Light Industry hosts a conversation with Jean-Pierre Gorin, one of cinema’s most erudite and incisive figures. Gorin began his career in filmmaking by advising Jean-Luc Godard on La Chinoise (1967) and Le Gai savoir (1968), but soon rose to international prominence after forming the Dziga Vertov Group with Godard in ‘68.

Foregoing singular authorship, the collective produced a series of formally radical and politically uncompromising works, stretching from Un Film comme les autres (1968) to Letter to Jane (1972), that rethought Brechtian technique on cinematic terms and considered the situation in Europe and the US during the revolutions of the late 60s and their aftermath.

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Set in the newly independent Georgia after the collapse of the Soviet Union, IN BLOOM is the story of the friendship between two girls, as they face men’s dominance, early marriage and disillusioned love.

“Built around radiant performances from its two young leads, In Bloom is a beautifully observed slice-of-life drama subtly interwoven with thriller elements and a gently pro-feminist message about young girls defying ancient patriarchal traditions…” –Stephen Dalton, Hollywood Reporter

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FEAR TOWN, USA
On St. Blevins Day (the most debauched of regional holidays), four boys looking to lose their virginity, a girl haunted by a dark secret, a lonely teenager, and an escaped mental patient all meet at a party in the woods. They were looking for fun but what they found was………FUCKING TERROR.”

Fear Town, USA is a Wet Hot American Summer-like take on classic horror films like Friday The 13th, Last House On The Left, and Sleepaway Camp. Directed by Brandon Bassham and starring a huge ensemble of performers from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.

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Nitehawk Cinema presents this 1982 classic as part of their Future Noir midnight screening series, Friday6/20 and Saturday 6/21.

Invisible aliens in a tiny flying saucer come to Earth looking for heroin and find it in the early 80s new wave scene. 35mm presentation!

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Spectacle is pleased to welcome Su Friedrich in person for a 16mm screening of her masterpiece SINK OR SWIM (1990), followed by a selection of her short films, including the New York Premiere of her latest work QUEEN TAKES PAWN (2013).

“A major filmmaker.” – P. Adams Sitney, VISIONARY FILM: THE AMERICAN AVANT-GARDE

 

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