Along with 90 cinemas across the United States, Nitehawk is screening 1984 as part of a National Event Day. A portion of ticket sales proceeds will be donated to the New York Civil Liberties Union. Big Brother is watching. 

Featuring giveaways courtesy of The Strand.

Part of Nitehawk’s BOOZE & BOOKS series
Books: 1984 is the second film adaptation of the classic, and increasingly relevant, George Orwell novel.
Booze: a doublethink cocktail is in the works!

1984 features a future where absolute conformity in action, word, thought and loyalty to Big Brother is demanded. Here the world is divided into three vast states, whose inhabitants are dominated by all powerful governments. Winston, a worker, starts an illegal love affair with Julia, and becomes the target of a brainwashing campaign to force him to conform. Michael Radford’s film captures the bleakness, anxiety and internal conflict that’s so vividly described by Orwell’s words. It creates an eerie insight into contemporary life where facts, reality and compassion are being challenged by those in power.

ABOUT THIS SCREENING: On April 4, 2017, over 90 art house movie theatres across the country in 81 cities and in 35 states, plus one in Canada, will be participating collectively in a NATIONAL EVENT DAY screening of the 80’s movie “1984” starring John Hurt, who sadly died last month. This date was chosen because it’s the day George Orwell’s protagonist Winston Smith begins rebelling against his oppressive government by keeping a forbidden diary. These theaters owners also strongly believe in supporting the National Endowment for the Arts and see any attempt to scuttle that program as an attack on free speech and creative expression through entertainment. This event provides a chance for communities around the country to show their unity and have their voices heard.

Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Zoë Kravitz, Riley Keough

In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, you can make a donation to OutSmartNYC, a collective of industry staff, patrons, educators, and activists organizing to prevent and end sexual violence in bars, restaurants, and nightclubs. Choose the “Reserved + $10 Donation” ticket option. Nitehawk will be matching all donations.

George Miller’s stunning Mad Max: Fury Road is a rare film that places the importance of its female protagonist on greater ground than the male lead. And that it does this without questioning gender roles makes it a revolutionary feminist film of the 21st century. Set in a post-apocalyptic Australia, Furiosa (played by Charlize Theron) rebels against a tyrannical ruler by liberating a group of female prisoners and takes them in search for her woman-ruled homeland. It is a time of severe desperation for all but her fearless strength helps change their world. Simply put, Furiosa is the most important female character represented in film since Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley (Alien).

A friend with weed is a friend indeed at Nitehawk with our LEPRECHAUN IN THE HOOD screening for St. Patrick’s Day.

When aspiring hip-hop performers Butch (Red Grant), Postmaster P. (A.T. Montgomery) and Stray Bullet (Rashaan Nall) cross record producer Mack Daddy (Ice-T), their grudge against him leads to their own peril. After they break into Mack Daddy’s home and swipe an ancient medallion from a grotesque statue, the evil Leprechaun (Warwick Davis) is freed from his magical prison. Soon the sinister little man is on the trail of Butch, Postmaster P. and Stray Bullet, along with Mack Daddy himself.

**NEW SCREENING ADDED ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19. DON’T MISS OUT – CLICK THE DROP MENU ON THE LEFT TO BUY TICKETS!**

Nitehawk has teamed up with Nom Wah Nolita & Lagunitas to make the John Carpenter classic BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA even tastier with our special FILM FEAST presentation.

Kurt Russell stars as the wisecracking truck driver Jack Burton in John Carpenter’s ever-classic, Big Trouble in Little China. As an all-American truck driver, Burton enters into a whole different world when he picks up his pal’s Wang Chi’s fiancee from the airport. Bubbling up from the depths of Chinatown is the evil and body-less Lo Pan who must marry a girl with emerald green eyes in order to regain his form…and guess who has green eyes? Thus commences an epic mystical underworld battle between good and evil complete with some of the best lines lines in film…When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol’ Jack Burton always says at a time like that: “Have ya paid your dues, Jack?” “Yessir, the check is in the mail.”

As always, our Film Feasts serve each dish at the moment its inspirational scene comes on the screen!

