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WE’RE BACK! 7:30p - FUNERAL SINIESTRO (Jairo Pinilla, 1977) Widely considered Colombia’s 1st horror movie, FUNERAL SINIESTRO is told from the POV of young Isabel, adopted stepdaughter of evil landowner Lucrecia, who tries grtting rid of Isabel in a variety of ways.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 27/09/2026

Spectacle is CLOSED til Wednesday for our annual steam cleaning See you soon!

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 26/09/2026

THE STOOP SALE IS 💧💧💧 RESCHEDILED💧💧💧 Due to inclement weather, we’re rescheduling to next weekend. See you then!

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 26/09/2026

THE STOOP SALE IS 💧💧💧 RESCHEDILED💧💧💧 Due to inclement weather, we’re rescheduling to next weekend. See you then!

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 25/09/2026

FRI 9/25 5p - A SPECK IN THE WATER (NUNAL SA TUBIG) (Ishmael Bernal, 1976) In Santa Fe, fish are dying. Benjamin shuttles boat passengers, including Chedeng. Unknown to Chedeng & her close friend Maria, both are sleeping with Benjamin. Tragedy ensues. vimeo.com/1223491509

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GRIPPED BY HYSTERIA: ISHMAEL BERNAL x3

While the brutal dictatorship and resulting censorship of the Philippines’ Ferdinand Marcos regime ought to have smothered the country’s film industry throughout the 1970s and 80s, it wound up produci...

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 24/09/2026

THU 9/24 7:30p - THE ROTTEN APPLE (aka FIVE MINUTES TO LOVE) (John Hayes, 1963) This gloriously no-budget melodrama takes a familiar premise – innocents unknowingly walk into a den of vice – & crafts a powerful chamber piece that plays like Tennessee Williams dragged into a (literal) trash heap.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 23/09/2026

WED 9/23 📼ONE NIGHT ONLY📼 7:30p - XFR Collective Presents: NUGGETS FROM THE MONDAY/WEDNESDAY/FRIDAY VIDEO CLUB The NYC-based non-profit a/v preservation group’s undertaken many projects, but none ambitious as these almost 900 tapes including works with Collaborative Projects, Inc. & Potato Wolf.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 22/09/2026

🚨SATURDAY🚨SATURDAY SATURDAY🚨 It’s the ANNUAL SPECTACLE STOOP SALE! 12-7p at 124 South 3rd St, Brooklyn - POSTERS - TAPES - RECORDS - EPHEMERA - TAROT READINGS - CLOTHING - GEAR AND MORE! priced to move!

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 22/09/2026

TUE 9/22 HIMALA (MIRACLE) (Ishmael Bernal, 1982) When Elsa has visions of the Virgin, the rest of her village question their own beliefs. Elsa heals people, & as word of the phenomenon spreads, tourists, pilgrims, patients & a docu filmmaker arrive to partake in the miracle. vimeo.com/1223491509

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GRIPPED BY HYSTERIA: ISHMAEL BERNAL x3

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 21/09/2026

MON 9/21 🏁 LAST CHANCE 🏁 7:30 - MOTORAMA (Barry Shils, 1991) A 10 yr old obsessed with a collect-‘em-all roadside card game steals his deadbeat dad’s Mustang & bops across a surrealist landscape of rotting Americana. vimeo.com/1225869969

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MOTORAMA (Barry Shils, 1991)

MOTORAMA dir. Barry Shils, 1991. USA, 90 min. In English. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 – 10 PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 – MIDNIGHT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 – 10 PM MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 – 7:30 PM Gus (Jordan Chr...

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 20/09/2026

SUN 9/20 3p - It’s back to school with BLOOD BRUNCH for some mystery horror

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 19/09/2026

SAT 9/19 5p - CIRCLING ZERO: WE SEE ABSENCE (Ken Jacobs, 2002) A verité documentary of the weeks following Sept 11; Jacobs himself described it as “not so much a work as a sampling of the ongoing actuality.” His camera captures the city as it incorporates this new reality into familiar routines.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 18/09/2026

FRI 9/18 5p - THE UNRECOVERED (Roger Copeland, 2007) A girl who thinks the father that walked out might be among the Ground Zero dead; a BioEvangelist who plans his own reckoning; & the Artist who monologues about the ways “death artists” put art on the defensive.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 16/09/2026

WED 9/16 Glawoggermania continues! 7:30p - MEGACITIES (Michael Glawogger, 1998) A man sewing film strips by hand, teen pickpockets, a street hustler caught in the middle of Times Square Giuliani-fication: MEGACITIES documents how human beings improvise to survive in the face of urban poverty.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 15/09/2026

TUE 9/15 7:30p - WHORE’S GLORY (Michael Glawogger, 2011) His final completed film explores prostitution in 3 disparate semi-autonomous economic and religious zones: a brightly lit high-end brothel in Bangkok, a claustrophobic urban compound in Bangladesh, & a ghostly border-town motel in Mexico.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 14/09/2026

