Chloë Sevigny is infamous New York “Club Kid” Gitsie in the real life party tragedy, PARTY MONSTER
A 35mm presentation.
Based on the book Disco Bloodbath by James St. James, Party Monster is a cult favorite (low budget and charmingly campy) that traces the rise and tragic fall of Michael Alig and the New York club scenes in the 1990s. Fame-hungry Aig arrives on a Greyhound bus in New York City desperate to leave his boring Midwestern past behind. After meeting downtown club kid James St. James and influential nightclub owner Peter Gatien, he decides to throw the most controversial and over-the-top parties in the city but in just a few years Alig’s drug addiction and erratic behavior destroys his empire and ends in murder.
Part of Nitehawk’s THE WORKS: CHLOË SEVIGNY.
Chloë Sevigny is the protective assistant to one of Bill Murray’s former lovers in Jim Jarmusch’s beautifully original comedy, BROKEN FLOWERS.
A 35mm presentation.
Bill Murray stars in the comedic story of an aging Don Juan who hits the road on a revealing and humorous cross-country journey. When a mysterious pink letter informs him that he may have a 19-year-old son, he visits four former lovers, where he comes face to face with the errors of his past and the possibilities of the future. One of these women is Carmen, an “animal communicator” played by Jessica Lange, who has a protective ambiguous assistant played by Sevigny.
Part of Nitehawk’s THE WORKS: CHLOË SEVIGNY.
Nitehawk kicks off its retrospective series on Chloë Sevigny with her Academy Award nominated performance in the powerful and relevant film, BOYS DON’T CRY. Directed by Kimberly Peirce, the film is based on the real-life story of Brandon Teena, an American transgender man who attempts to find love in Nebraska but falls victim to a brutal crime perpetrated by two male acquaintances. Sevigny plays Lana, friend and eventual girlfriend to Brandon Teena, who continues her romance with him when she discovers Brandon was born female.
Starring: Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Chloë Sevigny, Reese Witherspoon
In 1991, Bret Easton Ellis’ book American Psycho took the literary world by storm with its shocking depiction of the excesses of the 1980s as told through the devious actions of serial killer Patrick Bateman. Nearly a decade later, Mary Harron’s filmic adaptation of Patrick Bateman’s self-love, self-loathing, and precisely calculated murders took the narrative to the next level. The sterile performances of greedy capitalist nature of young Manhattan investment bankers, ambivalence mixed with serial killing, makes American Psycho makes 80s insanity a thrill to watch in any decade.
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Chloë Sevigny, Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, John Carroll Lynch
David Fincher’s superb thriller Zodiac is a searing and singularly haunting examination of twin obsessions: one man’s desire to kill and another’s quest for the truth. The film is based on the true story of the notorious serial killer and the intense manhunt he inspired. Roger Ebert wrote that it, “is a police procedural crossed with a newspaper movie, but free of most of the cliches of either.” It follows how the case becomes an obsession for four men, including editorial cartoonist at the SF Chronicle Robert Graysmith, whose personal lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues. Sevigny’s character plays his intelligent wife who questions yet supports his unwavering quest.
To honor the passing of the great Bill Paxton, Nitehawk presents the late actor’s directorial debut: the bone chilling psychological thriller FRAILTY.
On a rain soaked night, a young stranger (Matthew McConaughey) wanders into the office of FBI agent Wesley Doyle (Powers Boothe) with news that he knows the identity of the “God’s Hand” serial killer, a butcher who’s eluded the agent for years. When asked for proof, the young man tells the story of his father (Bill Paxton), a religious fanatic who believed he’s been tasked by God to hunt down and destroy demons disguising themselves as everyday people. The father recruits his two sons on his divine mission, leading them to become accomplices in a series of brutal killings. As the blood flows – the boys begin to wonder whether they are doing God’s work or heeding the ravings of a mad man.
Starring: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Isaac Hayes
The third graders of South Park are the only ones who can save Terrance and Phillip, vulgar Canadian television personalities whose new R-rated film has scandalized all of America! As a result, American calls war on Canada with Terrance and Phillip winding up on death row. This hilarious film will have you singing along to songs like the infamous “Blame Canada” and a love duet between Saddam Hussein and Satan. After two decades, it’ll still seem oddly relevant.
One family. Four generations. In love with the sound of AMERICAN POP.
A 35mm presentation.
A multi-generational immigrant’s tale from animator Ralph Bakshi, American Pop follows a Jewish family that’s chewed up by the music industry and the forces of history. From ragtime to big time, the film chronicles the evolution of pop music in the context of 20th century history and the personal stories of those who lived and died by their art. Using his patented rotoscoping technique, Bakshi brings to life a century of American music from Gershwin & Dave Brubeck to Sam Cooke & Herbie Hancock.
Part of Nitehawk’s April MUSICAL MIDNITES series.
A cyborg policewoman attempts to bring down a nefarious computer hacker in the new GHOST IN THE SHELL.
The Major (Scarlett Johansson) is a special ops, one-of-a-kind, human-cyborg hybrid who leads an elite task force known as Section 9. Devoted to stopping the most dangerous criminals and extremists, she faces an enemy whose singular goal is to wipe out Hanka Robotics’ advancements in cyber technology.
Terrence Malick’s SONG TO SONG. A song to live to. A song to love to. A song to break up to.
In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples – struggling songwriters Faye (Rooney Mara) and BV (Ryan Gosling), and music mogul Cook (Michael Fassbender) and the waitress whom he ensnares (Natalie Portman) – chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.
