Starring: Graham Verchere, Judah Lewis, Caleb Emery, Cory Gruter-Andrew, Tiera Skovbye, Rich Sommer
Summer, 1984: The perfect time to be 15 years old and free. But when neighborhood conspiracy theorist Davey Armstrong begins to suspect his police officer neighbor might be the serial killer all over the local news, he and his three best friends begin an investigation that soon turns dangerous.
A feast of frenzied Italian action hits THE DEUCE and the Apollo Theatre on 42nd Street, with Enzo Castellari’s energetic vigilante flick from 1974: STREET LAW – aka Il Cittadino Si Ribella – The Citizen Rebels!
Mild-mannered (but very hunky) engineer Franco Nero – taken hostage and humiliated by sadistic bank-robbers – gets no help from the “authorities” – or his beautiful girlfriend Barbra Bach – and sets about dealing out some justice of his own… with increasingly bungled and battering results! He’s ill-equipped and out of his depth – but full of moral fiber! And such a HUNK!!
In an Italy where “la dolce vita” has gone sour on the vine – crooked cops, muggings, gangsterism, petty thugs and bureaucratic incompetence – Castellari creates a woe-somely real world of Rage and Sorrow – where the honor and self-respect of the “average citizen” is at stake… and it’s high-time for STREET LAW! All set to the funky, prog-y musical stylings of Guido and Maurizio De Angelis, aka Oliver Onions!!
Starring: Strother Martin, L.Q. Jones, Charles Bateman, Ahna Capri
For their October edition, The Deuce-Boys stop by The Liberty Theatre for 1971’s THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN – starring, produced and written by L.Q. Jones!
A young couple and their daughter on their way to grandma’s house find themselves trapped in the back-woods town of Woodley – where parents are being bumped-off at an alarming rate and the fate of the little orphans are held in the hands of… geriatric Satan fanatics!!
More concerned to make you squirm than scream – with a strange sense of plotting and some “wtf!?!” storytelling – producer and star (and Peckinpah regular) LQ Jones – along with director Bernard McEveety – create an atmosphere ripe with unease and nightmare logic… and deliver some real heebie-jeebies!! Beautifully lensed and bizarre beyond belief – THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN will get under your skin!!!
*** ONE SHOW ONLY – LIMITED SEATING ***
Each KEVIN GEEKS OUT show features one condensed movie or TV show. In 5 – 10 minutes, the audience gets a curated cutdown, “The Kindest Cut” if you will.
The July show collects the best supercuts from the last 10 years of shows, featuring:
* Kung-fu wizards
* An environmental monster movie
* An under-seen slobs-vs-snobs prep school comedy
* The ultimate 1990’s women’s wrestling epic
* A made-for-tv movie from a master of horror
* and a few films or tv shows that THE AUDIENCE WILL CHOOSE DURING THE EVENT!
Join comedian Kevin Maher and his special guests for this one-of-a-kind multi-media extravaganza that will caulk the gaps in your pop culture knowledge.
With Special Guests:
John Beaman (Documentary photographer)
M. Sweeney Lawless (writer, Euphobia comedy group)
John Cribbs (Head Writer, The Pink Smoke website)
“One of the best shows in NYC” – Hy Bender, BestNewYorkComedy.com
Starring: Janine Carazo, Jerome Dempsey, Daniel Dietrich
The Norris family get jobs working at a seedy old carnival as a cover for searching for their missing son who disappeared after visiting said carnival. Eccentric manager Mr. Blood turns out to be a vampire while the evil owner Malatesta rules over a gaggle of ghastly ghouls who watch silent movies when they aren’t feasting on human flesh.
