Playing at Nitehawk for one night only! Stay after the credits for exclusive Joan Jett performance footage that can only be seen in theaters.

It’s true, Joan Jett became mega-famous from the number-one hit “I Love Rock n Roll,” but thats only part of the story. That fame intensified with the music video’s endless play on MTV, world tours and many hits to follow like “I Hate Myself for Loving You,” but that staple of popularity can’t properly define a musician.

Jett put her hard work in long before the fame, ripping it up onstage as the backbone of the hard-rock legends The Runaways, starting her record label out of the trunk of a car after being rejected by 23 labels, and influencing many musicians—both her cohort of punk rockers and generations of younger bands—with her no-bullshit style. Bad Reputation gives you a wild ride as Jett and her close friends tell you how it really was in the burgeoning ’70s punk scene and the rocky road to rock stardom decades on. Their interviews are laced with amazing archival footage. The theme is clear: Even though people tried to define Jett, she never compromised. She will kick your ass, and you’ll love her all the more for it.

Starring: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton

All screenings in our CLASS OF ’08 series include an optional donation ticket price with proceeds going to the Entertainment Community Fund, who work to support film and TV workers during the work stoppage. Choose the “Reserved + Donation” ticket option to donate.

“The Russians? Are you sure?”

Starring: Odessa Young, Hari Nef, Abra, Suki Waterhouse, Joel McHale

High school senior Lily and her group of friends live in a haze of texts, posts, selfies and chats just like the rest of the world. So, when an anonymous hacker starts posting details from the private lives of everyone in their small town, the result is absolute madness leaving Lily and her friends questioning whether they’ll live through the night.

Starring: Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana

A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance – as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.

Starring: Vincent Cassel, Tchéky Karyo, Monica Bellucci

The charismatic criminal Dobermann, who received his first gun at his christening, leads a gang of brutal robbers. After a complex and brutal bank robbery, they are being hunted by the Paris police. The hunt is led by the sadistic cop Christini, who only has one goal: catch Dobermann at any cost.

Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli

Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.

Minsky’s Burlesque-cum-Wringling Bros, THE GIRLIE SHOW happened only 39 times in 12 countries, yet had a record-breaking box office gross of $170 million (in 2018 dollars). Conceived as a “sex circus” blending “rock, fashion, carnival and cabaret,” this iconic, unforgettable spectacle featured the Queen of Pop as underground dominatrix, disco diva, and androgynous Master of Ceremonies… Her My Fair Lady-meets-Edward Gorey encore of “Justify My Love” remains the most sophisticated and elegantly enigmatic stage production of all time.

THE GIRLIE SHOW: LIVE DOWN UNDER – shot during M’s November 19 performance at the Sydney Cricket Ground – premiered the next night on HBO and became the premium cable channel’s most watched event of the year.

Now – and for one night only – Nitehawk Cinema celebrates Madonna’s 60th birthday with a very special screening of THE GIRLIE SHOW, re-mastered in glorious DCP.

Starring: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace

It’s the early 1970s, a time of great social upheaval as the struggle for civil rights rages on. Ron Stallworth becomes the first African-American detective on the Colorado Springs Police Department, but his arrival is greeted with skepticism and open hostility by the department’s rank and file. Undaunted, Stallworth resolves to make a name for himself and a difference in his community. He bravely sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan.

Posing as a racist extremist, Stallworth contacts the group and soon finds himself invited into its inner circle. He even cultivates a relationship with the Klan’s Grand Wizard, David Duke, who praises Ron’s commitment to the advancement of White America. With the undercover investigation growing ever more complex, Stallworth’s colleague, Flip Zimmerman, poses as Ron in face-to-face meetings with members of hate group, gaining insider’s knowledge of a deadly plot. Together, Stallworth and Zimmerman team up to take down the organization whose real aim is to sanitize its violent rhetoric to appeal to the mainstream.

Starring: Mark Gregory, Fred Williamson, Vic Morrow

In the year 1990, the Bronx is officially declared No Man’s Land. The authorities give up all attempts to restore law and order. From then on the area is ruled by the Riders.

Attacked by a roller skating gang called The Zombies, Ann, a 17-year-old runaway and the heiress to the arms manufacturing giant The Manhattan Corporation, is saved by members of The Riders, and taken under the protection of The Riders’ leader, Trash. The Manhattan Corporation hires a ruthless and psychopathic mercenary named Hammer, who turns the various Bronx gangs against each other to ensure Ann is returned.