TWO FILMS BY MICKEY REESE
Rockuary returns to the Goth Bodega with a double-bill from Oklahoma City-based auteur Mickey Reece! Dubbed “the Soderbergh of the Sticks” by Laser Blast Film Society’s Peter Kuplowsky, Reece’s singularly independent approach to genre filmmaking remains criminally underseen. For fans of last year’s Spectacle in Exile retro of the overlooked auteur, this is a rare opportunity to experience two gems in his rockin’ oeuvre.
Alien
Dir. Mickey Reece, 2017
80 min. USA.
In English
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3 – 7:30PM
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 – 7:30PM
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 – 10PM
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 – 10PM
A mythic portrait of Elvis Presley (Jacob Snovel) and those in his orbit — particularly his wife Priscilla (Cate Jones) — during the weeks that led to his television comeback special in 1968. Haunted by surreal visions and ridden with self-doubt, the listless King of Rock ‘n Roll quarrels with his management, friends and family on the Graceland estate before a sudden tabloid claim of a bastard son sends him on an existential road trip.
From there, writer/director Mickey Reece conjures an entrancing journey that ruminates on the enigma of celebrity, the profundity of progeny, and the anxieties of art, while Joe Cappa’s stark black and white cinematography envelops the outstanding ensemble cast in a dreamlike glow that is unlike any Elvis flick you’ve ever encountered.
Suedehead
dir. Mickey Reece, 2015
78 min. USA.
In English
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3 – 10PM
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6 – 5:00PM
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 – 10PM
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 – 7:30PM
Kenny Walker (Mason Giles) has a ten-step plan to get his life back together following a decade of jail time, but best laid plans go awry for the aspiring musician when he discovers that his girlfriend has moved on, his band has jumped scenes, and the only job his doting mother (Brenda Stacey) was able to get him is a security shift at a decrepit shopping mall under the supervision of a straight-laced square (Jacob Snovel). When a local mobster (John Selvidge), impressed by Kenny’s criminal record, offers a mysterious opportunity, the jaded ex-con is confronted with a moral dilemma that risks him losing everything all over again. One of Mickey Reece’s most acerbic comedies, SUEDEHEAD’s quirky trajectory is rife with hilarious digressions and endearingly vivid characters.
A NOITE DO ESPANTALHO (THE NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW)
dir. Sérgio Ricardo, 1974
92 min. Brazil.
In Portuguese with English subtitles.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 – 7:30PM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10- 10:00PM
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 – 7:30PM
A NOITE DO ESPANTALHO (THE NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW) – Sérgio Ricardo, 1974 from Spectacle on Vimeo.
In the miserable Northeastern Brazil, a ruthless land Baron wants to throw a poor farming community out of their land. They unite in an attempt to overthrow the Baron and win back their freedom.
One of the zaniest Brazilian musicals is directed by one of the greatest film composers of Brazilian cinema. The film played the NYFF in 1974, but has since received little attention outside Brazil, where it has become a kind of cult hit over the last 20 years. The music is wonderful, and the campy aesthetics feel like nothing out of Brazilian cinema from this period.
Special thanks to Cinelimite & Marina Lutfi
GLASTONBURY FAYRE
dir. Peter Neal & Nicolas Roeg, 1971
86min. United States.
In English.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 – 10PM
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25 – 7PM (ZOOM Q&A With Peter Neal) *this event is $10
Directed by Peter Neal and Nicolas Roeg (DON’T LOOK NOW, INSIGNIFICANCE), GLASTONBURY FAYRE was the first film made about the Glastonbury Music Festival in the summer of 1971 featuring performances by Terry Reid, Traffic, Melanie & others. Don’t be fooled though, as the real stars of the film are the attendees who blissfully dance to the music (often in the nude), organize mystical lectures, and indulge in various psychedelics, searching for grace in their utopian playground while the summer of love fades further into the rearview. Roeg & Neal’s impressionistic time capsule unravels like an elegy to the counterculture while also functioning as a study of performance, performance art, and hippiedom.
Special Thanks to Screenbound UK & Peter Neal
TREDICI BACCI LIVE AT TV EYE
dirs. Simon Hanes & Gabriel Garcia, 2021
57 mins, USA
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5 – 10PM
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 – 7:30PM
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 – 5PM
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 – 10PM
Tredici Bacci, New York’s premier 15-piece soundtrack-pop orchestra, draws a great deal of inspiration from the grand tradition of Italian film, specifically the luxe, mondo B-movies made circa 1960-80. Fans will recall their incredible day-long film marathon in September 2019, when the group’s bandleader and composer, Simon Hanes, treated audiences to a slate of unforgettable Italian pulp pictures.
Now Tredici Bacci returns for a special Rockuary premiere of their first concert film – the next best thing to a live show! On October 28, 2021, the singular-sounding ensemble took to the stage at Queens venue TV Eye and brought the house down. With the cameras rolling, Tredici Bacci brought a completely maniacal hour of musical insanity to the gathered.
Don’t miss the big sounds of Burt Bacharach, free improvisation, operatic screaming, proto-minimalism, and British prog from one of New York’s most exciting live acts.