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Penelope Spheeris presenting 'Decline of Western Civilization' at Nitehawk and 'Suburbia' at Alamo Drafthouse NYC

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We already mentioned that director Penelope Spheeris would be in town to present a screening of her punk rock classic Suburbia at the brand new Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn on November 5  — tickets are on sale now. Before that she’ll also be presenting a screening of her legendary LA punk doc The Decline of Western Civilization at Nitehawk on November 3. with a post-screening Q&A.  (It’s similar to what she did at San Francisco Noise Pop fest earlier this year.) If you haven’t seen the film, it features amazing footage of Black Flag, Circle Jerks, The Germs, X, Fear and many more, and is absolutely a must-see. Tickets are on sale now.

That screening is part of Nitehawk’s ongoing “Music Driven” series, which this week features  Oasis: Supersonic on Wednesday (10/26). The Nighthawk screening of that is sold-out but you can get your big screen Gallagher fix at other theaters in the city.

Check out the trailers for The Decline of Western Civilization and Suburbia below.