SpectacleTheater

March 2019

Lost & Forgotten Cinema Contemporary Underground Special Events

124 S. 3rd St., Brooklyn $5 tickets unless otherwise noted spectacletheater.com

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

103 pmTWO PLAINS & A FANCY

5 pmAN EVENING WITH LEV & WHITNEY with Q&A

7:30 pmBLOOD DINNER

33 pmFIST CHURCH

5 pmINLAND SEA

7:30 pmKHANDHAR

137:30 pmTWO PLAINS & A FANCY

10 pmDER TODESKING

67 pm *MENTAL with Q&A

10 pmSPLIT

117:30 pmTWO PLAINS & A FANCY

10 pmKHARIJ

47:30 pmPADATIK

147:30 pmSMASH TV: MEMOREX

10 pmTWO PLAINS & A FANCY

77:30 pmSMASH TV: SKINEMAX

10 pmCENTRAL AIRPORT THF

27:30 pm *INLAND SEA with Q&A

10 pmSATAN PLACE

MidnightDER TODESKING

127:30 pmINLAND SEA

10 pmTWO PLAINS & A FANCY

57:30 pmCENTRAL AIRPORT THF

10 pmINLAND SEA

157:30 pmPADATIK with Q&A

10 pmSATAN PLACE

MidnightSPLIT

87:30 pm *TWO PLAINS & A FANCY with Q&A

10 pm *L FOR LEISURE with Q&A

MidnightAGADMATOR SENT ME HERE

110 pmLES RALLIZES DÉNUDÉS

MidnightLES RALLIZES DÉNUDÉS

167:30 pmKHARIJ

10 pmSURFER

MidnightFATAL DEVIATION

97:30 pm *TWO PLAINS & A FANCY with Q&A

10 pm *BLONDES IN THE JUNGLE with Q&A

MidnightSCHRAMM

173 pmFIST CHURCH

5 pmANALOG ROADSHOW: A VERY SPECIAL SUNDAY WITH XFR COLLECTIVE

243 pmBLOOD BRUNCH

5 pm *CAMPAIGN with Q&A

8 pm * CAMPAIGN 2 with Q&A

313 pmFIST CHURCH

5 pmKHANDHAR

7:30 pm PADATIK

187:30 pm *AN EVENING WITH KIT FITZGERALD

10 pmSURFER

257:30 pmPADATIK

10 pmINLAND SEA

197:30 pmWHERE IN THE HELL IS THE LAVENDER HOUSE?

10 pmWHERE IN THE HELL IS THE LAVENDER HOUSE?

267:30 pmKHARIJ

10 pmKHANDHAR

207:30 pmBLUE GOD 1 & 2 with Q&A

10 pmSURFER

277 pm *THE BIG HOUSE with Q&A

10 pmSCHRAMM

217:30 pmSMASH TV: GUNSLINGER

10 pmBLUE GOD 1 & 2

287:30 pmSMASH TV: MEGAPLEX

10 pmDER TODESKING

227:30 pmGET REEL

10 pmDER TODESKING

MidnightSCHRAMM

297:30 pmSATAN PLACE

10 pmBLUE GOD 1 & 2

MidnightSURFER

237:30 pmWHERE IN THE HELL IS THE LAVENDER HOUSE?

10 pmWHERE IN THE HELL IS THE LAVENDER HOUSE?

MidnightSATAN PLACE

307:30 pmKHARIJ with Q&A

10 pmSCHRAMM

MidnightSPLIT

Front: Surfer, Douglas Burke, 2019* $10 Tickets

Two Plains and a Fancy, Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn, 2018 Schramm, Jorg Buttgereit, 1993 Fatal Deviation, Shay Casserley & Simon Linscheid, 1998Khandhar, Mrinal Sen, 1983

Radical Observation: The Films of Kazuhiro Soda

INLAND SEA (港町)Dir. Kazuhiro Soda, 2017. Japan. 122m 3/2 7:30 pm, $10, w/filmmaker Q&A 3/3 5 pm • 3/5 10 pm 3/12 7:30 pm • 3/25 10 pm Forsaken by the era of moderniza-tion of post-war Japan, Ushimado is rapidly aging and declining. Its rich, ancient culture and the tight-knit community are also on the verge of disappearing.

