Finaly, Bill Plympton’s long awaited new feature film Revengeance is coming out in New York City. For a year, it’s been touring the world in film festivals where it’s garnered awards and great press  – now, for the US theatrical premiere we’re proud to introduce the film at the prestigious Nitehawk Cinema.

Mr. Plympton himself will be there to introduce the film; he’ll take questions and give sketches to everyone after the screening.

Revengeance is a co-production by Bill Plympton and L.A. based artist Jim Lujan. If Quentin Tarantino decided to become an animator this would be his film.

Starring: Julia Garner, Joseph Cross, C.S. Lee

A minimalist odyssey about a lonely man, his robothead companion, and a determined young woman hiking across a desert planet in search of a mythical lake. Winner of the Cinematography Award at the 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival.

The sparkling, pitch perfect performances from Julia Garner (Netflix’s Ozark) and Joseph Cross (HBO’s Big Little Lies), the out of this world photography and the original score from Neon Indian’s Alan Palomo make this quirky, emotional adventure of connection and understanding a pure delight.

For the 13th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 9^th. This is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, March 4^th.

Dear Basketball – Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant, USA, 5 minutes

Negative Space – Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata, France, 5 minutes

Lou – Dave Mullins and Dana Murray, USA, 7 minutes

Revolting Rhymes – Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer, UK, 29 minutes

Garden Party – Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon, France 7 minutes

Lost Property Office (additional film) – Daniel Agdag, Australia, 10 minutes

Weeds (additional film)

Producer: Isabel Castro

Nitehawk presents a special President’s Day screening of AMERICA UPRISING, a journalistic short documentary project that brings viewers inside U.S. movements and onto the front lines of conflict.

There is an unprecedented wave of social protest throughout the United States. Created by the team behind the AMERICA DIVIDED docuseries, AMERICA UPRISING is a journalistic documentary project that brings viewers inside these movements and onto the front lines of conflict, from living rooms to the state house to the streets.

PROGRAM

FARMWORKERS
There are over half a million undocumented immigrants in Florida. Many are farmworkers. Catalina Santiago, a farmworker and organizer with Movimiento Cosecha, is determined to fight for immigrant rights. She and others organize towards an immigrant labor strike.

WESTFIELD 20/20
In Westfield, New Jersey, a group of residents new to organizing pressure local politicians who support President Trump’s agenda. An early focus is Congressman Leonard Lance, and the fate of the Affordable Care Act.

THIS LAND I LOVE
A year after the historic native-led protest at Standing Rock, President Trump greenlights the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline his first week in office. Activist Judith LeBlanc and thousands of others bring the fight to the streets of Washington D.C.

MUSLIM BAN
One of President Trump’s first acts in office was to ban individuals travelling from majority Muslim countries from entering the United States. In New York, Yemeni activist Rabyaah Althaibani protests the so-called “Muslim Ban” and navigates the policy’s impact on her own family.

CLIMATE MARCH
Environmentalist Bill McKibbon discusses the implications of President Trump’s environmental policies on the planet, and participates in the Climate March in Washington D.C.

MARCH FOR BLACK WOMEN
The Women’s March brought millions of people into the streets in January, but organizers of the March For Black Women are determined to center the voices and experiences of black women – as they are too often marginalized in mainstream resistance movements. Activist and organizer Farah Tanis discusses how her family history led her to a life of activism.

SAFE HAVEN PT. 1 AND PT. 2
Ravi Ragbir is the executive director of the New Sanctuary Coalition, and also one of 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. Following President Trump’s election, many undocumented immigrants who had been deprioritized for deportation are being removed. Along with hundreds of his supporters, Ragbir shows up to an appointment with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

CHARLOTTESVILLE
The “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia ended in bloodshed when a white supremacist drove his car into anti-racist demonstrators. Heather Heyer, a 32 year old paralegal, was killed, and more than a dozen others were injured. Charlottesville Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy recounts events that lead up to the day, and the battle over the removal of confederate monuments in the city – a fight he says is all about race, not heritage.

AFTER THE STORM
Hurricane María made landfall in Puerto Rico on September 20th, devastating the island. In response to criticism of the slow federal response, President Trump lashed out, tweeting that Puerto Ricans “want everything to be done for them.” Activists on the ground, who began organizing relief brigades in the first days after the storm, tell a different story.

WOMEN’S MARCH
The Women’s March brought millions of people into the streets in January, but organizers of the March For Black Women are determined to center the voices and experiences of black women – as they are too often marginalized in mainstream resistance movements. Activist and organizer Farah Tanis discusses how her family history led her to a life of activism.

German expressionist director F.W. Murnau’s most beautiful silent era masterpiece and first Hollywood film “SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS” (1927) starring George O’Brien, Janet Gaynor and Margaret Livingston is the story of a naïve young farmer bewitched by an alluring city woman, driving him toward murder.  Hailed as one of the best films of all time by many, the film and Janet Gaynor both won the Academy Award for “Unique and Artistic Picture” and “Best Actress In A Leading Role” at the first Academy Awards in 1929.

For the 13th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 9^th. This is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, March 4^th.

DeKalb Elementary – Reed Van Dyk, USA, 20 minutes

The Silent Child – Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton, UK, 20 minutes

My Nephew Emmett – Kevin Wilson, Jr., USA, 20 minutes

The Eleven O’Clock – Derin Seale and Josh Lawson, Australia, 13 minutes

Watu Wote/All of Us – Katja Benrath and Tobias Rosen, Germany, 22 minutes

Release Date: March 11, 1968 (Sweden)

“A parallel film to Vilgot Sjöman’s controversial I Am Curious (Yellow), I Am Curious (Blue) also follows young Lena on her journey of self-discovery. In Blue, Lena confronts issues of religion, sexuality, and the prison system, while at the same time exploring her own personal relationships. Like Yellow, Bluefreely traverses the lines between fact and fiction, employing a mix of dramatic and documentary techniques.” – Criterion

Starring: John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli

Super-thief Danger Diabolik is a mysterious man, thin and dressed in black, who, along with his female counterpart Eva, manages to outsmart, outrun and outdrive every Euro bad guy he encounters. Money and jewels are his game, and he’ll kill to get them.

Mario Bava’s film adaptation of the popular Diabolik Italian comic books is a stunning visual experience that epitomizes the swinging style of the late 1960s. Bava’s scenic design and cinematography are at his innovative best here, particularly in our hero’s underground psychedelic crystal lair where he and Eva make magic happen… on a big ol’ pile of cash!

Trouble No More showcases Dylan’s creative and spiritual mindset during his gospel era, which encompassed three LPs: 1979’s Slow Train Coming, 1980’s Saved and 1981’s Shot of Love. For the performances included in the film, the folk-rock icon’s backing band included keyboardists Spooner Oldham and Terry Young, Little Feat guitarist Fred Tackett, bassist Tim Drummond, drummer Jim Keltner and vocalists Clydie King, Gwen Evans, Mona Lisa Young, Regina McCrary and Mary Elizabeth Bridges.

Starring: Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo De Mejo

In the first of director Lucio Fulci’s “Gates of Hell” trilogy, a clergyman suicide rips open a gateway to Hell, welcoming the unholy walking dead into our plane of existence. As the dead rise, a reporter and a psychic scramble to a spooky New England town to close the gate and save the world.