Skip to content

Mobile Suit Gundam F91

Starring: Kôji Tsujitani, Yumi Tôma, Masaaki Maeda

After a generation of peace, the Earth Federation has begun to build new space colonies to house humanity’s growing population. But a new force, the aristocratic Crossbone Vanguard, plans to seize the colonies of the newly-constructed Frontier Side for itself. As their home becomes a battlefield, a handful of young civilians struggle to escape the conflict. Armed with the state-of-the-art Gundam F91, Seabook and his friends put up a desperate struggle against the Crossbone menace.

Akira

Starring: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama

To add a copy of our book, “Nitehawk Cinema Presents,” choose the “Reserved + Nitehawk book” ticket option

One of the best-known examples of contemporary Japanese animation, this cyberpunk adventure takes place in the post-apocalyptic city of Neo-Tokyo. A teen-age boy is exposed to a mysterious energy source and develops telekinetic powers that place him at the center of a conflict that may destroy the world.

Nightmare Sisters

Starring: Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens, Michelle Bauer

Three prim and proper sorority sisters undergo startling changes when a succubus shows up and turns them into voluptuous vixens with insatiable sex drives. Fortunately, the fraternity next door is filled with handsome hunks.

Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama

Starring: Andras Jones, Linnea Quigley, Robin Stille

As part of a sorority ritual, pledges and their male companions steal a trophy from a bowling alley; unbeknownst to them, it contains a devilish imp who makes their lives a living Hell.

Night of the Comet

Starring: Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran

In this sharp-witted sci-fi disaster outing, a comet smashes into California leaving a pair of Valley girls and a few others alive. When the ladies finally figure out what happened, the twosome embark upon an unprecedented shopping spree, for while all humans were vaporized, their clothing was left intact.

The Last Unicorn

Starring: Alan Arkin, Mia Farrow, Jeff Bridges, Angela Lansbury, Robert Klein, Tammy Grimes, Christopher Lee

In this animated musical, the villainous King Haggard plots to destroy all the world’s unicorns. When a young unicorn learns that she’s in danger and that she may soon be the last of her kind, she leaves the safety of her protected forest and enlists the help of Schmendrick, a gentle, albeit clumsy, sorcerer. Together, they embark on a long and dangerous journey with one goal: to defeat Haggard and save the unicorns from extinction.

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

Can you believe it’s been 20 years since Freaks and Geeks premiered? Nitehawk Cinema sure can’t. In honor of this momentous anniversary, we are proud to screen the full-length version of Brent Hodge’s Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary. This documentary explores all that went into making one of the most critically acclaimed television shows of all time that tragically only lasted one unforgettable season. Judd Apatow, Seth Rogen, Jason Segal, Busy Phillips, James Franco, Martin Starr and many more revisit the show that launched all of their now explosive careers.

Our preshow will present never before seen footage only available from the archives of Freaks and Geeks writers and producers personal collections.

Sit back and enjoy all that was Parisian night suits, drum solos, and a healthy dose of teenage angst.

Self Discovery for Social Survival

Self Discovery for Social Survival is a collaborative film between record label Mexican Summer and Pilgrim Surf + Supply, a New York-based surf and outdoor brand. Surfers in the film include seven-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore, Creed McTaggart, Ryan Burch and more. The film is accompanied by an original soundtrack featuring music by Allah Las, Connan Mockasin, Andrew VanWyngarden of MGMT and Peaking Lights, plus additional tracks by Dungen and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma.

Self Discovery for Social Survival works as a triptych, with three separate vignettes filmed in Mexico, the Maldives and Iceland. The musicians and pro-surfers embark on a journey that combines a symbiotic relationship between music and the waves, the environment and local culture. Narrated by the legendary avant-garde filmmaker Jonas Mekas, a voice holding as much depth as the ocean itself, Self Discovery for Social Survival captures the international, interweaving, and universal language of surf culture.

Before the Self Discovery for Social Survival, we’ll be screening the short Nu Rhythmo, directed by Sam Smith.

In TSJ 28.2, surfer Michael February, writer and filmmaker Sam Smith, photographer Alan Van Gysen, and cinematographer Wade Carroll land in West Africa to explore the local music scene, plus the rhythms and pacing of a sand-bottom point wave.

Eyeslicer Fest Closing Night Film: Knives and Skin

This September, DIY variety TV show The Eyeslicer is celebrating the release of their second season with a 4-day mini-fest of parties, events and screenings happening all around Brooklyn. They’re only showing one feature film during the entire fest, and it’s one of the best films of the year: Jennifer Reeder’s feminist, musical teenage dream Knives and Skin.

Knives and Skin follows the investigation of a young girl’s disappearance in a stylized version of a rural Midwest town that hovers just above reality, led by an inexperienced local sheriff. Unusual coping techniques develop among the traumatized small-town residents with each new secret revealed. The ripple of fear and suspicion destroys some relationships and strengthens others. The backdrop of trauma colors quintessential rituals—classrooms, dances, courtship, football games—in which the teenagers experience an accelerated loss of innocence while their parents are forced to confront adulthood failures. This mystical teen noir presents coming of age as a lifelong process and examines the profound impact of grief.

Please join us after the screening for a casual celebration in Nitehawk’s Lo-Res Bar.

Ready or Not

Starring: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell

Ready or Not follows a young bride (Samara Weaving) as she joins her new husband’s (Mark O’Brien) rich, eccentric family (Adam Brody, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell) in a time-honored tradition that turns into a lethal game with everyone fighting for their survival.