Nitehawk and Mass Appeal present A Nite With 80 BLOCKS FROM TIFFANY’S. Q&A with Robert R. Werner (The New York City police officer featured in the film).
Centering around rival gangs in the South Bronx (Savage Nomads and Savage Skulls), 80 Blocks from Tiffanys is a snapshot of an era, highlighting the severe social decay during this time period in an area that is indeed far away from the posh section of Manhattan. Focusing on high unemployment, prostitution, drug and alcohol abuse, the documentary shows the complex structure surrounding gang life from the police angle to community involvement. These kids steal, fight, and kill but they are also protective of their neighborhoods and immensely watchable. If you want to see a snapshot of the end of a decade in New York (complete with knee-high socks, disco street parties, and kung-fu movies), then this is one gang film you won’t want to miss.
Japanese anime film Metropolis (aka Metoroporisu) is a Live Sound Cinema event featuring a live score by Party Supplies.
Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.
If the title sounds familiar, it is…but different. Metropolis (Metoroporisu) is an anime film loosely based on the 1949 manage, also called Metropolis, that was inspired by Fritz Lang’s 1927 classic silent film Metropolis. Got it? The film draws some of its plot from the silent film (it does, after all, deal with a mysterious robot girl) but it is uniquely its own version of the robotic future. The anime was created by stars in the field: renowned anime director Rintario, Akira creater Katsuhiro Otomo (scriptwriter), and Madhouse studios and Tezuka Productions (animation).
Party Supplies is the American Dream. It is the sound of Justin Nealis, producer behind critically-acclaimed rap collabs with Action Bronson (Blue Chips) and Danny Brown (“Grown Up”) setting up a mic stand behind his MPC and strapping on a Stratocaster. Joined by multi-instrumentalist Sean Mann, the two write classic rock from the future. Half Chromeo, half Easy Rider, the Brooklyn duo drop blue collar funk, school gym foot-stompers, and yearning city boy ballads over drum machine beats on their forthcoming Fool’s Gold debut LP, Real Men Don’t Need Instructions. Inhale and salute.
Starring: Emma Watson, Israel Broussard, Katie Chang, Claire Julien, Taissa Farmiga
Part of our recipe book series NITEHAWK CINEMA PRESENTS. Show your ticket at the bar after the movie to buy a copy of the book for only $20!
“Sofia Coppola: Forever Young” is a celebration of Sofia Coppola’s singular career as a filmmaker and artist. This comprehensive monograph charts her growth from a teenage actress to an Academy Award-winning filmmaker, with full-color photography, extensive interviews with her closest collaborators, and exclusive collages. Produced by Little White Lies for Abrams New York, the book was written by Hannah Strong, the Digital Editor of Little White Lies magazine, and a life-long Sofia devotee. Hannah wanted to present Coppola’s filmography in an accessible but critically-engaging fashion, which inspired her to create a book that combines biography, critical analysis and personal essay, as intimate and expansive as Coppola’s films.
To celebrate the release of “Sofia Coppola: Forever Young,” Hannah is hosting this screening alongside her friends at Flaming Classics, which presents Coppola’s much-maligned millennial true-crime dramedy The Bling Ring alongside a drag performance.
Copies of “Sofia Coppola: Forever Young” will be available for purchase on the night, and Hannah will be signing all copies.
Flaming Classics electrifies the movie-going experience through a curated film series, pairing films from the queer canon with live performances from local drag artists to create a one-of-a-kind event.
Academy Award nominee Sarah Polley’s extraordinary Stories We Tell is a deeply moving portrait of a family dealing with a legacy of secrets and lies, and the elusive nature of truth itself.
Stories We Tell unpeels the complex life of Diane, an aspiring actress and mother, and the shockwaves that a series of impulsive actions unleash on her children, husband and community.
With this groundbreaking new feature that seamlessly blends past and present, the real and the imagined, Polley’s characteristically unflinching yet compassionate gaze delivers a level of depth and emotion only hinted at by her earlier acclaimed directorial works, Away from Her and Take This Waltz. Making Stories We Tell all the more memorable is the revelation that the mother depicted – and family in question – is Polley’s own.
In Before Midnight, we meet Celine and Jesse 9 years on. Almost 2 decades have passed since that first meeting on a train bound for Vienna, and we now find them in their early 40’s in Greece. Before the clock strikes midnight, we will again become part of their story.
Nine years after the conclusion of Before Sunset, Jesse and Celine live in Paris as a couple, parents to twin girls conceived when they got together. Jesse is also struggling to maintain his relationship with his teenage son, Hank, who lives in Chicago with Jesse’s (now) ex-wife and who, after spending the summer with Jesse and Celine on a Greek island, is being dropped off at the airport to fly home. Jesse has continued to find success as a novelist, while Celine is at a career crossroads, considering a job in government. As with Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, director Richard Linklater shares screenwriting credits with his two leads, Julia Delpy and Ethan Hawke.
