Starring: Naomie Harris, André Holland, Mahershala Ali, Janelle Monáe, Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders

A timeless story of human connection and self-discovery, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. At once a vital portrait of contemporary African American life and an intensely personal and poetic meditation on identity, family, friendship, and love, Moonlight is a groundbreaking piece of cinema that reverberates with deep compassion and universal truths. Anchored by extraordinary performances from a tremendous ensemble cast, Jenkins’s staggering, singular vision is profoundly moving in its portrayal of the moments, people, and unknowable forces that shape our lives and make us who we are.

Comedian Kevin Maher observes Halloween a few days early with this celebration of director Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Poltergeist, Lifeforce). 

With Special Guests:
Heather Buckley (producer, Red Shirt Pictures, writer, FANGORIA)
John Cribbs (writer from ThePinkSmoke.com)
Matt Glasson (editor/filmmaker LOVE STALKER)
Matthew Hurwitz (cartoonist at DangerBurger.com, writer at VideoFugue.com)
Edwin Samuelson (DVD/Blu-Ray Special Features producer at Samuelson Studios)
Amber Nigro (Kevin Geeks Out About Deadly Women)

Nitehawk’s LOCAL COLOR and Tribeca Film Festival present a preview screening of THE EYES OF MY MOTHER. Q&A with director Nicolas Pesce.

A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.

In their secluded farmhouse, a mother, formerly a surgeon in Portugal, teaches her daughter, Francisca, to understand anatomy and be unfazed by death. One afternoon, a mysterious visitor horrifyingly shatters the idyll of Francisca’s family life, deeply traumatizing the young girl, but also awakening some unique curiosities. Though she clings to her increasingly reticent father, Francisca’s loneliness and scarred nature converge years later when her longing to connect with the world around her takes on a distinctly dark form.

Join us for an after-party featuring Jameson Irish Whiskey in Lo-Res Bar!

Starring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn

Clarice Starling, a top student at the FBI’s training academy, is sent to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, to provide insight into a serial killer being pursued by the FBI. In a now iconic role, Anthony Hopkin’s Lecter is a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for acts of murder and cannibalism. Tense, beautiful and arresting, Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs mingles the horrors of criminal acts with the psychological horrors of Lecter’s slow-motion interrogation of Clarice and of her memories that emerge from it.

Nitehawk’s Booze & Books and Music Driven have partnered with Rough Trade to present GIMME SHELTER celebrating Joel Selvin’s book, Altamont: The Rolling Stones, The Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock’s Darkest Day.

Q&A with Joel Selvin following the screening moderated by Danny Goldberg, President of GoldVE Entertainment. 

Called the greatest rock film ever made, this landmark documentary follows the Rolling Stones on their notorious 1969 U.S. tour. When three hundred thousand members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hells Angels at San Francisco’s Altamont Speedway, Direct Cinema pioneers David and Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin were there to immortalize on film the bloody slash that transformed a decade’s dreams into disillusionment. – Criterion

The heist-comedy, MASTERMINDS, you’ve been waiting for is finally here!

In this action comedy based on true events, David Ghantt discovers the true meaning of adventure far beyond his wildest dreams. He is an uncomplicated man stuck in a monotonous life. Day in and day out he drives an armored vehicle, transporting millions of other people’s money with no escape in sight. The only glimmer of excitement is his flirtatious work crush Kelly Campbell who soon lures him into the scheme of a lifetime. Along with a group of half-brained criminals led by Steve Chambers and an absurdly faulted heist plan, David manages the impossible and makes off with $17 million in cash…only problem is he foolishly hands the money over to this wild group of double crossers and has been set up to take the fall. 

Starring: Hal Holbrook, Leslie Nielsen, Adrienne Barbeau, E.G. Marshall, Fritz Weaver, Viveca Lindfors, Ed Harris, Ted Danson, Stephen King

What’s better than a horror anthology film? How about one directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King? Based on the E.C. horror comic books of the 1950s, Creepshow is a made up of five short horrifying tales told to a young kid by “The Creep” who gets in trouble for reading “Creepshow.” With Father’s Day, The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill, Something to Tide You Over, The Crate and They’re Creeping Up on You! you’ll get monsters of all shapes and sizes. Evil husbands, corpses, and outer space visitors are just the tip of this iceberg of terror!

Have an old friend for dinner at Nitehawk and Pat Lafrieda’s FILM FEAST presentation of THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS.

Clarice Starling, a top student at the FBI’s training academy, is sent to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter to provide insight on another serial killer who they’re trying to capture. In a now iconic role, Anthony Hopkin’s Lecter is a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Tense, beautiful, and arresting, Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs shows the journey of a young woman sent to be both the intelligent and bait to solve the case.