MENU

FIRST COURSE
Chinatown Dumplings – steamed chicken and shrimp siu mai | soy vinegar dipping sauce
Small Beginnings – Lagunitas IPA

SECOND COURSE
Pork Chop Lost In An Alley – Fried Pork Chop Sandwich – Taiwanese-style fried pork chop | pickled daikon | sweetened kewpie mayo | potato roll
Henry Swanson’s My Name, And Excitement’s My Game – Lagunitas Undercover Investigation Shut-Down Ale

THIRD COURSE
Lo Mein of Upside Down Sinner –  Fiery Dank Shank Lo Mein – soy braised beef shank | chinese broccoli | pickled kohlrabi | fried shallots | scallion and cilantro
Elevator Hot Box – Lagunitas Waldo Triple IPA 

FOURTH COURSE
Huge Buzz veggie broth w/ coconut ginger froth; vegan based broth | coconut ginger froth | scallion and cilantro
Time for a Little Medicine – Lagunitas Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ Wheat Ale

FIFTH COURSE
Green Eyes – Matcha Lotus Sesame Balls – fried matcha sesame balls | sweetened lotus paste filling
Things Go Sour For Lo Pan – Lagunitas Aunt Sally Sour Ale 

“Always a bridesmaid, never a bride” – such is the career of America’s hard-working characters who rarely, if ever, get the leading role.

Comedian Kevin Maher hosts a two-hour variety show celebrating these unsung heroes of the silver screen.

The multi-media comedy show looks at iconic character types like the sassy maid, the steely hit-man, the chubby best friend – and salutes the actors who play those thankless parts.

 “The Kevin Geeks Out shows are like TED Talks for Midnight Movies” – DailyGrindhouse.com

Guests:
?    Tanya Smith (co-host READ IT AND WEEP podcast)
?    Sonya Moore (scripter/translator for Korean webcomics at Spottoon)
?    Ryan Gabos (writer, The Big Takeover)
?    James Hancock (host, THE WRONG REEL podcast)
?    Adam Howard (writer, AdamHowardHasTooManyMoviestoWatch)

The theatrical release of the Academy Award Nominated Short films has been met by enthusiastic audiences for eleven years. This year, Nitehawk is pleased to present the 2017 OSCAR® Nominated Short Films in the LIVE ACTION and ANIMATION categories!

The 2017 OSCAR® Nominated Short Films: ANIMATION are:

BLIND VAYSHA
Canada / 8 mins / 2016
Director: Theodore Ushev
Producer: Marc Bertrand

Synopsis: Vasyha is not like other young girls; she was born with one green eye and one brown eye. But her odd eyes aren’t the only thing that’s special about her gaze.
Her left eye sees only the past. Her right, only the future. Like a terrible curse, Vaysha’s split vision prevents her from living in the present. Blinded by what was and tormented by what will be, she remains trapped between two irreconcilable temporalities. “Blind Vaysha,” they called her. In this metaphoric tale of timeless wisdom and beauty, filmmaker Theodore Ushev reminds us of the importance of living in present moment. Designed in 3D and also available in 2D as well as in virtual reality (VR). Based on the short story “Blind Vaysha” by Georgi Gospodinov. © Georgi Gospodinov, 2001

BORROWED TIME
United States of America / 7 mins / 2015
Directors: Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj
Producers: Amanda Deering Jones

Synopsis: A weathered Sheriff returns to the remains of an accident he has spent a lifetime trying to forget. With each step forward, the memories come flooding back. Faced with his mistake once again, he must find the strength to carry on.

PEAR CIDER AND CIGARETTES
Canada and UK / 35 mins / 2016
Director: Robert Valley
Producer: Cara Speller

Synopsis: Drink and smoke…that’s what Techno Stypes really like to do, and fight. He was in no condition to fight. He was sick, really sick. His disease had whittled him down to a shadow of his former self. He was crippled from a car accident when he was 17 but that’s not how he lost his big toe. He lost that in a motorbike accident, yeah he was broken alright… what the hell was he fighting for anyway and what was he still doing in China? His father had given me two clear instructions: 1. Get Techno to stop drinking long enough to receive the liver transplant, and 2. Get him back home to Vancouver. This was not going to be easy.

PEARL
United States of America / 6 mins / 2016
Director: Patrick Osborne
Producer: David Eisenmann

Synopsis: Set inside their home, a beloved hatchback, Pearl follows a girl and her dad as they crisscross the country chasing their dreams. It’s a story about the gifts we hand down and their power to carry love. And finding grace in the unlikeliest of places.

PIPER
United States of America / 6 mins / 2016
Director: Alan Barillaro 
Producer: Marc Sondheimer

Synopsis: Directed by Alan Barillaro and produced by Marc Sondheimer, “Piper,” the new short from Pixar Animation Studios, tells the story of a hungry sandpiper hatchling who ventures from her nest for the first time to dig for food by the shoreline. The only problem is, the food is buried beneath the sand where scary waves roll up onto the shore. “Piper” debuted in theaters worldwide with “Finding Dory” in 2016.

The theatrical release of the Academy Award Nominated Short films has been met by enthusiastic audiences for eleven years. This year, Nitehawk is pleased to present the 2017 OSCAR® Nominated Short Films in the LIVE ACTION and ANIMATION categories!

