Starring: Warwick Davis, Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley
A battle between good and evil plays out when a reluctant farmer protects a special baby girl from a tyrannical queen in the American fantasy film Willow.
With its stunning special effects and dazzling action, Willow has become one of our most loved fantasy films. The story begins when a young farmer and magician Willow Ufgood finds an abandoned baby during a time in which all pregnant women are banned by the evil sorceress Queen Bavmorda. Since this child is Elora Danan (the one destined to end the Queen’s reign of evil), Willow and his allies swordsman Madmartigan, sorceress Fin Razel and the Brownies Franjean and Rool are thrust into a sweeping adventure where they must battle the forces of darkness that threaten them.
Revisit camp classic SPICE WORLD with our special midnite 35mm screening – selected and introduced by ALAN CUMMING!
The feature film debut of The Spice Girls (Posh, Sporty, Scary, Ginger, Baby) is nothing short of spectacular! Join Nitehawk and Alan Cumming to climb aboard the double decker Spice Bus for a madcap musical adventure with the sexy phenomenons of pop. Spice World is a lighthearted comedy showing fictional events leading up to the group’s major concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall, liberally interspersed with dream sequences and flashbacks as well as surreal moments and humorous asides. Our special guest Alan Cumming (currently starring on Broadway’s Caberet and CBS’ The Good Wife) stars as Piers Cuthbertson-Smyth, the filmmaker who stalks the girls along with his crew in the hopes of using them as documentary subjects. ZIGGA ZIG AH!
Tom Berninger chronicles his time spent on the road as a member of the tour crew for The National, the rock & roll band fronted by his brother, Matt.
Matt, the lead singer of the critically acclaimed rock band The National, finally finds himself flush with success. His younger brother, Tom, is a loveable slacker – a filmmaker and metal-head still living with his parents in Cincinnati. On the eve of The National’s biggest tour to date, Matt invites Tom to work for the band as a roadie, unaware of Tom’s plan to film the entire adventure. What starts as a rock documentary soon becomes a surprisingly honest portrait of a charged relationship between two brothers, and the frustration of unfulfilled creative ambitions.
In his directorial debut, Mike Myers documents the astounding career of Hollywood insider, the loveable Shep Gordon.
Shep Gordon is the consummate Hollywood insider. Gordon has become a beacon in the industry, beloved by the countless stars he has encountered throughout his storied career. Shep is known for managing the careers of many musicians – a career that began with a chance encounter in 1968 with Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. He even found time to invent the “Celebrity Chef.” Though the chef as star is part of the culture now, it took Shep’s imagination, and his moral outrage at how the chefs were being treated, to monetize the culinary arts into the multi-billion dollar industry it is today. In this film, Gordon’s unlikely story will be told by those who know him best, his pals.
Brooklyn comedian Donna Stern gets dumped, fired and pregnant just in time for the worst/best St. Valentine’s Day of her life.
For aspiring comedian Donna Stern, everyday life as a female twenty-something provides ample material for her incredibly relatable brand of humor. On stage, Donna is unapologetically herself, joking about topics as intimate as her sex life and as crude as her day-old underwear. But when Donna gets dumped, loses her job, and finds herself pregnant just in time for Valentine’s Day, she has to navigate the murky waters of independent adulthood for the first time. As she grapples with an uncertain financial future, an unwanted pregnancy, and a surprising new suitor, Donna begins to discover that the most terrifying thing about adulthood isn’t facing it all on her own. Anchored by a breakout performance from Jenny Slate, OBVIOUS CHILD is a winning discovery, packed tight with raw, energetic comedy and moments of poignant human honesty.
Based on the novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, a man who is driven nearly to breakdown after finding out his life has been usurped by a doppelgänger.
Lost, lonely and invisible, Simon James is shocked when a new employee, James Simon, bears a striking resemblance to himself but is the polar opposite in temperament. He is more assertive, brash, risk-taking. James asks Simon why he doesn’t have a girlfriend. Simon is interested in Hannah, but his shyness keeps him from expressing his feelings for her. James coaches Simon on how to woo Hannah. Then Simon finds that James has gone behind his back and started a relationship with Hannah. This leads to a violent confrontation between Simon and James.
Starting from scratch never tasted so good.
Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what’s next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen — and zest for life and love.
An unflinching portrait of adolescent lust, boredom, and self-destruction, PALO ALTO is a teen movie for the ages.
Shy, sensitive April (Emma Roberts) is the class virgin, torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach Mr. B (James Franco) and an unrequited crush on sweet stoner Teddy (Jack Kilmer). Emily (Zoe Levin), meanwhile, offers sexual favors to every boy to cross her path — including both Teddy and his best friend Fred (Nat Wolff), a live wire without filters or boundaries. As one high school party bleeds into the next — and April and Teddy struggle to admit their mutual affection — Fred’s escalating recklessness starts to spiral into chaos.
Palo Alto is an astonishing debut feature from writer-director Gia Coppola, based on the book “Palo Alto: Stories” by James Franco and featuring new music from Devonté Hynes (Blood Orange).
THE DEUCE presents DEADLY FRIEND, a film that did its time on the Deuce at the HARRIS THEATRE where Deuce-Jockey-Jeff first saw it…on a date! He’s loved it ever since.
Plus: Prizes and surprises, Gaffel Kolsch at the after-party, and music by DJ BONES! Hosted and presented by THE DEUCE JOCKEYS: Jeff, Andy, and Joe!
Elm Street meets E.T. as horror maven Wes Craven mines more of the the teen-terror vein – this time with a decidedly dorky twist and some bodacious basketball moves! Bad things start to happen for happy-go-lucky teen-genius neuroscience scholar Matthew Labyorteaux, when his artificial-intelligent robot-buddy “B.B.” runs into a bit of bad luck. And the bad only gets badder when new neighbor Kristy Swanson’s drunk of a dad’s dastardly deeds land disastrously on his doorstep…some people are better off dead!
Craven ramps up the camp into a kooky off-kilter tale of hormones and horror and friendship and frights, that doesn’t skimp on the chills and some choice moments of gleeful gore. Deadly Friend plays a deceptively light-hearted game, but with a demented undercurrent that flows darker than the circles under Kristy Swanson’s deadly-friended eyes…Beeeeee-Beeeee!
Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
Complimentary drinks at the after-party courtesy of Gaffel Kolsch!
Revenge comes home in the new tense revenge thriller by Jeremy Saulnier.
Dwight Evans is a mysterious outsider whose quiet life on the margins is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family. Winner of the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
