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!
Starring: Susanne Sachße, Viva Ruiz, Kembra Pfahler
When an injured male leftist on the run discovers the remote stronghold of the Female Liberation Army — a radical feminist terrorist group whose mission is to usher in a female world order — one of the members takes pity on him and hides him in the basement. However, the man in the basement is just one of many secrets threatening to disrupt the FLA’s mission from within. Balancing sharp social commentary and salacious popcorn entertainment, iconic filmmaker Bruce LaBruce has created an experience that’s a blast to watch and just as much fun to dissect afterwards.
Starring: Laurie Simmons, Lena Dunham, Robert Clohessy, John Rothman, Josh Safdie, Parker Posey, Blair Brown, Barbara Sukowa
Ellie Shine (Laurie Simmons) is a single artist living in New York City. Ellie has a good life: a stable teaching job, successful friends, and a loyal, aging dog named Bing. As her decades-old dream of a respectable place in the art world becomes more elusive, her frustration with her lack of recognition feels alarmingly urgent.
When she is offered the summer house and studio of a famous friend she seizes the opportunity to hit the reset button on her life and work. She unwittingly finds inspiration in two out-of-work actors who maintain the gardens at her summer retreat: Frank (Robert Clohessy), a recent widower trying to reassemble his life by turning his back on a mediocre acting career, and Tom (Josh Safdie), a young, hungry actor whose wife (Parker Posey) has a less ambitious vision for their idyllic country life. Joining them is John (John Rothman), a thrice-divorced, disillusioned lawyer looking for a summer distraction. This unlikely trio helps Ellie reinvent her artistic identity by participating in her DIY art videos—improbable recreations of old Hollywood films. They accompany Ellie on an odd and unexpected journey toward finding her late-blooming artistic momentum.
“Where on Earth to begin? THE BOXER’S OMEN — easily the most notorious film in the entire Shaw Brothers catalogue — is THE HOLY MOUNTAIN, ALTERED STATES and ROCKY all rolled into one. It’s the Wizard Battle movie to end all Wizard Battle movies. It’s all of ’70s gonzo kickass cinema compressed into an insane little ball and blasted through a garishly-colored ’80s Hong Kong filter. It’s one of the craziest damned things you’ll ever witness in a movie theater. This hexadelical, truly incredible piece of cinematic black magic is a guaranteed mug-melter or your money back.
We could tell you the plot, but honestly, you could see the film multiple times and still not know what happens in it.” – American Genre Film Archive
NoBudge is a movies club that presents a hand-picked selection of new indie movies daily. “One of the best places to sample what’s happening in low-budget cinema worldwide,” says Glenn Kenny of The New York Times. Its mission is to provide a supportive home for emerging indie filmmakers working with limited resources and without major industry connections, and to be a trusted discovery platform helping audiences find their new favorite movies and filmmakers.
The Movies
Tampon
Director Alexandra Neuman present.
A young woman copes with the messiness of womanhood by learning how to use a tampon.
(1 minute)
The Apocalypse Will Blossom
Director Courtney Jines present.
After the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a young woman moves across the country to Washington D.C., to start what she hopes will be the next American revolution.
(5 minutes)
Little Brother
Directed by Dominique van Olm.
On the edge of adolescence, Dexter visits his sister for the first time.
(12 minutes)
Pak Anggir
Director Ashleigh Goh present.
Underneath the facade of opulence created by the influx of white, rich tourists, the modest Balinese people exist, detached from this constructed tourist experience.
(10 minutes)
Two Parts Black
Director Cleon Arrey present.
An exploration of blackness in America.
(6 minutes)
Avocado
Director Lorelei Ramirez present.
A film about a person’s inability to cut an Avocado.
(7 minutes)
Catlady
Director Max Roux present.
A delusional young woman mourning the loss of her cat receives an unexpected visitor.
(8 minutes)
Cinema Brut
Creators Dustin Waldman, Nicholas Nazmi and Bennett Clarkson present.
Setting out to “make a movie” on the streets of NYC, a man recruits strangers to act alongside him in “movie scenes.”
(12 minutes)
Observatory Blues
Directors Eric Paschal Johnson and Conor Dooley present.
The life story of Fernando Music, a writer born with no hands that becomes famous for a series of books about space and sex.
(20 minutes)
Starring: Peter Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Bruce Dern, Dennis Hopper, Salli Sachse
Paul (Peter Fonda), a director saddened by his failed marriage and unsatisfied with his work, is looking to start over. His friend, the cool, sage-like John (Bruce Dern), suggests that an LSD trip is exactly what Paul needs to get out of his rut. Paul decides to indulge, and experiences visions that are alternately beautiful and terrifying. His hallucinations, which include a carnival populated by dwarfs, bizarrely erotic encounters and even his own death, radically reshape his consciousness.
Starring: Cassandra Forêt, Charlotte Eugène Guibeaud, Marie Bos, Biancamaria D’Amato
Searing memories and carnal desires rule the mind of Ana, a young woman in thrall to her own fantasies in this French psychological thriller that blends eroticism with European slasher movie traditions and a haunted house on the Côte d’Azur. The film’s enigmatic, intimate cinematography builds an atmosphere thick with the pall of evil, as Ana’s visions and obsessions draw her toward deeper eroticism — and deeper danger.
Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowski, José Legarreta, Alfonso Arau
Originally released in 1970, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s El Topo quickly caught the imagination of movie audiences, becoming a landmark in independent film-making. The early screenings at New York’s Elgin Theater sparked the Midnight Movie phenomena, catalyzed by an endorsement from John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
Classic Americana and avant-garde European sensibilities collide with Zen Buddhism and the Bible as master gunfighter and mystic El Topo (played by writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky) tries to defeat sharp-shooting rivals on a bizarre path to allegorical self-awareness and resurrection. As it seeks an alternative to the Hollywood mainstream, El Topo is also the most controversial quasi-Western head trip ever made!
Starring: Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams, Ray Barlow, Susan Bernard
Russ Meyer’s cult favorite follows sadistic go-go dancers Varla, Rosie and Billie as they break free from the nightclub where they perform and race out to the desert to stir up a little mayhem. After karate expert Varla kills an innocent man, the voluptuous trio takes his girlfriend hostage as they attempt to wheedle a hidden fortune from a misogynistic old man and his muscle-bound, brain-damaged son.
Starring: Andy Nyman, Paul Whitehouse, Alex Lawther, Martin Freeman
Experience three spine-tingling tales of terror to haunt your dreams. A debunker of all things paranormal, Professor Phillip Goodman (Andy Nyman) has devoted his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans on his own television show. His skepticism is put to the test, however, when he receives a file of three chilling, inexplicable cases: a night watchman (Paul Whitehouse) haunted by disturbing visions as he patrols an abandoned asylum; an edgy young man (Black Mirror’s Alex Lawther) involved in a hellish car accident deep in the woods; and a wealthy former banker (Sherlock’s Martin Freeman) visited by the poltergeist spirit of his unborn child. Even scarier: each of the these macabre stories seems to have a sinister connection to Professor Goodman’s own life. Will they make a believer of him yet?
