MY OCCASIONAL WORK AS POSTER ARTIST AT SPECTACLE 2023-PRESENT

GAMERA 3: REVENGE OF IRIS
(ガメラ3 邪神覚醒)
dir. Kaneko Shūsuke, 1999
108 mins. Japan.
In Japanese with English subtitles.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 – 5 PM

I will not forgive Gamera.

With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera’s ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.

Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters
Dir. Adam Cornelius, 2011.
United States. 93 min.
In English.

SATURDAY, MARCH 2 – 10 PM
FRIDAY, MARCH 29 – 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, MARCH 9 – 5 PM with Q&A (This event is $10.)

It is estimated that ⅔ of Americans have played Tetris. A select few have made it their life’s mission to master the deceptively simple game. This film is about those people.

Released in 2011, Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters follows the best Tetris players in the country as they prepare to compete in the Classic Tetris World Championship. This film earnestly dissects competitive gaming while balancing the comedy and drama of its subjects’ lives. In 2024, we may be feeling a collective hangover from the aughts-2010s rise of nerd culture. However, this portrait of true outsider gaming enthusiasts is a refreshing reminder of the roots of what has now become Funko-Popped.

ANTI-VALENTINES: RADIOACTIVE MASCULINITY

FEBRUARY 2024

Every February, Spectacle throws a bone to the lonesome and heartsick to combat the nauseating pink-and-red onslaught of Cupid’s holiday. This year, we’re adding a sub(human)-series of films about men whose behavior is so egregious and intertwined with their clinical depression that they go beyond “toxic” to exclusion zone levels of danger. Frankly, these dudes suck. Yet we can’t help but perhaps empathize with them on a few points…