The Museum is open 11:00 – 19:00
Cinema is closed now
The Museum is open 11:00 – 19:00
Cinema is closed now
Mikey and Nicky
4K restored version
Before the screening, join us for an introduction by Michał Oleszczyk, and after the film, for a discussion with Michał Oleszczyk and Kaja Klimek, the film’s translator.
Mikey and Nicky proudly features on SpoilerMaster’s Top 100 list as one of the best films of all time. This year, it also turns 50—a great opportunity to finally give it its Polish premiere.
The SpoilerMaster Tour featuring Mikey and Nicky is an exclusive series of screenings of this gangster tragicomedy at the best Polish art-house cinemas from May 29 to June 2, with the participation of Michał Oleszczyk.
“No one can punch you in the face quite like your best friend” – Michał Oleszczyk, SpoilerMaster
One of the masterpieces of 1970s American cinema, still waiting to be discovered in Poland. Mikey and Nicky was born out of creative anguish: filming lasted a full 110 days, an enormous amount of footage was shot, and editing took two years.
Elaine May’s gangster tragicomedy about two friends and professional betrayal is an intimate nocturnal odyssey set in trash-strewn Philadelphia—the “city of brotherly love”—where Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky was already running that same year.
May, the godmother of American improvisational comedy, was the only woman directing films for Hollywood studios in that decade. Thanks to her persistence and tireless creativity, we were treated in Mikey and Nicky to an unforgettable performance by two masters: Peter Falk, the famous Lieutenant Columbo, and John Cassavetes, the guru of American independent cinema.
Get ready for laughter that gets stuck in your throat and conversations between friends that are just a step away from awkwardness.