The 2017 OSCAR® Nominated Short Films: LIVE ACTION are:

ENNEMIS INTÉRIEURS
France / 28 mins / 2016
Director: Sélim Aazzazi
Producers: Benjamin De Lajarte, Sélim Azzazi & Frédéric Serve

Synopsis: An interview at a local police station turns into an inquisition during which a French-Algerian born man sees himself accused of protecting the identities of possible terrorists. This close-up on France’s troubled history with its former colonies has one man controlling the fate of another with the stroke of a pen during a turbulent period in the 1990s.

LA FEMME ET LE TGV
Switzerland / 30 mins / 2016
Director: Timo von Gunten
Producer: Giacun Caduff
Executive Producers: Jean de Meuron & Bela Böke

Synopsis: Elise Lafontaine has a secret routine. Every morning and evening for many years, she has been waving at the express train that passes her house. One fateful day, she finds a letter from the train conductor in her garden and her lonely life is turned upside down. She engages in a promising correspondence through poetic and thoughtful letters where the two anonymous writers share their world with each other until the day the train line get’s cancelled. The story is inspired by true events and stars César Award nominee Jane Birkin.

SILENT NIGHTS
Denmark / 30 mins / 2016
Director: Aske Bang
Producers: Tivi Magnusson and Kim Magnusson

Synopsis: Inger volunteers at a homeless shelter and falls in love with the illegal immigrant Kwame. Both live a hard life. Kwame finds comfort in Inger’s arms, but says nothing about his family and children in Ghana. When his daughter becomes ill, he is forced to steal money from the homeless shelter to pay the hospital bill. Inger believe his lies about the theft and shows compassion. Kwame moves in with Inger and they are happy for a while, until the day when Kwame’s mobile phone reveals everything about his life in Ghana.

SING (MINDENKI)
Hungary / 25 mins / 2016
Director: Kristof Deák
Producers: Anna Udvardy & Kristof Deák

Synopsis: Zsofi is struggling to fit in at her new school – singing in the school’s famous choir is her only consolation, but the choir director may not be the inspirational teacher everyone thinks she is. It will take Zsofi and her new friend Liza to uncover the cruel truth. “Sing” is a childhood drama with a lot of music set in 1990s post-socialist Budapest, Hungary. Based on a true story, it follows an award-winning school choir and the new girl in class facing a tough choice: to stand up against a corrupt system – or to fit quietly into it.

TIMECODE 
Spain / 15 mins / 2016
Director: 
Producers: Juanjo Giménez, Daniel Villanueva, Arturo Méndiz

Synopsis: Luna and Diego are the parking lot security guards. Diego does the night shift, and Luna works by day.

An arms deal goes wrong in Ben Wheatley and Amy Jump’s explosive (and violently charming) FREE FIRE.

Bold, breathless and wickedly fun, Free Fire is an electrifying action-comedy about an arms deal that goes spectacularly and explosively wrong. Acclaimed filmmaker Ben Wheatley (Kill List, High Rise) propels the audience head-on into quite possibly the most epic shootout ever seen on film as he crafts a spectacular parody—and biting critique—of the insanity of gun violence. Everyone’s got a gun, and absolutely no one is in control.

Jim Jarmusch transforms the everyday ordinary into the extraordinary in the quietly beautiful film, PATERSON.

Paterson (Adam Driver) is a bus driver in the city of Paterson, New Jersey – they share the name. Every day, Paterson adheres to a simple routine: he drives his daily route, observing the city as it drifts across his windshield and overhearing fragments of conversation swirling around him; he writes poetry into a notebook; he walks his dog; he stops in a bar and drinks exactly one beer. He goes home to his wife, Laura (Golshifteh Farahani). By contrast, Laura’s world is ever changing. New dreams come to her almost daily, each a different and inspired project. Paterson loves Laura and she loves him. He supports her newfound ambitions; she champions his secret gift for poetry. The history and energy of the City of Paterson is a felt presence in the film and its simple structure unfolds over the course of a single week. The quiet triumphs and defeats of daily life are observed, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.

Nitehawk’s LOCAL COLOR and Tribeca Film Festival present a CATFIGHT, a brutally hilarious story of two bitter rivals whose grudge match spans a lifetime. 

Q&A with writer-director Onur Tukel.

Two former college friends, who now find themselves in very different walks of life, meet up at a fancy cocktail party: Veronica (Sandra Oh) has become the entitled, wine-loving wife of a rich businessman, while Ashley (Anne Heche), along with her lover Lisa (Alicia Silverstone), struggles to make ends meet as an artist. As the two women reconnect, long-buried hostilities, jealousy, and anger explode into a vicious, bloody fight that leaves both of them battered and bruised – and ready for more.