Starring: Robert Forster, Fred Williamson, Richard Bright

An outraged family man (Robert Forster) joins a co-worker’s (Fred Williamson) vigilantes against a New York street gang.

By the power of Greyskull! Nitehawk presents a special weekend brunch 35mm screening of MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE!

Based off the Mattel toy line many of us grew up on, the live-action movie version of Masters of the Universe shows prince-turned-warrior He-Man in another epic battle with the evil Skeletor. This time, Skeletor has seized Castle Greyskull on planet Eternia with the Sorceress as his prisoner. In order to save her life and Greyskull, He-Man must team up with two teenagers on Earth to find the Cosmic Key that’ll unlock the city. Perfect for the kids you have and the kid in you –  you have the power!

Nitehawk’s LIVE SOUND CINEMA presents Fritz Lang’s science-fiction masterpiece Metropolis with a live score by Black Lodge.

Fritz Lang’s silent German Expressionist Science-Fiction masterpiece Metropolis is back at Nitehawk! In a towering dystopic city of the future, society is divided into two classes: one of planners and management, who live high above the Earth in skyscrapers; and one of workers, who live and toil underground, slaves to the whistle of Metropolis’s ten-hour clock. When the wealthy son of the city’s planners falls in love with the underground leader Maria, an attempt is made to overcome the vast divide between the two. Brigitte Helm plays double roles here as the prophet Maria and the “false” Maria, a robot who is sent to destroy the revolution. Note: we will be showing the 2010 restoration version that includes 25 extra minutes not seen since the film’s Berlin debut in 1927!

Providing the live score to Metropolis is Black Lodge, a collective of musicians led by guitarist/composer Geoff Gersh, who re-score films then perform live to them.

Featuring Absolut Vodka Cocktails.

Nitehawk and Blood Sweat and Cheers throw out the first pitch of the PLAY BALL 2 series with BASEketball! Includes $1 beer specials in the downstairs bar after the screening!

Two losers in Milwaukee (Coop and Remer) become professional athletes after inventing a new sport that plays the game of basketball through the rules of baseball. Genius! But with every success story comes the cautionary tale of big business trying to take advantage. Directed by David Zucker from The Naked Gun and written by/starring South Park’s Matt Stone and Trey Parker, you can expect all the best dirty jokes, one-liners, and balls-out humor. 

As the first pitch of the BASEketball April baseball brunch series, Play Ball 2, this fun screening event includes drink specials in the after-party and baseball-themed giveaways!

Nitehawk presents two screenings of RETURN TO NUKE ‘EM HIGH: VOL 1 with a Q&A with Director Lloyd Kaufman and cast!

Welcome to Tromaville High School where, unfortunately, the glee club has mutated into a vicious gang of Cretins. Chrissy and Lauren, two innocent lesbian lovers, must fight not only the Cretins, mutants and monsters but also the evil Tromorganic Foodstuffs Conglomerate. Can they and Kevin the Wonder Duck save Tromaville High School and the world?

Directed by Lloyd Kaufman, Return to Nuke ‘Em High: Volume 1 is a hilarious and thoughtful sci-fi “Event Film” with themes ripped straight from today’s headlines: the contamination and degradation of the world’s food supply, rampant bullying, and LGBTQ love triumphing over prejudice and violence. The film, a revisiting of Troma’s 1986 Class of Nuke ‘Em High is in the same vein as other classics such as Class of 1984, Rock ‘n’ Roll High School, and Carrie, but seen through the unique vision of Lloyd Kaufman and the Troma Team. 

Starring: Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dabney Coleman

We’ve all had our share of bad bosses and this is what makes it so much fun to watch three of our favorite women – Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, and Lily Tomlin – get revenge on their sexist and egotistical boss! 9 to 5 may be famous for its theme song, but it’s the brilliant combination of humor mixed with tackling real gender issues that makes it a classic. Watch these ladies get stoned, fantasize about killing their boss, and then actually eek out a plan to make him pay (S&M outfit anyone)?

While you may remember 9 to 5 as that funny harmless comedy from the 1980s, it’s actually bitingly devious which, of course, always makes for the very best time! Plus did we mention… Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, and Lily Tomlin?!

Director John Landis and writer Lorne Michaels make a comedic play off of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai and the western adaptation The Magnificent Seven in their 1986 western comedy, The Three Amigos. Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short star as three out of work actors famously known for their bandito characters (Ned, Lucky Day and Dusty Bottoms) who suddenly find their fictional selves in real life danger! See, the Mexican Village who invited them to reprise their roles think that they are real fighters and the three amigos have no idea they’re battling an actual gang of outlaws! As the tagline says: They’re Down On Their Luck And Up To Their Necks In Senoritas, Margaritas, Banditos And Bullets!

Nitehawk Cinema and Green Flash Brewing Company Present…
FILM FEAST: ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY

The career of legendary San Diegan news anchor Ron Burgundy is threatened when a talented woman aims for his job.

Stay classy with Nitehawk and Green Flash Brewing Company’s Film Feast presentation of ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY. As always, the screening includes delicious beverage and food menu pairings related to the film. The best part? You’ll be served each course during the specific moments that inspired the film so you can experience edible sensations while watching all of the action unfold on-screen!

Travelling back in time to the male dominated news world of the 1970s, Anchorman is all about the clueless and charismatic Ron Burgundy. The toast of San Diego, things start to change for Burgundy and his chauvinist colleagues when his station Channel 6 hires a beautiful, talented, and ambitious young woman who has eyes on the anchor chair. From “Sex Panther” scents to loving lamps to jazz flutes to journalist death battles on the streets of San Diego, Anchorman is endlessly quotable and is truly Will Ferrell at his very best. Come on and join the pants party!

MENU ($75)

Scotch, Scotch, Scotch
“scotch eggs”
Drink Pairing: Green Flash Brewing Company Hop Head Red

Papa Burgundy
beer and cheese churro
Drink Pairing: Green Flash Brewing Company Le Freak

Perrito Caliente Burrito
house made chorizo, black beans, oaxaca cheese, guacamole
Drink Pairing: Green Flash Brewing Company West Coast IPA

We Are Here to Celebrate the Birth of a Panda
panda bear claw
Drink Pairing: Green Flash Brewing Company Double Stout

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Starring: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris

Sandra Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone—tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness.

The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth…and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of REALITY BITES at Nitehawk with our 35mm screenings!

You and me and five bucks. The film that lamented the struggles of being in your early twenties is now twenty itself! Looking for love and searching for a sense of self after graduating from college, Ben Stiller’s Reality Bites takes a slice of Generation X’s mid-1990s disenfranchisement and serves it to you in a Big Gulp. Set in Houston, the story centers around four friends who all have their own identity issues – career anxiety, lack of ambition, promiscuity, and the fall out from coming out. And while it may seem like a sarcastic snapshot of the time, it’s doused with all those awful funny things that can only happen to you when you’re trying to grow up.