Celebrate Valentine’s day with Jean Cocteau’s dreamy adaptation of the BEAUTY AND THE BEAST love story with our Live Sound Cinema presentation featuring a live score by Reel Orchestrette!

Surrealist Jean Cocteau’s film adaptation of the French fairy tale “La Belle et Le Bete” (the first ever produced) is a marvel of stage design that’s heavy with innuendo and loaded visuals. The story of Belle, a farmer’s daughter, who offers herself as hostage to a mythical, tortured Beast in exchange for her father’s life. The film springs to life once she reaches The Beast’s secluded castle where everything, from the doors to the light fixtures, has a life of its own. Captivated by his hostage, The Beast falls for Belle, allowing her to return home every day on the condition that he will die if she doesn’t return, leaving Belle torn between her freedom and budding romantic (and sexual! shh!) feelings for the Beast.

Reel Orchestrette (Bradford Reed & Geoff Gersh) is dedicated to the art of live musical accompaniment to silent films. Reed & Gersh have been collaborating together for almost 20 years, they formed Reel Orchestrette in 2012.

The horrifying tale of a mysterious maniac, an abandoned estate, and madness gets its firey start one Christmas Eve in SILENT NIGHT, BLOODY NIGHT. A 35mm presentation!

Silent Night, Bloody Night (aka Night of the Dark Full Moon and Death House) is a strange and eerie thriller that kicks off on Christmas Eve in 1950 when a Wilfred Butler runs out of his house…on fire. Decades later, his grandson Jeffrey is eager to sell the now abandoned estate but, wouldn’t you know it, an inmate from the nearby institution for the criminally insane escapes and starts to seek bloody revenge in the house. The mystery unravels into a tale of incest, insanity and murder! This pre-slasher shocker is produced by Lloyd Kaufman also stars Warhol Factory legends Candy Darling and Ondine along with horror hero John Carradine!

Part of Nitehawk’s December XMAS CHOPPING midnite series.

THE DEUCE presents STRANGE BEHAVIOR, which premiered on the Deuce at the NEW AMSTERDAM THEATRE in October of 1981, under the alternate – and apropos – title: DEAD KIDS!

Q&A with special guest star Michael Murphy and Don Shor! 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!

The population of small town Galesburg, Illinois is down… about six feet! Something is turning the normally nice high school kids into murderous maniacs and petulant police chief/single dad, Michael Murphy, thinks it’s connected to high-jinks happening up at the local college Psych Department. Weird and wacky and one of a kind – with one of the best dance parties in movie history! Sock hops and silly shocks, mad scientists and syringes! Made on the cheap in Australia by Americans abroad – director Michael Laughlin and screenwriter Bill Condon – hit The Deuce as DEAD KIDS at the New Amsterdam in October of 1981 – a perfect Halloween treat for the tricks down on 42nd. Start your New Year right with this bit of frightful fun!

Complimentary drinks at the after-party courtesy of Bronx Brewery.

*Second screening added: get tickets for Tuesday, February 10 before it sells out too!

Nitehawk Cinema and Murray’s Cheese Present…
FILM FEAST: ROMEO + JULIET

Watch Shakespeare twisted every which way with Baz Luhrmann’s modern spin on ROMEO + JULIET.

Just in time for Valentine’s week, Nitehawk and Murray’s Cheese are going melodramatic with a Film Feast presentation of Romeo + Juliet. As always, the screening includes delicious beverage and food menu pairings related to the film. The best part? You’ll be served each course during the specific moments that inspired the film so you can experience edible sensations while watching all of the action unfold on-screen!

Switching out swords for guns and Elizabethan garb for jeans and Hawaiian shirts, Baz Luhrmann’s modernization of Shakespeare’s play put the director on the worldwide map. Wildly stylized with some remarkable set pieces, Romeo + Juliet is Shakespeare for the MTV set, making for an interesting slice of 90’s culture. The film attempts to elevate its aesthetic by retaining Shakespeare’s dialogue while keeping its audience pleased with a fresh cast (Leonardo Di Caprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy) and a contemporary soundtrack from The Cardigans, Radiohead and Garbage.

“TWO HOUSEHOLDS”
Jasper Hill Harbison (VT, cow, bloomy rind, woodsy, sweet, lemony) & Murray’s CaveMaster Reserve Greensward (VT, vow, Virtue Cider washed rind, forest, resin, spruce)
Drink Pairing: Farnum Hill Farmhouse Cider

“SYCAMORE GROVE”
Valdeon (ESP, goat and cow, wrapped in sycamore, tobacco, vanilla), membrillo, hazelnut honey
Drink Pairing: Fatori Soave Runcaris (2013)

“SPEAK AGAIN, BRIGHT ANGEL/ WHAT SATISFACTION CANST THOU HAVE TO-NIGHT”
Double course: Love at Mast Champlain Valley Triple Creme Cheese (VT, La Red Mast Brothers Chocolate, buttery, creamy), fruit and nut bread followed by Hudson Flower (NY, cow, rosemary, lemon thyme, hop flower, elderberry) and herb salad.
Drink Pairing: Albino Piona Bardolino Chiaretto Rose (2013)

“ROMEO IS BANISHED”
red wine braised pork, Gorgonzola Cremificato (IT, morning cows milk, rich, pungent, sweet), polenta, braising liquid
Drink Pairing: Gerardo Cesari Valpolicella Classico (2013)

“O TRUE APOTHECARY”
Vulto Creamery Miranda cheese (NY, cow, Meadow of Love Absinthe washed ring, bright herbaceousness, savory paste)
Drink Pairing: Absinthe Punch – Pernod Absinthe, Prosecco, fresh lime, pomegranate juice, pomegranate molasses

Menu items subject to change, no substitutions.

