Starring: Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Sasha Jenson, Rory Cochrane, Milla Jovovich, Marissa Ribisi, Adam Goldberg, Anthony Rapp, Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Parker Posey
It’s the last day of school in the summer of ’76, and the kids of Lee High school are busting loose. Like most high school kids, they’re a cliquey bunch – there’s the jocks, the burnouts, the geeks, the mean girls, the freshmen, the gearheads – but if there’s one thing that unifies the lot of them, it’s the need for some good ol’ worthwhile visceral experience. As the long Texas night settles in, the kids bounce from a busted house party, to a pool hall, to a field-kegger for the ages all while debating life’s immortal questions: Who am I? When will I get out of this podunk town? Where’s the beer?
Starring: Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Tommy “Tiny” Lister, John Witherspoon, Anna Maria Horsford
After Craig gets unceremoniously dumped from his job, he and his boy Smokey ease the pain with a little herbal therapy. The two spend the rest of that unremarkable Friday kicking it on the porch, dealing with a murderer’s row of the neighborhood’s weirdos, girls and wannabe hoods. All that changes when Smokey’s supplier rolls up demanding $200 for the weed they smoked. The two spend the rest of the day scrapping together cash by any means necessary, even if it means taking down the neighborhood tough, Deebo.
Nitehawk’s BOOZE & BOOKS presents a special preview screening of the new film TEN THOUSAND SAINTS. Introduction by author Eleanor Henderson with directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini! Henderson will sign copies of the book following the screening in Nitehawk’s Lo-Res!
Adapted from the 2011 novel by Eleanor Henderson, Ten Thousand Saints is a coming-of-age story about three messed up teenagers in late 1980s New York City — Jude (Asa Butterfield), new to the city from Vermont, “straight-edge” musician Johnny (Emile Hirsch), and troubled, rich uptown girl Eliza (Hailee Steinfeld) — who break away from their equally messed up parents to form their own surrogate family.
Set in 1988, a time of great cultural upheaval — against the excesses of the decade, the AIDS epidemic and the gentrification of the city culminating in the infamous Tompkins Square Park riots — this film is a nostalgia trip to a bygone era of New York City. The official theatrical release of Ten Thousand Saints is August 14, 2015.
BOOZE AND BOOKS now offers a ticket price that includes a copy of the book, just select the option when purchasing and present your ticket to pick up in our lobby the night of the screening! Also, don’t miss the after-party in Nitehawk’s Lo-Res bar where you can get your book signed by Eleanor Henderson and an inspired Ten Thousand Saints cocktail!
Part of Nitehawk Cinema’s BOOZE AND BOOKS signature series.
THE OVERNIGHT, a painfully funny take on thirty-something sexual frustration and parenthood.
Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, have recently moved to Los Angeles’ Eastside from Seattle. Feeling lost in a new city, they are desperate to find their first new friends. After a chance meeting with Kurt at the neighborhood park, they gladly agree to join family pizza night at the home. But as it gets later and the kids go to bed, the family “playdate” becomes increasingly more revealing and bizarre as the couples begin to open up.
A magazine reporter recounts his travels and conversations with author David Foster Wallace during a promotional book tour.
THE END OF THE TOUR tells the story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter (and novelist) David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel), which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace’s groundbreaking epic novel, Infinite Jest. As the days go on, a tenuous yet intense relationship seems to develop between journalist and subject. The two men bob and weave around each other, sharing laughs and also possibly revealing hidden frailties – but it’s never clear how truthful they are being with each other. Ironically, the interview was never published, and five days of audio tapes were packed away in Lipsky’s closet.
AMY, a new documentary on the voice, the fame, and the addictions of the late Amy Winehouse.
