The battle between the Vampires and Lycans gets a lot of action in UNDERWORLD.
The aughts gave film a very sleek, sexy, and action-packed vision of the werewolf in Underworld. We quickly catch up on the centuries long war between the Vampires and the Lycans as Selene, a beautiful vampire death dealer, is tasked to eradicate the last of the werewolves. Only one problem: she meets a handsome young human, also hunted by the Lycans, who isn’t quite what he seems. Discovering that he holds the key that could end this battle, she must decide where her allegiances lie. Which side will you choose?
Part of Nitehawk’s March BARK AT THE MOON series.
Find out about Gabriel Bryne’s deal with the devil Keyser Soze in THE USUAL SUSPECTS.
In The Usual Suspects, a multi-million dollar heist in San Pedro Harbor ends with an explosion, few survivors, and a whole lot of questions. The story of the ordeal unfolds after five suspects are hauled into the Los Angeles police department, including Dean Keaton (Gabriel Bryne) who’s a former corrupt police officer involved in the massacre. But it’s a disabled con man called Verbal Kint who weaves the tale of evil crime lord Keyser Soze, whom he describes as the one who lead himself and the other suspects to the harbor. Kint’s description of Soze’s stature and the incident will have you mesmerized until the revealing end.
Part of Nitehawk’s March IRISH THRILLS brunch series.
Liam Neeson fights everyone to get back his kidnapped daughter in TAKEN.
Give me back my daughter! Liam Neeson is Bryan Mills, a divorced former government agent who is trying to reconnect with his daughter. And he gets to do this but not after he has to pretty much fight the world to get her back from the sex slavers who abducted her from Paris! With only four days until she’s auctioned off, he has to make his way to Europe and through every bad guy possible to save her. Of course, he’ll use all of his black ops skills to do so…much to everyone’s surprise and the audience’s delight!
Part of Nitehawk’s March IRISH THRILLS brunch series.
Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ciarán Hinds
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After a particularly difficult hit job goes wrong in London, gangsters Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson) head to Belgium while things blow over. While they wander around the medieval city of Bruges to kill time, Ray complains about how bored he is while Ken finds beauty in solace in the quiet life. Things become increasingly surreal as the two encounter a movie set, tourists, potential lovers and the fate to be imposed upon Ray by their cruel British boss. In Bruges is a strangely beautiful film, violent and quiet, that exposes the fine line between happiness and sadness, life and death, reality and fantasy.
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana, Vicky Krieps
Hanna is a beautiful non-stop action chase film where Hollywood blockbuster meets European arthouse. Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) is a young girl who has been trained since birth by her ex-CIA agent father in the deep woods of Finland to be an unbeatable assassin. After her father sends her off on her life’s mission, she stealthily makes her way across Europe while evading agents sent after her by a ruthless operative named Marissa, who once worked with Hanna’s father. As she draws closer to her target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and begins to question her humanity.
Comedian Kevin Maher presents an obsessive look at wigs as they appear in movies, TV and real life. From toupee-wearing authority figures to hyper-glamorous drag queens, the evening crosses decades and genres to uncover a real fascination with fake hair.
Plus Special Guests:
Jon Abrams (Editor-in-Chief, Daily Grindhouse)
Tom Blunt (blogger, Word & Film)
Ariel Italic (Nobodies Hosting Drag Race)
Wendy Mays (host of “Pet Cinematary” podcast)
Tanya Smith (co-host of “Read It And Weep” podcast)
Kate Wilkinson (writer, Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy; WigWurq.tumblr.com)
Kseniya Yarosh (co-host, Bonnie & Maude podcast)
With support from his loving wife Gerda, artist Einar Wegener prepares to undergo one of the first sex-change operations.
The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener (portrayed by Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) and Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina), directed by Academy Award winner Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech, Les Misérables). Lili and Gerda’s marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili’s groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
Nitehawk’s COUNTRY BRUNCHIN’ goes prospecting with Paul Thomas Anderson’s THERE WILL BE BLOOD. The screening includes a live pre-show serenade by DOKKVETUR.
A man. A boy. A milkshake. Paired with a hauntingly sharp score by Jonny Greenwood, Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood depicts a startlingly beautiful American landscape that’s both relished and destroyed by man. It time travels back to the ruthless American west at the turn of the century where a miner-turned-oilman, Daniel Plainview, does whatever it takes to achieve success. Plainview (played to menacing perfection by Daniel Day Lewis) has few moments of kindness seen when it comes to his “son” and partner H.W. whom he raised after his real father died on an oil rig. But it’s the battle for land against a conniving young preacher where the true colors of all the characters come into play.
Starring: Keith Carradine, Karen Black, Henry Gibson, Ronee Blakley, Lily Tomlin, Shelley Duvall, Ned Beatty, Barbara Harris
This cornerstone of 1970s American moviemaking from Robert Altman is a panoramic view of the country’s political and cultural landscapes, set in the nation’s music capital. Nashville weaves the stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—into a cinematic tapestry that is equal parts comedy, tragedy, and musical. Many members of the astonishing cast wrote their own songs and performed them live on location, which lends another layer to the film’s quirky authenticity. Altman’s ability to get to the heart of American life via its eccentric byways was never put to better use than in this grand, rollicking triumph, which barrels forward to an unforgettable conclusion.
Nitehawk’s COUNTRY BRUNCHIN’ goes Spaghetti Western with the Sergio Leone epic, THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. The screening features a live pre-show serenade by ARTHUR VINT & ASSOCIATES.
In The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo) depicts three gunslingers competing to find fortune in a buried cache of Confederate gold. Arguably the most stylish and influential film of the western genre, it is the third and final installment in Leone’s Dollars Trilogy (following A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More). Clint Eastwood returns as the “Man With No Name,” this time teaming with two gunslingers (Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef) to pursue a cache of $200,000 and letting no one, not even warring factions in the American Civil War, stand in their way. From sun-drenched panoramas to bold, hard close-ups, exceptional camera work captures the beauty and cruelty of the barren landscape and the hardened characters who stride unwaveringly through it.