Starring: Robert Deniro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years, ago Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady’s rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
Starring: Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Jared Abrahamson, Blake Jenner, Ann Dowd
The unbelievable but entirely true story of four young men who attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in U.S. history. The film centers around two friends from the middle-class suburbs of Lexington, Kentucky. Spencer is determined to become an artist but feels he lacks the essential ingredient that unites all great artists – suffering. His closest friend, Warren, has also been raised to believe that his life will be special, and that he will be unique in some way. But as they leave the suburbs for universities in the same town, the realities of adult life begin to dawn on them and with that, the realization that their lives may in fact never be important or special in any way.
Determined to live lives that are out of the ordinary, they plan the brazen theft of some of the world’s most valuable books from the special collections room of Spencer’s college Library. Enlisting two more friends, and taking their cues from heist movies, the gang meticulously plots the theft and subsequent fence of the stolen artworks. Although some of the group begin to have second thoughts, they discover that the plan has seemingly taken on a life of its own. Unfolding from multiple perspectives, and innovatively incorporating the real-life figures at the heart of the story, writer-director Bart Layton (The Imposter) takes the heist movie into bold new territory.
PEOPLE ARE WONDERFUL AND STRANGE features a selection of women directed short films that imbue the intangible quality of humanity that can be as weird as it is universally relatable. Programmed by Meghan Oretsky (Curator, Vimeo) and Caryn Coleman (Director of Programming/Special Projects, Nitehawk Cinema).
THE PROGRAM
70-SOME YEARS
Directed by Riley Hooper | 7 1/2 mins
Henry skied for 70-some years.
FILL YOUR HEART WITH FRENCH FRIES
Directed by Tamar Glezerman | 20 mins
A short sad comedy about a woman who gets dumped by her girlfriend at a fast food joint, and, too sad to go home, just stays there for a week.
INTUITION
Directed by Danielle Lurie | 8 mins
A short film set in Barcelona about a woman who is unable to listen to herself.
MUMBAI MORNINGS
Directed by Veena Rao | 7 mins
At 5am everyday, before the crowds, traffic and heat descend on the city, Abbas Sheikh, a top ultramarathon runner, gets up to run along Mumbai’s picturesque Marine Drive. By 9am, he is at work in a hot, cramped factory where he polishes jewelry for 12 hours a day. Abbas describes these contrasting realities and the world that has opened up to him while running through the vibrant city he calls home.
POLICA – AGREE
Directed by Maria Juranic | 3 mins
Bonnie and Clyde inspired story of two lovers being chased by law.
REFLECTION
Directed by Hazuki Alkawa | 21 mins
Young and single, Tara struggles to find harmony in a world critical of her son’s queer behavior. Increasingly aware of what it means to go against society’s “normal”, she finds it difficult to accept who her son wants to be.
THE SLOPE – SEASON 2, EPISODE 1 “TAKING SPACE”
Directed by Desiree Akhavan & Ingrid Jungermann | 5 mins
A comedy that follows the lives of a lesbian couple navigating their way through modern-day Park Slope, Brooklyn. One year into their relationship, Ingrid and Desiree continue to hash out a power dynamic that ends up making them look homophobic, superficial and ultimately, perfect for one another.
BAD AT DANCING
Directed by Joanna Arnow | 11mins
A perpetual third wheel and awkward outsider, Joanna increasingly inserts herself into the relationship of her more charismatic roommate Isabel. The two women test each other’s sexual and emotional boundaries in this surreal dark comedy.
BEATRICE
Directed by Lorena Alvarado | 9 1/2 mins
Beatrice Vio started fencing on her feet when she was five years old. Struck with meningitis at eleven not only left her with all four of her limbs amputated, but it completely shifted her relationship with the sport she loves. With the unconditional support of her family, Beatrice went to become the world Paralympic fencing champion at the age of nineteen.
Click here for information on the additional screenings and programs for the BFC! celebration.
Starring: Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler
In a dystopian, not-too-distant future Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre universe of material glory. As his friends and co-workers organize in protest of corporate oppression, Cassius falls under the spell of his company’s cocaine-snorting CEO Steve Lift, who offers him a salary beyond his wildest dreams.
