A story about virtually everything: CREATIVE CONTROL.

The setting is New York, 5 minutes in the future. The glorious technological advances and communication devices of the near future meant to increase connectivity and alleviate boredom are only increasing the anxiety level of the insecure New Yorkers who’ve inherited them. David (writer/director Benjamin Dickinson) is an overworked, tech-addled advertising executive developing a high-profile marketing campaign, featuring musician/comedian Reggie Watts, for a new generation of Augmented Reality glasses. Feeling stuck in his relationship with yoga teacher Juliette, he envies the charmed life of his best friend, fashion photographer Wim and his entrancing girlfriend Sophie  – so he uses the glasses to develop a life-like avatar of her. Unwittingly, fantasy and reality begin to blur. As passions escalate and things get increasingly out of hand, the friends are forced to deal with the impending collision between their public, private and imaginary lives. 

When reporter, Kim Baker’s life needs something more, she decides to “shake it all up” by taking an assignment in a war zone.

In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker(Tina Fey) takes a daring new assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dislodged from her comfortable American lifestyle, Barker finds herself in the middle of an out-of-control war zone. Luckily, she meets Tanya Vanderpoel (Margot Robbie), a fellow journalist who takes the shellshocked reporter under her wing. Amid the militants, warlords and nighttime partying, Barker discovers the key to becoming a successful correspondent.

Join us for special sneak preview of KRISHA before it opens at Nitehawk on March 25. Includes a Q&A with director Trey Edward Shults!

When Krisha shows up at her sister’s Texas home on Thanksgiving morning, her close and extended family greet her with a mixture of warmth and wariness. Almost immediately, a palpable unease permeates the air, one which only grows in force as Krisha gets to work cooking the turkey and trying to make up for lost time by catching up with her various relatives, chief among them her nephew, Trey. As Krisha’s attempts at reconciliation become increasingly rebuffed, tension and suspicion reach their peak, with long-buried secrets and deep-seated resentments coming to the fore as everyone becomes immersed in an emotionally charged familial reckoning.

Starring: Don Francks, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Rodger Bumpass

This December, ride out 2022 with The Deuce and your one-way-ticket to midnight – HEAVY METAL!! A heady flight of fantasy and phantasia into the future, the past – and beyond! Buxomy bombshells and putrefying bomber pilots… beauties and beasts! All set to the hot-boppin’ beats of a gamut of disparate rock-and-rollers: Devo! Blue Oyster Cult! Cheap Trick! Black Sabbath! DON FELDER!??!

A doozy of pulpy pleasures – torn from the pages of the cult comic magazine to mesmerize your eyes and ears! And just as those haze-addled hopped-up heads in Times Square’s Harris Theatre were – YOU’LL be satisfied – fied – fied… on HEAVY METAL!!!

Starring: Krisha Fairchild, Alex Dobrenko, Robyn Fairchild

When Krisha shows up at her sister’s Texas home on Thanksgiving morning, her close and extended family greet her with a mixture of warmth and wariness. Almost immediately, a palpable unease permeates the air, one which only grows in force as Krisha gets to work cooking the turkey and trying to make up for lost time by catching up with her various relatives, chief among them her nephew, Trey. As Krisha’s attempts at reconciliation become increasingly rebuffed, tension and suspicion reach their peak, with long-buried secrets and deep-seated resentments coming to the fore as everyone becomes immersed in an emotionally charged familial reckoning.

Starring: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Barden, Olivia Colman, Jacqueline Abrahams, Roger Ashton-Griffiths

A love story set in the near future where single people, according to the rules of the city, are arrested and transferred to The Hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal of their choosing and released into the woods. A desperate man escapes from the hotel to the woods where the loners live and falls in love, although it is against their rules.

Starring: Patrick Stewart, Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Joe Cole, Callum Turner

Down on their luck punk rockers The Ain’t Rights are finishing up a long and unsuccessful tour, and are about to call it quits when they get an unexpected booking at an isolated, run-down club deep in the backwoods of Oregon. What seems merely to be a third-rate gig escalates into something much more sinister when they witness an act of violence backstage that they weren’t meant to see. Now trapped backstage, they must face off against the club’s depraved owner, Darcy Banker (Stewart), a man who will do anything to protect the secrets of his nefarious enterprise. But while Darcy and his henchmen think the band will be easy to get rid of, The Ain’t Rights prove themselves much more cunning and capable than anyone expected, turning the tables on their unsuspecting captors and setting the stage for the ultimate life-or-death showdown.

