Starring: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen

Insurance worker C.C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon) lends his Upper West Side apartment to company bosses to use for extramarital affairs. When his manager Mr. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray) begins using Baxter’s apartment in exchange for promoting him, Baxter is disappointed to learn that Sheldrake’s mistress is Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine), the elevator girl at work whom Baxter is interested in himself. Soon Baxter must decide between the girl he loves and the advancement of his career.

Starring: Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler

The apocalypse has been imagined in many forms – extreme weather, alien invasion, pandemics. As far as we can tell, Reign of Fire is the sole film that posits “What if all the subterranean digging we do unearths a sleeping dragon that immediately multiplies itself and scorches most of the human population?”

Dirt-and-sweat laden Quinn (Christian Bale) and Van Zan (Matthew McConaughey) are at cultural odds on how to overcome the seemingly unbeatable beasts. Quinn has been nurturing a community posted up in a castle, hoping the dragons will go back into hibernation, when Van Zan and his American military muscle arrive, having had success in killing some of the creatures. Without much choice, they pool their resources and manpower, determined to survive. Directed by Rob Bowman, frequent helmer of episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and The X-Files, Reign of Fire makes great use of location, effectively creating a landscape of ash and rock, with early use of CGI that isn’t always bad. Set in 2020, from our vantage point now it feels like the only potential humanity destroyer that didn’t occur that year.

Starring: Robert Z’Dar, Bruce Campbell, Robert Davi, Claudia Christian, Michael Lerner, Laurene Landon

Renegade police officer Matthew Cordell (Robert Z’Dar) once roamed the streets of New York City unleashing his murderous brand of vigilante justice upon its denizens before being struck down by good cop Jack Forrest (Bruce Campbell). Now, Forrest is eager to move on from those heinous events, but he is stopped short when a familiar killing spree begins. Though thought dead and gone, Cordell is back from the grave and ready to wreak his merciless havoc once more.

Starring: Eric Freeman, James Newman, Elizabeth Kaitan, Jean Miller

The younger sibling of the teenager who killed while dressed as Santa carries on in his brother’s bloody footsteps.

Starring: Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills, June Harding, Binnie Barnes, Mary Wickes, Gypsy Rose Lee

Shedding her good-girl persona in her first non-Disney role, Hayley Mills stars as Mary Clancy, a cigarette smoking prankster goofing her way through Catholic school. She meets her match in the Mother Superior (an anti-Auntie Mame Rosalind Russell), who is not one to suffer fools, meting out reasonable punishment with a sly grin.

The last film directed by Ida Lupino, The Trouble with Angels is a rare film portraying an almost exclusively female world in which friendship is tantamount, and mischievous girls are not seen as needing their spirits broken.

Night Flight’s First Annual Music Video and Music Film Festival will present the 10 winners of the Music Video competition and the Feature Film Grand Prize Winner. The music videos have been selected from those submitted from more than 13 countries and we are thrilled by the musical and visual creativity they represent. The feature film winner will be one not to be missed. There will be an introduction by Night Flight’s Stuart Shapiro and all ticket holders will receive a special coupon for Night Flight Plus subscription.

Smoked with timeless jewels of artistic buds, Night Flight has always been a rite of passage, a trip of counterculture discovery, old and new. Night Flight Plus, is the exclusive home of original episodes of Night Flight and offers a one-of-a-kind collection of content that spans genres and eras. It’s a mix of cult classics, avant-garde films, obscure documentaries, lost TV treasures, rare music performances, and much more.

Music Video Program to precede feature film

Peter Case: A Million Miles Away
From the frigid suburbs of Buffalo NY, to his early years living and busking on the streets of San Francisco, to formative experiences with punk band The Nerves and L.A. power pop legends The Plimsouls, to his decades-long solo career, Peter Case has lived a life of constant change, soaring highs and soul-crushing lows. Walk a million miles in the shoes of one of America’s last great troubadours.

NoBudge is happy to present a new program of eleven short films from a group of emerging indie filmmakers mostly based in New York. This edition, we’re looking at issues of (mis)communication, dynamics of friendships, and uncertainties of youth. Stylistically, it’s a mix of the surreal, naturalistic, comically absurd, and melodramatic. Eight of the films are premieres and each director 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.

