Nitehawk’s MUSIC DRIVEN series presents a screening of the new documentary on The Melvins, THE COLOSSUS OF DESTINY – A MELVINS TALE.
Q&A with director Bob Hannam.
The Colossus Of Destiny – A Melvins Tale is a film about a band who have defied all the rules, for over 33 years and counting, and still managed to succeed and do it their own way. This is the journey of band members King Buzzo and Dale Crover which leads us from the backwards-waters of the Chehalis River in Washington State, down through the = Golden Gate of Northern California, finally settling into the Los Angeles River Basin of Southern California with the rest of the world thrown in along the way.
Witness first hand the beliefs and attitudes, values and obscenities, slows and fasts, triumphs and toils, loves and hates, wits and giggles of a hugely talented and highly influential band. Hear what the countless number of peers, collaborators, understudies, admirers, even haters, have to say about their encounters with The Melvins over the past 3 decades and more. And come away with a lesson in how to survive in the wicked world of the music biz without taking yourself too damn seriously.
Starring: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Jack Webb
Are you ready for your close up? Sunset Boulevard is Billy Wilder’s essential Hollywood noir about the bizarre relationship between a down-and-out screenwriter and a silent movie star has-been. Starring real-life silent era actress Gloria Swanson, the film weaves together a changing moment in the movie business with the extreme things people will do to hold on or gain industry success. It’s pretty unique in the fact that the audience knows the fate of the leading man from the very first scene and, from that point on, his ghost leads us through his unfortunate journey.
MUSIC DRIVEN presents a screening of the new doc on Paul “HR” Hudson from Bad Brains in HR “FINDING JOSEPH 1.”
Include a Q&A with Paul H.R. Hudson & Director James Lathos.
HR “Finding Joseph I” is a documentary chronicling the eccentric life and struggles of punk rock reggae singer, Paul “HR” Hudson from Bad Brains. The charismatic frontman’s explosive live performances helped pioneer hardcore punk while delivering an enlightening message of positive mental attitude. HR’s heavy devotion to the Rastafarian faith guided him in a spiritual direction leaving the band several times to explore his love for reggae music. Over the years HR’s increasingly unpredictable and abnormal behavior has many convinced that he his suffering from mental illness. Finding Joseph I delicately illustrates the true story behind the legendary lead singers life, career and struggles with never before seen archival footage, photography and exclusive interviews.
Just in time for Thanksgiving. Nitehawk salutes the great Herschell Gordon Lewis with midnite screenings of his classic BLOOD FEAST.
Presented on 35mm!
Get ready for a splatter-feast! In the sleepy suburbs of Miami, seemingly normal Egyptian immigrant Fuad Ramses runs a successful catering business. He also murders young women and plans to use their body parts to revive the goddess Ishtar. The insane Ramses hypnotizes a socialite in order to land a job catering a party for her debutante daughter, Suzette Fremont, and turns the event into an evening of gruesome deaths, bloody dismemberment and ritual sacrifice.
The feature documentary SOUR GRAPES, co-directed by Jerry Rothwell and Reuben Atlas, pops the cork on a the world’s greatest wine fraud.
Q&A with director and Cara Cusumano (Director of Programming, Tribeca Film Festival) to also include a special wine tasting presentation.
With youthful charisma and pockets full of cash, Rudy Kurniawan earns the reputation of a wine savant, ingratiating himself with some of high society’s most fervent connoisseurs. His Gatsbyesque path collides with US billionaire Bill Koch, and Laurent Ponsot, a Burgundian winemaker, resulting in a humorous and suspenseful investigation into one of the most ingenious cons of our time.
Part of Nitehawk’s LOCAL COLOR series, in partnership with Tribeca Film Festival.
The MATINEE TWO section at the Nitehawk Shorts Festival features eight short films that deal with the power of relationships (of all sorts).
The Nitehawk Shorts Festival MIDNITE screening features shorts most appropriately viewed after the clock strikes twelve.
The OPENING NITE screening at the Nitehawk Shorts Festival highlights eight independent New York filmmakers.
The MUSIC DRIVEN section of the Nitehawk Shorts Festival celebrates music and film with a screening of new music videos and documentaries.
The ART SEEN section of the Nitehawk Shorts Festival explores the relationship between art and film in the cinema.
