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Documenting Michelle

Night Two

Sat, Feb 22 @ 7:30 pm
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Hammer Museum
Filmmaker Michelle Parkerson
The UCLA Film and TV archive presents a two-night celebration of New Black Cinema filmmaker, writer, and performance artist Michelle Parkerson. A trailblazing Black lesbian voice, Parkerson has worked in both narrative and documentary film. Free and open to the public.
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Mishima

Sat, Feb 22 @ 7:00 pm
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Egyptian Theatre
40th Anniversary screening.
Yukio Mishima's estate didn't let Paul Schrader do more than hint at the homosexuality of the controversial Japanese writer turned right-winger, but Mishima's writings were deeply interwoven with gay themes and characters.
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.
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Suspiria

Spotlight on Tilda Swinton

Sat, Feb 22 @ 6:15 pm
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Brain Dead Studios
Out director Luca Guadagnino followed Call Me By Your Name with this creepy remake of the 1977 horror classic. Tilda Swinton and Dakota Johnson star in this tale of Cold War witchcraft, dance, and the dark corners of the human heart -- which competed for the Queer Lion at Venice.
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the troupe’s artistic director, an ambitious young dancer and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare, others will finally wake up.
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Y Tu Mamá También

Sat, Feb 22 @ 6:00 pm
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Tía Chucha's Centro Cultural
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.
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Confessions Chin-Chin

Slamdance Film Festival

Sat, Feb 22 @ 11:45 am
Mon, Feb 24 @ 6:00 pm
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Quixote West Hollywood
North America Premiere
Vicente and Lolo, two queer actors in search of better times, meet Sofía, Roberto, and a host of enigmatic characters on a Saturday night at Cazador, a bar in Madrid. Between drinks, jazz, and tobacco, the diners discuss the artistic world, sex, discrimination, non-traditional relationships, harassment, and many other controversial topics including their most intimate and dark secrets.
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Psycho

on 16mm

Fri, Feb 21 @ 10:00 pm
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Art Theater Long Beach
It's probably the OG problematic gender-crossed serial killer movie, but there's more Queer connections to Psycho. Anthony Perkins was boyfriend to Tab Hunter before his star turn in Psycho, and died of AIDS in 1992. The film was also remade in 1998 by gay director Gus Van Sant.
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
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The Big Johnson

Slamdance Film Festival

Fri, Feb 21 @ 9:45 pm
Sun, Feb 23 @ 4:00 pm
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Quixote West Hollywood
World Premiere Screening
Dean Johnson, drag queen, rock star, LGBTQI activist, junkie, genius, escort then John Doe. How does someone so famous in New York die as an unknown in DC? This documentary explores the incredible highs and the crushing lows of Dean Johnson’s life and untimely death. Was it murder? Was it an accident? We may never know, but what is certain is that Dean and “the Big Johnson” changed New York City and all who knew him forever.
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Multiple Maniacs

Fri, Feb 21 @ 9:45 pm
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Vidiots Eagle Theater
The Cavalcade of Perversion, a traveling freak show, acts as a front for Divine, who is out for blood after discovering her lover’s affair.
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Documenting Michelle

Night One

Fri, Feb 21 @ 7:30 pm
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Hammer Museum
Filmmaker Michelle Parkerson
The UCLA Film and TV archive presents a two-night celebration of New Black Cinema filmmaker, writer, and performance artist Michelle Parkerson. A trailblazing Black lesbian voice, Parkerson has worked in both narrative and documentary film. Free and open to the public.
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Rope

on Nitrate

Fri, Feb 21 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Feb 23 @ 8:00 pm
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Egyptian Theatre
Is this the original "be gay do crimes" movie? Though heavily censored, this one-take Hitchcock thriller (from out screenwriter Arthur Laurents) is based off the real-life Leopold and Loeb case, where two gay students killed a boy just to see if they could get away with it.
Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.
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LARRY (they/them)

Slamdance Film Festival

Fri, Feb 21 @ 5:00 pm
Tue, Feb 25 @ 2:45 pm
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Quixote West Hollywood
A young non-binary trans photographer, Laurence Philomène asserts themselves as one of the most original and inspiring voices of their generation and an icon of the LGBTQ+ community. Revealing both Laurence’s intimate world and creative process, “LARRY (they/them)” paints a luminous and committed portrait of the complex and often misunderstood multiplicity of trans and non-binary identities and experiences.
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Tongues Untied

