Music Driven teams up with Noisey for a special presentation of THE STORY OF JUDGE featuring Q&A with director Seth Lowery, and band members Sam Siegler, Mike Ferarro and John Porcell moderated by author Tony Rettman.

In 1991, at the height of its popularity, the New York hardcore band Judge broke up, leaving a long and storied career of incredible music and hyper-violent gigs for the history books. In the decades that followed, Judge’s meager output became hardcore punk 101 for much of the growing scene who built upon their metal-tinged riffs and attitude. While the legend grew, lead singer Mike Ferraro virtually disappeared, only to reemerge in 2013 at Webster Hall to headline one of the most respected hardcore punk festivals in the country, Black N’ Blue Bowl. Noisey caught up with the revered frontman during, before, and after his triumphant return to the stage in this theatrical screening of the four part series.

Part of Nitehawk Cinema’s MUSIC DRIVEN signature series. Presented with our media partner, Noisey.

Sundance Grand Jury Documentary winner, THE WOLFPACK, charts a fascinating coming-of-age story that serves as a true example of the power of movies to transform and save lives.

The Angulo brothers have spent their entire lives locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Nicknamed “The Wolfpack,” they’re home-schooled, exceedingly bright, have no acquaintances outside of their own family, and have practically never left the confines of their apartment. What they know of the outside world is gleaned from films they watch obsessively, which they meticulously recreate using elaborate homemade props and costumes. For years this has served as a productive, creative outlet to stave off loneliness, but after one of the brothers escapes the apartment (wearing a Michael Meyers mask for protection), their lives are transformed, and the boys begin to dream of exploring.

Armed with unprecedented access into the subjects’ world and a vast archive of home movies, first-time director Crystal Moselle crafts a fascinating portrait of an extraordinary family, capturing the thrill of the Wolfpack’s discoveries without skirting the darker questions of abuse and confinement that weigh upon all of them.

Shot entirely on iPhone 5s, TANGERINE follows a working girl tears through Hollywood searching for the pimp who broke her heart.

It’s Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn’t been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.

In SLOW WEST, a young boy traverses across the 19th-century American frontier searching for the love of his life.

Jay is a lovelorn 17-year-old Scottish aristocrat who travels to the American West at the close of the nineteenth century to track down his former lover. Confronted with the harsh realities of the frontier, he falls in with a rough and mysterious traveler named Silas (Michael Fassbender), who soon discovers that the focus of Jay’s affection has a price on her head. Together, the two navigate a vast, untamed wilderness while attempting to stay one step ahead of a bloodthirsty posse and colorful bounty hunter. Their search leads to a bloody confrontation where Jay’s romanticism is the first of many casualties. — Sundance Institute

Nitehawk’s teaming up with Allagash Brewing Company for a WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER Film Feast, a night of high times, hard bodies and soft rock.

For our Wet Hot American Summer Film Feast, we have put together an unlikely team of misfits and we’ve been training like crazy all summer. Yeah, it’s a motley crew that you’d think would never be able to pull off a single dinner. We had a kooky training period where it seemed like, well, it seemed like nothing was going to go right — but guys! We’ve made it! So I say, when those anonymously evil brewers from Allagash get here, we give it our best shot, and we try to come from behind at the last minute with a weird trick dish that we made up and we win the game! Uh, Movie! What do you say?! No? Well, how about this…

The fridge humpers from the Nitehawk mess hall hooked up with Allagash Brewing Company for a multi-course beer dinner paired with scenes from David Wain’s cult comedy. Allagash owner and founder Rob Tod will be here to introduce and talk about the selection of specialty Allagash brews. So get that mustache into shape, put on your best shorty-shorts and crop tops and for God’s sake, take a shower. You’re covered in dirt.

