This July, in the heart of Brooklyn, we here at Spectacle are celebrating the region’s great on-the-go meal: the pizza pie. The recent release of Tate Hoffmaster’s tromadjacent horror comedy riot PIZZA GUY 8 gives us as good an excuse as any to unearth other films dedicated to our beloved slice. Delivered hot and ready to your favorite goth bodega microcinema are PIZZA GUY 8, the ‘90s hangout comedy TELLING YOU, and the revival of the Spectacle classic PIZZA, BIRA, FASSO.
PIZZA GUY 8
Dir. Tate Hoffmaster, 2025
United States. 93 min.
In English.
THURSDAY, JULY 10 – 10 PM
FRIDAY, JULY 18 – 10 PM
TUESDAY, JULY 22 – 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, JULY 26 – 5 PM (w/Q&A)
The incompetence of a zit-festooned, cannabis-obsessed pizza delivery guy (writer/director Tate Hoffmaster) quickly turns into a delirious meta-heavy bloodbath.
Grotesquely shot on video by Dylan Mars Greenberg (director of last year’s Spectacle smash SPIRIT RISER) and co-edited by Brewce Longo of Bloodsick Productions, PIZZA GUY 8 is this year’s genre-bending, gut-busting contribution to the Northeast’s recent boom in DIY lo-fi horror filmmaking madness. Featuring an in-person Q&A with Hoffmaster and Greenberg!
PIZZA, BIRRA, FASO
Dir. Adrián Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro, 1997
Argentina. 92 min.
Spanish with English Subtitles.
THURSDAY, JULY 3 – 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, JULY 12 – 10 PM
THURSDAY, JULY 31 – 10 PM
FOUR FRIENDS. ONE CITY. ONLY ONE WAY OUT.
Making a triumphant return to Spectacle after screening back in 2017, PIZZA, BIRRA, FASO evokes the brutal realism of the Spanish Cine Quinqui movement through the lens of impoverished youths on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. As picturesque as it is tragic, on top of being one of Argentina’s crime gems, it contains one of cinema’s purest depictions of catching up with your homie over a plain slice.
Special Thanks to Bruno Stagnaro.
TELLING YOU
Dir. Robert DeFranco, 1998
United States. 94 min.
In English.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2 – 7:30 PM
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9 – 10 PM
FRIDAY, JULY 18 – 5 PM
FRIDAY, JULY 25 – 7:30 PM
THEY’VE GOT CHARM. THEY’VE GOT STYLE. THEY’VE GOT ONE-TRACK MINDS!
Peter Facinelli and Dash Mihok play two nice Long Island boys who watch the world go by from behind a pizza counter with a varied cast of weirdo customers (featuring a stunning highlight from legendary character actor Richard Libertini as the quirky vagabond Mr. P) and neglectful tough guy Italian bosses. While the film never got a true distribution chance, the independently funded TELLING YOU contains the slice-of-life wit that reflects the work of Richard Linklater and Kevin Smith at their funniest and most insightful. Also assisted by Jennifer Love Hewitt and Matthew Lillard in expressively comedic roles, TELLING YOU is another ‘90s gem deserving of a cult revaluation.
Special Thanks to Robert DeFranco and Tiffany Greenwood of SWANK.