In the shadow of war, one man showed the world what we stand for.
A dramatic thriller set against the backdrop of a series of historic events, Bridge of Spies tells the story of James Donovan, a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot.
Nitehawk presents special midnite screenings of Ming Liang-Tsai’s cult classic REBELS OF THE NEON GOD!
The loosely structured plot involves Hsiao-kang, a despondent cram school student, who becomes obsessed with young petty thief Ah-tze, after Ah-tze smashes the rearview mirror of a taxi driven by Hsiao-kang’s father. Hsiao-kang stalks Ah-tze and his buddy Ah-ping as they hang out in the film’s iconic arcade (featuring a telling poster of James Dean on the wall) and other locales around Taipei, and ultimately takes his revenge.
Starring: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Clara Calamai, Macha Méril, Glauco Mauri
Profondo Rosso, aka Deep Red, is a giallo whodunit with a series of gruesome murders, bits of the supernatural, childhood psychological trauma, and one insane score by Goblin. It starts with a brutal murder of a famous psychic that is seen by a pianist, kicking off the blood soaked search to find out who the killer is. Deep Red is stylish and vivid with doses of humor and madness. Argento’s film is an essential dish in every horror film fan’s diet but what is rarely discussed is how artwork functions as the driving force behind solving the mystery. In fact, two paintings (the absence of one and the discovery of another) act as a marker to find the source of fear rather than say be the source of it like, say, The Portrait of Dorian Gray. When these revelations contained within each work finally emerge, they reveal not only who committed the murders but also the personal history as to why all this carnage began. A must see at any time of year but particularly best before Halloween.
Starring: Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Amanda Bearse, Roddy McDowall, Stephen Geoffreys
In Fright Night, a boring suburban neighborhood gets injected with some, um, life when a vampire moves in. But when nobody believes high schooler Charley Brewster that a real vampire (played by creepy Chris Sarandon) now lives next door, his only option was to prove it with the help of his friend, girlfriend, and late night horror TV host Peter Vincent (Roddy MacDowall’s best Vincent Price).
Fright Night is scary fun that you can sink your teeth into!
Starring: Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True, Skeet Ulrich, Helen Shaver
In the cult classic The Craft, a powerful coven is formed when a new girl in town befriends three other misfits with supernatural tendencies. But it becomes good witch v bad witch when some of those in the group start to use their powers for revenge and their own personal gain. Self-centered, vengeful, and vain, these teens with special powers are a heightened version of the typical high school girl flick. Only in this case there’s levitation, love spells, and Manon. Teenage witches in the 1990s, gotta love ’em.
Starring: Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman, Judith Ridley, Keith Wayne, Marilyn Eastman
NOTE: This is a live music event creating a new film score for Night of the Living Dead. The original dialogue will be included!
What can be said about George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead? Not only did it give birth to the modern notion of what a “zombie” is and provided a socio-political context in which we can view the zombie (and horror film as a genre) but it is also one of the most important films of the 20th century. A true case of underground filmmaking capturing the current climate, Night of the Living Dead shows what happens when seven strangers wind up in a barnhouse during the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. And while the dead are rising, it’s the alive ones they really have to worry about.
Starring: Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver
After a brutal motorcycle accident, a young woman gets rushed to the hospital where she undergoes an experimental treatment to heal her wounds. The treatment works — kind of. While the woman’s scars may have healed, the treatment turns her into a blood-sucking fiend who passes on her rabid thirst for blood to all of her victims. Before long, the outbreak spreads throughout all of Montreal, spinning the entire city into chaos.
An early film from body horror maestro David Cronenberg, Rabid stars Marilyn Chambers in her first mainstream film outside of porn. Chambers plays the infected young woman at the heart of the pandemic, and spreads the disease through a stinger hidden in her armpit. Sounds like a Cronenberg movie all right.
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter “Robby” Robinson, reporters Michael Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo), Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.
Love knows no boundaries.
Both highly suspenseful and deeply emotional, ROOM is a unique and touching exploration of the boundless love between a mother and her child. After 5-year old Jack and his Ma escape from the enclosed surroundings that Jack has known his entire life, the boy makes a thrilling discovery: the outside world. As he experiences all the joy, excitement, and the fear that his new adventure brings, he holds tight to the one thing that matters most of all — his special bond with his loving and devoted Ma.
This October – Halloween hits THE DEUCE with this tasty, tricky treat: Jack Sholder’s loopy 1982 horror hilarity ALONE IN THE DARK…which premiered at the Lyric Theatre on November 19, 1982 (with B-picture TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE!).
Plus: Prizes and surprises, Bronx Brewery Pale Ale at the after-party, and music by DJ BONES! Hosted and presented by THE DEUCE JOCKEYS: Jeff, Andy, and Joe! Also, featuring members of Sic F*cks – Russell, Andy, and Snooky!
A NYC blackout unleashes a cadre of crazies from daffy Donald Pleasence’s funny farm, who are hell-bent on terrorizing their new doc and his none too timorous family! Jack Palance and Martin Landau ham it up like a Christmas dinner as the lead loonies on the loose while the A-Team’s Dwight Schultz scurries to save his family … plus NYC punk-rockers The Sick F*cks (fronted by trendsetters Tish and Snooky of Manic Panic fame) – performing hits like “Chop Up Your Mother”!! At turns tongue-in-cheek slasher send-up and tension filled fright-fest – ALONE is all audacious lunacy… don’t get left IN THE DARK – get your tickets before the bozos get you!!
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.
