Spectacle

Spectacle (est. 2010) is a 35-seat volunteer-run microcinema. No gods, no masters, no concessions.

Bluesky:

[rich uncle skeleton @danscanlon]

this month at @SpectacleNYC, catch the b-side to may’s taiwanese action fantasy series with “autumn red”.

3 action gems by taiwanese filmmaker (& dp on the peach kid movies) chuang yan-chien, featuring a truly applaudable amount of injured stuntmen.

https://t.co/LWZPMO84mL

[Yellow Veil Pictures @YellowVeilPics]

A GRAND MOCKERY has its NYC Theatrical Premiere Dec 11-13th at @spectaclenyc followed by Q&A’s w Co-Director Adam C. Briggs after each screening.

12/11 Q&A hosted by Maddie Whittle
12/12 Q&A hosted by Nick Pinkerton
12/13 Q&A hosted by Dan Stangl

🎟️ https://t.co/08z5a446RL

[℠ (🇵🇸) (FUCK 🧊) @dimension__tide]

in 2019 Raymond Foye and I organized a Spectacle event: Horace Washington's rare footage of Bob Kaufman at Malvina's, San Francisco, December 1974 - his first poetry reading after a 10+ year vow of silence. Raymond has just uploaded the tape to youtube: https://t.co/yNZ8OYiC1B

[℠ (🇵🇸) (FUCK 🧊) @dimension__tide]

the universe's only known 35mm print of Arizal's AMERICAN HUNTER (1988) has arrived and it is *immaculate*. Don't miss this rare chance to catch it at MoMA thurs/fri, as Spectacle closes out the genius "A Theater Near You" series curated by @davidpschwartz https://t.co/XzlehPv2zP

[MIX NYC @mixnyc]

As the second Trump regime barrels swiftly into its ultranationalist and fascist campaign promises, with trans and queer people among the many scapegoats at the heart of its destructive project, the need for queer resistance to the United States has seldom been more obvious. Neither, however, is this resistance historically unique. “F*ck the Fourth” is an evening of anti-4th of July counter-programming from queer video artists and filmmakers working from the early 1990s through the present. The works making up the program deconstruct, expose, and finally reimagine the American nation-state through a distinctly queer, anti-imperialist lens.

📽️Film Lineup:
Star Spangled Basher (Carl Michael George)
Actual TV Picture (William E Jones)
Anthem (Marlon Riggs)
Homotopia (Eric A. Stanley and Chris E. Vargas)

📅 July 10 at 7:30pm
📍@SpectacleNYC, 124 S 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY
🎟️ Tickets and full program details: https://t.co/0DdLfYDpn1

Trailer by Sadie Meadow

[℠ (🇵🇸) (FUCK 🧊) @dimension__tide]

tuesday june 17, @mudede and Robinson Devor join us for a remote Q+A at @SpectacleNYC after the 7:30pm screening of their groundbreaking hybrid doc ZOO (2007)

https://t.co/2Ff574xSp6

[Spectacle @SpectacleNYC]

SATURDAY

don't miss this rare chance to see Georgian filmmaker Géla Babluani present his arthouse cult classic 13 TZAMETI (2005) alongside its Hollywood remake 13 (2010) starring 50 Cent, Jason Statham and Mickey Rourke... ONE NIGHT ONLY! https://t.co/lqUELFqGjH

[Spectacle @SpectacleNYC]

SATURDAY

don't miss this rare chance to see Georgian filmmaker Géla Babluani present his arthouse cult classic 13 TZAMETI (2005) alongside its Hollywood remake 13 (2010) starring 50 Cent, Jason Statham and Mickey Rourke... ONE NIGHT ONLY! https://t.co/lqUELFqGjH

[℠ (🇵🇸) (FUCK 🧊) @dimension__tide]

putting a bow on my Spec run by bringing it all back home - some brilliant, still-underappreciated movies i was jousting with when i left Seattle to move to NYC 💚

[A.R. @CommuterFilm]

Zoo is major, I’ve wanted to program it in my own right

[Spectacle @SpectacleNYC]

coming up in JUNE...

GREEN GOTHIC: THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST CINEMA OF DEVOR AND MUDEDE features rare NYC screenings of POLICE BEAT (2005), ZOO (2007) and THIN SKIN (2020), with @mudede joining us for select Q+As. An uncompromising trilogy - dates and details soon!

[jordan @holleywood203]

I need this released on blu ray

[John DeMarsico @JohnDeMarsico]

See you tonight at @SpectacleNYC!

[℠ (🇵🇸) (FUCK 🧊) @dimension__tide]

ANYWAY

everybody should come to @SpectacleNYC tonite + weds, because the legend Stuart S. Shapiro (of MONDO NEW YORK, "Night Flight" and much more) is holding court after volumes 1 and 2 of short-lived VHS "magazine" DANCE INTERNATIONAL (1990-1991)

https://t.co/WY6eRrVCK6

[Spectacle @SpectacleNYC]

7:30 PM SATURDAY

We're screening Kurokawa Yoshimasa's very rare 1987 doc MOTHERS (母たち), about the aftermath of bombings executed by the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front (EAAJAF) in 1974-1975. Ken Sasaki and Hajime Imamasa will join us for a remote Q+A https://t.co/wqj7EU0UQQ

[Spectacle @SpectacleNYC]

And of course, #LGM

[Spectacle @SpectacleNYC]

Due to popular demand, we’ve added a **THIRD** show for this Thursday’s BASEBALL IS CINEMA program showcasing the work of SNY broadcast director @JohnDeMarsico.

Tickets for the 5pm show, with Q&A moderated by Bradford William Davis, are on sale now!

🎟️: https://t.co/Hxs5MeoNo6

[Spectacle @SpectacleNYC]

For everyone just finding out about @JohnDeMarsico’s excellent SNY broadcasts, boy do we have a treat for you…

Catch “Baseball Is Cinema: An Evening with John DeMarsico” next Thursday, 5/22!

🎟️: https://t.co/Mcygerg4L7

[Spectacle @SpectacleNYC]

SATURDAY JUNE 7

Georgian-French auteur Géla Babluani will be here for a double bill commemorating the 20th anniversary of his notorious feature debut 𝟭𝟯 𝗧𝗭𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗜 - and will finally break his silence on the ill-fated Hollywood remake 13 (2010)...

https://t.co/lqUELFqGjH

[℠ (🇵🇸) (FUCK 🧊) @dimension__tide]

amazing WINDOW ON YOUR PRESENT screening last Sat w/Cinqué Lee (pictured with programmer/moderator Macy Rajacich) alongside sound designer Stuart Agrabright (of Black Rain) and Lesley Mentel (who did the "Goodbye Horses" video.) 3 more chances to see it: https://t.co/IZ0fQlHhRm