MENTAL (精神)Dir. Kazuhiro Soda, 2008. Japan. 135m 2/6 7 pm, $10, w/filmmaker Q&A A documentary that observes the complex world of an outpatient mental health clinic Chorale Okayama in Japan, interwoven with patients, doctors, staff, volunteers, and home-helpers.

CAMPAIGN (選挙)Dir. Kazuhiro Soda, 2007Japan. 120 min3/24 5 pm, $10, w/filmmaker Q&A This observational documentary closely follows a heated election campaign in Kawasaki, Japan, reveal-ing the true nature of “democracy.”

CAMPAIGN 2 (選挙2)Dir. azuhiro Soda, 2013Japan. 145 min3/24 8 pm, $10, w/filmmaker Q&A In response to the Fukushima disas-ter, Yama-san is running an election campaign with an anti-nuclear message. But unlike last time, he has no money, no machine, no nothing.

THE BIG HOUSEDir. Kazuhiro Soda, 2017Japan. 120 min3/20 7:30 pm, $10, w/filmmaker Q&A The entire population of Ann Arbor fits in the U Michigan football stadium, which fans affectionately call “The Big House.” Collectively made, this panoramic documentary presents a microcosm of America by showing everything but the game.

Two Plains & a FancySince 2003, Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn have been quietly making some of the most inventive independent cinema. With gorgeous 16mm visuals, a penchant for overdubbing, and riotous gag-lines that drag the films’ possible interpretations out into the light of day, they invite their audienc-es to discard everything they thought they knew & start all over again.

TWO PLAINS AND A FANCYDir. Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn, 2018. USA. 89 min3/8 7:30 pm w/filmmakers Q&A3/9 7:30 pm w/filmmakers Q&A3/10 3 pm w/filmmakers Q&A3/11 7:30 pm • 3/12 10 pm3/13 7:30 pm • 3/14 10 pmLev & Whitney's most ambitious film to date—a brain-melting “spa west-ern” that's equal parts travelogue of turn-of-the-20th-century Colorado and meandering interrogation of Deep Time and the American mythos.

L FOR LEISUREDir. Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn, 2014. USA/Mexico/Iceland/France. 74 min3/8 10 pm w/filmmakers Q&AAnother willfully anachronistic period piece, Horn and Kalman's breakout comedy follows a handful of clueless 20-something grad students on their various vacations as they explore ideas of sex, history, life, society, science and time (and perhaps most importantly, the art of wasting it it.)

BLONDES IN THE JUNGLEDir. Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn, 2009. USA, Honduras. 48 min3/9 10 pm w/film makers Q&A!At the serpentine intersection of Degrassi and Wade Davis, you’ll find Kalman and Horn’s 48-minute debut is a dazzling “tropical cyclone”—a metaphysical stoner comedy about a trio of spoiled WASP brats searching for the Fountain of Youth in the wilds of Honduras, shot on location.

Ruins & Revolutionaries: Mrinal Sen

PADATIK (aka THE FOOT SOLDIER)Dir. Mrinal Sen, 1973. India. 91 min3/4 7:30 pm • 3/15 7:30 pm w/Q&A3/25 7:30 pm • 3/31 7:30 pmLargely takes place in a young wo- man’s apartment, where a revolution-ary hides from the authorities. Sumit has taken part in a high-profile action and was lucky to escape. He spends his days in Shila’s flat reflecting on his own philosophical turmoil, suspi-cions within the party, and difficult relationship with his father.

KHARIJ (aka THE CASE IS CLOSED)Dir. Mrinal Sen, 1982. India. 99 min3/11 10 pm • 3/16 7:30 pm3/26 7:30 pmA bourgeois couple hires a twelve-year-old boy from a poor background to do household chores. During a cold spell, he dies in his sleep while barricaded in the kitchen. This tragic incident is beyond the emotional and practical abilities of the young couple, and they bumble through doctor’s reports, police investigations, and legal advice.

