Chloë Sevigny leads an ensemble cast in Tara Subkoff’s directorial debut, #HORROR.

You’ve got followers…Cyberbullying goes offline during one deadly night. Based on a shocking true story, #HORROR follows a group of preteen girls living in a suburban world of money and privilege. But when their obsession with a disturbing online game goes too far, virtual terror becomes all too real. Set in a frosty and sterile environment where being distracted by virtual reality distorts actual reality, #HORROR is an art-meets-horror film that acts as cautionary tale for the dangerous effects the internet can pose to young women.

Part of Nitehawk’s THE WORKS: CHLOË SEVIGNY.

Starring:  Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Chloë Sevigny, Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, John Carroll Lynch

David Fincher’s superb thriller Zodiac is a searing and singularly haunting examination of twin obsessions: one man’s desire to kill and another’s quest for the truth. The film is based on the true story of the notorious serial killer and the intense manhunt he inspired. Roger Ebert wrote that it, “is a police procedural crossed with a newspaper movie, but free of most of the cliches of either.” It follows how the case becomes an obsession for four men, including editorial cartoonist at the SF Chronicle Robert Graysmith, whose personal lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues. Sevigny’s character plays his intelligent wife who questions yet supports his unwavering quest.

Comedian Kevin Maher hosts a 2-hour video variety show about Monkeys in Media.

The show celebrates some of the strangest tropes including: Gorillas vs. Nazis, Women who participate in forbidden monkey love, Chimps in Horror Movies, a defense of Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes, a retrospective on Kong sequels (authorized and unofficial), plus the use of monkeys in art-house cinema and propaganda films.

 See why Kevin Geeks Out show has been called “TED Talks for Midnight Movies” (DailyGrindhouse.com), as Kevin and his guests show clips, make jokes and make the world a better place through laughing with and/or at monkey cinema.

With special guests:

• John Cribbs (head writer, ThePinkSmoke.com)
• Chico Leo (co-host, THE SCREAM SQUAD podcast)
• Wendy Mays (host, PET CINEMATARY podcast)
• Paul Murphy (co-host, SCREEN PYSCHICS podcast)
• Marcus Pinn (writer, PinnlandEmpire.com)
• Nathaniel Wharton (SportsAlcohol.com)

Nitehawk presents a special screening of MEDAL OF VICTORY by NY filmmaker Joshua Moïse.

When Sergeants Floyd McMasters (Will Blomker) and Stu Cutshaw (Mason Hill) accidentally send nuclear fusion triggers to Malawi they decide to steal a car and go AWOL rather than suffer a court martial. Broke and on the run, they end up in Floyd’s hometown where they are mistaken for war heroes and dragged into the small town’s corrupt politics. Murder and mayhem are not far behind as they try to decide whether to make a run for it or stay and face Floyd’s fraught past.

Release Date: April 3, 1968

Planet of the Apes (co-written by The Twilight Zone’s Rod Serling) is a futuristic environment that reverses the evolutionary track; apes are now running things and humans are the meaningless animals. As astronaut George Taylor, Charlton Heston ultimately proves to his simian keepers that not only is he a creature of worth but, also, very much in the wrong place. The horrible discovery that is actually is in the right place but truly at the wrong time is one of the most terrifying reveals in science-fiction films. Damn you all to hell!

To honor the passing of the great Bill Paxton, Nitehawk presents the late actor’s directorial debut: the bone chilling psychological thriller FRAILTY.

On a rain soaked night, a young stranger (Matthew McConaughey) wanders into the office of FBI agent Wesley Doyle (Powers Boothe) with news that he knows the identity of the “God’s Hand” serial killer, a butcher who’s eluded the agent for years. When asked for proof, the young man tells the story of his father (Bill Paxton), a religious fanatic who believed he’s been tasked by God to hunt down and destroy demons disguising themselves as everyday people. The father recruits his two sons on his divine mission, leading them to become accomplices in a series of brutal killings. As the blood flows – the boys begin to wonder whether they are doing God’s work or heeding the ravings of a mad man.

A musical midnite double feature beamed from the other side of the galaxy with INTERSTELLA 5555 and WAVE TWISTERS.

INTERSTELLA 5555
2003 | Dir. Kazuhisa Takenouchi | 68min | Digital
Interstella 5555 is a visualization of Daft Punk’s landmark concept album Discovery brought to life under the supervision of anime godfather Leiji Matsumoto (Galaxy Express 999, Space Battleship Yamato). The film follows an intergalactic pop band as they’re kidnapped by evil Earthbound record execs, and a lone super-fan’s quest to rescue them.

WAVE TWISTERS
2001 | Dir. Syd Garon, Eric Henry | 46min | Digital
Wave Twisters is the first ever turntablism-musical from the addled mind of Bay-area skratch pikl DJ Q-Bert. Set in a galaxy where the five tenets of hip-hop are suppressed by a lucha-masked dark lord, the film follows a squad of rebels led up by DJ and space-dentist The Dental Commander as he and his crew goes to battle to save hip hop. Wave Twisters is a goofy, colorful assault on the senses with performances from faceless space invader Buckethead & turntablism gurus Q-Bert, Yogafrog, D-Styles and Flare.

Part of Nitehawk’s April MUSICAL MIDNITES series.

Starring: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Isaac Hayes

The third graders of South Park are the only ones who can save Terrance and Phillip, vulgar Canadian television personalities whose new R-rated film has scandalized all of America! As a result, American calls war on Canada with Terrance and Phillip winding up on death row. This hilarious film will have you singing along to songs like the infamous “Blame Canada” and a love duet between Saddam Hussein and Satan. After two decades, it’ll still seem oddly relevant.

One family. Four generations. In love with the sound of AMERICAN POP.

A 35mm presentation.

A multi-generational immigrant’s tale from animator Ralph Bakshi, American Pop follows a Jewish family that’s chewed up by the music industry and the forces of history. From ragtime to big time, the film chronicles the evolution of pop music in the context of 20th century history and the personal stories of those who lived and died by their art. Using his patented rotoscoping technique, Bakshi brings to life a century of American music from Gershwin & Dave Brubeck to Sam Cooke & Herbie Hancock.

Part of Nitehawk’s April MUSICAL MIDNITES series.

Starring: Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Christopher Lloyd, Hank Azaria, Bernadette Peters, Kirsten Dunst, Angela Lansbury

Directed by former Disney animation directors Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, Anastasia is an animated film adaptation of the legend of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia. In it, the daughter of the last Russian Tsar, Nicolas II, Anastasia is found by two Russian con men, Dimitri and Vladimir, who seek the reward that her grandmother, the Dowager Empress Marie, promised to the ones who’ll find her. But the evil mystic of the Tsar family, Rasputin, still wants the Romanov family to be destroyed forever.