Here’s one way Santa will know who was naughty or nice: by finding out who went to Nitehawk’s Naughty 35MM Shorts vs. who went to their Nice ones.
This Friday and Saturday at noon, catch some retro cartoons and obscure holiday clips with Jack Theakson, 35mm film archivist and historian. Watch children-friendly shorts plus a rare 1948 Technicolor print of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, while you brunch for this nice “Holiday 35MM Fun Show.”
Then return at midnight when Theakson presents naughty clips from his massive 35 mm collection. See “Nude in a White Car” (you can figure out the premise), “Love For Sale” (featuring 1950s burlesque strippers both on and off stage), and “Violated” (clips featuring NYC weirdos and derelicts on the streets and in the clubs of NYC).
Here’s what else we’re Reel psyched about this Christmas week!
MONDAY
True Grit
Mattie Ross sets out to avenge her father’s death at the hands of hired gun Tom Chaney. She hires the toughest U.S. Marshal, who happens to come with a bad attitude and a drinking problem, to catch Chaney. She insists on joining him on the quest and the two are accompanied by Texas Ranger LeBoeuf, who wants Chaney for his own reasons. Directed by the Coen Brothers starring Matt Damon, Jeff Bridges and Josh Brolin.
Huckleberry Bar, 588 Grand St., Wiliamsburg; 9 p.m.; Free
MONDAY – THURSDAY
For Your Consideration: Documentary Oscar Hopefuls
The 15 shortlisted titles for this year’s documentary Oscar are playing from now until Thursday. Well worth the trip uptown, catch films like The Act of Killing, The Armstrong Lie and Dirty Wars. The five final nominees will be announced January 16.
Film Society of Lincoln Center, 144 West 65th St., Upper West Side; $13
TUESDAY
The Lady Eve and Christmas in Connecticut Double Feature
A double dose of 1940s and Barbara Stanwyck should help ease you into Christmas. First see a con gal take advantage of a herpetologist who has just returned from the Amazon in The Lady Eve, and then watch a food writer who pretends to be a perfect housewife fool her Christmas guests into thinking she’s someone she’s not.
Film Forum, 209 W Houston St., SoHo; $12.50
WEDNESDAY
The Wolf of Wall Street
The mob, Wall Street, fraud… yep, sounds like Martin Scorsese! Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, who become an extremely wealthy stockbroker and lived the high life until his involvement with crime and corruption took him down.
Williamsburg Cinemas, 217 Grand St., Williamsburg; $11
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Directed by Ben Stiller starring Stiller, Kristen Wiig and Adam Scott, a daydreamer who escapes his mundane life into a fantasy world of heroism, romance and action decides to embark on a huge journey when his and a friend’s jobs are threatened.
Williamsburg Cinemas, 217 Grand St., Williamsburg; $11
WEDNESDAY – THURSDAY
2001: A Space Odyssey
The 45th anniversary DCP projection of Stanley Kubrick’s classic makes for the perfect post-Chinese food Christmas movie. Humans interact with mysterious black monoliths that are seemingly having an effect on evolution. A monolith is found buried on the moon and a voyage to Jupiter gets underway, as a signal is discovered emitting from the planet.
IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave., West Village; 9:50 p.m.; $13.50
THURSDAY
Titicut Follies
The first film ever directed by documentarian Frederick Wiseman in 1967 allowed inmates of Bridgewater State Hospital for the criminally insane to tell their own stories without the intervention of a narrator. The film was banned for a quarter of a century.
MoMA, 11 West 53rd St., Midtown; 1:30 p.m.; $12
FRIDAY
Serial Mom
Beverly and her family appear to be a stereotypical middle class suburban family except for one little thing: if you piss off Beverly she’ll kill you. Directed by John Waters, starring Kathleen Turner and Ricki Lake, with cameos by Traci Lords, Patty Hearst, Joan Rivers, Suzanne Somers and more.
Videology, 308 Bedford Ave., Williamsburg; 8:30 p.m.; Free
FRIDAY – SATURDAY
Die Hard
NYC cop John McClane takes a trip out to LA to spend Christmas with his wife when a group of terrorists take everyone hostage at Nakatomi Plaza, where McClane and his wife just happen to be. McClane’s got no time to waste as he sets out to derail the terrorists’ plans and take them out one by one. Bruce Willis stars in this midnight Christmas classic.
Sunshine Cinema, 143 E Houston St, Lower East Side; Midnight; $10
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