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FIVE DOLLAR FILM CLUB
Join the $5 Film Club for more movies and discussion for less money! What could possibly top seeing a movie? How about seeing a movie for less than half the regular ticket price and then talking about it with other cinephiles! As a member of … More Info
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SPIRIT GUIDES
Today's Showtimes
- 9:25pm (sold out)
- 9:30pm (sold out)
Complimentary cocktails and small bites are available in our downstairs bar beginning at 8:30pm. Guests can then take the cocktails up to the theaters when seating begins! Come see how New Yorkers rediscovered their Manhattans at the premiere screening of the documentary Spirit Guides: The … More Info
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FRANCES HA
Upcoming Showtimes
OPENING MAY 24! Frances Ha is a modern comic fable that explores New York, friendship, class, ambition, failure, and redemption. Frances (Greta Gerwig) lives in New York (Brooklyn to be exact) but she doesn’t really have an apartment. Frances is an apprentice for a dance company, but … More Info
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BASIC INSTINCT
The second NITEHAWK NAUGHTY is Basic Instinct, a naughty murderess who-done-it with ice-picks, fast cars, drugs, and lots and lots of sex. Who could ever forget the sexual explosion Paul Verhoeven ignited with the early 1990s classic Basic Instinct? Michael Douglas is the alcoholic/trouble cop, Detective … More Info
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TEXAS CHAINSAW PART 2
Thirteen years after Sally escaped Leatherface’s chainsaw, the Texas-based murders have started up again in Tobe Hooper’s Texas Chainsaw Part 2! The Sawyers definitely like to keep it (inbreeding and cannibalizing) all in the family and they are back with a bloody vengeance in this ultra … More Info
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LIVING IN OBLIVION
Living in Oblivion is a three-part independent movie about one-day making an independent movie in New York. Money, egos, and the heroic attempt to create something out of nothing. Living in Oblivion follows the difficulties no-budget independent film director Nick Reve (played by Steve Buscemi) … More Info
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PANDORAS BOX
Pandora’s Box is a Live Sound Cinema event featuring a live soundtrack by Mary Alouette. It is the first film in our Vamps and Virgins silent film series. Pandora’s Box is the silent German melodrama directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst (based on Frank Wedekind’s plays Ergeist and … More Info
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COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN
Part of VICE Presents: The Film Foundation Screening Series at Nitehawk Cinema, Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean shows three women from the “Disciples of James Dean” fan club reunite twenty years after the actor’s death in a small town Texas five and dime. … More Info
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THE VENTURE BROS SEASON 5
Upcoming Showtimes
- May 29 at 9:25pm (sold out)
Be the first to see the hour-long premiere episode of The Venture Bros. Season 5 on Nitehawk’s massive silver screen and with stereo sound to boot! Adult Swim comes to Nitehawk Cinema to screen the Season 4 Finale and the Season 5 Premiere FIVE days … More Info
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FAMILY PORTRAITS
Introduction by director Douglas Buck on Saturday night! Family Portraits: a Trilogy of America consists of three short horror films – Cutting Moments, Home, and Prologue – that unearth and expose the disturbing secrets of three “ordinary” families. Unflinchingly and violently taking apart the facade … More Info
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AIRPORT 1975
The Friday, May 31st screening includes a special introduction by Alan Cumming! The unthinkable happens when a small plane collides into a 747 and a flight attendant has to take captain’s seat. Luckily, Karen Black and Charlton Heston are there to save the day! Bound for … More Info
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O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU
Nitehawk’s June Country Brunchin’ presents the Coen Brothers’ O’Brother Where Art Thou? with a live pre-show serenade by the The Birdhive Boys! Set in the depression-era deep south and loosely based on Homer’s The Odyssey, O’Brother Where Art Thou? (written, directed, and produced by Joel … More Info
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BEST IN SHOW
A diverse group of colorful characters and their pooches converge in Philadelphia to compete in the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show but who is Best in Show? Christopher Guest’s hilarious mockumentary about five national dog show contestants and their four-legged friends is the first in our … More Info
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2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Stanley Kubrick’s science-fiction masterpiece spans the universe and millions of years in a meditation on humanity and technology. Structured around four movements, 2001: A Space Odyssey shows discoveries of black monoliths throughout different time periods and the quest to either destroy or discover what they … More Info
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SPACEBALLS
Mel Brooks parodies the most popular science-fiction film of all time in the off-the-wall flick, Spaceballs. When Star Wars brought Sci-Fi into the mainstream, it became ripe for comedic fodder and rightfully deserved the honored distinction of a Perfect Parody (also up for grabs here … More Info
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VELVET GOLDMINE
Nitehawk and Noisey present June’s MUSIC DRIVEN FILM “Velvet Goldmine” where the wild and glittery 1970s glam rock scene in London gets retold as a journalist writes a “what ever happen to” story. Todd Hayne’s Velvet Goldmine centers around the over-the-top career and faux-murder-fall of … More Info
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THE GOONIES
Nitehawk Cinema Presents Beer, Dinner and a Movie: The Goonies with our partner Captain Lawrence Brewing Company. The discovery of a treasure map takes a group of young friends called “The Goonies” on wild adventure. For Nitehawk’s June Beer, Dinner and a Movie, we’ve teamed … More Info
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THE DAY OF THE LOCUST
Love and dreams of stardom in 1930s Hollywood come crashing down in this sensational film adaptation of the Nathanael West novel. Part of our mini-retrospective series, THE WORKS: KAREN BLACK. The Day of the Locust uses Hollywood and its locusts (aka the mass of people … More Info
