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BROOKLYN WEEKLY, JULY 7, 2019
Nitehawk celebrates 30 years of Keanu Reeves
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
Dude, Keanu believe it’s
been 30 years?
Brooklyn’s two Nitehawk
cinemas will celebrate
America’s favorite
thespian this month,
with a retrospective of
the master actor’s more
than 30 years on the big
screen. “Keanu Reeves:
The Works,” running
from July 12 to Aug. 4,
will showcase works
from throughout the
Reeves oeuvre, including
his early roles in the two
“Bill & Ted” slacker comedies
and the surf flick
“Point Break,” his iconic
bullet-evading role as
Neo in “The Matrix,” and
later works like “Constantine”
and “A Scanner
Darkly,” all of which
showcase the actor’s
charm and his apparent
inability to age.
The series also celebrates
his reputation as a
good guy in an industry
often plagued by scandal,
according to Nitehawk’s
director of programming.
“He manages to be in
these zeitgeisty fi lms in
every decade, like ‘River’s
Edge,’ ‘Point Break,’ ‘The
Matrix, and ‘John Wick,’
and he’s never been one
of these people in the tabloids
that you’re grossed
out by, he’s just done the
work,” said Caryn Coleman.
“It felt good to celebrate
a good man in the
industry who’s been in the
industry for 30 years.”
Together, the twin
movie houses in Williamsburg
and Park Slope will
show more than a dozen
features starring Reeves,
and both will serve a cocktail
called “Cool Breeze
Over the Mountains,”
which is what “Keanu”
means in Hawaiian.
Another programmer
for the series said that he
knew that Reeves was special
when he fi rst encountered
him in the “Bill and
Ted” sequel.
“The fi rst one that I
saw ‘Bill and Ted’s Bogus
Journey,’ that was great,
so weird and out there,”
said Kris King. “It’s like
‘Paradise Lost’ with Bill
and Ted and robots.”
Here are the showings
at both theaters. Each
ticket costs $13. The showing
of “Point Break” on
July 16 has already sold
out, alas.
“Keanu: The Works” at
Nitehawk Williamsburg
136 Metropolitan Ave.,
between Berry Street and
Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg,
(718) 782–8370, www.
nitehawkcinema.com/williamsburg.
• “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”
(1992). July 12–13 at
midnight.
• “My Own Private
Idaho” (1991). July 13–14
at 11 a.m.
• “A Scanner Darkly”
(2006). July 19–20 at midnight.
• “Dangerous Liaisons”
(1988). July 20–21 at 10:45
a.m.
• “The Devil’s Advocate”
(1997). July 26–27 at
midnight.
• “Speed” (1994). July
27–28 at 10:45 a.m.
• “Constantine” (2005).
Aug. 3–4 at 11 a.m.
“Keanu: The Works” at
Nitehawk Prospect Park
(188 Prospect Park West at
14th Street in Park Slope,
www.nitehawkcinema.
com/prospectpark).
• “The Matrix” (1999).
July 17 at 7:30 p.m.
• “Bill & Ted’s Excellent
Adventure” (1989). July 20
at 10:45 a.m.
• “Bill & Ted’s Bogus
Journey” (1991). July 21 at
10:45 a.m.
• “River’s Edge” (1987).
July 23 at 7:45 p.m.
HE KNOWS KUNG-FU: Beloved actor Keanu Reeves, seen here defl ecting thousands of bullets, will be
the focus of a retrospective this month at both branches of Nitehawk Cinema.
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