Starring: Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Stephen Graham, Vinnie Jones, Ade, Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Alan Ford
It all starts with Franky “Four Fingers,” a gambler who manages to swipe an 84-carat diamond that’s worth a fortune on the black market. The theft sends shockwaves through the British underground, as everyone from shady boxing promoters to ex-KGB arms dealers get sucked into a knot of botched jobs and dead bodies. Loaded with comic toughs (Jason Statham, Vinnie Jones), salty wise guys (Dennis Farina, Alan Ford) and good old fashioned weirdos (Benicio Del Toro, Brad Pitt), Guy Ritchie’s Snatch plays out like a an illegal game of Mouse Trap.
On the run from Johnny Law… ain’t no trip to Cleveland.
Anthony (Luke Wilson) doesn’t have much going for himself after his self-imposed stay at the psyche ward, that is until his ambitious mess of a friend Dignan (Owen Wilson) convinces him to take on the romantic life of the career criminal. Dignan’s got it all figured it out, a 75-year road map of their life in crime. They’ve got guns, they’ve got masks, they’ve even got a car and a guy to drive it — none of them have ever robbed a place before, but that part can’t be that hard to figure out, can it?
The debut feature for brothers Luke and Owen Wilson as well as writer/director Wes Anderson, BOTTLE ROCKET may not have the same distinct look as Anderson’s later films, but it certainly shows off his skill with jokey dialogue and absurd characters, as well as his soft-spot for well-meaning screw-ups.
Part of Nitehawk’s January THE PERFECT CRIME brunch series.
Director Alex Ross Perry will be at Nitehawk for a Q&A on 10/27 following the 7pm show!
A complex, intimate, and highly idiosyncratic comedy, LISTEN UP PHILIP is a literary look at the triumph of reality over the human spirit.
Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his sure-to-succeed second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to promoting the novel. When Philip’s idol, Ike Zimmerman, offers his isolated summer home as a refuge, he finally gets the peace and quiet to focus on his favorite subject—himself.
Two-time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner leads an all-star cast in KILL THE MESSENGER, a dramatic thriller based on the remarkable true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb.
In Kill the Messenger, Gary Webb (Renner) stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation’s street and further alleges that the CIA was aware of major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., and using the profits to arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua.
Despite warnings from drug kingpins and CIA operatives to stop his investigation, Webb keeps digging to uncover a conspiracy with explosive implications. His journey takes him from the prisons of California to the villages of Nicaragua to the highest corridors of power in Washington, D.C. – and draws the kind of attention that threatens not just his career, but his family and his life.
SecretFormula presents…
Spoons, Toons & Booze Christmas Special
We love watching the holiday cartoons on TV the weeks leading up to Christmas, but they don’t show the awesome holiday specials we watched when we were kids anymore. We’ve solved this problem by hosting our own Christmas Special filled with holiday episodes of all the cartoons you loved as a kid! Hosted by SecretFormula’s Michael Austin and Nell Casey, come watch all of your favorite cartoon characters from the 1930’s through 1990’s learn the real meaning of Christmas with…
– Over 80 cartoon series to choose from and YOU get to choose what we watch!
– Special menu of Christmas themed episodes including the rare “He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special”, only aired once in the 80?s and then banished to VHS obscurity!
– Special appearance by Santa Claus himself! Have your picture taken on Santa’s lap and send it to your parents.
– Free all you can eat cereal bar filled with all the sugary, marshmallowy, fruity, chocolaty cereal you crave! Soy and regular milk available.
– Cereal themed cocktails like “The Sonny”, a White Russian topped with Cocoa Puffs and the Cinnamon Toast Crunch infused rum based “Complete Breakfast.”
– Hot winter drinks like Bourbon Apple Cider to warm you up and put you in the holiday spirit.
– Cereal Shots! Drop a shot of Baileys or Kahlua in to booze up your cereal bowl.
– Compete in contests to choose which cartoons we watch and win sweet prizes from Nitehawk Cinema.
SecretFormula presents…
Spoons, Toons & Booze Thanksgiving Special
Your Favorite Saturday Morning Cartoons + Booze & Free Cereal + a Special Menu of Thanksgiving Themed Episodes!
Do you miss your childhood Saturday mornings of waking up early to gorge on cereal and cartoons? If so, SecretFormula has the ultimate brunch for the kid in you…Spoons, Toons & Booze! We’ve got all your favoriteSaturday morning cartoons, delicious cocktails and a free all you can eat sugar cereal bar, not to mention Nitehawk Cinema’s excellent brunch menu.
We’re thankful for a lot of things this year but more than anything we’re thankful for Thanksgiving themed episodes of some of our favorite cartoons series! Come and learn what Turkey Day is really all about from the cartoon characters of your childhood with…
– A special menu of Thanksgiving themed episodes filled with Turkeys, Pilgrims & Native Americans, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parades, football and overeating!
– Over 80 cartoon series from the 1930?s through the 90?s and YOU get to choose what we watch
– A free all you can eat cereal bar filled with all the sugary, marshmallowy, fruity, chocolaty cereal you crave! Soy and regular milk available.
– A White Russian menu including “The Sonny”, a White Russian topped with Cocoa Puffs.
– Cereal Shots! Drop a shot of Baileys or Kahlua in to booze up your cereal bowl!
– Compete in contests to choose which cartoons we watch and win prizes from Nitehawk Cinema.
Nitehawk’s Country Brunchin’ celebrates the 50th anniversary of the film that launched the Spaghetti Western, Sergio Leone’s A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS. Includes a live pre-show musical serenade by The TarantinosNYC!
The beginning of the “Dollars Trilogy” (along with A Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad and the Ugly), not to mention the start of the Spaghetti Western legacy, A Fistful of Dollars stars the brooding Clint Eastwood as “the man with no name” who arrives in the small Mexican border town of San Miguel. The town is torn apart by the warring of the Baxter and Rojo families. A cunning man who also happens to be quick with a gun, he plays the two sides off of each other and aims to get rich in the process. All this Leone magic is set to Ennio Morricone’s sweeping score.
The TarantinosNYC specialize in 60’s-70’s Surf, Soul, Spy and Spaghetti Western instrumentals, featuring the great soundtrack material in Quentin Tarantino movies and also originals in the style of classic movie and TV themes.
In WHIPLASH, a young musician struggles to make it as a top jazz drummer
Andrew Neyman (Miles Teller) is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into his band, forever changing the young man’s life. Andrew’s passion to achieve perfection quickly spirals into obsession, as his ruthless teacher continues to push him to the brink of both his ability—and his sanity.
A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory.
Birdman is a black comedy that tells the story of an actor (Michael Keaton) – famous for portraying an iconic superhero – as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. In the days leading up to opening night, he battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career, and himself.
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
Stanley Kubrick’s filmic version of Stephen King’s novel The Shining is the most beautiful mash up of terror that includes architecture, madness, a time/space collapse, and surreal imagery. The Shining takes place essentially in one place, The Overlook Hotel, that Jack Torrance (starring Here’s Johnny! Jack Nicholson) shares with his wife and psychic son as caretakers for the winter. It doesn’t take long for the hotel to consume his thoughts and propel him to do the unthinkable…murder his family.
