Starring: Pete Ferry, Bogdan Pecic, Michael Grossi
Special 30th anniversary screening of the 2K restoration of Bookwalter’s seminal, Romero-inspired, DIY zombie epic The Dead Next Door presented by Horror Boobs and Saturn’s Core with director J.R. Bookwalter in attendance for a post screening Q&A.
Lauded as one of America’s most revered regional, genre filmmakers, Akron, Ohio’s resident indie writer / director J.R. Bookwalter created a broad cinematic universe far outside of the Hollywood studio system and inspired a whole generation of backyard movie makers in the process. Horror Boobs and Saturn’s Core Audio & Video are proud to present “Tempe Apocalypse”; a jam-packed weekend of screenings and events all featuring J.R. Bookwalter in person for the first time in the NYC area in over a decade.
Conceived in the summer of 1985 by a then 19 year old Bookwalter (and anonymously funded by The Evil Dead director Sam Raimi), The Dead Next Door would take 4 grueling years to complete and not reach video store shelves until the spring of 1989. Shot on Super 8mm film in various suburbs of Northeast Ohio, it features jaw-dropping practical gore effects, unfathomable guerrilla location shooting, and a cast of zombie extras numbering somewhere in the thousands. A vital cinematic testament to the rewards of sheer youthful tenacity, The Dead Next Door stands uncontested as one of the most ambitious and accomplished regional, micro-budget horror films in American history.
With the announcement that Bookwalter’s legendary company Tempe Video will be forever closing its proverbial doors and bidding adieu to the world of cinema, the “Tempe Apocalypse” weekend is certain to be a once in a lifetime, not to be missed happening celebrating the work of one of micro-budget cinema’s most beloved and influential filmmakers.
SecretFormula presents…
Your Favorite Saturday Morning Cartoons + Booze & Free Cereal!
Do you miss your childhood Saturday mornings of waking up early to gorge on cereal and cartoons? If so, SecretFormula has the ultimate brunch for the kid in you…Spoons, Toons & Booze! We’ve got all your favorite Saturday morning cartoons, delicious cocktails and a free, all you can eat sugar cereal bar, not to mention Nitehawk Cinema’s excellent brunch menu. Hosted by SecretFormula’s cartoon and cereal experts Michael Austin and Nell Casey.
– Over 100 cartoon series from the 1940’s through the early 2000’s and YOU get to choose what we watch!
– Free, all you can eat cereal bar filled with all the sugary, marshmallowy, fruity, chocolaty cereal you crave! Soy and regular milk available.
– Specialty cocktails like “The Sonny,” a White Russian topped with Cocoa Puffs, and Cereal Shots! Drop a shot of Baileys or Kahlua to booze up your cereal bowl!
– Compete in contests to choose which cartoons we watch and win cartoon- and cereal-themed prizes plus tickets to Nitehawk Cinema!
Starring: Brinsley Forde, Karl Howman, Trevor Laird, Brian Bovell, Victor Romero Evans, Archie Pool
Never-before released in North America, Franco Rosso’s incendiary Babylon had its world premiere at Cannes in 1980 but was banned that same year for “being too controversial, and likely to incite racial tension” (Vivien Goldman, Time Out). Raw and smoldering, it follows a young dancehall DJ (Brinsley Forde, frontman of landmark British reggae group Aswad) in South London as he pursues his musical ambitions, battling fiercely against the racism and xenophobia of employers, neighbors, police, and the National Front. Written by Martin Stellman (Quadrophenia) and shot by two-time Oscar winner Chris Menges (The Killing Fields) with beautifully smoky cinematography that has been compared to Taxi Driver, Babylon is fearless and unsentimental, yet tempered by the hazy bliss of the dancehall set to a blistering reggae and lovers rock soundtrack featuring Aswad, Johnny Clarke, Dennis Bovell and more.
Starring: Kana Kita, Yû Aoi, Miki Fukui
Budding genius Aoyama is only in the 4th grade, but already lives his life like a scientist. When penguins start appearing in his sleepy suburb hundreds of miles from the sea, Aoyama vows to solve the mystery. When he finds the source of the penguins is a woman from his dentist’s office, they team up for an unforgettable summer adventure!
Starring: Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
The directorial debut of Studio Ghibli founder and Academy Award winning Hayao Miyazaki, The Castle of Cagliostro is a rousing caper starring comic book super-thief Lupin III, who’s out to steal the secret behind the world’s greatest counterfeiting ring, which lies deep in bowels of an impenetrable fortress on the island nation of Cagliostro.
The job gets complicated when he finds that the nation’s crooked regent, The Count, has kidnapped the royal family’s only remaining heir with the intent to marry her and solidify his claim to power. Never one to leave a girl in harm’s way, Lupin and his crew attempt to infiltrate the castle to save the girl, as well as cop a career-defining payday. All that stands in their way are trap doors, lasers, steel-reinforced ninja kill squads, and Lupin’s long-time rival, Interpol police officer Zenigata.