Tue, Feb 18 @ 7:30 pm
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Vidiots Eagle Theater
Marlon Riggs, with assistance from other gay Black men, especially poet Essex Hemphill, celebrates Black men loving Black men as a revolutionary act. The film intercuts footage of Hemphill reciting his poetry, Riggs telling the story of his growing up, scenes of men in social intercourse and dance, and various comic riffs, including a visit to the “Institute of Snap!thology,” where men take lessons in how to snap their fingers: the sling snap, the point snap, the diva snap.
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The Matrix

Sat, Feb 15 @ 7:30 pm
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Academy Museum
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.
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Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps

LA Premiere

Sat, Feb 15 @ 7:00 pm
Sun, Feb 16 @ 7:00 pm
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Whammy Analog Media
Director Louise Weard, Vera Drew
Part i of Castration Movie follows a trans woman named Michaela "Traps" Sinclair, a sex worker in Vancouver who splits her time between seeing clients and hanging out with her group of trans friends. As the weight of the world piles up on her she decides to pursue her dream of settling down and having a child until her fantasy shatters around her.
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Jennifer's Body

Fri, Feb 14 @ 9:45 pm
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Brain Dead Studios
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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I Am Love

Spotlight on Tilda Swinton

Fri, Feb 14 @ 7:00 pm
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Brain Dead Studios
This international breakout for gay director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Queer), about a wealthy woman's affair with a younger chef, was produced and co-written by Tilda Swinton.
Emma has left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son’s friend, makes her senses kindle.
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The Young Girls of Rochefort

Fri, Feb 14 @ 2:00 pm
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Academy Museum
Though married to Agnes Varda for most of this life, French New Wave icon Jacques Demy was bisexual and died of AIDS-related complications in 1990. He is best known for his sunny musicals of the 1960s, where his voice shines through with romantic optimism.
Delphine and Solange are two sisters living in Rochefort. Delphine is a dancing teacher and Solange composes and teaches the piano. Maxence is a poetand a painter. He is doing his military service. Simon owns a music shop, he left Paris one month ago to come back where he fell in love 10 years ago. They are looking for love, looking for each other, without being aware that their ideal partner is very close…
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I Saw the TV Glow

Wed, Feb 12 @ 7:20 pm
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LOOK Dine-In Glendale
In the 90s, two queer teens share an obsession with a supernatural TV show (*cough* Buffy *cough*). As time goes on, the lines begin to blur between their fandom and reality.
Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.
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Ed Wood

Tue, Feb 11 @ 7:00 pm
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University of Southern California
Tim Burton's biopic of legendary "worst director of all time" 1950s B-movie king (and lifelong crossdresser) Ed Wood turns 30! Make it a double feature with "Glen or Glenda." Wood's 1953 first movie about gender-crossing characters.
The mostly true story of the legendary “worst director of all time”, who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.
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Bones and All

Sun, Feb 09 @ 4:25 pm
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Alamo Drafthouse DTLA
Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.
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Daddy Dearest & Juice

Double Feature

Sat, Feb 08 @ 7:30 pm
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Whammy Analog Media
New 2k restorations of these gay adult films from the 1980s. 18+ Only, ID required.
New York director Edward Thompson is making his latest “all male! all action!” triple-X feature, but there’s another movie running in his head – a film of fantasies about an ex-lover, his current cast, and the two young men across the courtyard.
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Cry-Baby

Fri, Feb 07 @ 2:00 pm
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New Beverly Cinema
A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her society grandmother’s wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.
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The Doom Generation

Thu, Feb 06 @ 7:30 pm
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Egyptian Theatre
Filmmaker Gregg Araki & actor James Duval
Q&A with filmmaker Gregg Araki & actor James Duval on Thursday, February 6 following the 7:30 PM show, moderated by K.J. Relth Miller, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures' Director of Film Programs
Gregg Araki followed 1992's angry The Living End with the Teen Apocalypse "trilogy"--three Gen X slacker films that feature angsty and sexually fluid teens, winking French New Wave references, hallucinations of the end times, killer soundtracks, and dreamy lead man James Duval.
Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embarks on a sex- and violence-filled journey through a United States of psychos and quickie marts.
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Mulholland Drive

