Starring: Putthipong Assaratanakul, Usha Seamkhum
After his grandmother is diagnosed with cancer, a scheming young man moves in to care for her, motivated by a desire to secure her fortune for himself. Unfortunately for him, it turns out that winning Grandma’s favor is no easy feat.
Starring: Isabel Sandoval, Eamon Farren, Lynn Cohen
Written and directed by Isabel Sandoval, Lingua Franca follows an undocumented Filipina trans woman Olivia (Isabel Sandoval) after she has secured a job as a live-in caregiver for Olga (Lynn Cohen), an elderly Russian woman in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach neighborhood. Olivia’s main priority is to secure a green card to stay in America. But when she unexpectedly becomes romantically involved with Olga’s adult grandson Alex (Eamon Farren), issues around identity, civil rights and immigration threaten her very existence.
Starring: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou, Ramon Bieri
4K restoration
In the small South American town of Porvenir, four men on the run from the law are offered $10,000 and legal citizenship if they will transport a shipment of dangerously unstable nitroglycerin to an oil well 200 miles away. Led by Jackie Scanlon (Roy Scheider), the men set off on a hazardous journey, during which they must contend with dangerously rocky roads, unstable bridges, and attacks from local guerillas. The four fight for their lives as they struggle to complete their dangerous quest.
The Big Cheese follows a scrappy team of eccentric cheesemongers in the world of competitive cheesemongering as they battle personal struggles and cultural clashes while training to become world champion cheesemongers. With reputations, redemption, and a historic victory on the line, can they finally prove America belongs on the world’s biggest cheese stage? Adam “Mr. Moo” Moskowitz is attempting to change that by coaching a team of American cheesemongers to victory at the Mondial du Fromage, the “Olympics of Cheese,” in France. Team USA has never won.
With the purchase of each ticket, you also receive:
Mister Moo’s udderly insane box of delicious cheese treats and a 30 minute class on how to taste cheese like a professional before the film screening. Each box includes:
1655 Le Gruyere AOP – SWITZERLAND – Raw Cow – 12 Months: This profile of Gruyere is selected from the best producer in Switzerland boasting a dense and slightly crystalline texture, aromas of tropical fruit and warm milk and finish with savory flavors of bone broth and caramelized onions. Paired with Toffee.
Wrangeback – SWEDEN – RAW COW – Made at a manor that dates back to the year 1225, this Tomme style is endowed with a remarkably smooth and unctuous texture while delivering a flavors cultured butter, mushroom bouillon and fermented grass. Paired with bread and butter pickles.
OG Kristal – BELGIUM – PASTEURIZED COW – A unique aged Belgian gouda recipe, this cheese gets its name from the characteristic crystalline yet smooth texture. Made with milk from a single dairy, this profile has a dominant butterscotch character balanced by a fruity undertone similar to boozy cherries. Paired with dried purple mulberries.
Shadow Blossom – GERMANY – RAW COW – Born out of a collaboration with Michelin star restaurant Schattbuch in Bavaria, this cheese is encrusted with a special blend of 5 peppercorns to provide floral, citrus notes to cut through the brown butter and raw hazelnut flavors of the cheese. Paired with coppa.
AND Nitehawk will offer curated beverage pairings for purchase along with the normal Nitehawk menu.
Starring: Zendaya, Robert Pattinson
A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.
Starring: April Consalo, Nate Wise, Clay Von Carlowitz
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with The FOFIF and a story of gore and romance, CANNIBAL MUKBANG. Joining us will be director Aimee Kuge for an extended introduction and merch giveaway. To make an additional $10 donation to The Future of Film is Female (a non-profit org), select the “Event + Donation” ticket on the checkout screen
Shy and looking for love, Mark quickly becomes smitten with the outgoing and mysterious Ash, who somehow, much to his surprise, reciprocates the attraction. But as his feelings for her intensify, so does his unexpected submersion into Ash’s biggest love: the wild world of mukbanging. And with it, lots of bloodshed.
Delving into a fascinating subculture while never losing focus on her characters, first-timer Aimee Kuge delivers a raucous and bold horror-comedy seeped in romance and gore. – Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
Starring: Wagner Moura, Maria Fernanda Candido, Gabriel Leone, Carlos Francisco, Alice Carvalho
Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting. Winner of Best Director and Best Actor in Cannes.
NoBudge is happy to present a program of nine short films from a group of emerging indie filmmakers mostly based in New York. The lineup explores a range of styles and tones, presenting narrative dramas alongside a taste of comedy, music video, and experimental cinema. Eight of the films are NYC or Brooklyn premieres and filmmakers will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A and Afterparty.
NoBudge is an online platform spotlighting the best in low-budget indie filmmaking. “One of the best places to sample what’s happening in low-budget cinema worldwide,” says Glenn Kenny of The New York Times. Its mission is to provide a supportive home for emerging indie filmmakers working with limited resources and without major industry connections, and to be a trusted discovery platform.
Another Miracle
Director Travis Wood in person.
Not so long ago, a band named “Maurice” came upon the knowledge that a “Maurice Avenue” exists in Queens, New York.
(4 min)
Munchiez
New York Premiere
Director Sascha Lourdes Agenor in person.
A dancer and her former teacher grapple with the lasting effects of a shared trauma that distorts their relationships with food.
(15 min)
Tank Top
New York Premiere
Directors Clara Nevins and Harper Oreck in person.
Amelia’s bullied at school. Mara’s supposed to show her it gets better with age. Instead, she runs into the girl who made her life hell at thirteen.
(10 min)
4pm Bullinger Square
New York Premiere
A woman returning home to Switzerland bumps into a familiar face in a town square.
(10 min)
A Jet Black Future
New York Premiere
Director Joel Watson in person.
Afro-pocalyptic proclamations and calls for Black unity preserved in this time capsule feel evergreen, positioning Umar Olufunke as an oracle, a messianic figure, and a hero lost to time.
(6 min)
All Beauty Queens Have Broken Bones
Brooklyn Premiere
Director Max Tullio in person.
Marlo believes God has told her to win the Miss Teen Indiana Pageant—but to do so, needs to break her legs to get the pity vote.
(8 min)
Terry’s Calendar
New York Premiere
Director Christopher Connor in person.
A lonely, internet addicted neurotic orders a gimmicky calendar from TikTok hoping that it’ll inspire him to take charge of his life.
(17 min)
I Would Never Fuck You
Brooklyn Premiere
Directors Alanna Murray and Mika Lungulov-Klotz in person.
Ira prepares to confront her complicated crush by practicing with miniature figurines in a bar diorama.
(16 min)
Goodnight
Brooklyn Premiere
Director Isabel Pask in person.
A hospice nurse revisits the comfort and fear of childhood when she hires a babysitter to take care of her for the night.
(14 min)
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña, Zazie Beetz, Asim Chaudhry, Juno Temple
A man claiming to be from the future takes the patrons of an iconic Los Angeles diner hostage in search of unlikely recruits in a quest to save the world.
Starring: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Jimmy Smits, Frank Oz, Anthony Daniels, Christopher Lee
It has been three years since the Clone Wars began. Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) rescue Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) from General Grievous, the commander of the droid armies, but Grievous escapes. Suspicions are raised within the Jedi Council concerning Chancellor Palpatine, with whom Anakin has formed a bond. Asked to spy on the chancellor, and full of bitterness toward the Jedi Council, Anakin embraces the Dark Side.
