she is met with resistance – the family needs her to help with her sister’s sewing business, and bristle at her moving so far away. Her relationship with her mother is also strained, as Ana is constantly criticized for the shape of her body, a body she herself is proud of.

Based on Josefina López’s stage play, Real Women Have Curves was groundbreaking when it debuted at Sundance, and remains not only a rare depiction of young Latina life, but also as a positive portrayal of the many shapes and sizes of the female form.

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This documentary focuses on drag queens living in New York City and their “house” culture, which provides a sense of community and support for the flamboyant and often socially shunned performers. Groups from each house compete in elaborate balls that take cues from the world of fashion. Also touching on issues of racism and poverty, the film features interviews with a number of renowned drag queens, including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija and Dorian Corey.

The third documentary in Kenneth Thomas’ trilogy about indie music culture, It Came from Aquarius Records explores the adventurous independent record shop that helped shape the tastes of San Francisco area residents and beyond for nearly a half a century.

Aquarius Records closed in 2016 after establishing itself as one of the greatest champions of underground and experimental sounds, turning the world onto sound and music of limitless varieties, some of which would soon explode in popularity out of the independent music scenes.

Filmed over six years and featuring over 50 interviews, the film takes an in-depth look at the heartbreak of shuttering the beloved store amid the city’s wave of gentrification and traces its long history of influencing music and culture in the city.

Make it a full night of film and live music! After the film, head over to Union Pool (484 Union Ave) to see live performances from one of the bands that Aquarius Records loved, Oneida, preceded by a DJ set from Steve Shelley and Emil Amos! Discount admission into Union Pool for those that attended It Came from Aquarius Records at Nitehawk. Use your seat number to receive the discount.

Starring: Sue Lynn Sanchez, Bill Ushler, Dave Bonavita

One of the most beloved and recognizable ‘shot on video’ movies of the last two decades, and both a Red Letter Media and Rifftrax favorite! When a giant bloodthirsty Bigfoot goes on a killing spree in a sprawling suburban park area of Pennsylvania, it’s up to a couple of park rangers, a novice reporter and a mystical Native American Warrior to try and stop Sasquatch’s limb-ripping, blood-drinking and massive pectoral rampage.

Starring: John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Steve Inwood, Julie Bovasso, Frank Stallone

Saturday Night Fever’s Tony Manero returns in Sylvester Stallone’s curious sequel to the 1977 smash. Years after leaving the disco and confines of his native Brooklyn for Manhattan, Tony finds himself a struggling Broadway dancer by day and eye-candy bartender by night. When Tony gets called to the big time with an audition for Broadway’s hopeful hit, “Satan’s Alley,” he finds himself struggling to control his ego in work and in his complicated love life — juggling the monogamous desires from his supportive dancer girlfriend Jackie (Cynthia Rhodes) and tempting advances from Broadway’s it girl Laura (Finola Hughes). Will Tony make the right moves to stay alive in work and love?

John Trovolta attempted to regain box office glory with his first and last collaboration with megastar Stallone. Working from a script co-written with gritty scriptwriter Norman Wexler, Stallone crafted an unnecessary but wonderful gift of a sequel featuring a herculean-ly bronzed and buffed Travolta, a score helmed by the Bee Gees and Frank Stallone, and a closing act featuring one of the most bonkers musicals ever committed to celluloid.

Starring: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder, Benjamin Millepied

Nina (Natalie Portman) is a ballerina whose passion for the dance rules every facet of her life. When the company’s artistic director decides to replace his prima ballerina for their opening production of “Swan Lake,” Nina is his first choice. She has competition in newcomer Lily (Mila Kunis) however. While Nina is perfect for the role of the White Swan, Lily personifies the Black Swan. As rivalry between the two dancers transforms into a twisted friendship, Nina’s dark side begins to emerge.

Starring: Nika Feldman, Preston Miller, Arik Roper, George Crowley, Fred Schneider

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Teri (Nika Feldman) is a punk who speeds away from her South Carolina hometown in search of more excitement in the New York City scene, where she plans to try to score interviews with bands for her zine “Skid Marks.” Hoping to avoid her biological father, who left her family after coming out as gay and moving to the city, bad luck forces her to his door, and she must reckon with the fact that she was misled to believe he abandoned her.

Shot mostly on digital video in the late 90s, Esther Bell’s film played at the New York Underground Film Festival, then briefly on the Showtime network, but has yet to be available streaming or on home video. Also noteworthy: the cast includes Fred Schneider of the B-52s, Julianne Nicholson (Mare of Easttown) with cameos from cult filmmakers Sarah Jacobson and Bill Plympton.

Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi, Lenore Aubert, Jane Randolph, Glenn Strange

In the first of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello’s horror vehicles for Universal Pictures, the inimitable comic duo star as railway baggage handlers in northern Florida. When a pair of crates belonging to a house of horrors museum are mishandled by Wilbur (Lou Costello), the museum’s director, Mr. MacDougal (Frank Ferguson), demands that they deliver them personally so that they can be inspected for insurance purposes, but Lou’s friend Chick (Bud Abbott) has grave suspicions.