Starring: Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller, Matt Dillon, Chris Elliott, Keith David

Having never fully recovered from a prom date that became a total disaster, a man finally gets a chance to reunite with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.

Starring: Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Judy Greer, Laverne Cox, Sam Elliott, Marcia Gay Harden

Planned Parenthood of New York City, in collaboration with Nitehawk, is excited to present a screening to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that legalized abortion in the United States. While abortion may be legal, it remains largely inaccessible for many people. Please join us for a program that highlights the challenges people face while accessing abortion care, and the importance of nuanced portrayals of such in pop culture.

In Grandma, self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her future.

Also part of the program will be video testimonies from the No Choice series produced by Bill Moyers.

Starring: Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon, Ian Petrella

While Bob Clark holds a special place in our dark hearts for his inventive horror flicks like the scary treat Black Christmas, it’s his contribution to the American canon of holiday classics with A Christmas Story that solidifies him as one of our favorite directors. Quirky family dynamics, a leg lamp, a bunny suit, bullying, swear words and anorexia are all involved in one boy’s quest for a Red Ryder B.B. gun in the 1940s. With such sincerity and deep humor, make a switch from watching this on television this year and see it on the big screen with your Nitehawk family!

Starring: Steve Martin, John Candy, Kevin Bacon, Michael McKean, Laila Robins

It’s a few days before Thanksgiving and Windy City ad-man Neal Page is stuck in New York for the world’s most pointless marketing meeting. With a holiday flight to catch, Neal looks forward to spending time with his family in just a few short hours. It was supposed to be easy. He wasn’t counting on a blizzard sending his flight to Kansas, and he definitely wasn’t counting on meeting chatty shower curtain ring salesman Del Griffith, his new partner in navigating the holiday hell of Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

It’s the story of a small town gorilla, Sylvio, who is stuck in his job at a debt collection agency. Deep down he just wants to express himself with his hand puppet, Herbert Herpels, and his puppet show that highlights the quiet moments of life. He accidentally joins a local TV program and a series of on-air mishaps threaten to shatter his identity, sending him on a journey of self-discovery.

Starring: Boris Karloff, Charles Laughton, Eva Moore, Gloria Stuart, Melvyn Douglas, Raymond Massey

Frankenstein director James Whale turned J.B. Priestley’s novel “Benighted” into a nerve-jangling tale that became the template for all spooky-house chillers to come.

Stranded travelers stumble upon a strange old house, and find themselves at the mercy of a highly eccentric and potentially dangerous family. This atmospheric thriller features an unforgettable post-Frankenstein horror role for Boris Karloff, as the hulking, disfigured butler Morgan. Also starring in early-career roles are Melvin Douglas, Charles Laughton, Raymond Massey and Gloria Stuart of Titanic.

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STARRING: Emma Stone, Steve Carrell,  Alan Cumming, Andrea Riseborough, and Natalie Morales

The electrifying 1973 tennis match between world number one champion Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs was billed as “The Battle of the Sexes” and became the most watched televised sports event of all time.

Starring: Alice Lowe, Gemma Whelan, Kate Dickie, Jo Hartley

A pitch black, wryly British comedy from the mind of Alice Lowe (SIGHTSEERS), PREVENGE follows Ruth, a pregnant woman on a killing spree that’s as funny as it is vicious. It’s her misanthropic unborn baby dictating Ruth’s actions, holding society responsible for the absence of a father. The child speaks to Ruth from the womb, coaching her to lure and ultimately kill her unsuspecting victims. Struggling with her conscience, loneliness, and a strange strain of prepartum madness, Ruth must ultimately choose between redemption and destruction at the moment of motherhood. PREVENGE marks the directorial debut from Lowe, who is a true triple threat, writing, directing, and acting in the film during her own real-life pregnancy.

Starring: Ingrid Jungermann, Ann Carr, Shelia Vand, Shannon O’Neill, Annette O’Toole, Grace Rex, Deborah Rush, Rodrigo Lopresti, Tami Sagher.

The FOFIF presents a ten year anniversary screening of the dark comedy Women Who Kill featuring a Q&A with writer/director Ingrid Jungermann and cast member Grace Rex. Screening before the feature is Rex’s short film The Shadow Wrangler! To make an additional $10 donation to The Future of Film is Female, select the “Event + Donation” ticket on the checkout screen.

Commitment phobic Morgan and her ex-girlfriend Jean are locally famous true crime podcasters (based in Park Slope!) obsessed with female serial killers. There’s a chance they may still have feelings for each other, but co-dependence takes a back seat when Morgan meets the mysterious Simone during her Food Coop shift. Blinded by infatuation, Morgan quickly goes all in to the relationship, ignoring red flags and prompting her ex-partner to suspect her new love interest is a murderer.

Created at the birth of the true crime podcast rise to fame, Women Who Kill premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Screenplay in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film.

THE SHADOW WRANGLER by Grace Rex (2024). 14 min.
An audiobook narrator’s efforts to finish recording a western erotica novel in her closet are foiled by strange disturbances.

Zaynab is a Pakistani, Muslim lawyer living in Chicago who begins a new romance with Alma, a vivacious Mexican-American woman. Zaynab’s recently widowed mother has moved in, spending her days watching Pakistani TV dramas while searching for a potential husband for her only daughter. Alma’s mother is a former professional Luchadora, which Zaynab finds fascinating as she’s recently taken up lucha-style wrestling. Zaynab tries to keep her love life from her mother, who knows more than she lets on.