• R.I.P. Pete Shelley, former frontman of the Buzzcocks and “Homosapien” hitmaker, age 63
• R.I.P. Italian auteur Bernardo Bertolucci, director of 1987’s “The Last Emperor” & other epic films
• Night Flight’s Stuart S. Shapiro’s inspiring book “Identifi Yourself: A Journey in Fuck You Creative Courage” is a humorous and poetic journey
• Night Flight partners with Blue Underground to present the best cult, horror & exploitation films
• Lech Kowalski’s “D.O.A.: A Right of Passage” features Sex Pistols U.S. tour footage & more
• Bob Gruen’s behind-the-scenes look at his Ike & Tina Turner music doc “On the Road: 1971-72″
• “The Gumby Show”: America’s Favorite Clayboy is back again on Night Flight!
• “Arise! The SubGenius Movie”: The return of Night Flight’s “Love That “Bob”” episodes!
• Outsider artist & one-man showcase filmmaker Laz Rojas comes to Night Flight Plus!
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All posts tagged "1981"

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  In “Venom,” an attempted kidnapping is thwarted by a deadly black mamba snake

  Venom — now streaming in our Blue Underground collection on Night Flight Plus — is a stylish late 1981 British-made thriller with an all-star cast about an attempted kidnapping thwarted by a deadly black mamba, a very...

  • Posted November 29, 2018
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  Will Vinton’s “Closed Mondays” & “Mountain Music” were highlights of Night Flight midnight movie fave “Fantastic Animation Festival” (1977)

  We were saddened to learn of the recent death of Oscar-winning Claymation filmmaker Will Vinton, who lost his 12-year battle with multiple myeloma cancer on October 4, 2018. He was 70 years old. We thought fans of...

  • Posted October 8, 2018
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  “Fantastic Animation Festival” introduced revolutionary artists to rock ‘n’ roll audiences!

  Now available for streaming on Night Flight Plus is the influential 1977 Fantastic Animation Festival, the first widely-released collection of animated films, which became a hit with midnight movie lovers, was the first exposure for dozens of...

  • Posted May 26, 2017
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  “Lunch Wagon”: This 1981 sexploitation romp featured Playboy Playmates and Missing Persons

  From time to time, we here at Night Flight HQ like to remind ourselves just how different the 1980s were, like that time when L.A. mayor Tom Bradley proclaimed September 11, 1981, as “Lunch Wagon Day” as...

  • Posted February 22, 2017
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  “New York’s Alright If You Like Saxophones”: L.A. punk band Fear on “SNL” in ’81 & “New Wave Theatre” in ’82

  In this 1982 episode of “New Wave Theatre“ — watch it in its entirety now on Night Flight Plus — Lee Ving and his band Fear slam their way through “New York’s Alright If You Like Saxophones,”...

  • Posted October 5, 2016
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  The tale of the “Lost Tapes”: The Dead Kennedys’ abandoned first recording session for “In God We Trust, Inc.”

  In God We Trust, Inc.: The Lost Tapes captures the first attempt by the Dead Kennedys to record songs, in 1981, for a 12″ EP meant to acknowledge and showcase the influence of the fast-paced and thrashy...

  • Posted March 11, 2016
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