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Screenings & Events
Festivals, Special Guests, Retrospectives and more "one night only" queer cinema screenings.
Row of Life
University of Southern California
Director Soraya Simi and Editor Joseph DeRose
In 2020, Paralympic medalist and 16x Guinness World Record holder Angela Madsen attempted her final solo Ocean row - 2,400 miles from Los Angeles to Hawaii. The film is a poetic story of bravery, resilience, and love between Angela and her wife Deb - separated by a vast ocean - supporting each other's dreams despite what became the ultimate cost.
Showgirls
New Beverly Cinema
A clumsy depiction of female bisexuality would normally not be enough to make Showgirls count as queer--but the film's cult classic status is sustained in large part by loyal Queer fans. Watch it, then go see documentary "You Don't Nomi" by Jeffrey McHale.
https://letterboxd.com/film/showgirls/
The Wild Boys
Brain Dead Studios
Island of La Réunion, in the beginning of the 20th century. Five teenagers commit a savage crime. As punishment, a Dutch captain takes them to a supernatural island with luxuriant vegetation and bewitching powers.
Brief Encounter
Los Feliz 3
Often considered one of the best British films of all time, this tender tale of a forbidden affair between married partners is based on a play by gay writer Noel Coward, and director David Lean, who was no stranger to putting gay subtext in his films (hello, Lawrence of Arabia).
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.
Pickpocket
Egyptian Theatre
Bresson's tense thriller is never overtly gay, and in many ways is a moral parable. But the sensuous connections of pickpocketing, the psychosexual thrill, and the strange meetings of thieves (like in men's bathrooms) leaves a distinctly Queer impression on this nimble art.
Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother’s neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is hard to resist.
Forbidden Letters
New Beverly Cinema
Unable to clear his head through casual sex, Larry reads through his letters to Richard, his older lover set to be released from prison.
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The Night Before
New Beverly Cinema
Hank is a slacker with no real ambition in life other than to meet all the interesting people in New York City. And that he does — or does he? — when he runs into Paul one day in Central Park.
Jennifer's Body
Rooftop Cinema Club DTLA
Panned on release, queer film fans have since reclaimed this Diablo Cody-written horror film about a (literally) man-eating undead cheerleader and the... um... complicated relationship she has with her best female friend.
A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?
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A Useful Ghost
Vidiots Eagle Theater
March is mourning his wife Nat who has recently passed away due to dust pollution. He discovers her spirit has returned by possessing a vacuum cleaner. Disturbed by a ghost that appeared after a worker’s death shut down their factory, his family reject their unconventional human-ghost relationship. Trying to convince them of their love, Nat offers to cleanse the factory. To become a useful ghost, she must first get rid of the useless ones.
Theatrical runs
Now In Theaters
Prefer your movies with popcorn and trailers? Here some the queer films at LA cinemas right now...
Pillion
A timid man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive.
