What is a holiday without a little family dysfunction?

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY tells the dark, hilarious and deeply touching story of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose lives have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them. Letts’ play made its Broadway debut in December 2007 after premiering at Chicago’s legendary Steppenwolf Theatre earlier that year. It continued with a successful international run.

Feminism, punk music, and rare archival footage slam together in this blazing history of riot grrrl pioneer Kathleen Hanna.

Kathleen Hanna, lead singer of the punk band Bikini Kill and dance-punk trio Le Tigre, rose to national attention as the reluctant but never shy voice of the riot grrrl movement. She became one of the most famously outspoken feminist icons, a cultural lightning rod. Her critics wished she would just shut-up, and her fans hoped she never would. So in 2005, when Hanna stopped shouting, many wondered why. Through 20 years of archival footage and intimate interviews with Hanna, THE PUNK SINGER takes viewers on a fascinating tour of contemporary music and offers a never-before-seen view into the life of this fearless leader.

Nitehawk Cinema FILM FEASTS Presents:
A CHRISTMAS STORY 

In this holiday classic, all little Ralphie wants for Christmas is a Red Ryder B.B. gun but will he shoot his eye out?

For Nitehawk’s December FILM FEASTS event we present everybody’s favorite holiday movie, Bob Clark’s A Christmas Story. This screening will include select delicious beverages paired with a food menu inspired by 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 the action unfold on-screen!

While Bob Clark holds a special place in our dark hearts for his inventive horror flicks like the scary treat Black Christmas, it’s his contribution to the American canon of holiday classics with A Christmas Story that solidifies him as one of our favorite directors. Quirky family dynamics, a leg lamp, a bunny suit, bullying, swear words and anorexia are all involved in one boy’s quest for a Red Ryder B.B. gun in the 1940s. With such sincerity and deep humor, make a switch from watching this on television this year and see it on the big screen with your Nitehawk family!

MENU (Tickets $75)

Lovely, Beautiful, Glorious Christmas
Chestnut and Cranberry Stuffing Bites
snap ginger liqueur whipped cream
Drink Pairing:  Ovaltini

Mrs. Parkers Comfort Food
Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf
yukon gold mashed potatoes, braised red cabbage
Drink Pairing: “Oh Fuuudddggggeee” Chocolate Stout

Chinese Turkey
Roasted Duck Breast
Bumpuses’ egg roll, spiced orange reduction
Drink Pairing: Hot Mulled Wine

Pink Nightmare
Coconut snowball cake 

*additional complimentary libations will be served during the after party

This December 12 at Nitehawk Cinema, THE DEUCE serves up a horrific holiday feast with a rare Japanese 35mm print of Tobe Hooper’s EATEN ALIVE and a smorgasbord of ballyhoo on the Lyric Theatre!

Plus: Lyric Theatre history, prizes, surprises, drink special at the after-party, and music by DJ BONES! Hosted and presented by ‘The Deuce Boys’: Jeff, Andy, and Joe!

Willfully weird and wonderfully bizarre – the bayou-tiful EATEN ALIVE (aka Horror Hotel, Starlight Slaughter, Slaughter Hotel, Death Trap, Legend of the Bayou, Brutes and Savages, etc… take your pick) – is a rotting rose that by any other name is still way whacked-out! Claustrophobic and uncomfortable – unsettling and unrelenting – Hooper hops up his hallucinatory horror with garish glee. And the Japanese subtitles on this rare 35mm print only add to its peyote-drenched-dream otherworldliness…

Fresh off the breakout success of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, Hooper took his new-found fame and kinda fortune – with a bigger budget and an “all-star” cast – then served up this slice of sweaty shock-schlock insanity! Instead of going bigger and slicking things up, Hooper drives EATEN ALIVE head-first into a fantasia of fake-ness that veers near to the realm of Avant Guarde Theatre…Or the stuff of never ending nightmares!

dublab presents…A LABRAT MATINEE XII: visions unveiled at Nitehawk Cinema for One Nite Only during our Shorts Festival!

Peel back the layers and open your eyes wide to witness a mind-melting collage of rarely seen music videos, comedy clips, far-out animation and high vibrational scenes.  Don’t miss these visions burning bright!!!