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SecretFormula presents…
Spoons, Toons & Booze New Year Special

Your Favorite Saturday Morning Cartoons + Booze & Free Cereal + a Special Menu of First Episodes and Origin Stories to Start the New Year!

Nitehawk lives the hard hat days and honky tonk nights with a Country Brunchin’ presentation of URBAN COWBOY. Includes a live pre-show musical serenade by Tatters and Rags.

John Travolta followed up the success of Saturday Night Fever and Grease with Urban Cowboy, where he steps into the skin-tight blue jeans of Bud, a Lone Star cowboy who moves to the city to make enough cash to buy himself a stretch of land. What unfolds is a bar room drama of fist fights, industrial accidents, and mechanical bull rides as Bud finds himself entrenched in the town’s honky tonk scene.

Debra Winger stars opposite of Travolta as Sissy, a classic 80’s power gal who falls for Bud’s boot-scootin’ moves and well-starched shirt, but clashes with his old fashioned ideas of marriage and womanhood. Tough guys just can’t seem to figure out how to cook for themselves, can they?

Tatters and Rags are at times a drone post-punk folk band, other times being a sweaty, whiskey-fueled electric honky-tonk band. Fans of the band state that their eclecticism is part of their charm, and it’s always accompanied by a frenetic energy that makes them one of the most exciting live bands in New York City.

For the first Nitehawk Nasty of 2015, we celebrate one of the nastiest movies of the last decade: Rob Zombie’s twisted, sun bleached sequel THE DEVIL’S REJECTS.

When it comes to killin’, no one does it better than the Firefly family. It’s 1978, and after getting pegged for seventy-five homicides by the local P.D., the remaining members of the fiendishly charming Firefly clan (Captain Spaulding, Otis, and Baby) hit the road, hoping to outpace a psychotic sheriff (William Forsythe) who rationalizes his extreme methods with a righteous fury. Getting away should be easy enough. With the open road in front of them, the Firefly’s just need to keep a low profile until they hit the border — problem is, when you have a knack for knifings like these three, it can be hard to control yourself. After all, they’re doing the Devil’s work; and on this final ride, the Devil’s Rejects hope to secure their damnation by leaving a trail of mangled bodies in their wake.

Part of Nitehawk’s Nitehawk Nasties signature series.

Starring: Desiree Akhavan, Rebecca Henderson, Scott Adsit, Halley Feiffer

The Future of Film is Female is celebrating the first book by filmmaker Desiree Akhavan, YOU’RE EMBARRASSING YOURSELF, with two special brunch screenings that include a tenth anniversary screening of APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR (7/17) and the 2018 Sundance Award Winner, THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST (7/18). To make an additional $10 donation to The Future of Film is Female, select the “Event + Donation” ticket on the checkout screen.

Both screenings include an intro and Q&A with Akhavan as well as a book signing. Books are available to purchase with your ticket or at the event.

Desiree Akhavan’s personal debut film, Appropriate Behavior, was released in 2014. It’s a comedic and introspective look at a young woman, Shirin, who stumbles through her identity as she tries to be the ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip young Brooklynite but fails miserably in her attempts to be all three. With her sexuality being a secret from her traditional Persian family, she also deals with the disintegration of her relationship with her girlfriend.

Go here to get your tickets to our Sunday screening of THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST

You’re Embarrassing Yourself: Stories of Love, Lust, and Movies
Writer, actor, and director Desiree Akhavan shares the stories she was told to shut up about—hilarious, horny, heartbreaking tales of a life in pursuit of art, love, and a better haircut.

Two giants of rock, Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult, share the same stage in the feature length concert film BLACK AND BLUE. Introduction by Richard Christy, writer and composer of “Majestic Loincloth.” A special 35mm presentation.

In 1980, Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult co-headlined a nationwide tour called Black and Blue. Recorded at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island and never released on DVD, Black and Blue cuts back-and-forth between both bands’ sets, and features Ronnie James Dio blazing through tracks from the then just released Heaven and Hell, while Blue Oyster Cult hams it up with a gigantic fiberglass Godzilla.

Never before released on DVD, we’ll be screening Black and Blue from our own 35mm print. So break out your torches and sharpen your horns, because the Devil is coming to Nitehawk, and He’s brought friends.

A wayward hitman discovers a newfound purpose in life when he takes on a corrupt DEA officer on behalf of an orphaned 12-year-old girl.

In Luc Besson’s THE PROFESSIONAL, Jean Reno plays Leon, the best cleaner in New York City. When he’s not collecting on perfectly executed mob contracts, Leon spends his time alone in his apartment, watering plants and keeping himself in shape. He’s lonely, but a hitman with connections can wind up dead. When a corrupt, cocaine-addled DEA agent (Gary Oldman) kills the family living next door, Leon’s solitary life suddenly comes to a close as his orphaned neighbor, twelve-year-old Mathilda (Natalie Portman), comes to him for protection. Mathilda and Leon become an unlikely pair, as Leon teaches the eager young girl the secrets of his trade so she can avenge her family.

Part of Nitehawk’s January THE PERFECT CRIME brunch series.