Wed, Feb 05 @ 7:30 pm
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Vidiots Eagle Theater
In David Lynch's maniacal, notorious thriller, amnesia-suffering Rita, who barely escapes murder on winding, hilly Mulholland Drive, makes her way down to Hollywood, where she sneaks into the apartment of bright-eyed aspiring actress Betty.
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman’s identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
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Macumba Sexual

Tue, Feb 04 @ 1:00 pm
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University of Southern California
Trans actress Ajita Wilson plays the goddess of lust, who appears in visions to torment a sexually repressed wife in this 1983 cult classic from exploitation filmmaker Jess Franco.
Princess Obongo, the Goddess of Unspeakable Lust, uses dark powers to ensnare a hapless couple of yuppies, so that she can imbue them with evil and conquer the world.
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Mon, Feb 03 @ 7:30 pm
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Vidiots Eagle Theater
Though married to Agnes Varda for most of this life, French New Wave icon Jacques Demy was bisexual and died of AIDS-related complications in 1990. He is best known for his sunny musicals of the 1960s, where his voice shines through with romantic optimism.
This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother’s chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy’s return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.
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Blue

Spotlight on Tilda Swinton

Sun, Feb 02 @ 8:00 pm
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Brain Dead Studios
Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the colour blue.
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The Matrix

Sat, Feb 01 @ 7:30 pm
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New Beverly Cinema
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.
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World on a Wire

Sat, Feb 01 @ 6:00 pm
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Academy Museum
Gay New German Cinema filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbender made 40 films before his untimely death at 38. His works range from domestic dramas to social commentary to historical epics, and pulp thriller World on a Wire was the only science fiction film he directed.
Cybernetics engineer Fred Stiller uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy involving a virtual reality computer project.
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Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

Mon, Jan 27 @ 7:00 pm
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Laemmle Royal
Writer-director Bruce David Klein
Rich with archival gems and Liza Minnelli’s own point of view, Bruce David Klein’s luminous documentary celebrates a young entertainer full of boundless raw talent and the deep, creative relationships with her mentors and influences.
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Sun, Jan 26 @ 7:30 pm
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LOOK Dine-In Glendale
This smoldering erotic drama from French auteur Céline Sciamma follows the desire that develops between a wealthy young woman and the painter who is charged to accompany her and paint her wedding portrait.
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
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A Room with a View

Sun, Jan 26 @ 4:00 pm
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Vidiots Eagle Theater
A landmark film from gay power-couple James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, based on the classic novel by gay author E. M. Forster, this lush period piece stars young Helena Bonham Carter as a young woman torn between two suitors in 1900s Italy and England.
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy’s life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?
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Interview with the Vampire

Sat, Jan 25 @ 9:45 pm
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Vidiots Eagle Theater
A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
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Bona

Sat, Jan 25 @ 4:30 pm
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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.
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Deep Red

Fri, Jan 24 @ 11:55 pm
Sat, Jan 25 @ 11:55 pm
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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.
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Neptune Frost

with The Last Angel of History

Thu, Jan 23 @ 7:30 pm
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Academy Museum
Part of The Academy Museum's "Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures Through Cinema" series.
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.
Theatrical runs

PREVIOUSLY In Theaters

They're gone from theaters but you can probably find them streaming.

Eat the Night
Opened Jan 22, 2025
Opens Jan 22, 2025

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.

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Opened Dec 13, 2024
Opens Dec 13, 2024

NEW RESTORATION! Though married to Agnes Varda for most of this life, French New Wave icon Jacques Demy was bisexual and died of AIDS-related complications in 1990. He is best known for his sunny musicals of the 1960s, where his voice shines through with romantic optimism.

This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother’s chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy’s return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.

Sabbath Queen
Opened Dec 05, 2024
Opens Dec 05, 2024

Sabbath Queen is a remarkable 20 year journey in the life of Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, a 39th generation Orthodox rabbi — and drag queen.

Playland
Opened Dec 02, 2024
Opens Dec 02, 2024

The Playland Café, Boston’s oldest gay bar, was established in 1937 and was a vital queer hub in the city until 1998, when rampant ‘urban renewal’ projects led to its closure. Demolished but never forgotten, it acted as a meeting ground for an exceptionally diverse crowd — throughout its lifespan, it featured acts from drag performances to DJ sets and was connected to Pride rallies and underground gay newspapers. As a gathering place for outsiders, it was also a target for police raids and zoning. Artist-filmmaker Georden West’s debut feature is an expressionist and very queer bricolage, focusing on an atemporal night in the renowned Playland Café. Following its employees and others who have haunted the space, weaving together a tapestry of personal and community anecdotes across the bar’s existence.