ApHasiA: Describe the City you Live in
N.Y. Premiere
Director Shan Jiang Present.
An individual of the Chinese diaspora finds herself in a surreal speech therapy session.
(11 min)

Tenderless
N.Y. Premiere
Director Amanda Samimi present.
An awkward New York teenager accompanies her more experienced friend to a boy’s home.
(9 min)

I Am Never Having Kids
N.Y. Premiere
Director Emma Pillsbury present.
A woman receives a phone call regarding her fertility results before a night out.
(5 min)

Goblin High
U.S. Premiere
Director Isaac Roberts present.
A slice-of-life fantasy film that follows two teenage goblins navigating the uncertain waters of post-graduation life.
(6 min)

Thrashing
U.S Premiere
Director Abyn Reabe present.
A lonely marijuana farmer begins having strange waking dreams and gaps in his memory.
(7 min)

Stigmata
Brooklyn Premiere
Director Ben Gordon present.
Brad Christian lives a peaceful life operating an aquarium store until he is visited by a deranged fan of his old magic tutorial DVDs.
(7 min)

Rejoice in the Lamb
Directors Courtney Bush, Will Carington, and Jake Goicoechea present.
A late-night conversation with an oracle launches a young Brooklyn woman on a quest to slay a vampire.
(19 min)

AirBnb
Simple Town and Andrew DeYoung present.
Four friends check into a rental home where there is a camera in every room.
(8 min)

Isaac
Brooklyn Premiere
Director Samantha Carroll present.
In an attempt to be liked, Anna invites a stripper to her friend’s bachelorette party.
(11 min)

Anything Helps
N.Y. Premiere
Director Max DeFalco present.
An injured, unemployed father fakes having cancer to pay for his broken ceiling.
(8 min)

Waiter Movie: The Short
Directors Edy Modica and Ian Faria present.
Frank is a waiter who lives in his brother’s restaurant.
(9 min)

Comedian Kevin Maher returns to Nitehawk Williamsburg with an all-new holiday extravaganza. Get into the Christmas spirit with a night of wonderful clips, special guests, play-along games, and Yuletide surprises.

See why SyFy called Kevin “an insane genius” in the series DailyGrindhouse described as “TED Talks for Midnight Movies.”

Join us for a multi-media variety show celebrating the most wonderful time of the year.

Featuring:
• John Cribbs (Head Writer, ThePinkSmoke.com)
• Abby Denson (graphic novel author, COOL JAPAN GUIDE, KITTY SWEET TOOTH MAKES A MOVIE)
• Helen Ellis (writer, KISS ME IN THE CORAL LOUNGE)
• Scott Griffin
• Camila Jones (Mistress of Ceremonies)
• Chico Leo (Man About Town)
• Nick Nadel (Writer/Producer, NBC, and Atomic Abe on YouTube)
• Kate Wilkinson (wig judge, WigWurq blog)

Arrive at 6:30 for the pre-show/kickoff video!

Starring: Chuck Norris, Richard Lynch, Melissa Prophet, Eddie Jones

Retired CIA agent Matt Hunter (Chuck Norris) is forced back into the business when a villain from his past re-emerges. Soviet Mikhail Rostov (Richard Lynch), a terrorist whom Matt once caught, wants to exact revenge. After failing to find Matt at his Everglades home, Rostov and his army of Communist guerrillas begin carrying out terrorist acts all over southern Florida. Millions of innocent lives are at risk, and it’s up to Matt, the National Guard and the FBI to save them.

Starring: Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Malahide, Craig Bierko, Brian Cox, David Morse

Schoolteacher and single mother Samantha Caine (Geena Davis) lives an average suburban life — until she begins having strange memories of unexplained violence and discovers that she has physical skills that she never imagined. Hiring private detective Mitch Hennessey (Samuel L. Jackson) to probe into her past, Samantha discovers that she’s a well-trained government assassin who went missing after suffering a bout of amnesia and that her former handlers want her back in their employ.