Screening includes a special intro created by Jennifer Juniper Stratford and dublab.com DJs in Nitehawk’s downstairs bar from 10pm-12am before the screening!

FILMS BY:
5-Second Films, Adarsha Benjamin, Angus Borsos, Cosmic D’Alessandro, Diego Herrera, Eddie Ruscha, Emile Sornin, Eric Coleman, Forrest Borie, Hans Lo, Hiro Murai, Hyperballad, Isaiah Seret, Jack Whiteley, Jennifer Juniper Stratford, Jib Kidder, Joe Broady, Keith Musil, Keith Stanfield, Kyle Whittington, Ross Harris, Sam Fleishner, Takeshi Murata, The Howling, Tom Kuntz, + more…

VIDEOS FEATURING:
Anika, ASAP Rocky, Canyons, Cults, Dizzy Rascal, Daedelus, Devendra Banhart, Fol Chen, Jib Kidder, Julia Holter, MGMT, Moors, Myron & E, Nedelle Torrisi, Oneohtrix Point Never, Rainbow Arabia, Secret Circuit, Teenage Girls Fanatasy. The Gaslamp Killer, + more…

Don’t miss our one-weekend only brunch screenings of the classic high school film for the aughts Mean Girls in November.

Raised in the African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady (Lindsay Lohan) thinks she knows all about the “survival of the fittest.” But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 15-year-old enters public high school for the first time. Trying to find her place among jocks, mathletes and other subcultures, Cady crosses paths with the meanest species of all – the Queen Bee, aka the cool and calculating Regina (Rachel McAdams), leader of the school’s most fashionable clique, The Plastics. When Cady falls for Regina’s ex-boyfriend, though, the Queen Bee is stung – and she schemes to ruin Cady’s social future. Cady’s own claws soon come out as she leaps into a hilarious “Girl World” war that has the whole school running for cover.

We’ve got the original MANIAC in 35mm with director William Lustig in person for a Q&A for One Nite Only!

Frank Zito is a deeply disturbed man, haunted by the traumas of unspeakable childhood abuse. And when these horrific memories begin to scream inside his mind, Frank prowls the seedy streets of New York City to stalk and slaughter innocent young women. Now Frank has begun a relationship with a beautiful photographer, yet his vile compulsions remain. These are the atrocities of a human monster. This is the story of a Maniac.

Starring: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder

Never before have nearly inaudible prank calls been so utterly terrifying. But when they start happening to a sorority house full of its own slew of misfits (a drunk house-mother, a wild Margot Kidder, and our heroine who’s about to have an abortion), it’s only the beginning. Who is Billy and what have they done to the baby? Director Bob Clark leaves these questions open, never giving an answer as to who the killer is and why is he squatting in the girls’ attic. Clearly gleaning from the giallo tradition, Black Christmas has twists and turns, blood and babes, and as we always get with Clark, a good dash of humor. Start your holiday season off right by watching one of the best horror films ever made.

Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Randy Quaid, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki

Bad luck seems to follow Clark Griswold and his family no matter where they go or what they do. The perpetual optimist, our dear Clark (don’t you just love the young Chevy Chase?) tries to make the holidays a special family event by chopping down the biggest tree in the forest, hanging a million Christmas lights, and dealing with his obnoxious visiting family members. He does this all while banking on his holiday bonus – but will it come? National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, the third installment of the National Lampoon Vacation film series, was written by the beloved John Hughes.

Come to our FREE screenings of the Jim Henson TV movie that’s a musical treat for the whole family! Event includes a live performance by Lloyd H. Miller of the Deedle Deedle Dees!

It’s free but please RSVP…
Saturday, December 21, 2013 | RSVP on Event Brite

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Emmet Otter and his Ma are dirt-poor, but very happy and good singers. But as Christmas is around the corner, both of them want to get something special for each other. And the talent show prize is $50! So, Ma gets a song ready, and Emmet forms a jug-band with his friends. But the Riverbottom Gang, a bunch of rich kids with killer electric band equipment are going to be tough competition.

Part of Nitehawk’s Naughty and Nice December program.