Queer
Opened Nov 27, 2024
Opens Nov 27, 2024

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.

Chasing Chasing Amy
Opened Nov 20, 2024
Opens Nov 20, 2024

CHASING CHASING AMY explores the transformational impact of a ‘90s rom-com on a 12 year old kid from Kansas, coming of age and contending with queer identity. For young Sav Rodgers, the Kevin Smith cult classic, CHASING AMY, became a life raft. As Rodgers examines the film and its making as a cornerstone of LGBTQ+ cinema, he finds himself at a complicated crossroads.

Elton John: Never Too Late
Opened Nov 15, 2024
Opens Nov 15, 2024

Sir Elton John looks back on his life and the astonishing early days of his 50-year career in this emotionally charged, full-circle journey. As he prepares for his final concert in North America at Dodger Stadium, Elton takes us back in time and recounts his struggles with adversity, abuse, and addiction, and how he overcame them to become the icon he is today.

The World According to Allee Willis
Opened Nov 15, 2024
Opens Nov 15, 2024

Fresh from the audience award at Frameline, this documentary follows the career of queer songwriter Allee Willis, who isn't a household name but wrote September, Boogie Wonderland, and the Friends theme song---and threw some of the best parties of the 1980s.

Take one look at award-winning songwriter / artist Allee Willis and you see someone unafraid to be themselves. Dressed in a cacophony of prints and colors, her signature asymmetrical haircut and famed parties at her real-life Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Allee didn’t waste any opportunity to tell you what she was about. But privately, Allee struggled with not fitting established gender and sexual norms. She buried herself in her work, until true love manifested her ultimate masterpiece - self-acceptance.

Emilia Pérez
Opened Nov 01, 2024
Opens Nov 01, 2024

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.

Luther: Never Too Much
Opened Oct 30, 2024
Opens Oct 30, 2024

This documentary about R&B talent Luther Vandross, which premiered at Sundance this year, explores Vandross' triumphs and struggles, and the media's fascination, with his weight and sexuality.

Luther Vandross started his career supporting David Bowie, Roberta Flack, Bette Midler, and more. His undeniable talent earned platinum records and accolades, but he struggled to break out beyond the R&B charts. Intensely driven, he overcame personal and professional challenges to secure his place amongst the greatest vocalists in history.

High Tide
Opened Oct 25, 2024
Opens Oct 25, 2024

Lourenço decides to leave his homophobic family and country behind to get lost in the queer mecca of Provincetown, until the intense and unexpected romance with Maurice, who also feels lost in today’s America, changes his life forever.

All Shall Be Well
Opened Sep 27, 2024
Opens Sep 27, 2024

When her partner Pat unexpectedly dies, Angie is left to worry about the flat in which the couple lived together for over 30 years. Supported by her chosen family, Angie begins a later-life journey into emancipation.

Unfightable
Opened Sep 20, 2024
Opens Sep 20, 2024

Alana McLaughlin is a transgender woman beginning her career in the mixed martial arts. She’ll have to contend with athletes who refuse to fight her, find a gym willing to train her, and win a battle against her own personal demons.

Alana McLaughlin is a transgender woman beginning her career in the mixed martial arts. She’ll have to contend with athletes who refuse to fight her, find a gym willing to train her, and win a battle against her own personal demons.

Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field
Opened Sep 20, 2024
Opens Sep 20, 2024

Enter the colorful world of Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated Patricia Field, the costume designer behind Sex and the City, Emily in Paris, Ugly Betty, and The Devil Wears Prada. A queer, first-generation Greek-American, this fiery redhead defied the odds to become a fashion icon. Features interviews with Kim Cattrall, Lily Collins, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael Urie, and more.

In The Summers
Opened Sep 20, 2024
Opens Sep 20, 2024

On a journey that spans the formative years of their lives, two sisters navigate their loving but volatile father during their yearly summer visits to his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Will and Harper
Opened Sep 13, 2024
Opens Sep 13, 2024

When Will Ferrell finds out his close friend of 30 years is coming out as a trans woman, the two decide to embark on a cross-country road trip to process this new stage of their relationship in an intimate portrait of friendship, transition, and America.

