The Queer film lover's guide to Los Angeles.

Tickets from UCLA Film & TV Archive

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Cabaret

We Don’t Need This Fascist Groove Thing

Sun, May 11 @ 7:00 pm

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Hammer Museum

Bob Fosse

1972

124 min

DCP

Bob Fosse's film adaptation of the Broadway show went on to win 8 Academy Awards. Showtunes, Liza Minelli, the rise of the Nazis, and forward (for 70's Hollywood) depiction of bisexuality make Cabaret a classic.

Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.

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Orlando

Double Feature with Female Perversions

Tue, May 13 @ 7:30 pm

Wed, May 14 @ 7:30 pm

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New Beverly Cinema

Sally Potter

1992

90 min

Adapted from Virginia Woolfe's novel, this film follows Tilda Swinton as Orlando, an young nobleman who lives for centuries, and awakes one day to find himself transformed into a woman. Watch it, then check out last year's Teddy documentary winner Orlando: My Political Biography.

England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.

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Dog Day Afternoon

Sat, May 17 @ 11:30 am

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Alamo Drafthouse DTLA

Sidney Lumet

1975

125 min

A true Story! Young Al Pacino plays John Wojtowicz, who tries to rob a bank in order to pay for his lover's sex-change operation. The real Wojtowicz was an active gay liberationist, and tells his own story in the 2013 documentary "The Dog."

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturale. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny’s motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.

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Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

Sun, May 18 @ 4:00 pm

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Vidiots Eagle Theater

Richard Brooks

1958

108 min

An amazing example of how the studios self-censored under the Hays code, Tennessee Williams' play about a closeted football star was adapted into a movie that talks in circles, but still won Oscars. Williams told fans "This movie will set the industry back 50 years. Go home!"

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

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Dzi Croquettes

We Don’t Need This Fascist Groove Thing

Sun, May 18 @ 7:00 pm

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Hammer Museum

Raphael Alvarez & Tatiana Issa

2009

110 min

A Brazilian theatre group that through talent, irony and humour confronted the Brazilian violent dictatorship in the 1970s revolutionising the gay movement worldwide and changing theatre and dance language to an entire generation.

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Mantra

Mon, May 19 @ 8:00 pm

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Whammy Analog Media

Videomaker Ken Camp and star Glen Meadmore

Ken Camp

1992

120 min

First-ever screening of Mantra since its premiere at the EZTV Video Center in 1992.

An L.A. artist who operates a telephone confessional becomes involved with a bizarre serial killer.

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ASCO: Without Permission

LA Latino International Film Festival

Wed, May 28 @ 7:00 pm

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TCL IMAX Theater

Travis Gutiérrez Senger

2025

90 min

Opening Night

The film tells the story of a revolutionary Chicano art group who turned 1970s Los Angeles into their canvas. Merging activism with radical art-making, ASCO challenged the established order of Hollywood, museums, and media. Unrecognized by mainstream institutions during their time, they are now considered amongst the 20th century's most significant artists. Director Travis Gutiérrez Senger mirrors their boundary-pushing spirit weaving nonfiction and fiction together with a new generation of Latinx artists.

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Linda

LA Latino International Film Festival

Thu, May 29 @ 9:30 pm

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Mariana Wainstein

2024

100 min

Self-assured, mysterious, and captivating Linda agrees to work at an affluent home in Buenos Aires. Her charm sparks strong sexual attraction among all members of the family, exposing how fragile their externally happy veneer really is.

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Theatrical runs

Now In Theaters

Prefer your movies with popcorn and trailers? Here some the queer films at LA cinemas right now...

The Wedding Banquet

Opened Apr 18, 2025

Opens Apr 18, 2025

Andrew Ahn

102 min

Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee's expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min's grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.

On Swift Horses

Opened Apr 25, 2025

Opens Apr 25, 2025

Daniel Minahan

119 min

In the 1950s, a seemingly sensible newlywed and her wayward brother-in-law undertake parallel journeys of risk, romance, and self-discovery.

Perfect Endings

Opened Jun 04, 2025

Opens Jun 04, 2025

Daniel Ribeiro

99 min

Like the perfect ending of a great film - that is the way filmmaker João describes the end of his 10-year relationship with Hugo. Despite breaking up, they remained best friends. However, reentering the dating scene brought a whirlwind of emotions, revealing that reality can’t be controlled like a movie script.

Brokeback Mountain: 20th Anniversary

Opened Jun 08, 2025

Opens Jun 08, 2025

Ang Lee

134 min

Rodeo cowboy Jack and ranch hand Ennis are hired as sheepherders in 1963 Wyoming. One night on Brokeback Mountain, they spark a physical relationship. Though Ennis marries his longtime sweetheart and Jack marries a fellow rodeo rider, they keep up their tortured, sporadic love affair for 20 years.