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Screenings & Events
Festivals, Special Guests, Retrospectives and more "one night only" queer cinema screenings.
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Jan 19, 2025 12:00 PM
Alamo Drafthouse DTLA
Long in the shadow of a similarly long-titled Australian movie about a drag act stuck in a small town in the 90s, this Spielberg-produced comedy was groundbreaking for Hollywood at the time.
Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez — one of the losers that evening — the charmed Vida and Noxeema agree to take the hopeless youngster under their joined wing. Soon the three set off on a madcap road trip across America and struggle to make it to Los Angeles in time.
The Matrix
Jan 19, 2025 7:30 PM
LOOK Dine-In Glendale
When The Matrix came out in 1999, nobody thought it was a queer movie--but directors Lily and Lana Wachowski have come out as trans (and made the wildly queer series Sense8). Watching the Matrix today shines a new light on its epic battles for liberation and authenticity.
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Y Tu Mamá También
Jan 22, 2025 7:00 PM
Los Feliz 3
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
Dog Day Afternoon
Jan 22, 2025 7:30 PM
Aero Theater
Star Al Pacino
The Sidney Lumet classic is based on a true story, down to the fact that John Wojtowicz planned the bank robbery to pay for his lover's sex-change operation. Don't miss the 2013 documentary "The Dog" that tells the full story of Wojtowicz's life.
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.
8 Women
Jan 23, 2025 7:30 PM
Egyptian Theatre
This musical murder mystery farce from gay auteur Francois Ozon sees eight women trapped in a house, and all of them are suspects! As the night goes on, their conflicts descend into madness, comedy, and of course lesbianism in turn.
Eight women gather to celebrate Christmas in a snowbound cottage, only to find the family patriarch dead with a knife in his back. Trapped in the house, every woman becomes a suspect, each having her own motive and secret.
Neptune Frost
with The Last Angel of History
Jan 23, 2025 7:30 PM
Academy Museum
This science fiction fantasia follows the romance between a miner and an intersex runaway at a hacker's commune, in a future world brutally exploited for precious metals. Filmed by a cast and crew of Burundi refugees, it was a nominee for the Queer Palm in 2021.
In the hilltops of Burundi, a group of escaped coltan miners form an anti-colonialist computer hacker collective. From their camp in an otherworldly e-waste dump, they attempt a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region’s natural resources – and its people. When an intersex runaway and an escaped coltan miner find each other through cosmic forces, their connection sparks glitches within the greater divine circuitry.
Deep Red
Jan 24, 2025 11:55 PM
Jan 25, 2025 11:55 PM
Vista Theater Hollywood
One of Dario Argento's most famous Italian horror films, many of which play with gender, sexuality, and social critique, Deep Red has a gay supporting character who is wrongly assumed to be guilty because of his sexuality.
An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his neighbor, a psychic. With the help of a tenacious young reporter he tries to discover the killer using very unconventional methods, and the two are soon drawn into a shocking web of dementia and violence.
Bona
Jan 25, 2025 4:30 PM
Alamo Drafthouse DTLA
Openly gay director Lino Brocka was one of the Philippines' greatest directors, and suffered censorship and jail for his art and activism. (His nephew, Q. Allan Brocka, is also a queer filmmaker in LA). See this new restoration of Bona, a tale of showbiz obsession.
Middle class school girl Bona (Nora Aunor) skips class to hang around the sets of bit actor Gardo (Philip Salvador). When her father attempts to beat some sense into her, Bona moves into Gardo’s shack in the slums, delighted to play house–only to find herself not the wife, but the maid.
Interview with the Vampire
Jan 25, 2025 9:45 PM
Vidiots Eagle Theater
A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
Theatrical runs
Now In Theaters
Make space at the multiplex! Here are the queer films at LA cinemas right now...
Emilia Pérez
Jacques Audiard
132
min
Opens
Nov 1
Karla Sofía Gascón became the first Trans actor to win a major prize at Cannes, thanks to this extravagant musical about a Mexican drug lord who hires a lawyer to help stage her death and flee the country, in order to transition and live her true life abroad.
Rita, an underrated lawyer working for a large law firm more interested in getting criminals out of jail than bringing them to justice, is hired by the leader of a criminal organization.
Queer
Luca Guadagnino
137
min
Opens
Nov 27
In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.
Eat the Night
Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel
106
min
Opens
Jan 22
Young drug dealer Pablo and his sister Appoline bond over an online game called Darknoon. Pablo falls for Night, neglecting his sister. While Appoline finishes the game, Pablo and Night become embroiled in a dangerous gang conflict.