Loaded with wonderfully animated car-chases and shoot-outs, plus a slick 60’s motif, The Castle of Cagliostro is one of the most fun, romantic and exciting animated adventure movies ever put to film, an undersung gem in Miyazaki’s storied career.
Starring: Carmiña Martínez, José Acosta, Natalia Reyes
From the Oscar nominated team behind the genre-defying Embrace of the Serpent comes an equally audacious saga centered on the Wayúu indigenous people during a crucial period in recent Colombian history. Torn between his desire to become a powerful man and his duty to uphold his culture’s values, Rapayet (José Acosta) enters the drug trafficking business in the 1970s and finds quick success despite his tribe’s matriarch Ursula’s (Carmiña Martínez) disapproval. Ignoring ancient omens, Rapayet and his family get caught up in a conflict where honor is the highest currency and debts are paid with blood. A sprawling epic about the erosion of tradition in pursuit of material wealth, Birds of Passage is a visually striking exploration of loyalty, greed, and the voracious nature of change.
SecretFormula presents…
Your Favorite Saturday Morning Cartoons + Booze & Free Cereal + a Special Menu of Cartoon Episodes Featuring Hot To Trot ‘Toons!
Spring breaaaaaaak! Spoons, Toons & Booze is going wild with a special menu of cartoons featuring beach bodies, sexy babes and beefcakes, scantily clad toons and even more sexiness that was almost too hot for TV. (Jem and the Holograms go to Hawaii. ‘Nuff said.)
– Over 100 cartoon series from the 1940’s through the early 2000’s and YOU get to choose what we watch!
– Free all you can eat cereal bar filled with all the sugary, marshmallowy, fruity, chocolaty cereal you crave! Soy and regular milk available.
– Specialty cocktails like The Complete Breakfast with Cinnamon Toast Crunch infused rum, Bailey’s Irish Cream and iced coffee; and “The Sonny,” a White Russian topped with Cocoa Puffs!
– Cereal Shots! Drop a shot of Baileys or Kahlua to booze up your cereal bowl!
– Compete in contests to choose which cartoons we watch and win cartoon- and cereal-themed prizes plus tickets to Nitehawk Cinema!
Starring: Virginia Gardner, Christina Masterson, Eric Beecroft
When a mysterious signal from an unknown dimension summons the end of days, it appears as if only Aubrey (Virginia Gardner) is left on earth. Trapped in the apartment of her recently deceased best friend, the only clue she has is a single cassette left behind after her friends death, labeled: “THIS MIXTAPE WILL SAVE THE WORLD.”
Thrust into a mystery orchestrated by her friend and stricken with grief, Aubrey begins to piece the clues together, uncovering a series of tapes all with pieces of the mystery signal. Along the way, progress is impeded when monstrous creatures begin to overrun the world and enclose in on her. Aubrey is forced to fight off the encroaching creatures and move beyond her own crippling grief in order to find the remaining tapes. But will completing the signal save the world?
SecretFormula presents…
Your Favorite Saturday Morning Cartoons + Booze & Free Cereal + a Special Menu of Favorite Cartoon Episodes Chosen by SecretFormula’s cartoon and cereal experts Michael Austin and Nell Casey!
This month, we’re thrilled to be celebrating seven incredible years of Spoons, Toons & Booze at Nitehawk Cinema – and we want to party with you! We’ll be featuring a hand-picked selection of our favorite episodes from our very favorite cartoons series to celebrate.
Plus…
– Free, all you can eat cereal bar filled with all the sugary, marshmallowy, fruity, chocolaty cereal you crave! Soy and regular milk available.
– Specialty cocktails like “The Sonny,” a White Russian topped with Cocoa Puffs, and Cereal Shots! Drop a shot of Baileys or Kahlua to booze up your cereal bowl!
– Compete in contests to choose which cartoons we watch and win cartoon- and cereal-themed prizes plus tickets to Nitehawk Cinema!
Starring: Pauline Lorillard, Vimala Pons, Diane Rouxel
The debut feature from Bertrand Mandico tells the tale of five adolescent boys (all played by actresses) enamored by the arts, but drawn to crime and transgression. After a brutal crime committed by the group and aided by TREVOR – a deity of chaos they can’t control – they’re punished to board a boat with a captain hell-bent on taming their ferocious appetites. After arriving on a lush island with dangers and pleasures abound the boys start to transform in both mind and body. Shot in gorgeous 16mm and brimming with eroticism, genderfluidity, and humor, THE WILD BOYS will take you on journey you won’t soon forget.