MON 9/14 7:30p - CIRCLING ZERO: WE SEE ABSENCE (Ken Jacobs, 2002) A verité doc of the weeks following September 11; Jacobs described it as “not so much a work as a sampling of the ongoing actuality.” Captures the the city as it steadfastly incorporates the new reality into familiar routines.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 12/09/2026

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 11/09/2026

FRI 9/11 7:00p - NEVER FORGET, ALWAYS REMEMBER: 9/11, 25 YEARS LATER Program 1: REICHSTAG 9/11 & DISINTEGRATION LOOP 1.1 We will be time-syncing our September 11, 2026 screening to play exactly 25 years later as the sun sets over Spectacle, blocks from where Basinski made the loops.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 07/09/2026

MON 9/7 For Labor Day: 7:30p -WORKINGMAN’S DEATH (Michael Glawogger, 2005) Told in 5 chapters, following independent coal miners in Ukraine, Indonesian sulphur carriers near a volcano, Nigerian goat slaughterers, Pakistani ship breakers, & Chinese steelworkers as they carry out grueling duties.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 06/09/2026

SUN 9/6 3pm - this holiday weekend, it’s The People’s BLOOD BRUNCH

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 05/09/2026

SAT 9/5 7:30p - THE TIME WE KILLED (Jennifer Reeves, 2004) 🎞️16MM🎞️ Robin is an agoraphobic writer, unable to leave her apartment after 9/11. Condensing the post-9/11 national psyche into an amnesiac individual, trying to remember—yet also willing to forget—how things might once have been.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 05/09/2026

heads up, tomorrow SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 7:30PM, we have a 📽️special 16mm📽️ screening of THE TIME WE KILLED (Jennifer Reeves, 2004), a chiaroscuro autofiction that deserves to be seen on film. part of NEVER FORGET, ALWAYS REMEMBER: 9/11, 25 YEARS LATER

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 04/09/2026

FRI 9/4 5p - FUNERAL SINIESTRO (Jairo Pinilla, 1977) Widely considered Colombia’s 1st horror movie, FUNERAL SINIESTRO is told from the POV of young Isabel, adopted stepdaughter of evil landowner Lucrecia, who tries grtting rid of Isabel in a variety of ways.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 03/09/2026

7:30p - A SPECK IN THE WATER (NUNAL SA TUBIG) (Ishmael Bernal, 1976) In impoverished Santa Fe, the fish are dying. Benjamin shuttles passengers on his boat, including midwife Chedeng. Unknown to Chedeng & her close friend Maria, both are sleeping with Benjamin. Tragedy ensues. vimeo.com/1223491509o

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GRIPPED BY HYSTERIA: ISHMAEL BERNAL x3

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 02/09/2026

TUE 9/2 7:30 - ADVENTURES OF A SECRET KIDD: THE MASS HALLUCINATION OF KENN KWEDER (John Hutelmyer & Rob Nicolaides, 2015) Follows the life & career of Philly singer-songwriter/local legend Kweder. Provides an intimate look at a rock star who never got that big break, but still lives the dream.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 01/09/2026

TUE 9/1 new month, new movies; let’s go 7:30 - FUNERAL SINIESTRO (Jairo Pinilla, 1977) Widely considered Colombia’s 1st horror movie, FUNERAL SINIESTRO is told from the POV of young Isabel, adopted stepdaughter of evil landowner Lucrecia, who tries grtting rid of Isabel in a variety of ways.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 31/08/2026

MON 8/31 7:30p HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS (Ken Camp, 1984) Structured around the Killer’s silent, trancelike drives, taking in real-life motorists & passersby with the unsettling undercurrent any one of them could end up victims. Punctuated by acts of sex & violence from the Killer’s impenetrable psyche.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 29/08/2026

SAT 8/29 5p - PARSIFAL (Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, 1982) 1 SCREENING ONLY! shown without intermission A psychological interpretation of the opera mixing in references to the history of Germany, Wagner’s life, German literature and philosophy. The action is centered on Wagner’s death mask.h

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 28/08/2026

FRI 8/28 5p - SPLIT (Chris Shaw, 1989) A paranoid foot-chase through the dumpsters of Santa Cruz. Starker, would-be messiah & master of disguise, eternally attempts to evade dystopian fascist forces hellbent on keeping him in a feedback loop of capitalist-driven order.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 28/08/2026

FRI 8/28 7:30 - SPLIT (Chris Shaw, 1989) A paranoid foot-chase through the dumpsters of Santa Cruz. Starker, would-be messiah & master of disguise, eternally attempts to evade dystopian fascist forces hellbent on keeping him in a feedback loop of capitalist-driven order.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 27/08/2026

THU 8/27 7:30 - SHEILA AND THE BRAINSTEM dir. Matt McDowell and Russell Bates, 1989) Filmed in 1989 for $100,000 in and around Gridley, CA, SHEILA AND THE BRAINSTEM is a road movie, a crash-course in punk philosophy, and a commercial for soft drinks that don’t exist. vimeo.com/382525852

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SHEILA AND THE BRAINSTEM (Matt McDowell and Russell Bates, 1989)

SHEILA AND THE BRAINSTEM dir. Matt McDowell and Russell Bates, 1989 79 min. United States. In English. BEST OF SPECTACLE 2019: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1 – 10 PM THURSDAY, JANUARY 9 – 7:30 PM SUNDAY, JANUA...