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ALIENS
Ripley is sent back to the planet of the Aliens with Colonial Marines when contact has been lost with the newly colonized community. Fact: Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is our favorite space hero and Aliens is one of the best sequels ever made. The film picks … More Info
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SPOONS TOONS AND BOOZE
Spoons, Toons & Booze Gets Banned in May! Your Favorite Saturday Morning Cartoons + Booze & Free Cereal + a Special Menu of Cartoon Episodes Not Allowed on TV! Do you miss your childhood Saturday mornings waking up early to gorge on cereal and cartoons? … More Info
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FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET
June’s midnite LIVE SOUND CINEMA is a must-see giallo by Dario Argento Four Flies on Grey Velvet with a live score by Daniel Collás performed by Yello Magi. Giallo and live music! Creepy puppet masks, whispers in the dark, and a murder mystery…Four Flies on Grey Velvet is indeed a Dario … More Info
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THE FIFTH ELEMENT
When the universe is threatened by evil, a young woman who is the Fifth Element is the key to saving the Earth! Luc Besson’s Fifth Element is an over-the-top space adventure that straddles comedy and action. It’s the twenty-third century and Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis) … More Info
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THE COOL SCHOOL
Nitehawk’s June ART SEEN shows love for the Los Angeles art world with the documentary The Cool School and The Black and White Tapes (1970-1975) by Paul McCarthy. Introduction on Saturday by Rebecca Taylor from PS1. Amidst the city’s sprawling landscape, vast highways, warm weather, … More Info
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YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
History is doomed to repeat itself in a very funny way as James Whale’s classic Frankenstein gets the Mel Brooks treatment in Young Frankenstein. Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein has seen countless variations over the decades but none as brilliantly funny as Young Frankenstein. In a … More Info
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A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE
Part of VICE Presents: The Film Foundation Screening Series at Nitehawk Cinema, John Cassavetes’ A Woman Under the Influence shows the unraveling of a young suburban wife’s sanity and the impact it has on her family. Mabel (Gena Rowlands) is a young wife and mother whose increasing mental … More Info
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BAD GIRLS GO TO HELL
Possessed with sex! Bad Girls Go to Hell is the quintessential 1960s naughty by the queen of sexploitation films and John Waters’ favorite, Doris Wishman. Are you a bad girl? Do you like bad girls? Do you know they go to hell?! Doris Wishman paved … More Info
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TOTAL RECALL
Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall is an exploration of space and self…with guns, robots, and explosions! Total Recall asks – how would you know if someone stole your mind? Douglas Quaid (Schwarzenegger) is haunted by recurring memories of Mars so he goes buys a holiday at Rekal … More Info
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THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
The second film in Nitehawk’s Vamps and Virgins silent film series is based on the most famous martyr in history, Joan of Arc. This LIVE SOUND CINEMA event features a live score by Guizot. A landmark of cinema featuring one of the best performances in film … More Info
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AIRPLANE
An alcoholic ex-pilot has to help land the plane in this legendary “Airport” series spoof! This off-the-wall comedy takes the already insane plot from the straight film Airport 1975 to a whole new level. Basically, the entire flight crew takes ill and the only person … More Info
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JAWS
Nitehawk’s got a panic on their hands on the Fourth of July – Jaws is coming for a very special matinee! Steven Spielberg’s glorious Jaws is the film that defined the blockbuster and has made generations of movie-goers terrified of going into the water. When … More Info
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THE LONGRIDERS
Nitehawk’s July Country Brunchin’ presents the The Long Riders with a live pre-show serenade by The Newton Gang! Frank and Jesse James are wanted men! Like many Westerns, The Long Riders blurs the line between the “good’ and “bad” guys as director Walter Hill (The … More Info
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BEAUTY IS EMBARRASSING
Beauty is Embarrassing takes audiences into the wildly eclectic creative and personal life of artist Wayne White. If you’ve seen Pee Wee’s Playhouse or Smashing Pumpkins’ video Tonight, Tonight or have walked into an art gallery in the past decade, then chances are you’re familiar … More Info
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IT
A sales girl who has sex appeal in spades goes after a wealthy playboy in the third of our Live Sound Cinema Vamps and Virgins program – It with a live score performed by Gersh/Reed. In the cinematic silence of the roaring twenties Clara Bow … More Info
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LA DOLCE VITA
Part of VICE Presents: The Film Foundation Screening Series at Nitehawk Cinema. A sequence of happenings in the week of a philandering paparazzo in Rome make up La Dolce Vita. From the opening sequence of two helicopters transporting a Christ sculpture over Rome to the very last vision … More Info
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BROKEN BLOSSOMS
An abused waifish woman finds solace in the arms of an immigrant to tragic consequences in Broken Blossoms; part of our Live Sound Cinema Vamps and Virgins series featuring a live score by Mary Alouette. Before the Jazz Age, it was the dark ages for … More Info
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FRITZ LANG’S METROPOLIS
Fritz Lang’s science-fiction masterpiece Metropolis is a Vamps and Virgins Live Sound Cinema event with a live score by Black Lodge. The utopian society of Metropolis unravels when the son of the city’s main planner realizes there is an entire network of underground workers/slaves. Subsequently, … More Info
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THE CAT & THE CANARY
Spending the night in a haunted mansion with The Cat and the Canary and Guizot, part of Nitehawk’s Live Sound Cinema Vamps and Virgins series. A staple of the “old dark house” genre films in the 1930s-1950s, Paul Leni’s version of The Cat and the … More Info