The Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language film out of Argentina, WILD TALES spins six stories about the pleasure of losing control.

Inequality, injustice and the demands of the world we live in cause stress and depression for many people. Some of them, however, explode. This is a movie about those people.

Vulnerable in the face of a reality that shifts and suddenly turns unpredictable, the characters of Wild Tales cross the thin line that divides civilization and barbarism. A lover’s betrayal, a return to the repressed past and the violence woven into everyday encounters drive the characters to madness as they cede to the undeniable pleasure of losing control.

Music Driven presents a special screening of RYE COALITION: THE STORY OF THE HARD LUCK FIVE featuring a post screening Q&A with director Jenni Matz & members of Rye Coalition and an after party in our Lo-Res bar downstairs featuring DJ Lobster Tears!

When they signed with one of the world’s biggest record labels, Rye Coalition was primed to finally get their glory, or so it seemed. Like countless rockers before them, childhood best friends started a band in a basement with a couple simple goals in mind: have fun and play good music.  As one of the first bands to develop the new “emo” sound, they were at the forefront of a movement that included Shellac, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jawbreaker and Karp (with whom they later recorded a legendary 12? split). Rye Coalition’s first recording was a demo cassette tape (1994?s “Dancing Man”, self-released), backed by an East Coast tour in a beat up school bus long before most of them had their driver’s license.  For over a decade they blasted through a seemingly endless array of basement shows and dive bar gigs as their talent and fan base grew. They released albums on indie labels and toured the country on bigger and bigger bills: (At-the-Drive-in, Mars Volta, Queens of the Stone Age , Foo Fighters). After gaining momentum from 2002?s “On Top” LP, engineered by Steve Albini, they were signed to Dreamworks Records and none other than Dave Grohl (Nirvana) came on as their producer. Then, it all imploded. As Henry Owings of Chunklet put it- “Rye Coalition has had the worst luck of any band I can think of.”

This film traces their career (culled from over 20 years of home movies and unseen tour footage) supplemented with new interviews with the band and those who know them best. Although the band was praised by critics and supported by an absurdly dedicated grassroots fan base, somehow these Jersey rockers never got their due. Until now.

Malastrana Film Series is thrilled to announce two special midnight screenings of Umberto Lenzi’s PARANOIA at Nitehawk as part of “The Killer Must Kill Again! aka Giallo Fever! Part 2” (March 20-29, Anthology Film Archives). Screening in 35mm!

Originally titled ORGASMO in Italian, PARANOIA is the first installment of the prolific genre director Umberto Lenzi’s Giallo Sexy trilogy. In this classic psychological thriller, an erotic triangle develops when an American actress played by the beautiful Carroll Baker retires to an Italian villa after her husband’s sudden death, and becomes a target of the seductive Lou Castel (of “Fists in the Pocket” fame) and his dubious sister played by Colette Descombes. Part Diabolique and part Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, Lenzi infuses this claustrophobic nightmare with a dose of his unique blend of sleaze and tension, bringing it to culminate in its final explosion. If Lenzi’s masterful camerawork is not enough to drive you to the brink of madness, Piero Umiliani’s eccentric main theme is sure to do the job.

About the festival: They are back in town! Armed with sharper knives, shinier leather gloves and even more deranged motives, THE KILLER MUST KILL AGAIN! aka GIALLO FEVER PART 2 picks up where the first series left off, bringing 12 classic and under-screened Italian gialli to the Big Apple in rare 35mm prints. Part 2 expands on this highly inventive genre, showcasing films by Dario Argento, Mario Bava, Lucio Fulci, Sergio Martino, Aldo Lado, Umberto Lenzi, Giulio Questi and Luigi Bazzoni.

For more information on the series, please visit Anthology Film Archives!

Update: A second show has been added for Tuesday, April 21st at 7:15pm! 

Grab some burgers, some beers and a few laughs at THE BIG LEBOWSKI Film Feast. Your troubles are over, Dude.

Sometimes there’s a man — we won’t say a hero, ’cause what’s a hero? — but sometimes there’s a man who fits right in there — and that’s the Dude, in Los Angeles. The Dude spends most of his time knocking back caucasians while getting baked in the bath; if he’s not there, he’s almost definitely at the bowling alley. Things seem to be going all right for The Dude, that is until a couple of toughs break into his apartment and take a leak on his favorite rug. On a quest to get his rug back, The Dude takes on the role of private dick on behalf of his richer namesake, The Big Lebowski, a wheelchair bound millionaire whose wife has gone missing. And even if he’s a lazy man – and the Dude was most certainly that…. But… lost our train of thought here… Aw hell, we’ve done introduced him enough.

For this 4/20 (and 4/21!) screening of the Coens’ classic half-baked LA Noir, we’ve teamed up with fully-baked California brewery Lagunitas to cook up a multi-course meal that abides with scenes from the movie.

