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Spectacle (est. 2010) is a 35-seat volunteer-run microcinema in Brooklyn.

No gods, no masters, no concessions.

124 S 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY
https://www.spectacletheater.com/
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BTW/FYI, Logistics has been rerunning as part of BEST OF @spectacletheater.com 2024 (see www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-spec...) and the end is here once again, but it's not 5 in the morning like last time (see screenshot below)…

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February 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
TONIGHT AT SPECTACLE

Our ANTI-VALENTINES Francois Ozon triple feature continues with WATER DROPS ON BURNING ROCKS (2000), a four-way relationship mess based on an unproduced Fassbinder play.

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February 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
TONIGHT AT SPECTACLE

It's February, so it's time for our annual ANTI-VALENTINES program.

At 7:30, see NATURAL ENEMIES (Jeff Kanew, 1979), in which Hal Holbrook embarks on a murder-suicide mission against his hated family.

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NATURAL ENEMIES (Jeff Kanew, 1979)
NATURAL ENEMIES Dir. Jeff Kanew, 1979. United States. 100 min. In English. Hal Holbrook (ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN, RITUALS, FLETCH LIVES) stars as Paul…
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February 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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My new trailer for @spectacletheater.com: “Gaza Is Our Home” is viewable here:

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GAZA IS OUR HOME (Monear Shaer, 2024)
GAZA IS OUR HOME dir. Monear Shaer, 2024 United States, Palestine. 93 min. In English & Arabic with English subtitles. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH – 7:30…
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February 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
TONIGHT AT SPECTACLE

At 7:30, it's our first showing of I'LL BE AROUND (Mike Cuenca, 2020), a day in the life of struggling musicians at a post-punk festival.

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February 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
TODAY AT SPECTACLE

Rockuary kicks off in spectacular fashion with an all-day marathon of films about history's greatest guitarist! IN THE WINK OF AN EYE: JIMI HENDRIX (1942-1970) starts at noon and runs until well after midnight.

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IN THE WINK OF AN EYE: JIMI HENDRIX (1942-1970)
This ROCKUARY, experience a day-long celebration of the greatest guitarist of the 20th century, Seattle’s very own James Marshall Hendrix (1942-1970) aka Jimi…
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February 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BEST OF SPECTACLE 2024 ENDS TONIGHT

At 7:30, it's our final screening of NEKO-MIMI (Jun Kurosawa, 1993), a "cinema crystal” that removes “human emotions, time, space, and montage" from the equation.

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NEKO-MIMI (Jun Kurosawa, 1993)
NEKO-MIMI (猫耳) Dir. Jun Kurosawa, 1993. Japan. 80 min. In Japanese with English subtitles and English intertitles. SATURDAY, MARCH 9 - 10 PM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13…
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January 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
TONIGHT AT SPECTACLE

The end of Best of Spectacle 2024 is closing in! It's your last chance to see these encores!

At 7:30, we play Grigori Kromanov's snowbound '70s Soviet Estonian sci-fi mystery DEAD MOUNTAINEERS HOTEL.

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BOS 2024 - DEAD MOUNTAINEER'S HOTEL (Grigori Kromanov, 1979)
DEAD MOUNTAINEER’S HOTEL (HUKKUNUD ALPINISTI HOTELL) Dir. Grigori Kromanov, 1979. Estonia. 84 min. In Estonian with English subtitles. TUESDAY, JANUARY 07…
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January 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Really excited for the @spectacletheater.com screening this Sunday evening of two films directed and codirected by Sasha Tycko about the struggle to Stop Cop City. I'll be in conversation with Sasha afterward—please come out if you can! www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Stop Cop City Film Screening
Join n+1 and Spectacle for a screening of two films from the struggle to Stop Cop City: Dwelling: A Measure of Life in the Atlanta Forest, directed by Sasha Tycko, and Atlanta Forest Garden: Four Days...
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January 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
TONIGHT AT SPECTACLE

At 7:30, it's the final Best of Spectacle encore of GOIN' ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS, a double feature of documentaries about Appalachian folk music

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GOIN’ ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS: THE FOLK MUSIC OF APPALACHIA
GOIN’ ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS: THE FOLK MUSIC OF APPALACHIA APPALACHIAN JOURNEY + BLUEGRASS ROOTS (100 min.) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND 5PM FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH 7:30PM WEDNESDAY,…
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January 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Best of Spectacle wraps up this week, with our last encores of some of our favorite programming from 2024.

At 7:30, see THE TIME THAT REMAINS, Elia Suleiman's quasi-autobiographical chronicle of decades of life in Palestine from 1948 onward.

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January 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
TODAY AT SPECTACLE

At 3, it's the latest edition of Blood Brunch, our biweekly surprise horror matinee.

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BLOOD BRUNCH 2019
EVERY OTHER SUNDAY AT 3PM In the tradition of Spectacle’s Sunday sensation Fist Church comes Blood Brunch, a bi-weekly Sunday afternoon horror movie matinee. Calling…
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January 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Big day at Spectacle! At 3, it's the latest edition of ANIME NO GOGO, our secret anime OVA matinee.