Menu

Bonfire Drink: Allagash White with watermelon cubes

“WHAT’S YOUR GLITCH GENE?”
seared polenta cake, fois gras terrine, pistachio, blueberry gastrique
Bonfire Drink: Allagash Golden Brett

WATERVILLE, MAINE
Maine lobster roll, celery, tabasco, Old Bay potato gaufrette
Beer Pairing: Allagash Double Saison

IS THERE ANY MORE CORN?
smoked pork tenderloin, baked northern beans, peach and grain mustard vinaigrette
Beer Pairing: Allagash Farm to Face

“HIS NAME WAS UGG AND WALKED ON ALL FOURS!”
‘smores on graham cracker, marshmallow, rum chocolate sauce
Beer Pairing: Allagash Odyssey

Menu items subject to change, no substitutions.

Vilgot Sjöman’s film about a young woman exploring 1960s Sweden and her sexual identity is considered one of the most controversial movies of all time.

Starring Sjöman and Lena Nyman, I Am Curious (Yellow) is a landmark film from and about Swedish society during the sexual revolution. It was seized by customs in the United States, igniting a heated court battle, influencing censorship laws while being banned in numerous cities. You may also remember the film from Don Draper being “scandalized” by it on Mad Men.

In his book, Scandinavian Blue, Jack Stevenson says, “…this film was about more than creative freedom or nudity. It was an experiment in form and content, an attempt to break down the barrier between reality and fiction and a bid to demystify the filmmaking process. It would be a lot of different things all at once; a rumination on modern youth, a take on the state of Swedish society and a check-list of Sjöman’s own personal hang-ups. And not least it was an occasionally poignant story about a confused and conflicted teenage girl who, armed with a tape recorder, youthful indignation and a yen to fantasize, goes out onto the streets to find answers.”

Part of the Nitehawk Naughties SCANDINAVIAN EROTIC CINEMA program.

GRINGO TRAILS takes on one of the most powerful globalizing forces of our time: tourism. On May 9, director Pegi Vail and Melvin Estrella will be in house for a Q&A; on May 10, they will be joined by travel writer Anja Mutic.

Spanning South America, Africa and Asia, the tourist pathway known as the “gringo trail” has facilitated both life-altering adventures and the despoiling of many once virgin environments. The film follows stories along the trail to reveal the complex relationships between colliding cultures: host countries hungry for financial security and the tourists who provide it in their quest for authentic experiences.

SuperTrash presents the dark side of William Shatner in 1974’s IMPULSE.

In Impluse, The Shat perfs a very touchy cat, Matt Stone, a matricide survivor who’s become a honeymoon slayer. Forever cuckoo’ed by his trauma, Shatner plays the role like Hamlet — if Ham was a prism of Sonny Chiba, Robert Goulet, and Dracula‘s Renfield. Impulse is breezy and sleazy, like easy-listening grindhouse with an immaculate 70’s vibe. William Grefe directs exploitation with–shall we say–seriousness, as seen in other Grefe works like Stanley and The Hooked Generation. Perhaps the real-dealio credit belongs to writer Tony Crechales, who was definitely on a psychodrama bender having previously penned The Killing Kind and So Evil, My Sister.

Presenting Impulse is a SuperTrash pleasure for curator-author Jacques Boyreau and designer Joe Niem–with thanks to archivist Scott Moffett. For the curious and cogently unhinged, we include a gallery of SuperTrash legacy, representing museum shows, books, underground cellars, and upcoming web commerce…Pig in and dig out…!

From Olivier Assayas, CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA is an exhilarating, behind-the-scenes look at art, acting and aging.

At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that of the older Helena. She departs with her assistant (Kristen Stewart) to rehearse in Sils Maria; a remote region of the Alps. A young Hollywood starlet (Chloë Grace Moretz) with a penchant for scandal is to take on the role of Sigrid, and Maria finds herself on the other side of the mirror, face to face with an ambiguously charming woman who is, in essence, an unsettling reflection of herself.

Find out the intentions of the USSR’s submarine captain as he head for the United States in THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER.

Based on the popular Tom Clancy novel (the first film adaptation), this suspenseful movie tracks Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius (Sean Connery) as he abandons his orders and heads for the east coast of the United States. Equipped with innovative stealth technology, Ramius’ submarine, “Red October,” is virtually invisible. However, when an American sub briefly detects the Russians’ presence, CIA agent Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin) sets out to determine Ramius’ motives, fearing he may launch an attack on the United States.

Part of Nitehawk’s May COLD WAR brunch series.