In celebration of his 63rd year, filmmaker Steven Soderbergh is folding two long-running passions into one neatly ritualized weekly hang: mind-altering movies and Singani, the 500-year-old Bolivian spirit he’s been known to champion.
Running for 63 days (nine weeks) from February 18 through April 15, 2026, Singani 63 and Nitehawk Cinema will present “A Man Under The Influence: 63 Days of Steven’s Selects,” a film and cocktail series built around nine personally and culturally influential films curated by Soderbergh, one selection from each decade.
Taking place every Wednesday night and alternating between Nitehawk Prospect Park and Nitehawk Williamsburg, each screening will be introduced by a special Soderbergh trailer and paired with a 63-minute Singani 63 Happy Hour. Every week features a rotating “Feature Cocktail” inspired by that night’s film, each created by a different New York City bar partner, turning the program into an ongoing collision of repertory programming and the city’s cocktail scene.
The decade-by-decade programming itself reads like a tour of shifting cinematic temperatures: from pre-Code wit and elegance to noir-laced obsession, surreal family fantasy, and psychological unease; then into blockbuster dread, political and cultural heat, regional deadpan, modern dislocation, and high-end romantic control. The announced lineup includes “Trouble in Paradise,” “Notorious,” “The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T,” “The Servant,” “Jaws,” “Do the Right Thing,” “Fargo,” “Lost in Translation,” and “Phantom Thread.”
Full Screening Schedule & Cocktail Partners
2/18 — “Trouble in Paradise” (1930s), Nitehawk Prospect Park
Partner: The Terrace & Outdoor Gardens at The Edition Hotel Times Square
2/25 — “Notorious” (1940s), Nitehawk Williamsburg
Partner: Madeline’s
3/4 — “The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T” (1950s), Nitehawk Prospect Park
Partner: LenLen
3/11 — “The Servant” (1960s), Nitehawk Williamsburg
Partner: Jungle Bird
3/18 — “Jaws” (1970s), Nitehawk Prospect Park
Partner: Nubeluz at the Ritz Carlton Nomad (Jose Andres Group)
3/25 — “Do the Right Thing” (1980s), Nitehawk Prospect Park
Partner: Tigre (Premiere Enterprises Group)
4/1 — “Fargo” (1990s), Nitehawk Williamsburg
Partner: Little Rascal
4/8 — “Lost in Translation” (2000s), Nitehawk Williamsburg
Partner: Hello Hello
4/15 — “Phantom Thread” (2010s), Nitehawk Prospect Park
Partner: Lex Yard at The Waldorf Astoria
The smart part of the concept is that it doesn’t pretend that a screening is just a screening. The series is structured like a habit: show up midweek, take in a film that helped wire a filmmaker’s brain, and let a cocktail built for the occasion nudge the atmosphere just enough that the movie lands slightly differently than it would at home.
And, sure, it doesn’t hurt that, for those of us in Brooklyn, Nitehawk is the local and the theater of choice—meaning this isn’t some out-of-the-way “special event” you’ll swear you’ll get to someday. It’s right there, tempting you into a nine-week streak. Well, at least for those of us in Brooklyn.
