SmashXFilm: Pater Noster and the Mission of Light
Underground filmmaker extraordinaire Christopher Bickle sets a record store clerk and her friends on a crash course with disaster when the surfacing of a rare 1970s vinyl LP begins a search for the band-turned reclusive new age cult. Be ready for a lot more than needles to drop in this folk horror acid trip. 96 […]
SmashXFilm: The Punk Chapel
Legend has it that, lost in the snowy airwaves, there’s a station that plays your favorite punk programming 24/7… and we found it! Before we lose signal, enjoy a few episodes of Lili Lonelyhearts’ DIY space opera LASERFISH SPACEPUNKS, Mia Alejo’s portrait of the Austin graffiti scene WRITE TO EXIST, and the premiere of Skum […]
Small Talk (Local Film)
How often do you think about an embarrassing thing you’ve done? Does it make you cringe? Does it ruin your day? When two coworkers set up their roommates on a blind date, the aftermath pushes all four of them to the edge of their emotional comfort zones. As awkwardness turns into confrontation, they’re forced to […]
SmashXShorts: Video Roulette
You send us your films and we’re screening them – ALL OF THEM! Get ready to experience comedies, dramas, puppet shows, and experimental films on this whirlwind cinematic tour spanning Houston, Brooklyn, St. Louis, Taco Bell, and more. We’re out of our minds for screening it and you’d be out of yours not to come […]
The Master of Disguise (Film)
Odd World is back and ready to dive head first into the world of mystery, intrigue, deception, and wildly offensive makeup with 2002’s catastrophic failure The Master of Disguise! Follow Dana Carvey in an almost unbearably unfunny turn as Pistachio Disguisey – a bumbling idiot who realizes he’s actually a descendant in a long line […]
Dance Macabre (Blood Shed Theatre)
When an elite dance academy behind the Iron Curtain suddenly allows American ballerinas to enroll, things immediately go terribly wrong. We promise it’s not because they didn’t cast any actual ballerinas to be in the movie. It’s more murder-related. Robert Englund plays both Madame, the faded Russian Prima Ballerina running the academy, AND the American […]
Film Screening of Mad Worlds: Redefining Sanity Through Struggle
We invite all friends and community members who’ve touched madness in its many forms and/or loves someone who has to join us in viewing “Mad Worlds: Redefining Sanity Through Struggle” by subMedia about the perils of madness, marginalization, and carceral “care” followed by an open discussion forum where we can share our thoughts, experiences, and […]
SmashXFilm: Shouldering Sanctuary
As we cheer on our comrades serving up crushed ICE on the streets of Minneapolis and LA, Trump’s terror campaign against immigrant communities in Chicago flies under the radar. Part vital frontline communiqué, part nailbiting political drama, part raucous celebration of resilience and big tent solidarity, this work-in-progress shared with us by Truth & Documentary […]
Messiah of Evil (Lunchbox Cinema)
Join Lunchbox Cinema at We Luv Video on March 20th at 7:30 PM for a descent into the surreal, blood-soaked dreamscape of this 1970s cult masterpiece. When a young woman travels to a decaying coastal town to find her father, she uncovers a Lovecraftian nightmare of weeping murals, flesh-eating locals, and a dark “Blood Moon” […]
SmashX Film: What-Do with Adi Callai
In his latest deep dive, the creator of the popular Gaza Ghetto Uprising on YouTube poses a question with an elusive answer: how to revolutions actually win and what new horizons have opened up for halting the genocide machine? Diligently dissecting everything from October 7th to the college encampments to ICE rebellions to generations of […]