Spectacle
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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/
No gods, no masters, no concessions.
124 S 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY
https://www.spectacletheater.com/
Then at 10, it's THE BEST OF ME (Heather Landsman, 2024), an archival documentary about the final days of the man who plotted to kill Björk.
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February 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Then at 10, it's THE BEST OF ME (Heather Landsman, 2024), an archival documentary about the final days of the man who plotted to kill Björk.
www.spectacletheater.com/the-best-of-...
www.spectacletheater.com/the-best-of-...
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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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
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.
www.spectacletheater.com/anti-valenti...
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.
www.spectacletheater.com/anti-valenti...
At 10, our Pedro Olea series continues with 1973's IT IS NOT GOOD FOR A MAN TO BE ALONE, a brutal critique of Spanish patriarchy told through the story of a man with a mannequin for a wife.
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February 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
At 10, our Pedro Olea series continues with 1973's IT IS NOT GOOD FOR A MAN TO BE ALONE, a brutal critique of Spanish patriarchy told through the story of a man with a mannequin for a wife.
www.spectacletheater.com/masters-of-s...
www.spectacletheater.com/masters-of-s...
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.
www.spectacletheater.com/ill-be-around/
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.
www.spectacletheater.com/ill-be-around/
February 4, 2025 at 6:02 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.
www.spectacletheater.com/ill-be-around/
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.
www.spectacletheater.com/ill-be-around/
At 10, it's the last screening of BLUE MOUNTAINS, OR UNBELIEVABLE STORY (Eldar Shengelaia, 1983). Another Soviet film - this one from Georgia - it's a comedy of errors about a writer vainly trying to get his manuscript read.
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January 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
At 10, it's the last screening of BLUE MOUNTAINS, OR UNBELIEVABLE STORY (Eldar Shengelaia, 1983). Another Soviet film - this one from Georgia - it's a comedy of errors about a writer vainly trying to get his manuscript read.
www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-spec...
www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-spec...
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.
www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-spec...
At 7:30, see THE TIME THAT REMAINS, Elia Suleiman's quasi-autobiographical chronicle of decades of life in Palestine from 1948 onward.
www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-spec...
January 27, 2025 at 9:16 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.
www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-spec...
At 7:30, see THE TIME THAT REMAINS, Elia Suleiman's quasi-autobiographical chronicle of decades of life in Palestine from 1948 onward.
www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-spec...
At 7:30, the epic Robert Ashley/The Kitchen seven-part television "comic opera about reincarnation" PERFECT LIVES plays for the final time. The screening is sold out, but walkups might make it in!
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www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-spec...
January 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
At 7:30, the epic Robert Ashley/The Kitchen seven-part television "comic opera about reincarnation" PERFECT LIVES plays for the final time. The screening is sold out, but walkups might make it in!
www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-spec...
www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-spec...
We've partnered with the Childhood Delusions Film Festival to present encores of its first two editions. The Year 1 program plays at 5, then Year 2 is at 7:30. Q&As after each screening with various onetime-juvenile filmmakers!
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January 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We've partnered with the Childhood Delusions Film Festival to present encores of its first two editions. The Year 1 program plays at 5, then Year 2 is at 7:30. Q&As after each screening with various onetime-juvenile filmmakers!
www.spectacletheater.com/childhood-de...
www.spectacletheater.com/childhood-de...
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.
www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-spec...
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.
www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-spec...
January 24, 2025 at 9:33 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.
www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-spec...
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.
www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-spec...
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!
www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-spec...
www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-spec...
January 23, 2025 at 9:40 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!
www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-spec...
www.spectacletheater.com/best-of-spec...
Then at 10, 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 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Then at 10, 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.
withfriends.co/event/225071...
withfriends.co/event/225071...
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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withfriends.co/event/225075...
January 14, 2025 at 8:24 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.
withfriends.co/event/225075...
withfriends.co/event/225075...
Tonight at Spectacle!
At 7:30, our latest BEST OF SPECTACLE encore is BLUE MOUNTAINS, OR UNBELIEVABLE STORY (Eldar Shengelaia, 1983), a Soviet-Georgian comedy of bureaucracy
Tickets: withfriends.co/event/225071...