KHANDHAR (aka THE RUINS)Dir. Mrinal Sen, 1983. India. 100 min3/3 7:30 pm • 3/26 10 pm3/31 5 pmTwo city guys are convinced by their friend to take a trip to his family’s crumbling countryside manor to relax and appreciate the decaying beauty. Soon after they arrive, they are made aware of a lingering marital drama that haunts the ailing matriarch and Jamini, her daughter. Subash, a quiet photographer, explores the estate and becomes entranced by Jamini. They develop an almost wordless and torturous flirtation. There is something an-cient and fated that thwarts them, as though the ruins themselves play an active part in their destiny.

AN EVENING WITH KIT FITZGERALD 111 min total3/18 7:30 pm$10, with filmmaker in attendanceFeatures Kit Fitzgerald's numerous collaborations with composer and saxophonist Peter Gordon and The Deadman (1993), originally commissioned for a production in Holland and based off the work of George Bataille.

MUBI Presents: CENTRAL AIRPORT THFDir. Karim Aïnouz, 2018Germany. 98 min3/7 10 pmAn intimate documentary that explores an iconic, now vacant Berlin airport currently being used to shelter refugees, like 18-year-old Syrian refugee Ibrahim. As Ibrahim adjusts to his transitory daily life of social services interviews, German lessons & medical exams, he tries to cope with homesickness & the anxiety of whether or not he will gain residency or be deported.

AGADMATOR SENT ME HERE: THE MUSIC VIDEOS OF STICE40 min3/8 MidnightFor just under a year, Stice has been churning out 2-minute music videos at an alarming rate. Features their 9 music videos, including micro-hit “Look at the Baton,” which continues to confound the chess-YouTube community. This screening will fea-ture Stice members Jake Lichter and Caroline Bennett in conversation.

GET REEL3/22 7:30 PMA movie-clip based comedy show, where comedians voice over movie clips live. Hosted by Joe Castle Baker and Max Wittert.

Corpse Fucking Art: Part 2

DER TODESKINGDir. Jorg Buttgereit, 1990Germany. 80 min3/2 Midnight • 3/22 10 pm • 3/28 10 pmSeven days, seven stories of suicide as told through Jorg Buttgereit’s grainy 8mm lens—all while a rotten corpse decomposes in a morbid framing device linking the tales. Replaces the juvenile transgressive-ness of it’s necrophile predecessor with a darker and more sobering look at mental illness.

SCHRAMMDir. Jorg Buttgereit, 1993Germany. 65 min3/9 Midnight • 3/22 Midnight3/27 10 pm • 3/30 10 pmPlot counts for little across the bleak character study and fragment-ed storytelling, but what intrigue there is comes through Schramm’s sole human connection—his next door neighbor Marianne, a sex worker who Schramm can’t decide if he wants to murder or protect.

Blue God 1 & 2

BLUE GOD 1: INTO THE DIRT, PINKDir. carl1, 2016. USA/Taiwan. 32 minTwo young girls, engaged in a metaphysical conversation on the rooftop of their school, decide they are unwilling to accept the expectations of adulthood, and vow to escape society altogether. BLUE GOD 2: MY LETTER TENDERLYDir. carl1, 2018. USA/Taiwan. 60 minIn the second act, the protagonists enter a series of dream worlds and alternate dimensions. When they reawaken, they find themselves in the presence of a blue god and tasked with a new everyday.3/20 7:30 pm, special Q&A with director carl1 and DP Sean Dahlberg led by artist Alex Ito3/21 10 pm • 3/29 10 pm Visit spectacletheater.com for

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March Special Events

WHERE IN THE HELL IS THE LAVENDER HOUSE? THE LONGMONT POTION CASTLE STORYDirs. David Hall and Thomas D. Rotenberg, 2019. Canada. 95 min3/19 7:30, 10 pm • 3/23 7:30, 10 pm All screenings $10For over 30 years, the artist known only as Longmont Potion Castle has been beguiling and bedeviling random victims across the country with the most avant-garde prank calls ever recorded. Throughout it all he has remained completely anonymous, released over 16 original albums, and become a cult favorite. Both screenings will feature filmmakers in attendance, and LPC himself will be calling in to conduct live prank calls.

