Nitehawk’s LOCAL COLOR series presents a special one nite screening of DIXIELAND, featuring a Q&A after the screening with director Hank Bedford, moderated by Bennett Miller.

Dixieland is an intoxicating portrait of life and love on the margins. Fresh out of prison, Kermit (Zylka), a mostly good kid mixed up with local drug dealers, returns home to his rural Mississippi trailer park. As he struggles to keep his nose clean, he falls for Rachel (Keough), his sultry neighbor who’s turned to dancing in a club to support her sick mother. Determined to overcome their inauspicious circumstances, the star-crossed lovers make a desperate, last-ditch effort to escape their dead-end town—but soon find themselves ensnared in a cycle of crime.

Starring: Pam Grier, Robert Forster, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro, Bridget Fonda, Chris Tucker, Michael Bowen, Michael Keaton

In Tarantino’s adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s 1992 novel Rum Punch, we get the battle of the wits in Jackie Brown where a flight attendant, an arms dealer, an FBI agent, a detective, a bail bondsman, and a beach bunny are all out for that bag of half a million dollars. Things kick off when flight attendant Jackie Brown gets busted from smuggling money for her boss and is faced with a decision that will either set her free or end her life. Roger Ebert said in his review that it was, “a new film in a new style, and it evokes the particular magic of Elmore Leonard–who elevates the crime novel to a form of sociological comedy.” That, plus the magic of Pam Grier, Robert Forster, and Tarantino muse Samuel L. Jackson, pretty much define this Pulp Fiction follow up.

Starring: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, Chris Penn, Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino’s first directorial feature transformed him into one of the most influential directors of the 1990s and beyond. Jumping back-and-forth in time to show the before and after of a botched jewelry store robbery, Reservoir Dogs was immediately critically acclaimed for its raw power and breathtaking ferocity. The now iconic Mr. White, Mr. Orange, Mr. Blonde, and Mr. Pink were hired strangers tasked to pull off the perfect crime but after the simple robbery goes bloody ambush, they release one of them is a police informer. But which one?

Nitehawk tells the Legend of the 1995 Kung Fu film ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA II. A 35mm presentation!

In the sequel to the Tsui Hark classic, Wong Fei-Hung faces The White Lotus society, a fanatical cult seeking to drive the Europeans out of China through violence, even attacking Chinese who follow Western ways. Wong must also defend Dr. Sun Yat Sen, a revolutionary, from the military. With his friends, loved ones, and the future of China itself at stake, Wong must once again use his martial arts skills to defend the innocent.

Part of Nitehawk’s January THE LEGEND OF 90S KUNG FU midnites.

Nitehawk tells the Legend of the 1995 Kung Fu film THE BLADE. A 35mm presentation!

After the master of the Sharp Manufacturer saber factory abdicates and appoints On, his least popular worker, as his successor, On, unwilling to lead his surly colleagues, embarks on a quest of revenge to kill the evil, flying, tattooed kung fu master who killed his father.

Part of Nitehawk’s January THE LEGEND OF 90S KUNG FU midnites.

Nitehawk tells the Legend of the 1993 Kung Fu film IRON MONKEY. A 35mm presentation! Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.

In a desperate and unjust land, where government corruption rules the day, only one man has the courage to challenge the system and fight back. They call him “Iron Monkey.” Under the shadow of night, in the silence before dawn, he fights to give hope to the poor and the oppressed. Although no one knows his name and no one knows where he comes from, his heroism has made him a living legend to the people and a wanted man to the powers that be.

Part of Nitehawk’s January THE LEGEND OF 90S KUNG FU midnites.

Nitehawk tells the Legend of the 1993 Kung Fu film FONG SAI YUK. A 35mm presentation!

Jet Li stars in this Hong Kong martial-arts extravaganza that tells of evil emperors and true love. The secret Red Lotus Flower Society is committed to the overthrow of the evil Manchu Emperor and his minions. One of his Governors is sent on a mission to retrieve a list of members of that secret society. Meanwhile, Canton kung fu practitioner Fong Sai-Yuk falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a rich merchant, recently moved to Canton. Her father, in an attempt to gain influence in the region and thus improve his business, offers his daughter in marriage to the winner of a kung-fu contest.

Part of Nitehawk’s January THE LEGEND OF 90S KUNG FU midnites.

This December, THE DEUCE Film Series is issuing you a NIGHT WARNING… aka: BUTCHER, BAKER, NIGHTMARE MAKER – William Asher’s elusive release from 1982! The Jockeys take you through the aisles of Times Square’s ‘video nasty’ stores… with honorary Deuce Ding-a-ling DINO – aka *Dom Casual* – selling VHS, vinyl, CEDs, laserdiscs, and more retro media before and after the screening! Bring your cash!! Stuff your stocking with THE DEUCE!!

Plus: Prizes and surprises, Bronx Brewery Pale Ale at the after-party, and music by Maestro Jeff! Hosted and presented by THE DEUCE JOCKEYS: Jeff, Andy, and Joe!

Deemed early on by the Brits as one of the original “Video Nasties” – this steamy stocking-stuffer from the Beach-Blanket Baron, William Asher, is jam-packed with more blood, bullies, and gay-baiting than all his Avalon/Funicellos put together!! Nominated Best Horror Film of 1982 by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror…”A Haunting Rhyme for Bedtime”…

High-school basketball star and inveterate innocent, Jimmy McNichol deals with horrible homophobic hatred of homicide sleuth Bo Svenson and the torments of freaked-out phobic “parenting” on the home-front, as aunt/”mother” Susan Tyrell’s temptations take a twisted turn for the worse… Murder, mania, mayhem and (s)Motherly love… and basketball!! The pestering pressure to go “all the way”… it’s more than a teenager can take!! All you Deuce denizens – perverts and sluts – get your proverbial “pecker” out – cuz it’s “shirts off” time!

All DEUCE screenings are 35mm presentations.
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Deuce Jockeys: Jeff, Joe, Andy, Max, Andrew
Complimentary drinks at the after-party courtesy of Bronx Brewery.

UNCLE NICK is the story of a family Christmas gone wrong.

Lewd, drunken Uncle Nick (Brian Posehn from Mr. Show and The Sarah Silverman Program) stumbles his way through his brother’s cookie cutter-family’s annual Christmas gathering in the hopes of scoring with a super-hot party guest. But the arrival of his equally crass sister coupled with Nick’s liquor-fueled faux pas cause family secrets to bubble to the surface that might spell disaster for the whole clan before the night is over. Interwoven with the tale of the 1974 Ten Cent Beer Night riot that overtook a Cleveland Indians baseball game, both stories chronicle an evening of alcohol, anger, and heartbreak.

Executive Produced by Errol Morris and directed by former Attack of the Show writer Chris Kasick.

Look back on over 30 years of Ralph McDaniels’ Video Music Box. Featuring rare and unseen live-footage of Nas, Notorious BIG, Kool Moe Dee, Run DMC, Boogie Down Productions, Jay Z, Wu Tang Clan, and many more. Ralph will also be presenting his top 5 hip hop music videos of all time.