Spy on us, and we’ll spy on you!
OPENS JUNE 7TH! THE EAST, a suspenseful and provocative espionage thriller from acclaimed writer-director Zal Batmanglij and writer-actress Brit Marling, stars Marling as former FBI agent Sarah Moss.
Moss is starting a new career at Hiller Brood, an elite private intelligence firm that ruthlessly protects the interests of its A-list corporate clientele. Handpicked for a plum assignment by the company’s head honcho, Sharon (Patricia Clarkson), Sarah goes deep undercover to infiltrate The East, an elusive anarchist collective seeking revenge against major corporations guilty of covering up criminal activity. Determined, highly-trained and resourceful, Sarah soon ingratiates herself with the group, overcoming their initial suspicions and joining them on their next action or “jam.” But living closely with the intensely committed members of The East, Sarah finds herself torn between her two worlds as she starts to connect with anarchist Benji (Alexander Skarsgård) and the rest of the collective, and awakens to the moral contradictions of her personal life.
The film that started a cinematic zombie revolution forty-five years ago plays in 35mm for our July Nitehawk Nasty presentation of Night of the Living Dead.
What can be said about George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead? Not only did it give birth to the modern notion of what a ‘zombie’ is and provided a socio-political context in which we can view the zombie (and horror film as a genre) but it is also one of the most important films of the 20th century. A true case of underground filmmaking capturing the current climate, Night of the Living Dead shows what happens when seven strangers wind up in a barnhouse during the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. And while the dead are rising, it’s the alive ones they really have to worry about. With one of the most devastating endings in cinema, Night of the Living Dead is not just a film to see on the big screen but also one that demands repeat viewings. Come celebrate its 45 years of relevance with Nitehawk this summer!
Part of the Nitehawk Nasties signature series.
If you like a little sex with your comedy and your bikinis high cut, then our July Nitehawk Naughty presentation of the 80s flick Hardbodies is just for you!
When three divorced men on a vacation in California realize that they’re fancy beach house and cars can’t get them the one thing they want (to get laid!), they hire a young man known for his way with the ladies. In exchange for his ‘dialog’, he gets to stay at their fabulous abode but when this playboy actually falls for a girl, well, then things get a little nutty. With its cheesy one-liners, Valley Girl speak, big hair, boom-boxes, and outlandish hijinx, Hardbodies epitomizes 1980s sex-comedies. and is best to see late night on the big screen.
The Invader (NY premiere organized by Filmmaker Mag) and the short Play House are part of the Northside Film Festival. There will be a Q&A after the screening with Nicoloas Provost.
Amadou, a strong and charismatic African man, is washed up on a beach in southern Europe. Fate leads him to Brussels where, full of optimism, he tries to make a better life for himself. Exploited by traffickers, his daily life is slowly drained of hope, until he meets Agnès, a beautiful and brilliant businesswoman. She is seduced by his charm and force of character, while he projects all his hope and dreams onto her. The illusion quickly shatters, and Agnès breaks all contact with Amadou, who little by little sinks into destructive violence, struggling with his inner demons.
Play House (Brandon LaGanke, 2012, 10 Mins). The only thing keeping Harold’s family bound is his unconditional love for them. Starring Larry Petersen, Angela Pierce, John Reese, Gianna LePera and Megan Mann.
Part of the Northside Film Festival, Go Down Death includes a Q&A with Aaron Schimberg after the film with and after-party in Nitehawk’s downstairs bar. Playing before Go Down Death, is the short film Black Metal.
Go Down Death is a wry, sinister realization of a strange new universe, a cross-episodic melange of macabre folktales supposedly penned by the fictitious writer Jonathan Mallory Sinus. An abandoned warehouse in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, stands in for a decrepit village haunted by ghosts, superstition, and disease, while threatening to buckle under rumblings of the apocalypse. Soldiers are lost and found in endless woods; a child gravedigger is menaced by a shape-shifting physician, a syphilitic john bares all to a young prostitute, and a disfigured outcast yearns for the affections of a tone-deaf cabaret singer. Highlighted by offbeat narrative construction, stunning black-and-white 16mm cinematography and immaculately detailed production design, Go Down Death is a distinctively original film informed by American Gothic, folk culture and outsider art.
Playing before Go Down Death is the short film Black Metal (2013, 9 minutes): After a career spent mining his music from the shadows, the actions of one fan create a chain reaction for the lead singer of a black metal band. Directed by Kate Candler and starring Jonny Mars, Heather Kafka. Presented by IFP and NoBudge Films.
