In collaboration with the Rio Theatre, Antisocial AV CLUB present to you a curated night of skateboard films that you may or may not have heard of before… Join us as we dive into the skateboard archive for the 15th anniversary screening of Alex Craig and Corey Adams’ epic adventure, MACHOTAILDROP (2009).

Young Walter Rhum spends his every waking moment immersed in skateboarding: trying to land tricks, playing a skateboarding arcade game at Cakeskate, and watching videos starring Blair Stanley, the best skater in the world. A demo tape sent to Machotaildrop, the world’s greatest skateboarding company, earns him a sponsorship and puts him on the fast track to success. As he becomes a favorite of the company founder, he finds a rival in his fellow company skater and former hero Stanley, and learns dark truths about the company and the lifestyle he thought he always wanted.

MACHOTAILDROP is a highly visual and fantastical journey about an amateur skateboarder, Walter Rhum, who realizes his dream of turning pro and riding for the world’s greatest skateboard company… Machotaildrop. Set in an anachronistic time and place, Machotaildrop is the greatest skateboard company of its day and the regal and grand sport of skateboarding has been thriving for many generations. Walter’s journey serves as a window through which we discover the dark underbelly of what appears at first to be a benign skateboard company.

“It plays like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with a touch of Wes Anderson and Spike Jonze. Machotaildrop, unlike most every other attempt at skating on film, takes place in a cinematic universe that both understands skateboarding’s weirdness and is capable of speaking that strange language.” (VICE Media)

Filmmakers in attendance for Q&A!

Tuesday, September 17
Doors 9:00 pm | Film 9:30 pm *Start time subject time change. Please arrive on time.

Tickets for this epic, skater adventure are just $15. Ride on in HERE for your tickets today. All tickets include one raffle ticket upon entry at the door!

MACHOTAILDROP (Alex Craig & Corey Adams, 2009 / 92 mins / NR) Walter Rhum, an amateur skateboarder, realizes his dream of turning pro and riding for the world’s greatest skateboard company, Machotaildrop. Set in an anachronistic time and place, Machotaildrop is the greatest skateboard company of its day and the regal and grand sport of skateboarding has been thriving for many generations. Walter’s journey serves as a window through which we discover the dark underbelly of what appears at first to be a benign skateboard company.

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