From Mallrats to Montclair: Nightjar’s Night at the Movies (and the Oscars)

Montclair NJ Film and Nightjar Cannabis

The Oscars happened last week. We watched and we noticed something strange: not a single award went to a cannabis dispensary. Could it be that the Academy missed the many videos written, produced, and filmed by our talented team in Bloomfield, NJ?! We are going to fix that. But first, some actual news.

Nightjar Cannabis in Bloomfield, NJ is teaming up with Montclair Film’s B-Sides at the Bellevue series to celebrate the April 10th screening of Mallrats – Kevin Smith’s 1995 cult classic about New Jersey, malls, and slacking. Mallrats is a New Jersey movie about New Jersey people doing very New Jersey things. We are a New Jersey cannabis dispensary in Bloomfield. The overlap is not subtle and we are not pretending otherwise.  B-Sides at the Bellevue is Montclair Film’s monthly late-night series at the Bellevue Theatre in Montclair, NJ, dedicated to cult classics, B-movies, and hidden gems. In the words of the series itself, “a safe haven for all things eccentric.”

What is Mallrats? 

For the uninitiated, here is the official synopsis from Amir Muhammad, Assistant Manager at Montclair Film Cinemas, and possibly the best piece of film criticism written this year: “New Jersey. Malls. Hanging out. Running into your ex. Joining a dating show. Being young. Arguing about superheroes. Ben Affleck being a jerk. Stan Lee cameo. Jay and Silent Bob. RIP Shannen Doherty. Come join us for a trip back to a simpler time when Livingston Mall was still around and everything wasn’t shit.” We could not have said it better. We will not try!

How to Win Tickets from Nightjar Cannabis Bloomfield?

Make a purchase at our Bloomfield, NJ cannabis dispensary for a chance to win two tickets to the showing. One raffle entry per purchase. Winners will be announced April 6th. The screening is Friday, April 10th at 10pm at the Bellevue Theatre in Montclair, NJ. We suggest arriving in the right spirit 😉

Now Back to the Oscars: Categories Hollywood Forgot. Shame!!! 

Every awards season, the same thing happens. The studios clean up, the speeches run long, and nobody thanks their budtender. C’mon people! This year, we are correcting the record and graciously accept the following awards presented to the team at Nightjar Cannabis in Bloomfield, NJ, for work that the Academy frankly overlooked.

Best Ensemble Cast for a Cannabis Dispensary in Bloomfield, NJ:

Critics praise this film as one of the most committed “Wazzzup” deliveries this side of a late-90s beer commercial. The timing is impeccable. The prop budget was apparently unlimited. This is ensemble work. This is craft. Watch here 

Best Hand Modeling for a Cannabis Dispensary in Bloomfield, NJ:

Edie Parker accessories deserve to be shown off properly. Vapes, grinders, rolling papers, all of it in vivid color, passing frame by frame with elegant, precisely timed gestures. The wrist work alone deserved a nomination and the musical synchronization sealed the win.  Watch here 

Best Musical Performance for a Cannabis Dispensary in Bloomfield, NJ:

Against all odds, Churro nails the Friends theme song with such conviction that Dele and Te’kyah materialized from nowhere to clap in perfect time. It is a redemption arc compressed into under a minute. The Academy was not ready.  Watch here 

Best Dance Performance for a Cannabis Dispensary in Bloomfield, NJ:

Apparently professional dancers and choreographers work at Nightjar. This masterpiece was filmed at our 2nd anniversary Cannaversary event at BrwnBox in Orange, NJ, where Victor took to the floor with a disco ball on his head and absolutely delivered. Flawless. If you watched this and did not immediately feel better about everything, please check your pulse.  Watch here 

 

The full Nightjar oeuvre lives on the Nightjar Cannabis YouTube channel. We update it regularly and it is exactly what you would expect from a team that answers phone calls on inflatable props and treats product launches as performance art.  

Nightjar Cannabis is located at 549 Bloomfield Avenue in Bloomfield, NJ, just minutes from Montclair. We are open Monday through Saturday 9am to 9pm and Sunday 11am to 7pm. Browse our full Bloomfield cannabis menu before you visit.

See you at the movies.

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