When Will Ferrell finds out his close friend of 30 years is coming out as a trans woman, the two decide to embark on a cross-country road trip to process this new stage of their relationship in an intimate portrait of friendship, transition, and America.

Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln
Opened Sep 06, 2024
Opens Sep 06, 2024

Lover Of Men examines the intimate life of America’s most consequential president, Abraham Lincoln. As told by preeminent Lincoln scholars and never before seen photographs and letters, the film details Lincoln’s romantic relationships with men.

Close to You
Opened Aug 16, 2024
Opens Aug 16, 2024

Academy Award Nominee Elliot Page (Juno, The Umbrella Academy, Inception) stars as a trans man who returns to his hometown for the first time in years. On his journey, he confronts his relationship with his family, reunites with a first love, and discovers a newfound confidence in himself. A Toronto International Film Festival premiere.

Sebastian
Opened Aug 09, 2024
Opens Aug 09, 2024

Max, a 25-year-old aspiring writer living in London, begins a double life as a sex worker in order to research his debut novel.

Max, a 25-year-old aspiring writer living in London, begins a double life as a sex worker in order to research his debut novel.

Cukoo
Opened Aug 09, 2024
Opens Aug 09, 2024

This horror film stars trans actress and Euphoria star Hunter Schafer as a teen girl who moves with her family to German, only to find that their town hides sinister secrets.

After reluctantly moving to the German Alps with her father and his new family, Gretchen discovers that their new town hides sinister secrets, as she’s plagued by strange noises and frightening visions of a woman pursuing her.

National Anthem
Opened Jul 19, 2024
Opens Jul 19, 2024

Dylan, a 21-year old construction worker in rural New Mexico, joins a community of queer ranchers and rodeo performers in search of their own version of the American dream.

Dylan, a 21-year old construction worker in rural New Mexico, joins a community of queer ranchers and rodeo performers in search of their own version of the American dream.

Sisi & I
Opened Jul 19, 2024
Opens Jul 19, 2024

After an elaborate application process, Empress Elisabeth of Austria hires Countess Irma as her new lady-in-waiting and takes her to her summer residence on Corfu. As the two women become closer there, this soon leads to tensions back in Vienna.

After an elaborate application process, Empress Elisabeth of Austria hires Countess Irma as her new lady-in-waiting and takes her to her summer residence on Corfu. As the two women become closer there, this soon leads to tensions back in Vienna.

Crossing
Opened Jul 19, 2024
Opens Jul 19, 2024

Lia, a retired school teacher living in Georgia, hears from a young neighbour Achi that her long lost niece Tekla, a transgender woman, has crossed the border into Turkey.

Lia, a retired school teacher living in Georgia, hears from a young neighbour Achi that her long lost niece Tekla, a transgender woman, has crossed the border into Turkey. Hoping to bring Tekla home after a period of estrangement, Lia travels to Istanbul with the unpredictable Achi to find her. Exploring the hidden depths of the city, they cross paths with a transgender lawyer called Evrim, who helps them in their search.

Chestnut
Opened Jun 21, 2024
Opens Jun 21, 2024

A recent graduate becomes entangled in a relationship with a man and a woman during the summer after college.

A recent graduate becomes entangled in a relationship with a man and a woman during the summer after college.

Queendom
Opened Jun 14, 2024
Opens Jun 14, 2024

An awe-inspiring portrait of queer performance artist Gena Marvin, a Russian fashion student whose otherworldy gender-defying costumes take up public space in acts of shockingly brave protest in contemporary Russia.

A queer Russian performance artist utilises social media, their identity and a series of remarkable costumes in quiet defiance of prejudice, war and police brutality.

Solo
Opened May 31, 2024
Opens May 31, 2024

This romantic drama, a celebration of Montreal's lively drag scene, won best Canadian Feature Film at TIFF last year, and now comes to LA for a theatrical run.

Emerging Montreal drag queen Simon must deal with two impossible loves: a passionate, yet destructive affair with Oliver and a cold relationship with his mother, who’s just returned after fifteen years.

Summer Qamp
Opened May 10, 2024
Opens May 10, 2024

At Camp fYrefly in rural Alberta, queer, non-binary, and trans teens get to just be kids in a supportive space, surrounded by counselors who can relate to their experience ― and help them toast the perfect marshmallow.

At Camp fYrefly in rural Alberta, queer, non-binary, and trans teens get to just be kids in a supportive space, surrounded by counsellors who can relate to their experience ― and help them toast the perfect marshmallow.

