Roger Corman shows that the art world can be a scary place in Nitehawk’s ART SEEN 35mm presentation of A BUCKET A BLOOD.

Life is an obscure hobo bumming a ride on the omnibus of art.

A Bucket of Blood is a hilarious poke at the ridiculousness of the art world as only Roger Corman can deliver. Walter Paisley (“That Guy” Dick Miller) is a frustrated and untalented artist working as a waiter in an artist-filled beatnik cafe. One day, after accidentally stabbing his neighbor’s cat, he discovers a way to become a successful sculptor…cover his kills in clay! Through a series of bumbling mishaps and then intentional murders, dear Walter realizes that he must do anything in his power to keep the admiration and the girl he’s desired for so long. A true art-comedy-horror film, A Bucket of Blood shows that inside every artist is, indeed, a mad man!

ART SEEN is in partnership with frieze. Featuring Absolut Vodka Cocktails.

Starring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll, Josephine Hutchinson, Philip Ober, Martin Landau

Travel across the country with New York advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill who finds himself on a wild chase filled with murder and intrigue as a crime syndicate mistakenly believes he has the secret microfilm. Add in a sexy blond double (or triple) agent and a stunning score by Bernard Herrmann and you have the makings of classic Hitchcock, his ultimate caper film of mistaken identity starring Cary Grant.

The original ‘Ghostface Killah’is on the loose!! A vicious villain with an unstoppable five element technique, Ghostface is killing off all his old rivals. Meanwhile, a young student studying kung fu is taken under the wing of an old chess master. The basics of chess prove to be the same as the basics of fighting, and eventually our heroes must fight Ghostface Killer, who verbally insults his opponents as he annihilates them. A true classic (and obvious favorite of the Wu Tang Clan), directed by Joseph Kuo, Chess Boxing will be presented on the only known 35mm print!

Joseph Kuo directed dozens of low-budget kung fu films in his native Taiwan, with minimal sets and bad wigs off-set by creative plots and exceptional fight choreography. In the 1970’s and early-80’s, Kuo crafted a number of bone-shattering martial arts classics, including Seven Grandmasters, The 18 Bronzemen, Born Invincible and his masterpiece, The Mystery of Chess Boxing.

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

Nitehawk and Noisey present a one night Music Driven screening of live performances by the legendary hardcore band THE BAD BRAINS. Featuring very special guest Darryl Jenifer for a Q&A with Sacha Jenkins!

The Bad Brains are one of the best punk/hardcore bands to emerge out of the United States (specifically Washington, D.C.) in the late 1970s. Charged with energy, political messages, and of course the PMA, they were pioneers in the punk/hardcore/reggae music scene. Don’t miss our screening of legendary New York performances by the band in the two films: My Picture in the Movies, Baby (1979) and Live at CBGB (1982). You’ll yearn for the days when music was this fantastic…and positive.

Music Driven is presented in partnership with Noisey. Featuring Absolut Vodka cocktails.

Nitehawk and Noisey present a special one night Music Driven screening of HATED: GG ALLIN AND THE MURDER JUNKIES. Q&A with director Todd Phillips following the screening. 

Todd Phillips’ (Old School, Starsky & Hutch, The Hangover) debut film is a documentary about the notorious punk musician G.G. Allin. Allin, who died during post-production from a heroin overdose, was famous for his excessive and confrontational manner especially during his shows where he’d perform naked, defecate onstage, yell obscenity, and get physically assaultive/assaulted. You know, all the good stuff. Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies includes interviews with Allin, band members, fans and haters. It goes through his childhood, includes amazing footage of his legendary shows, insane party moments alongside quieter moments, and scenes from his funeral.

Music Driven is presented in partnership with Noisey. Featuring Absolut Vodka cocktails.

Part of Nitehawk’s SUMMER OF SURREALISM, LIVE SOUND CINEMA presents a program of traditional surrealist shorts with a live score by ALYSE LAMB (EULA and Parlor Walls).

Nitehawk presents a screening of short films that come from the original surrealist cannon to accompany the Summer of Surrealism program featuring contemporary surrealist cinema. Screening iconic silent films – Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali’s Un Chien Andalou (1928), Man Ray’s L’Etoile de Mer (1928), Germaine Dulac’s La coquille et le clergyman (1928) and Maya Deren’s Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) – we cover the beginning of surrealism in cinema up to the beginnings of its influence in other styles of filmmaking.

Providing the live score to our Surrealist Shorts program is Alyse Lamb (EULA and Parlor Walls). You can usually hear Alyse Lamb’s voice cutting through waves of feedback as front lady for the noise trio EULA. You can also find Alyse warping her guitar into a bass computer in experimental duo Parlor Walls. With a degree in classical composition she enjoys making her own leotards.

Part of Nitehawk’s upcoming SUMMER OF SURREALISM program. Featuring Absolut Vodka Cocktails.

Northside Film screens the Brooklyn Premiere of SUMMER OF BLOOD, presented by Factory 25.