“BOWLING ALLEY GRILLED CHEESE”
grafton cheddar, spicy bacon and onion jam, pretzel bread
Drink Pairing: Lagunitas Pils

“LATIN BOWLING ALLEY AREPAS”
crispy corn cake, queso fresco, salsa verse
Drink Pairing: Lagunitas Censored/Kronik

“THE MUNCHIES”
pigs in a blanket, Brooklyn Bangers Spicy Beef Sausage, puff pastry, My Friends Beer mustard
Drink Pairing: Lagunitas IPA

“IN-N-OUT BURGER”
Pat La Frieda burger, Velveeta, special sauce, brioche bun, shoestring fries, housemade ketchup
Drink Pairing: White Russian featuring Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout

“LINGONBERRY PANCAKES”
German style pancakes, lingonberry jam
Drink Pairing: Lagunitas Brown Shugga’

“THE NIHILIST COURSE”
We believe in noszing, Lebowski.

Part of Nitehawk’s FILM FEASTS signature series.

Starring: Tony Lo Bianco, Deborah Raffin, Sandy Dennis, Sylvia Sidney, Sam Levene, Richard Lynch, Andy Kaufman

Armed with nothing but a cheap mail order rifle, an everyday Joe turns expert sniper, randomly taking out over a dozen New Yorkers. Devout detective Peter Nicholas (Lo Bianco) is on the case and gets shaken to the core when he finds out the killer’s motive: God told him to do it. As the investigation continues, more and more New Yorkers go on divinely inspired rampages and it’s up to Detective Nicholas to find out if these people are acting on God’s word, or if this sudden spat of violence has a more terrestrial cause.

Starring: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, Olivia Luccardi, Lili Sepe

For 19-year-old Jay, Autumn should be about school, boys and weekends out at the lake. But after a seemingly innocent sexual encounter, she finds herself plagued by strange visions and the inescapable sense that someone, or something, is following her. Faced with this burden, Jay and her teenage friends must find a way to escape the horrors that seem to be only a few steps behind.

David Cronenberg’s latest, MAPS TO THE STARS, takes a twisted tour through the dark side of tinseltown.

Meet the Weiss family, who are making their way in Hollywood rife with money, fame, envy, and relentless hauntings. Stafford Weiss (John Cusack) is a famed TV self-help therapist with an A-list celebrity clientele. Meanwhile, Cristina Weiss (Olivia Williams) has her work cut out managing the career of their disaffected child-star son, who’s fresh out of rehab at age 13. Yet unbeknownst to them, another member of the Weiss family has arrived in town – mysteriously scarred and tormented Agatha (Mia Wasikowska), just released from a psych ward and ready to start again. She soon becomes personal assistant to unraveling actress Havana Segrand (Julianne Moore), who is beset by the ghost of her legendary mother. But Agatha is on a quest for redemption – and even in this realm of the artificial, and the unearthly, she’s determined to find it, no matter what it takes.

THE DEUCE teams up once again with 42nd Street expert and exploitation extraordinaire ‘Uncle Bill’ Lustig for a screening of his fave freak-out FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE!

Plus: Prizes and surprises, Bronx Brewery Pale Ale at the after-party, and music by DJ BONES! Hosted and presented by THE DEUCE JOCKEYS: Jeff, Andy, and Joe!

“Why, you poor white trash! If it wasn’t for that gun, you’d be a yellow-streaked bum!”

William Sanderson (of Newhart fame) takes his film-debut turn as a hate-filled redneck prison escapee who, along with Mexican and Asian sidekicks, home-invade prominent African-American minister Robert Judd and family… Racist epithets abound before the tables are finally, brutally turned…

Denied a British theatrical release in 1981, FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE was released the following year on video, allowing the UK public brief access to the flick before it wound up on the ‘video nasties’ list and was outlawed – notably, for being the only title to appear on the list due to offensive language… Considered by critics as an “outrageous sleazefest” and “amazingly racist,” FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE will be presented by filmmaker Bill Lustig, who returns to THE DEUCE for year number two as our special guest curator!

Complimentary drinks at the after-party courtesy of Bronx Brewery.

Part of Nitehawk Cinema’s THE DEUCE signature series.

THE DEUCE goes 007 when we take it back to 1985 for an evening at the Selwyn Theater with Christopher, Grace and Roger Moore in A VIEW TO A KILL!

Plus: Prizes and surprises, Bronx Brewery Pale Ale at the after-party, and music by DJ BONES! Hosted and presented by THE DEUCE JOCKEYS: Jeff, Andy, and Joe!

Bond bounces from Siberia to San Fran on hot pursuit of psychopathic industrialist Max Zorin, who’s bent on destroying Silicon Valley, claiming a monopoly on microchips all for himself.

Panned by critics upon its initial release, the fourteenth Bond film – and the last to star Roger Moore – features the Golden Globe nominated title song by Duran Duran, Christopher Walken as the ex-KGB-gone-rogue Zorin and Grace Jones as ‘May Day,’ his sassy super-strength henchwoman!

Complimentary drinks at the after-party courtesy of Bronx Brewery.

Part of Nitehawk Cinema’s THE DEUCE signature series.