At 7:30, our latest BEST OF SPECTACLE encore is BLUE MOUNTAINS, OR UNBELIEVABLE STORY (Eldar Shengelaia, 1983), a Soviet-Georgian comedy of bureaucracy
Tickets: withfriends.co/event/225071...
January 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Tonight at Spectacle!
At 7:30, our latest BEST OF SPECTACLE encore is BLUE MOUNTAINS, OR UNBELIEVABLE STORY (Eldar Shengelaia, 1983), a Soviet-Georgian comedy of bureaucracy
Tickets: withfriends.co/event/225071...
At 7:30, our latest BEST OF SPECTACLE encore is BLUE MOUNTAINS, OR UNBELIEVABLE STORY (Eldar Shengelaia, 1983), a Soviet-Georgian comedy of bureaucracy
Tickets: withfriends.co/event/225071...
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.
Tickets: withfriends.co/event/225073...
Tickets: withfriends.co/event/225073...
January 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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.
Tickets: withfriends.co/event/225073...
Tickets: withfriends.co/event/225073...
Our free encore stream of LOGISTICS (Erika Magnusson and Daniel Andersson, 2012) starts up again in a few hours and runs nonstop for the duration of the film -- all 35 days and 17 hours.
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January 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Our free encore stream of LOGISTICS (Erika Magnusson and Daniel Andersson, 2012) starts up again in a few hours and runs nonstop for the duration of the film -- all 35 days and 17 hours.
stream.spectacletheater.com
stream.spectacletheater.com
I’VE HEARD THE AMMONITE MURMUR (Isao Yamada, 1992)
We're honored to present the 30th anniversary restoration of this film, rarely screened since Cannes '92, officially translated into English for the first time, alongside Yamada's 1987 short LYNX.
www.spectacletheater.com/ammonite/
We're honored to present the 30th anniversary restoration of this film, rarely screened since Cannes '92, officially translated into English for the first time, alongside Yamada's 1987 short LYNX.
www.spectacletheater.com/ammonite/
December 13, 2024 at 8:03 PM
I’VE HEARD THE AMMONITE MURMUR (Isao Yamada, 1992)
We're honored to present the 30th anniversary restoration of this film, rarely screened since Cannes '92, officially translated into English for the first time, alongside Yamada's 1987 short LYNX.
www.spectacletheater.com/ammonite/
We're honored to present the 30th anniversary restoration of this film, rarely screened since Cannes '92, officially translated into English for the first time, alongside Yamada's 1987 short LYNX.
www.spectacletheater.com/ammonite/
RAT SCRATCH FEVER (Jeff Leroy, 2011)
Yet another encounter with mutated rats - this time on another planet - threatens to spread their disease to Earth when the sole survivor of a space mission returns.
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Yet another encounter with mutated rats - this time on another planet - threatens to spread their disease to Earth when the sole survivor of a space mission returns.
www.spectacletheater.com/rat-summer/#...
December 13, 2024 at 5:18 PM
RAT SCRATCH FEVER (Jeff Leroy, 2011)
Yet another encounter with mutated rats - this time on another planet - threatens to spread their disease to Earth when the sole survivor of a space mission returns.
www.spectacletheater.com/rat-summer/#...
Yet another encounter with mutated rats - this time on another planet - threatens to spread their disease to Earth when the sole survivor of a space mission returns.
www.spectacletheater.com/rat-summer/#...
RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR (Bruno Mattei, 1984)
Bikers try to survive an onslaught of mutated rats in a post-apocalyptic landscape (sets from Once Upon a Time in America!) in this Italian/French production helmed by the director of Zombi 3.
www.spectacletheater.com/rat-summer/#...
Bikers try to survive an onslaught of mutated rats in a post-apocalyptic landscape (sets from Once Upon a Time in America!) in this Italian/French production helmed by the director of Zombi 3.
www.spectacletheater.com/rat-summer/#...
