Choose Life. A young man tries to escape the allure of drugs and drug addiction in Danny Boyle’s TRAINSPOTTING.

Nearly twenty years after its release, Trainspotting hasn’t lost any of the film magic that Danny Boyle created on the big screen when he adapted Irvine Welsh’s novel about heroin addicted youth in Edinburgh, Scotland. Audiences go on a perfectly paced ride, fueled with highs and lows, following a group of lost young adults trying to escape the mundane in the mid-1990s. Welsh’s brilliant cast of characters come to life (our favorite – Sick Boy) as the story centers around Renton (played to perfection by a young and skinny Ewan McGregor) and his attempts to clean up his life. And while some of Trainspotting scenes are shocking, others are shockingly beautiful; showing the glory and inevitable downfall associated with drug addiction.

Part of Nitehawk’s midnite JUST SAY YES program.

Nitehawk presents a special One Nite Only screening of the new horror documentary KILLER LEGENDS in celebration of its upcoming March 16 premiere on the Chiller Network. Includes a Q&A with filmmakers Joshua Zeman and Rachel Mills moderated by Fangoria’s Sam Zimmerman!

Killer Legends is a hair-raising film that focuses on four timeless urban legends that continue to haunt the psyche of the American public. This horror documentary follows filmmakers Joshua Zeman (Cropsey) and Rachel Mills as they investigate the true crimes that may have spawned these urban legends, while exploring how these myths evolved and why we continue to believe. The documentary probes the following legends: The Candyman, The Baby-Sitter and the Man Upstairs, The Hookman, and The Killer Clown.

Killer Legends is produced by Gulp Pictures and Storyville Entertainment in association with Gigantic Pictures. Killer Legends premieres Sunday, March 16th at 8pm ET on the Chiller Network.

In A LATE QUARTET, members of a world-renowned string quartet struggle to stay together in the face of death, competing egos and insuppressible lust. 

When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet receives a life changing diagnosis, the group’s future suddenly hangs in the balance: suppressed emotions, competing egos, and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration. As they are about to play their 25th anniversary concert, quite possibly their last, only their intimate bond and the power of music can preserve their legacy. Inspired by and structured around Beethoven’s Opus 131 String Quartet in C-sharp minor, A Late Quartet  pays homage to chamber music and the cultural world of New York.

Interwoven with known classical music, Angelo Badalamenti’s score to A Late Quartet. He says, “My goal was to write a classical-leaning score with a beautiful sadness that would work alongside the existing music in a seamless way.”

Part of Nitehawks series THE WORKS – ANGELO BADALMENTI.

FINAL WEEKS: playing at Nitehawk until March 27! Director Steve McQueen conveys the extraordinary true story of Solomon Northup.

TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE is based on an incredible true story of one man’s fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender), as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist (Brad Pitt) will forever alter his life.

In ENEMY, a man seeks out his exact look-alike after spotting him in a movie.

Adam Bell is a glum, disheveled history professor, who seems disinterested even in his beautiful girlfriend Mary. Watching a movie on the recommendation of a colleague, Adam spots his double, a bit-part actor named Anthony Clair, and decides to track him down. The identical men meet and their lives become bizarrely and irrevocably intertwined. Gyllenhaal is transfixing as both Adam and Anthony, provoking empathy as well as disapproval while embodying two distinct personas.

Jason Bateman makes his feature directorial debut with the subversive comedy BAD WORDS. 

Jason Bateman makes his feature directorial debut with the subversive comedy Bad Words. Mr. Bateman stars as Guy Trilby, a 40-year-old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill national spelling bee and decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. Contest officials, outraged parents, and overly ambitious 8th graders are no match for Guy, as he ruthlessly crushes their dreams of victory and fame. As a reporter attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward 10-year-old Chaitanya, who is completely unfazed by Guy’s take-no-prisoners approach to life.

Nitehawk Cinema and Captain Lawrence Brewing Company Present…
FILM FEASTS: THE LIFE AQUATIC

Matt Zoller Seitz will be signing copies of his new book, The Wes Anderson Collection, in our downstairs bar from 5:30pm until the film starts!*

Steve Zissou and his team seek out a mythical shark to avenge the death of his partner.

Join team Steve Zissou with Nitehawk and Captain Lawrence Brewing Company’s Film Feasts presentation of THE LIFE AQUATIC. As always, the screening includes delicious beverage and food menu pairings related to the film. The best part? You’ll be served each course during the specific moments that inspired the film so you can experience edible sensations while watching the action unfold on-screen!

Co-written with Noah Baumbach, The Life Aquatic is Wes Anderson’s parody and homage to Jacques-Yves Cousteau. The film features the eccentric oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) who sets out to get revenge on the mythical “Jaguarshark” that ate his partner Esteban…and he’s going to make a documentary about it. Along for the ride is Zissou’s crew of misfits including his estranged wife, a journalist, and maybe his son. So put on your red beanie to set out on the quirky underwater expedition that is much more than a shark hunt. It always is.

MENU ($75)

Fluorescent Snapper
snapper crudo, pesto de esteban, red amaranth
Drink Pairing: Captain Lawrence Sun Block

Steve’s Favorites
olive oil poached sardines, fennel, apple, fennel fronds
Drink Pairing: Captain Lawrence Liquid Gold

The Black Box
shrimp and squid ink sausage, beet pasta, parmesan foam
Drink Pairing: Captain Lawrence IPA

Rum Cannonball
pineapple and rum cannonball fritter, coconut and rum custard
Drink Pairing: Captain Lawrence Smoked Porter

*Matt Zoller Seitz, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for criticism, currently writes for New York magazine and is the author of The Wes Anderson Collection. This gorgeous heavily illustrated book is the first in-depth overview of Anderson’s filmography and hit both the NYT and LAT bestseller lists this fall.

Nitehawk Cinema and Brightest Young Things present a special screening of David Lynch’s LOST HIGHWAY featuring a live musical performance by a place both wonderful and strange.

The event kicks off Nitehawk’s retrospective series on contemporary composer, Angelo Badalamenti (THE WORKS – ANGELO BADALAMENTI). Also, attending guests are invited to our downstairs bar after the film to celebrate National Absinthe Day featuring a special Pernod Absinthe cocktail!

Visualizing the variations of memory and conscience, David Lynch’s Lost Highway is a dreamlike journey through a murder mystery. Like dreams, the film’s narrative isn’t linear nor does it apply to the logic of reality. Instead what unfolds is a fluidly bizarre unraveling of a jazz musician’s journey into madness. After a bizarre encounter at a party, he is accused of murdering his wife and inexplicably morphs into a young mechanic; basically avoiding one fate by embracing another. Lost Highway is a definitive Lynchian adventure not to be missed on the big screen.

As a long-time composer for David Lynch’s films, Angelo Badalamenti provides a tactile ethereal score to Lost Highway. Set amidst the soundtrack produced by Trent Reznor (featuring everyone from Marilyn Manson to the Smashing Pumpkins), Badalamenti’s score nearly becomes a character itself.

a place both wonderful and strange performs an intricately conceived smeary, hypnotic DJ set that nods to the classic works of Angelo Badalamenti, Lost Highway’s Trent Reznor-produced gothic metal-tinged soundtrack recording,  and the film’s themes of disorientation, confusion and disembodiment, in combination with unique visuals and distorted portraits produced by digital designer/collaborator Deanna Paquette.

Starring: Patricia Arquette, Christian Slater, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, James Gandolfini, Gary Oldman, Michael Rapaport, Brad Pitt

The Quentin Tarantino penned True Romance certainly isn’t your run-of-the-mill love story, but the passion (borderline obsession) between Clarence and his reformed hooker wife Alabama sure is palpable. A modern day Bonnie and Clyde, they meet, fall in love, and then proceed to steal a whole lot of drugs from her pimp. As with most things in love and life, things are never easy (there’s murders and mobsters), but the one thing that remains true is their romance.

Starring: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Blake, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Gary Busey, Robert Loggia, Richard Pryor

Visualizing the variations of memory and conscience, David Lynch’s Lost Highway is a dreamlike journey through a murder mystery. Like dreams, the film’s narrative isn’t linear nor does it apply to the logic of reality. Instead what unfolds is a fluidly bizarre unraveling of a jazz musician’s journey into madness. After a bizarre encounter at a party, he is accused of murdering his wife and inexplicably morphs into a young mechanic; basically avoiding one fate by embracing another. Lost Highway is a definitive Lynchian adventure not to be missed on the big screen.

As a long-time composer for David Lynch’s films, Angelo Badalamenti provides a tactile ethereal score to Lost Highway. Set amidst the soundtrack produced by Trent Reznor (featuring everyone from Marilyn Manson to the Smashing Pumpkins), Badalamenti’s score nearly becomes a character itself.