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Midnight Movies
V/H/S
(2012) Directed by Joe Swanberg, David Bruckner, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence,
Ti West, and Adam Wingard
Friday - August 24 - 11:59 p.m.
In this anthology horror film, a gang of miscreants breaks into a shadowy house to recover a desirable
VHS tape from its presumed owner. Inside, a dead body sits near a stash of strange videocassettes.
As their search continues, the men watch the tapes one by one, uncovering a series of home video
recordings--each more horrific and mysterious than the last. A team of acclaimed young genre
directors contributed to this entry in the ongoing cycle of found-footage horror films, while also
offering a fitting tribute to the analogue pleasures and anthology horror classics of the VHS era.
(2K DCP. 93 min. Rated R.)
Nosferatu the Vampyre
(1979) Directed by Werner Herzog
Friday - September 14 - 11:59 p.m.
See page 20 for full description.
Fleshpot on 42nd Street
(1973) Directed by Andy Milligan
Friday - September 28 - 11:59 p.m.
Ultra-low-budget queer auteur Andy Milligan's final sexploitation film captures the sleazy milieu of
prostitutes, pimps, and junkies who frequented early-1970s Times Square. Flavored with Milligan's
trademark acid-tongued dialogue and frenzied cinematography, the film is the story of streetwalker
Dusty Cole (Laura Cannon) and her drag queen friend Cherry Lane (Neil Flanagan) as they swap
tricks and struggle to make it on New York's mean streets. Reminiscent of Paul Morrissey's early films
for Andy Warhol and the late works of Tennessee Williams, Fleshpot on 42nd Street is a funny and
affectionate grindhouse gem. (35mm. 80 min. Rated R.)
Beyond the Black Rainbow
(2010) Directed by Panos Cosmatos
Friday - October 19 - 11:59 p.m.
Set in a sci-fi-fantasy version of 1983, Panos Cosmatos' psychedelic retro-trip to the near future is
a darkly imagined homage to 1970s and early 1980s genre film. Held captive within a labyrinthine
hospital dedicated to aggressively exploring the furthest reaches of its subjects' minds, patient Elena
strives to escape the analytical gaze of the menacing Dr. Nyle. The film is a dream-like thriller a
visually stunning, surreally meditative exploration of inner-space. Cosmatos has described it as "a
Reagan-era fever dream inspired by hazy childhood memories of midnight movies and Saturday
morning cartoons." (35mm. 110 min. Rated R.)
This series was curated
by David Church, Sean
Smalley, Joshua Vasquez
and Will Scheibel. Each
screening will be preceded
by a brief introduction.
Screenings are $3.