SURFERDir. Douglas Burke, 2019California, 101 min3/16 10 pm • 3/20 10 pm3/29 MidnightA young surfer should be out on the waves, hanging ten with the spray at his back, getting tan under the burn-ing sun. Who—or what—can help this young man gripped by a fear of death; a fear to act? At turns a Californian mystic experience, a Biblical parable, and very nearly an adventure thriller, it is at its heart a film about a young man coming of age with some help from the supernatural.

ANALOG ROADSHOW: A VERY SPECIAL SUNDAY WITH XFR COLLECTIVE3/17 5 pmDo you have mystery MiniDV, Hi-8, or VHS languishing in storage? Unsure of what to do with these treasures, or even what’s on them? Put your trust in radical archival group XFR Collective. Here’s how it works: bring your mystery tapes and while they're transferring, sit back and enjoy a showcase of their best finds! When the transfers are complete, get an eyeful of what turned up.

Smash TV

SKINEMAX Ed. Smash TV, 2011. USA. 55 min3/7 7:30 pmContaining lightning quick edits from 44 different films, Skinemax has been described as “hypno-tizing” and “a veritable nostalgia nuke.” It also holds the distinction of being one of the longest duration videos to ever go viral.

MEMOREXEd. Brendan Shields, 2012USA. 50 min3/14 7:30 pmCulled from over forty hours of 80’s commercials pulled from warped VHS tapes. Endless beach parties, Saturday morning cartoons, sexy babes, sleek cars, toys you forgot existed, station idents, early computer animation, all your favorite sugary cereal mascots, and so much more. An ode to the hyper consumerism and sleek veneer of a simpler time.

GUNSLINGEREd. Smash TV, 2014. USA. 62 min3/21 7:30 pmPainstakingly assembled from more than 50 Western movies, ranging from Sergio Leone’s early Spaghetti Westerns all the way up to 90s re-imaginings, GUNSLINGER serves as a humble attempt to pay homage to one of the longest running and most influential genres of the silver screen.

MEGAPLEX: BEYOND & TURBOEd. Smash TV, 2016. USA. 80 min3/28 7:30 pmThe most insane double feature the world has ever seen. With a running time of 80 minutes and thousands of cuts from more than 80 movies, Smash TV has spent the past year and a half cramming the most entertainment possible into every second. It's dense enough to pressurize these diamonds in the rough into gleaming treasures.

SATAN PLACEDir. Scott Aschbrenner & Alfred Ramirez, 1988. USA. 67 min3/2 10 pm • 3/15 10 pm2/23 Midnight • 2/29 7:30Joe Bob Briggs raves, "yet another of those made-in-Florida let's-go-get-a-camera-and-dress-up-our-girl-friends-in-lingerie-and-throw-blood-on-'em video classics, and actually this one is about the best I've seen. Once again, though, I've gotta ask. Why Florida? What the heck is going on down there? "

FATAL DEVIATIONDir. Shay Casserley & Simon Linscheid, 1998. Ireland. 76 min3/16 MidnightIn keeping with St. Patricks Day tra-dition, were dragging Irish pride into the gutter with a holiday screening of FATAL DEVIATION, Ireland's first (and only) feature-length martial arts film.

LES RALLIZES DÉNUDÉSDir. Ethan Mousiké, 1992France. 88 min3/1 10 pm & MidnightLeft behind in a legacy of bootleg destruction stands this “ambient documentary” on the mythical Japanese political psych-noise pioneers Les Rallizes Dénudés, the ultimate revolutionary cult band.

SPLIT Dir. Chris Shaw, 1989. USA. 84 min3/6 10 pm • 3/15 Midnight3/30 MidnightA once-in-a-lifetime oddity; a thoroughly-baked, paranoid foot-chase through the dumpsters of early-MTV Santa Cruz. Starker eternally attempts to evade the dystopian fascist forces hellbent on keeping him in a feedback loop of capitalist-driven order.