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 26/08/2026

WED 8/26 Road trip double feature! 7:30 - THE SCENIC ROUTE (Mark Rappaport, 1978) Like Estelle’s ever-changing wallpaper, it’s a meld of never-settling styles. Staid framing, recurring Orphic references & unreliable voice-over are just a few devices capturing the characters’ romantic malaise.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 24/08/2026

MON 8/24 7:30 - SATAN’S MENAGERIE (Gary Griffith, 2001) Q. The monsters of the world gather at a one-of-a-kind gathering. Who will attend and what kind of carnage will break out? A. A fishman who resembles Meatloaf, and very shot on video carnage. vimeo.com/1214386265

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AUGUST MIDNIGHTS

SATAN’S MENAGERIE dir. Gary Griffith, 2001 USA. 101 min. In English with English subtitles. SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 – MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19 – 10 PM MONDAY, AUGUST 24 – 7:30 PM FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 – ...

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 23/08/2026

SUN 8/23 just when you thought it was safe to go back in the theater…. 3p - BLOOD BRUNCH Mystery horror to jump scare your Sunday

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 22/08/2026

SAT 8/22 3p - STALKING CHERNOBYL (iara lee, 2020) An exposé on the intersection of dark tourism, historical conservation & extreme cinephilia, chronicling those with the bravado to traverse Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, often illegally, in a manner evoking Tarkovsky’s beloved sci-fi epic STALKER.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 20/08/2026

THU 8/20 7:30 - 🚨 SOLD OUT🚨 but there will be a standby line! GARCHASTER’S CORNBLADE dir. Kasper Meltedhair, 2026 📼Q&A📼 A gricky star planet girl follows a casting call into the Earth oven so she can fulfill her dream of getting inside of a VHS tape…to burn and inhale herself.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 19/08/2026

WED 8/19 7:30p - NOSTOS: THE RETURN (NOSTOS: IL RITORNO) Dir. Franco Piavoli, 1989 With a certain other adaptation of The Odyssey doing reasonably well around the world, Spectacle is thrilled to present this offbeat alternative to the blockbuster.

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Muscle Distribution @muscledistribution.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Announcing…. MUSCLEFEST, a four-night showcase featuring sneak previews and premieres with filmmaker guests running September 3 to September 6 at the Roxy Cinema in NYC. Tickets available very soon at: www.roxycinemanewyork.com

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 17/08/2026

MON 8/17 7:30p - GAME OF PLEASURE (Dale E. Frantz, 1998) Shot on video for the late-90s erotic-thriller market, GAME OF PLEASURE feels like softcore Existenz for dummies. Writer/producer/star/editor Kevin Summerfield plays a hacker who stumbles on a dangerous new erotic CDRom. vimeo.com/1214386265

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AUGUST MIDNIGHTS

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 16/08/2026

SUN 8/15 3p - FIST CHURCH come worship at the altar of altercations

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 15/08/2026

SAT 8/15 3p - stay indoors with ANIME NO GOGO: mystery anime for your weekend

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 14/08/2026

FRI 8/14 5p - K2 & THE INVISIBLE FOOTMEN (iara lee, 2015) As brief reprieve from activist documentaries, lee centers on climbers & porters who endure “Savage Mountain”. Excursions rely on indigenous mountaineers who dedicate their lives to mapping out & understanding the volatile nature of K2.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 13/08/2026

THU 8/13 NO 7:30! 10p - THE SAMI SONG OF SURVIVAL (iara lee, 2025) Focusing on lIndigenous group the Sami. With examples from hip-hop to folk music to work in the Sami Center for Contemporary Art, this rings loud & true for those venting over growing fascist evil empires through art & song.

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Liz @schlockvalue.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

coming up this weekend at @spectacletheater.com: four rarely-screened features (and not-quite-features) by George Kuchar, all in 16mm, all shown only once: www.spectacletheater.com/doomed-with-...

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 12/08/2026

WED 8/12 7:30p - THE FLYING DUTCHMAN (DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER) (Joachim Herz, 1964) The only East German film including horror & vampire genres, & the first attempt to film a complete Wagner opera on film.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 10/08/2026

MON 8/10 7:30p - STALKING CHERNOBYL (iara lee, 2020) An exposé on the intersection of dark tourism, historical conservation & extreme cinephilia, chronicling those with the bravado to traverse Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, often illegally, in a manner evoking Tarkovsky’s beloved sci-fi epic STALKER.

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Spectacle @spectacletheater.com · 09/08/2026

SUN 8/9 3p - cool down with some BLOOD BRUNCH

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