Julia Bloch (Editor)
Julia Bloch is an editor based in New York who’s known for her work on Green Room (2015), The Wall (2017), Woodshock (2017), and Blue Ruin (2013).

Before Green Room, we’ll be screening Mary Dauterman’s short Wakey, Wakey (4 min)
Blood n’ guts, the deep blue sea, tooth decay, and her lazy (but weirdly menacing?) boyfriend add up to a really rough night of sleep for Alex. Which results in disaster. And… more blood.

Lindsey Nadolski (Editor)
Lindsey Nadolski has cut commercial projects as well as narrative shorts and renowned music videos for Tune Yards, Sleigh Bells, Chromeo, and more. Her work has been recognized by SXSW, TIFF, Vimeo Staff Picks, Rolling Stone, Vice, Pitchfork, and LA Film Festival.

Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, Patrick Magee

Darkly humorous, quasi musical, satirical, and controversial upon its release over four decades ago, Stanley Kubrick’s future-shock vision of Anthony Burgess’ 1962 novel continues to retain its power. Set in a dystopic England in the not-so-distant future, we’re shown a society where the line between good versus bad is, at best, blurry. Alex (Malcolm McDowell) and his “Droogs” spend their nights getting high and embarking on “a little of the old ultraviolence” until, one day, he’s jailed for murder. While in prison, Alex is subjected to intense governmental behavior modification that turn him from amoral punk to brainwashed proper citizen. His eventual return to society sees how this therapy doesn’t really solve the rampant crime problem.

Nitehawk’s LOCAL COLOR and Tribeca Film Festival present the Brooklyn Premiere of CREATIVE CONTROL with Magnolia Pictures. Q&A with writer/director Benjamin Dickinson and cast!

The setting is New York, 5 minutes in the future. The glorious technological advances and communication devices of the near future meant to increase connectivity and alleviate boredom are only increasing the anxiety level of the insecure New Yorkers who’ve inherited them. David (writer/director Benjamin Dickinson) is an overworked, tech-addled advertising executive developing a high-profile marketing campaign, featuring musician/comedian Reggie Watts, for a new generation of Augmented Reality glasses. Feeling stuck in his relationship with yoga teacher Juliette, he envies the charmed life of his best friend, fashion photographer Wim and his entrancing girlfriend Sophie  – so he uses the glasses to develop a life-like avatar of her. Unwittingly, fantasy and reality begin to blur. As passions escalate and things get increasingly out of hand, the friends are forced to deal with the impending collision between their public, private and imaginary lives. 

Local Color is in partnership with Tribeca Film Festival.

This baseball season, Nitehawk Cinema and BK Hot Dog Company play ball with our MAJOR LEAGUE FILM FEAST!

A former exotic dancer decides to move towards warmer climates after inheriting the Cleveland Indians when her old, rich husband passes away on their honeymoon. The only problem is that her lease won’t let her out unless there’s poor attendance to the baseball games so she concocts a brilliant plan to make the already losing team even worse so that she can move to Miami. But of course her plan turns sour when the supposed losers she brought on start on a winning streak! Major League is a good misfit-to-glory baseball story with a whole lot laughed along the way. When these three oddballs try to play hardball, the result is totally screwball!

As always with our Film Feasts, each dish will be served at the moment its inspirational scene comes on the screen!

RACHEL “CROSS HIM OFF” PHELPS
pepperoni dog, mozzarella, puff pastry, parmesan, arrabiata sauce
Drink pairing – The Cuyahoga – ?ubrówka Bison Grass Vodka, sparkling cider

PEDRO “EL CONQUISTADOR” CERRANO
pork dog, melted gruyere, dijon, ham & pickle relish, toasted ciabatta
Drink Pairing – Jobu’s Rum – serrano pepper infused Havana Club Rum, fresh lime, fresh grapefruit, Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur

JAKE “LEAGUE MINIMUM” TAYLOR
gyro dog, tzatziki, shredded romaine, diced tomatoes, warm pita
Drink Pairing – Beer Will Be Fine – Hoppin’ Frog Brewery (Akron, OH), Hoppin’ to Heaven IPA

LOU “MUD HEN” BROWN
Buffalo chicken dog, bleu cheese dressing, carrot & celery slaw, Martin’s potato roll
Drink Pairing – ‘Clubber’ Clu Haywood – Bronx Brewery Rye Pale Ale

WILD THING
caramel corn, mixed nuts, soft serve ice cream, brownie bites
Drink Pairing – I Think I Love You – Wild Turkey Bourbon, ancho chile liqueur, house-made hot cocoa, vanilla bean marshmallow