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

MENU

VIRGINIA IS FOR LOVERS
Virginia ham, quail egg, black pepper, bull’s blood
Drink pairing – Bowman Brothers Small Batch Virginia Bourbon, tart cherry, tea syrup, peach bitters

MEETING IN THE FLESH
foie gras terrine, fava bean puree, chianti braised cherries, toasted brioche
Drink pairing – Castello di Monsanto Chianti Monrosso 2012

Originally broadcast on HBO on August 5, 1990, M’s last performance – in Nice, France – became the highest-viewed special event in the cable channel’s history, with 4.5 million viewers tuning in. Hastily released the following year on laserdisc, the concert has since fallen out of print, and remains the Holy Grail for Madonna’s legions of fans.

Nitehawk’s fourth annual Halloween screening A NITE TO DISMEMBER spends all-night in a HOUSE OF HORRORS!

Nitehawk cordially invites you into our terrifying home as we host the ultimate classic old-school Halloween party this year, A NITE TO DISMEMBER: HOUSE OF HORRORS.Starting at midnight and continuing until after dawn, we’ll screen some of the scariest haunted house films past and present: The Exorcist, The Black Cat, The Legend of Hell House, and Night of the Demons (all presented on 35mm!) along with the best ghost story of 2016, Babak Anvari’s Under the Shadow!

As we do each year at A NITE TO DISMEMBER, there will be a costume contest and trivia (with prizes courtesy of Shudder) along with a some short horror films. Those who survive the nite with receive a complimentary Nitehawk breakfast (eggs and tots!), themed gift bags, and a discounted fare from Lyft. But wait, there’s more…there’s a photo-booth with The Bosco and we’ve got you covered on the drink front with complimentary coffee from Fazenda Coffee and sweets from our neighbor SweetHaus! Your official hosts for the evening, Shudder’s Sam Zimmerman and Nitehawk’s Kris King and Caryn Coleman, will protect you from the ghosts, demons, and devils that await your arrival.

Nitehawk will also host a haunted house pre-party in Lo-Res Bar before A Nite to Dismember (11pm – 12am) featuring Jameson Irish Whiskey. Attendees can present their ticket for a complimentary beverage treat.

Forget trick-or-treating, spend the nite with us!

FILMS (in order of screening)…

THE EXORCIST (William Friedkin, 1973)
35mm
The power of Christ compels you…
One of the scariest movies you’ll ever see, The Exorcist continues to terrify audiences and influence films more than forty years after its release. A shocker of visuals and theme since its release, the tale a young girl inhabited by an evil entity and her actress/single-mother’s frantic search to fix her along with two priests, one full of faith and the other questioning, hits us where it hurts most…the home.

THE BLACK CAT (Edgar Ulmer, 1934)
35mm
Supernatural, perhaps. Baloney, perhaps not. There are many things under the sun.
Out of a prison camp and joined by two American newlyweds, Dr. Vitus Werdegast returns to the home of Hjalmar Poelzig to seek his revenge. It’s a shocker based on an Edgar Allen Poe story complete with incest, Satanism, necrophilia, and murder starring two horror icons, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, battling against each other in an imposing architectural moment on top of the dead.

UNDER THE SHADOW (Babak Anvari, 2016)
DCP
They’ll always know how to find you.
Set in Tehran at the tail end of the Iran-Iraq war, Banak Anvair’s brilliant debut feature film Under the Shadow is a terrifying mix of the real threat religious/political agenda with the supernatural threat of djinn (ghosts). A woman and her daughter remain in a crumbling apartment complex when her husband leaves for the front line. We see that her decision to leave the sanctuary of home post-revolution Iran is personally, and politically, a difficult endeavor.

THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE (John Hough, 1974)
35mm
This house… It knows we’re here.
A perfect 1970s ghost story about a serial killer so angered by his shortcomings that he and his victims continue to haunt the infamous Belasco House. So, when scientist Lionel Barrett leads a special team of a spiritualist, a psychic medium, and his wife to uncover the truth about the home’s haunting, they’re in for some truly strange experiences. The Legend of Hell House is a naughty haunted romp that’s perfectly overacted (and even includes a ghost trap!).

NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (Joe Augustyn, 1988) 35mm
I’ve heard stories about this place ever since I was a kid. The Hull Family met a pretty gruesome end, didn’t they?
We end the night with a real Halloween tale. Set in an abandoned funeral parlor, the Hull House, ten teenagers awaken an evil force during a seance. From then on, the released demonic spirits keep them from leaving and, naturally, turn their little soiree into a living hell. We can’t say for sure this won’t happen to all of us at Nitehawk but it’ll surely be a Nite to Dismember!