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ANIME NO GOGO
A bi-monthly, mystery Anime and OVA matinee. SATURDAYS, 3 PM Your Saturday – Elevated The memories of sleeping in on Saturday and eating cereal in your pajamas…
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January 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
TONIGHT AT SPECTACLE

At 7:30, we have another showing of BLUE MOUNTAINS, OR UNBELIEVABLE STORY (Eldar Shengelaia, 1983), a late Soviet-Georgian portrait of a writer trudging through artistic bureaucracy.

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January 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Tonight at Spectacle, catch the first of two Best of Spec reprises of PERFECT LIVES (1983), John Sanborn and The Kitchen's epic theatrical/television “comic opera about reincarnation." Starts at 7:30!

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January 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
CANICHE plays again tonight at 7:30, featuring a Q&A with Santiago Fouz Hernández, a professor at Durham University and author of forthcoming book The Films of Bigas Luna!

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Tonight, BEST OF SPECTACLE continues with a 7:30 reprise of CANICHE ("Poodle," Bigas Luna, 1979), a dog's-eye view of the incestuous, cannibalistic, bestial bourgeoisie. Originally screened in April as part of our Bigas Luna series.

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January 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
TONIGHT AT SPECTACLE

At 7:30, it's our final Best of Spectacle reprise of RAVE MACBETH! One of the unsung touchstones of digital cinema is Macbeth, but in the club.

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BOS 2024 - RAVE MACBETH (Klaus Knoesel, 2001)
RAVE MACBETH Dir. Klaus Knoesel, 2001 Canada & Germany. 87 min. In English Rave King Dean employs his two closest men—Marcus and Troy—to supply…
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January 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
TONIGHT AT SPECTACLE

At 7:30, see another screening of GOIN' ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS, a double feature of short documentaries about Appalachian folk music.

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GOIN’ ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS: THE FOLK MUSIC OF APPALACHIA
GOIN’ ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS: THE FOLK MUSIC OF APPALACHIA APPALACHIAN JOURNEY + BLUEGRASS ROOTS (100 min.) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND 5PM FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH 7:30PM WEDNESDAY,…
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January 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It's a very special Best of Spectacle Saturday: an all-day marathon of LANCELOT LINK: SECRET CHIMP, the 70s spy spoof TV series starring ape actors. Starts at 3 and runs until midnight!

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BOS 2024 - THE LANCELOT LINK, SECRET CHIMP (1970) MARATHON
THE LANCELOT LINK, SECRET CHIMP For those unfamiliar with LANCELOT LINK, SECRET CHIMP (1970), it is a televisual James Bond spoof with a cast composed entirely…
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January 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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It feels weird to say this, but I saw HAMBURGER DAD at @spectacletheater.com tonight and it's genuinely one of the best, most inspiring films I've seen in the last 12 months? An exemplar in how to fruitfully expand a one-joke concept, if nothing else.
January 18, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Despite the MTA, I am omw to @spectacletheater.com for late shows of MISTER DESIGNER (1987) and HAMBURGER DAD (2003). @lcosgrove.bsky.social will be there, too!
January 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
TONIGHT AT SPECTACLE

At 7:30, another Best of Spec showing of Klaus Lemke's SYLVIE, a supremely unlikely German love story.

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SYLVIE (Klaus Lemke, 1973)
SYLVIE dir. Klaus Lemke, 1973 Germany. 86 min. In German with English subtitles. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4 — 5 PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10 — 10 PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY…
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January 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Tonight at Spectacle, we have another encore of ORO, PLATA, MATA, one of our biggest hits from last year. Peque Gallaga's 1982 epic follows the fortunes of two families in the Philippines through the upheaval of World War II.

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BOS 2024 - ORO PLATA MATA (Peque Gallaga, 1982)
ORO PLATA MATA (GOLD, SILVER, DEATH) Dir. Peque Gallaga, 1982. Philippines. 194 min. In Filipino with English subtitles. SUNDAY, JANUARY 05 – 7:30 PM THURSDAY,…
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January 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
For a break in our Best of Spectacle retrospective, here's something fresh tonight: At 7:30, see SUNSET SEDUCTION (Charles de Agustin, 2024), an evolving piece that combines a 45-minute film with a site-specific discussion and contract work (yes, really!)

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SUNSET SEDUCTION (Charles de Agustin, 2024)
SUNSET SEDUCTION Dir. Charles de Agustin, 2024 United States. 45 min. Contract terms unique for each presentation. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 – 7:30PM FILM FOLLOWED…
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January 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Last month, we presented Elia Suleiman's THE TIME THAT REMAINS (2009), a multi-decade look at Palestinian life from the Nakba onward, in our series You Killed Me and I Forgot to Die. Now the film returns as part of BEST OF SPECTACLE. Plays tonight at 7:30.

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January 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM