Ryan Gosling and the director of Drive, Nicolas Winding Refn, are back together and at Nitehawk with this visionary Bangkok-set thriller.
As an American expatriate living in Bangkok, Thailand, Julian (Gosling) is a drug kingpin who runs a boxing club, which is actually a front for a massive drug smuggling operation. He becomes tasked with avenging his brother’s death, but a mysterious, unhinged policeman is following his every move. Only God Forgives is an intense drama about Thai boxing, drug cartels, revenge and justice (and prostitution) in the criminal underworld of Bangkok.
OPENING JULY 5TH. Residents of a coastal town learn, with deathly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women (mother and daughter vampire duo) who have sought shelter at a local resort.
Byzantium is a 2013 British-Irish fantasy thriller film directed by Neil Jordan in which two mysterious women seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort. Clara meets lonely Noel, who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Schoolgirl Eleanor befriends Frank and tells him their lethal secret. They were born 200 years ago and survive on human blood. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their past catches up on them with deathly consequence.
Nitehawk and Noisey present Shane Meadows’ instant British classic, This is England. Bucket from The Toasters will be skyping in after the film!
This is England isn’t just a portrait of a young man or a group of young people coming of age in 1980s Britain, it’s a portrait of England under the thumb of Margaret Shadow.
Shane Meadows’ award winning This is England is the story of the UK in 1983 told through twelve-year old Shaun and his newfound skinhead family. The politics of the time seethe throughout this personal narrative that touches upon bullying, racism, and skinhead culture as a result of Thatcherism. Weaving throughout the film is an incredible soundtrack that truly cements the heights of creativity and the social lows of the period. Capturing the diversity of sounds coming out at the time – from The Upsetters to The Specials and to a Soft Cell – is a mix of ska and pop songs. This is England premiered at the London Film Festival in 2006 and went on to win accolades and awards, including Best British Film at the 2008 BAFTAs.
Starring: Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson
As always Italian director Lucio Fulci brings stellar kills and a killer score with the ‘sequel’ to Romero’s Dawn of the Dawn (Italian title is Zombi) in which remote island horrors reach the island of Manhattan in the form of a zombie. Basic story, a daughter goes searching for her father who’s gone missing after trying to cure the recent epidemic of the dead walking on tropical Matul Island. Little does she and her newfound sailing friends know that there’s no hope on that island or that it’s already reached the shores of New York. Whether it’s a wooden stick through the eye, a zombie attacking a shark, or watching Mia Farrow’s sister deal with the zombie apocalypse, Zombie ticks all the living dead boxes and then some.
Giallo hits the American streets of New York with our second Lucio Fulci film of the month, New York Ripper.
If it talks like a duck in this early 1980s Fulci horror fest, then it’s your New York Ripper. But burnt out detective Lieutenant Fred Williams is hot on the trail of the man brutally killing random ladies in New York City (and we’re talking some serious knifely aggression towards women here). There’s lots of razor blades, gore, and sexual acts with random strangers (S&M anyone?) going on here but through all that is the element of media fame and psychoanalysis. Part of the honorable group of “Nasties” banned in the UK for decades, New York Ripper is Italian-made American horror at its unfinest.
Part of Nitehawk’s August I Heart New York Horror midnite series.
Starring: Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree
Few filmmakers in the ’80s captured that decade’s uniquely grimy New York City vibes quite like William Lustig, and a prime example of that is the sleazy, gruesome, fun-as-hell cult classic Maniac Cop. Written by fellow NYC horror legend Larry Cohen, it’s one part living dead subversion, more parts slasher and action, and altogether delightful.
And, along with other beloved films 1980’s Maniac and his work restoring classic genre cinema via his retro home video label Blue Underground, it’s why Brooklyn Horror is honoring Lustig with its first-ever Leviathan Award, the festival’s new award dedicated to horror’s most impactful trailblazers. Join us for a special Maniac Cop 35th anniversary screening complete with a Q&A with Lustig and an award celebration. —Matt Barone
Director Peter Glantz will be in attendance both days, featuring a Q&A with Noisey editor Ben Shapiro!
Nitehawk and Noisey present August’s MUSIC DRIVEN film Lightning Bolt: The Power of Salad.
In the summer of 2001, filmmakers Peter Glantz and Nick Noe followed the noise rock band Lightning Bolt from New York to California to make the tour documentary, Lightning Bolt: The Power of Salad (and Milkshakes) capturing nineteen of their jaw-dropping shows. Loud and aggressive, the duo formed in Providence, Rhode Island in 1994 by Brian Gibson and Brian Chippendale and quickly became known for their guerilla-style live performances (like not actually playing on stage). This documentary features cameos from indie rock celebrities, Pink and Brown, along with interviews featuring the friends and family of Gibson and Chippendale.
A young woman seeks violent revenge after four men brutally violate her and leave her for dead in our August Nitehawk Nasty, I Spit on Your Grave.
Also known as “Day of the Woman”, the infamous I Spit on Your Grave is a very violent representation of sexual abuse and revenge. Jennifer Hills is an aspiring writer who rents a country home to focus on her work but her life drastically alters when she is repeatedly gang raped, beat up, and left for dead by four local men. Whereas in many films of the era, that’s where the story would end, Meir Zarchi’s movie takes us much further into the realm of revenge attacks that are equally as brutal and cruel. The line blurs as to whether justice is being enacted or more mindless violence is being perpetuated. Graphic and disturbing, I Spit on Your Grave is not just a “nasty” film to watch but a must see part of the horror cinema cannon.
Part of the Nitehawk Nasties signature series.
Starring: Patty Mullen, Joanne Ritchie, James Lorinz
The cinematic life of Frankenstein continues in this offbeat 1990 movie where a young medical student sets out to revive the decapitated head of his dead fiancee with, you guessed it, the body parts of prostitutes. As it always is when trying to make a person from scratch, first you have to do the gruesome task of gathering these body parts and, then, you have to deal with the monster you’ve created. All camp and slutty, Frankenhooker leads us through New York bars, streets, and subway on one sewn together sexy adventure. Some things are better off left dead.
It’s time for SPOONS TOONS & BOOZE AFTER DARK!
Spoons Toons & Booze has been left home alone for the weekend so we’re staying up late past our bedtime to watch the cartoons our parents don’t want us to see! Join us for these special STB midnights where we’ll be watching cartoons from the 1970’s through present day that are all aimed at a more adult and teen audience. You’re definitely going to want to leave the kids at home for this one. Come and enjoy…
– A special menu of cartoons from prime-time & late night, from the 1970’s thru today, not shown at our brunch shows…and YOU get to choose what we watch!
– Satisfy your munchies with our free all you can eat cereal bar filled with all the sugary, marshmallowy, fruity, chocolaty cereal you crave. Soy and regular milk available!
– Special late night, adult themed contests and commercials + live cartoon covers by our STB After Dark Band.
– A White Russian menu including “The Sonny” (a White Russian topped with Cocoa Puffs) and a special late night, green “420 White Russian”!
– 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!
