Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, David Thewlis
Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full power…and her true destiny.
For the 13th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, opening on Feb. 9th. This is your annual chance to predict the winners (and have the edge in your Oscar pool)! A perennial hit with audiences around the country and the world, don’t miss this year’s selection of shorts. The Academy Awards take place Sunday, March 4th.
Dear Basketball – Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant, USA, 5 minutes
Negative Space – Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata, France, 5 minutes
Lou – Dave Mullins and Dana Murray, USA, 7 minutes
Revolting Rhymes – Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer, UK, 29 minutes
Garden Party – Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon, France 7 minutes
Lost Property Office (additional film) – Daniel Agdag, Australia, 10 minutes
Weeds (additional film)
“From filmmaker Penelop Spheeris comes this fast-paced, humorous and oftentimes outrageous look at the Heavy Metal scene, THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION PART II: THE METAL YEARS. Candid and uncensored interviews of metal bands including: Medadeth, Faster Pussycat, Lizzy Borden, London, Odin and Seduce (who are all seen in performance), along with Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Poison and members of Aerosmith, Kiss and Motorhead, result in fascinating footage about the lives, dreams and fans of these heavy metal stars.
Shot in Los Angeles, the film is a music-filled, cinematic collage of such eccentric moments as Gene Simmons (Kiss) being interviewed in a lingerie shop, Chris Holmes (W.A.S.P.) in his swimming pool and a daring “heavy metal beauty queen” contest at a local hot spot.
A bizarre slice of life that’ ssure to intrigue both metal and non-metal fans alike, The Metal Years is a one-of-a-kind documentary that will hook its viewers from start to finish”
– The back of The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years VHS tape.
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine…
When I was little… my father was famous.
Itto Ogami, The Lone Wolf, works as the shogun’s decapitator; the man responsible for finishing the noble act of harakiri. As the shogun becomes increasingly erratic and paranoid, he sends a team of assassins after Ogami, whose wife falls to the shogunate’s blades. Marked for death, Ogami and his surviving son travel the Japanese countryside working as an assassin for hire.
Hardly for purists, Shogun Assassin is kind of a remix. Cobbled together from the first two of the six Lone Wolf and Cub films, Shogun Assassin streamlines the original story for the grindhouse set. Redubbed in a spooky, guttural English, the film also features a new score that’s all droning, moody Moog. A cult classic since its release, Shogun Assassin has worked its way back into popular culture at large. It’s the favorite film of The Bride’s daughter in Kill Bill Vol. 2, and was heavily sampled in Wu-Tang Clan member GZA’s landmark album, Liquid Swords. Shogun Assassin perfectly encapsulates everything that the nine from Staten Island were going for: dark, dirty and violent.
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, N’Bushe Wright, Kris Kristofferson
When Blade’s mother was bitten by a vampire during pregnancy, she did not know that she gave her son a special gift while dying: All the good vampire attributes in combination with the best human skills. Blade and his mentor Whistler battle an evil vampire rebel (Deacon Frost) who plans to take over the outdated vampire council, capture Blade and resurrect voracious blood god La Magra.
Starring: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine
Special midnite screenings of time-twisted slasher HAPPY DEATH DAY for Groundhog Day weekend!
A teenage girl, trying to enjoy her birthday, soon realizes that this is her final one. That is, if she can figure out who her killer is. She must relive that day, over and over again, dying in a different way each time. Can she solve her own murder?
Producer: Isabel Castro
Nitehawk presents a special President’s Day screening of AMERICA UPRISING, a journalistic short documentary project that brings viewers inside U.S. movements and onto the front lines of conflict.
There is an unprecedented wave of social protest throughout the United States. Created by the team behind the AMERICA DIVIDED docuseries, AMERICA UPRISING is a journalistic documentary project that brings viewers inside these movements and onto the front lines of conflict, from living rooms to the state house to the streets.
PROGRAM
FARMWORKERS
There are over half a million undocumented immigrants in Florida. Many are farmworkers. Catalina Santiago, a farmworker and organizer with Movimiento Cosecha, is determined to fight for immigrant rights. She and others organize towards an immigrant labor strike.
WESTFIELD 20/20
In Westfield, New Jersey, a group of residents new to organizing pressure local politicians who support President Trump’s agenda. An early focus is Congressman Leonard Lance, and the fate of the Affordable Care Act.
THIS LAND I LOVE
A year after the historic native-led protest at Standing Rock, President Trump greenlights the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline his first week in office. Activist Judith LeBlanc and thousands of others bring the fight to the streets of Washington D.C.
MUSLIM BAN
One of President Trump’s first acts in office was to ban individuals travelling from majority Muslim countries from entering the United States. In New York, Yemeni activist Rabyaah Althaibani protests the so-called “Muslim Ban” and navigates the policy’s impact on her own family.
CLIMATE MARCH
Environmentalist Bill McKibbon discusses the implications of President Trump’s environmental policies on the planet, and participates in the Climate March in Washington D.C.
MARCH FOR BLACK WOMEN
The Women’s March brought millions of people into the streets in January, but organizers of the March For Black Women are determined to center the voices and experiences of black women – as they are too often marginalized in mainstream resistance movements. Activist and organizer Farah Tanis discusses how her family history led her to a life of activism.
SAFE HAVEN PT. 1 AND PT. 2
Ravi Ragbir is the executive director of the New Sanctuary Coalition, and also one of 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. Following President Trump’s election, many undocumented immigrants who had been deprioritized for deportation are being removed. Along with hundreds of his supporters, Ragbir shows up to an appointment with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
CHARLOTTESVILLE
The “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia ended in bloodshed when a white supremacist drove his car into anti-racist demonstrators. Heather Heyer, a 32 year old paralegal, was killed, and more than a dozen others were injured. Charlottesville Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy recounts events that lead up to the day, and the battle over the removal of confederate monuments in the city – a fight he says is all about race, not heritage.
AFTER THE STORM
Hurricane María made landfall in Puerto Rico on September 20th, devastating the island. In response to criticism of the slow federal response, President Trump lashed out, tweeting that Puerto Ricans “want everything to be done for them.” Activists on the ground, who began organizing relief brigades in the first days after the storm, tell a different story.
WOMEN’S MARCH
The Women’s March brought millions of people into the streets in January, but organizers of the March For Black Women are determined to center the voices and experiences of black women – as they are too often marginalized in mainstream resistance movements. Activist and organizer Farah Tanis discusses how her family history led her to a life of activism.
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.
German expressionist director F.W. Murnau’s most beautiful silent era masterpiece and first Hollywood film “SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS” (1927) starring George O’Brien, Janet Gaynor and Margaret Livingston is the story of a naïve young farmer bewitched by an alluring city woman, driving him toward murder. Hailed as one of the best films of all time by many, the film and Janet Gaynor both won the Academy Award for “Unique and Artistic Picture” and “Best Actress In A Leading Role” at the first Academy Awards in 1929.
