Comedian Kevin Maher and filmmaker Matthew Glasson present an obsessive look at shark movies from Jaws to Sharknado and dozens of films in-between. The hosts revisit early Shark cinema, Jaws rip-offs, sanctioned sequels, CGI monsters, and a hit TV show that literally jumped the shark.

Kevin and Matt have presented on Sharksploition in Boston, Brooklyn and Martha’s Vineyard at JAWSFEST.

With special guests:

• Filmmaker Ryan Arey (“Rick Pulsar: Galactic Knight of Space Justice”)
• Blogger/Podcaster Emily Intravia (DeadlyDollsHouse.Com & The Feminine Critique)
• Comedian Kevin Harrington (Boston’s GEEK WEEK)

ART SEEN presents CALL HER APPLEBROOG, Beth B’s personal documentary on her mother, artist Ida Applebroog.

Screening before the film will be the new frieze video, Eileen Myles: A Poet in the Art World.

This deeply personal portrait of acclaimed New York–based artist Ida Applebroog was shot with mischievous reverence by her filmmaker daughter, Beth B (Exposed). Born in the Bronx to Orthodox Jewish émigrés from Poland, Applebroog, now in her 80s, looks back at how she expressed herself through decades of drawings and paintings, as well as her private journals. With her daughter’s encouragement, she investigates the stranger that is her former self, a woman who found psychological and sexual liberation through art. As Beth B finds a deeper understanding of her mother as a human being, Applebroog shares a newfound appreciation for her own provocative work. –MoMA Doc Fortnight

A video variety show all about Star Trek.

Comedian Kevin Maher hates being called a Pop Culture expert because there are subjects he knows little about. Like STAR TREK. So for this month’s show he’s going to sit back and let his guests celebrate the many crews and adventures that occurred under the Star Trek banner. The two-hour video variety show will include clips from TV shows, movies, cartoons and comic books.

Featuring:

• Ryan Britt (author of LUKE SKYWALKER CAN’T READ AND OTHER GEEKY TRUTHS)
• Liam McEneaney (comedian from the album WORKING CLASS FANCY)
• M. Sweeney Lawless (writer, Euphobia comedy group)
• Wendy Mays (host of PET CINEMATARY podcast, creator of SPACE CAT)
• Frank Reynolds (editor, TROMEO & JULIET)
• Nathaniel Wharton (SportsAlcohol.com)

Go behind the mask with Mexico’s real-life superheroes in LUCHA MEXICO!

In Mexico, the fight between good and evil has been waged every week for decades, thrilling generations of fans with the spectacle of Lucha Libre. Real-life superheroes and villains, these masked wrestlers put their lives on the line night after night to entertain the legions of fans. Gaining remarkable access to all the major Lucha promotions, Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz offer an entertaining, no holds barred look at some of the sport’s top performers, featuring the “1000% Guapo” Shocker, Luchador heir Blue Demon Jr, the tragic hardcore wrestler El Hijo Del Perro Aguayo, and extreme American bodybuilder Jon “Strongman” Andersen. Lucha Mexico goes behind the mask, on a journey into the heart of Mexico.

Fact and fiction collide in Maura Axelrod’s playful profile MAURIZIO CATTELAN: BE RIGHT BACK.

Q&A with director Maura Axelrod following the screening.

An art world upstart, provocative and elusive artist Maurizio Cattelan made his career on playful and subversive works that send up the artistic establishment, until a retrospective at the Guggenheim in 2011 finally solidified his place in the contemporary art canon. Axelrod’s equally playful profile leaves no stone unturned in trying to figure out: who is Maurizio Cattelan?

Part of Nitehawk’s TRIBECA SUMMER DOC SERIES.

OBIT is a first-ever glimpse into the daily rituals, joys and existential angst of the New York Times obit writers, as they chronicle life after death on the front lines of history. 

Q&A with director Vanessa Gould following the screening.

Within the storied walls of The New York Times, a team of writers is entrusted with reflecting upon the lives of luminaries, icons, and world leaders of our day. Often hours before newspaper hits doorstep—and the world’s eyes devour words marking the end of a momentous life–endless detail is gathered and impossible choices must be made. Vanessa Gould’s fascinating documentary, Obit, introduces us to the unseen women and men responsible for crafting the unequaled obituaries of the NYT. As we’re taken through their painstaking process of digging through years of accomplishments, we learn about the particular pressures that accompany a career spent trying to elegantly and respectfully shape the story of a life for an audience of millions. From notorious politicians and beloved musicians to unknown personalities who have advanced the worlds of science, literature, and sports, the obit writers are in the unique and often unenviable position of spotlighting individuals whose impact and influence is near impossible to measure. —Liza Domnitz

Part of Nitehawk’s TRIBECA SUMMER DOC SERIES.

ALL THIS PANIC takes an intimate look at the interior lives of seven teenage girls as they come of age in New York City.

Q&A with filmmakers Jenny Gage and Tom Betterton following the screening.

A potent mix of high art portraiture and vérité, All this Panic follow the girls as they navigate the ephemeral and fleeting transition between childhood and adulthood. Shot over a three-year period in a lush and cinematic style, all this panic is a meditation on the mysterious, often painful, yet ultimately exhilarating period of a teen’s life. In a world where, as one teen remarks ‘they want to see us, but they don’t want to hear us’ this film is comprised entirely of young women speaking to their own experiences.

Part of Nitehawk’s TRIBECA SUMMER DOC SERIES.

Nitehawk’s ART SEEN welcomes writer/director Li Lu as she brings her debut feature THERE IS A NEW WORLD SOMEWHERE for a New York City premiere. 

Supported by the New York Foundation for the Arts, Out of the Binders, and Film Fatales .

Come experience an award winning film that critics call “indie, off-the-beaten path, and mesmerizing” and “cinema, by and about women, that strives to capture a new look on the American South.” Q&A with writer/director Li Lu.

There is a New World Somewhere is a coming of age story about self-revelation and the solitary struggle of an artistic soul. An unsuccessful artist, Sylvia escapes New York City and problems of mind and money to attend her friend’s wedding in her Texas hometown. In Austin, Sylvia meets Esteban, an electrifying stranger. Instantly, they are enamored with each other. He proposes a road trip back to New York and dares her to leave town with him. Eager for a careless adventure, Sylvia is forced to trust her heart, even if it leads her down dark and mysterious paths. It is the debut feature film by writer/director Li Lu.

Starring: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph

An important example of innovative and daring filmmaking, Eraserhead remains brilliant to some, indecipherable to others, and always, it seems, provocative. – Senses of Cinema

David Lynch’s Eraserhead is a dream of dark and troubling things telling of a man named Henry, who lives surrounded by an industrial otherworld, who is thrust into a horrific nightmare when his wife gives birth to a deformed baby. The product of an earlier fling, Henry did the right thing by marrying Mary X but their lizard-like newborn won’t stop wailing and other disturbing figures, like the disfigured woman who lives inside the radiator, inhabit his new apartment and further complicate this already bizarre life. Lynch’s visionary debut feature was trashed by critics, but soon became a smash on the midnight movie circuit. It’s one not to miss.