December 13, 2024 at 5:15 PM
RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR (Bruno Mattei, 1984)
Bikers try to survive an onslaught of mutated rats in a post-apocalyptic landscape (sets from Once Upon a Time in America!) in this Italian/French production helmed by the director of Zombi 3.
www.spectacletheater.com/rat-summer/#...
Bikers try to survive an onslaught of mutated rats in a post-apocalyptic landscape (sets from Once Upon a Time in America!) in this Italian/French production helmed by the director of Zombi 3.
www.spectacletheater.com/rat-summer/#...
Way Bad Stone (Archie Waugh, 1991)
Written for the group of Florida Ren Faire enthusiasts that star in it, this "home video that got out of hand" is a fantasy epic on a minuscule budget
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Written for the group of Florida Ren Faire enthusiasts that star in it, this "home video that got out of hand" is a fantasy epic on a minuscule budget
www.spectacletheater.com/critical-fai...
December 12, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Way Bad Stone (Archie Waugh, 1991)
Written for the group of Florida Ren Faire enthusiasts that star in it, this "home video that got out of hand" is a fantasy epic on a minuscule budget
www.spectacletheater.com/critical-fai...
Written for the group of Florida Ren Faire enthusiasts that star in it, this "home video that got out of hand" is a fantasy epic on a minuscule budget
www.spectacletheater.com/critical-fai...
Eternal Blood aka Sangre Eterna (Jorge Olguin, 2002)
Chilean goth teens think they're role-playing as vampires... but someone isn't just pretending.
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Chilean goth teens think they're role-playing as vampires... but someone isn't just pretending.
www.spectacletheater.com/critical-fai...
December 12, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Eternal Blood aka Sangre Eterna (Jorge Olguin, 2002)
Chilean goth teens think they're role-playing as vampires... but someone isn't just pretending.
www.spectacletheater.com/critical-fai...
Chilean goth teens think they're role-playing as vampires... but someone isn't just pretending.
www.spectacletheater.com/critical-fai...
Knight Chills (Katherine Hicks, 2001) is a supernatural slasher (and great Christmas viewing!) about a role-playing troupe hunted by that scariest of fantasy tropes, a black knight.
We're screening a new remaster from the original SVHS master tapes!
www.spectacletheater.com/critical-fai...
We're screening a new remaster from the original SVHS master tapes!
www.spectacletheater.com/critical-fai...
December 12, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Knight Chills (Katherine Hicks, 2001) is a supernatural slasher (and great Christmas viewing!) about a role-playing troupe hunted by that scariest of fantasy tropes, a black knight.
We're screening a new remaster from the original SVHS master tapes!
www.spectacletheater.com/critical-fai...
We're screening a new remaster from the original SVHS master tapes!
www.spectacletheater.com/critical-fai...
Skullduggery (Ota Richter, 1983) follows a man forced on an uncanny adventure through amateur theater by a family curse.
www.spectacletheater.com/critical-fai...
www.spectacletheater.com/critical-fai...
December 12, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Skullduggery (Ota Richter, 1983) follows a man forced on an uncanny adventure through amateur theater by a family curse.
www.spectacletheater.com/critical-fai...
www.spectacletheater.com/critical-fai...
From Germany, The Cathedral of New Emotions (Helmut Herbst, 2006) follows a commune of Berlin stoners and intellectuals who get set adrift in space in 1972. Plays at 10! www.spectacletheater.com/eek-eek-ork/...
December 12, 2024 at 6:28 PM
From Germany, The Cathedral of New Emotions (Helmut Herbst, 2006) follows a commune of Berlin stoners and intellectuals who get set adrift in space in 1972. Plays at 10! www.spectacletheater.com/eek-eek-ork/...
From Romania, Son of the Stars (Mircea Toia & Călin Cazan, 1988) is a surreal sci-fi survival story. Plays at 7:30! www.spectacletheater.com/eek-eek-ork/...
December 12, 2024 at 6:27 PM
From Romania, Son of the Stars (Mircea Toia & Călin Cazan, 1988) is a surreal sci-fi survival story. Plays at 7:30! www.spectacletheater.com/eek-eek-ork/...
