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Shirley

Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Michael Stuhlbarg, Odessa Young, Logan Lerman

A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

Arrebato

Starring: Eusebio Poncela, Cecilia Roth, Will More

Brand-new 35mm print!

Arrebato’s dimension-shattering blend of heroin, sex, and Super-8 is the final word on cinemania. This towering feat of counterculture was the final feature of cult filmmaker and movie poster designer Iván Zulueta – is a film without genre, and is Pedro Almodóvar’s favorite horror film!

Horror movie director José is adrift in a sea of doubt and drugs. As his belated second feature nears completion, his reclusive bubble is popped by two events: a sudden reappearance from an ex-girlfriend and a package from past acquaintance Pedro: a reel of Super-8 film, an audiotape, and a door key. From there, the boundaries of time, space, and sexuality are erased as José is once more sucked into Pedro’s vampiric orbit. Together, they attempt the ultimate hallucinogenic catharsis through a moebius strip of filming and being filmed.

I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Starring: Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley, Toni Collette, David Thewlis, Guy Boyd

Full of misgivings, a young woman travels with her new boyfriend to his parents’ secluded farm.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin, Molly Shannon, Clint Howard

In this live-action adaptation of the beloved children’s tale by Dr. Seuss, the reclusive green Grinch (Jim Carrey) decides to ruin Christmas for the cheery citizens of Whoville. Reluctantly joined by his hapless dog, Max, the Grinch comes down from his mountaintop home and sneaks into town to swipe everything holiday-related from the Whos. However, the bitter grump finds a hitch in his plans when he encounters the endearing Cindy Lou Who (Taylor Momsen).

Malice

Starring: Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman, Bebe Neuwirth, George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft

Buckle up for the ultimate in twists, turns, red herrings and burns – in other words, exactly what we crave from erotic thrillers!

Andy (Bill Pullman) and Tracy (Nicole Kidman) Safian are a new couple settling into their old Victorian home, eager to start a family. Then Dr. Jed Hill (Alec Baldwin) shows up – an arrogant surgeon, the kind whose threats go something like “I’ll take out your lungs with an ice cream scoop”. He moves in on the top floor, his loud sexual encounters intolerable. This becomes a minor offence when he makes a bad call and removes Tracy’s reproductive anatomy during emergency surgery. Meanwhile, there’s a serial killer? As it all moves along, Aaron Sorkin’s script will keep you guessing who’s-zoomin’-who.

Keep track of the erotic thriller tropes with your Nitehawk Diaries Bingo card!

Happiest Season

Starring: Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Mary Steenburgen, Victor Garber, Alison Brie, Mary Holland

This romantic comedy is about longtime lesbian couple Abby (Kristen Stewart) and Harper (Mackenzie Davis), who made plans to go home to the latter’s family for the Christmas holidays. Aside from spending the yuletide season with Harper’s conservative parents, Abby is also planning to spring a marriage proposal on Harper. Trouble begins, though, when she discovers that Harper hasn’t come out as a lesbian yet to her family, leaving them clueless as to who Abby really is in her life.

The Last Boy Scout

Starring: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Noble Willingham, Taylor Negron

Come celebrate the 30th anniversary of a stone-cold 90s action classic from Tony Scott (Top Gun, True Romance), Shane Black (Lethal Weapon), Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans. It’s got everything! Goons getting one-punched to death in an all-white room. Scenes in a strip club for no reason. Complicated plots about political corruption and endless one liners after deaths and explosions. And of course, guns on the football field. Weirdly, this movie features the same writer, producer and composer from Lethal Weapon all coming together to make another movie about a black and white pair of crimefighters that for some reason isn’t actually a Lethal Weapon movie.

Following the screening, stick around for a live episode of the 30 Years Later podcast, which has hosted filmmakers, critics and film professionals from The New York Times, Sundance, IndieWire — and got David Rees to watch Point Break for the first time.

The Best Man Holiday

Starring: Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long, Harold Perrineau, Monica Calhoun

Nearly fifteen years after they were last together as a group, college friends Lance (Morris Chestnut), Harper (Taye Diggs), Candace (Regina Hall), Quentin (Terrence Howard), Robyn (Sanaa Lathan), Jordan (Nia Long), Murch (Harold Perrineau), and Mia (Monica Calhoun) finally reunite over the Christmas holidays. Though much has changed in their lives, the friends discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and passionate romances to be reignited.

The Secret Life of Plants

Long unavailable to see in any form, this documentary ponders the emotional life of plants and how they communicate, overlaid with a masterpiece soundtrack from Stevie Wonder. Featuring gorgeous time-lapse photography, this is a big-screen event that will tickle your eyeballs.

The Holiday

Starring: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach, Edward Burns

Two women, one (Cameron Diaz) from America and one (Kate Winslet) from Britain, swap homes at Christmastime after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a local man (Jude Law, Jack Black) but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.