From Senna director Asif Kapadia, Amy focuses on the life of singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, who died on 23 July 2011 at the age of 27, from alcohol intoxication at her home in Camden, North London. The film shows the songwriter’s cut-short life with her early years, major music career, as well as her relationships, paparazzi and downfall with drug and alcohol addiction. It features Winehouse from her early years until her untimely death. The film features fifteen voices from Winehouse’s family & close friends to tell the story and is billed as the singer in her own words. The film shows extensive unseen footage and unheard tracks Winehouse had recorded the previous years before she died.
On July 16, THE DEUCE JOCKEYS contribute to Nitehawk’s ANIMAL ATTACKS! series with the 1984 Aussie freakshow RAZORBACK!
Plus: Prizes and surprises, Bronx Brewery Pale Ale at the after-party, and music by DJ BONES! Hosted and presented by THE DEUCE JOCKEYS: Jeff, Andy, and Joe!
This time it’s no dingo that ate the baby… it’s a giant pig with terrifying tusks!! When his reporter wife goes missing in miles-from-nowhere Australia, our American milquetoast “hero” takes a trip to Terrible Town to find out what happened, and gets more than the usual cold shoulder from the loony locals. Teaming up with a bat-shit brother duo and a no-nonsense naturalist lass, the hunt for horror begins! Surreal scenery straight out of a Dali, violence and vengeance veering into the Unknown, and a scene-chomping monster of mythic proportions; it’s like JAWS on acid!!! From the director of the Buggles’ “Video Killed The Radio Star,” Fleetwood Mac’s “Gypsy,” Duran Duran’s “Rio,” a ton of Elton John videos, the first two HIGHLANDER films and THE SCORPION KING: RISE OF A WARRIOR – Russell Mulcahy! Written for the screen – or screeeaaam – by Aussie horror-hero Everett De Roche! This July – sink your teeth into RAZORBACK!!!
Part of Nitehawk’s THE DEUCE signature series.
Starring: Sheng Chiang, Chien Sun, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Meng Lo, Pai Wei, Feng Lu
Approaching the end of his life, the ailing master of the secretive Poison Clan sends off his final pupil to discover which of his five previous students uses the clan’s techniques for evil. The problem is, the real identities of the Poison Clan’s members are a closely guarded secret; and each member can only be identified by the animal style reflected on their masks. The hunt becomes an intricate game of hazy motives and shaky alliances, as each of the six kung-fu masters vie to identify and exploit one-another before their own weaknesses can come to light, all leading to several electric clashes in fighting styles.
From Kill Bill to Kung-Fu Panda to Power Rangers, Five Deadly Venoms is a kung-fu film with wide-reaching influence. Though the palate of many Kung-Fu films lean visually on a more bright, hazy side; Five Deadly Venoms is a colorful, vibrant film with a great mystery at its center to boot.
Starring: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, William Forsythe, David Morse
When a decorated Gulf War veteran and his squadron of elite commandos take control of Alcatraz Island, they point a few missiles loaded with the most deadly chemical known to man straight at San Francisco. Their aim? Money, of course. A lot of it. But with the feds unwilling to capitulate to the demands of terrorists, the fate of the city rests in the shaky hands of a desk jockey with an encyclopedic knowledge of dangerous chemicals, and a mysterious (and handsome) British national who’s the only man to ever escape the prison island and live to tell about it.
Together, all they need to do is infiltrate an impenetrable fortress, kill the U.S. military’s best trained soldiers, and disarm a few skin-melting chemical weapons — just another day inside the mind of Michael Bay.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Joe Pantoliano, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
In one hand there’s a red pill, in the other a blue pill. Take the blue pill and life carries on, you go to work, maybe eat a steak — it’s not bad, really. The only catch is living under the suspicion that something’s amiss, and you’ll never know the answer to that nagging question: “What is The Matrix?” That’s a question that can only be answered by taking the red pill. Your life will change forever, your perception of reality will be upended, and life… well, you’ll find out.
So. What’s it going to be? Are you going to sit at home and peck away at your computer, or are you going to do something with your life?