I Saw the TV Glow
Opened May 03, 2024
Opens May 03, 2024

Fresh from Sundance, this new queer horror film is opening night for the brand-new LA Festival of Movies. Set in the 90s, two queer teens share an obsession with a supernatural TV show (*cough* Buffy *cough*), living their hardcore queer fandom in the show's fictional universe.

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.

Egoist
Opened Apr 26, 2024
Opens Apr 26, 2024

This sad and steamy Japanese gay romance, based on author Makoto Takayama's autobigraphical novel, finally makes its arrival in theaters after a successful festival run.

After losing his mother at the age of 14, Kōsuke spent his depressed adolescence hiding his gay identity in a rural town. Now working as a fashion magazine editor, he spends his free time with his close friends. One day, he meets Ryūta, a personal trainer who works in part to support his aging mother.

Mysterious Ways
Opened Apr 17, 2024
Opens Apr 17, 2024

A new film from New Zealand, follows the scandal in a small community when the local priest marries a man.

Choosing between the love of a good man and the love of God is a tough call especially for vicar Peter Simmons. His tranquil life is rudely interrupted when he rashly proposes marriage to Jason his Samoan boyfriend, in church. As the news breaks globally of their forbidden sexual relationship, Peter’s place in the church is threatened and his belief in God is challenged to breaking point. The only thing that can save Peter is a miracle.

The People's Joker
Opened Apr 12, 2024
Opens Apr 12, 2024

This parody of a certain caped crusader through the lens of trans creator Vera Drew was quick to disappear after its premiere at TIFF, due to rights issues from an unnamed giant media company. Why so serious?

A law-breaking comedian who is grappling with her gender identity forms a new anti-comedy troupe with a friend and finds herself battling a fascistic caped crusader.

Housekeeping for Beginners
Opened Apr 05, 2024
Opens Apr 05, 2024

Director Goran Stolevski is on a hot streak. "Of An Age" was warmly received in theaters in 2022. Then he went on to win the Queer Lion at Venice in 2023 with this new heartwarming comedy about a blended queer family, set in his homeland of North Macedonia.

Dita never wanted to be a mother, but circumstances force her to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters, tiny troublemaker Mia and rebellious teen Vanesa. A battle of wills ensues as the three continue to butt heads and become an unlikely family that must fight to stay together.

Femme
Opened Mar 28, 2024
Opens Mar 28, 2024

This erotic revenge thriller from the 2023 Berlinale is not for the sensitive--as it follows a drag artist who is victim of a homophobic attack, and then sets out to seduce his closeted attacker after spotting him at a gay sauna.

Jules is a drag artist in London who withdraws into himself and loses his career after a horrific attack. Months later, he recognizes one of his assailants in a gay sauna and quickly realizes he has the perfect opportunity to get revenge.

Luca (re-release)
Opened Mar 22, 2024
Opens Mar 22, 2024

Pixar's sea monster story blew up the Internet when it came out, with a debate over whether the movie is Disney's first gay film. While the plot never veers from the platonic, hopeful queers (and outraged conservatives) saw something deeper in the film's "be yourself" message.

Luca and his best friend Alberto experience an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.

Glitter and Doom
Opened Mar 08, 2024
Opens Mar 08, 2024

It's a boy-meets-boy musical extravaganza, and all the songs are by lesbian folk icons The Indigo Girls. It's a bold pairing, if not an obvious one. Does it work? Buy a ticket and judge for yourself!

https://letterboxd.com/film/glitter-doom/

Love Lies Bleeding
Opened Mar 08, 2024
Opens Mar 08, 2024

Fresh from its premiere at Sundance, this bloody lesbian bodybuilding revenge thriller romance (say that three times fast) stars Kristin Stewart as Lou, a lonely gym manager. Her attraction to bodybuilder Jackie pulls her into her family's criminal schemes with violent results.

Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.

Before I Change My Mind
Opened Mar 01, 2024
Opens Mar 01, 2024

This 80s-set Canadian coming of age story about a non-binary tween won hearts at Locarno and the Iris Prize.

1987: While the other students wonder if new kid Robin is a boy or a girl, Robin forges a complicated bond with the school bully, making increasingly dangerous choices to fit in.

Problemista
Opened Feb 29, 2024
Opens Feb 29, 2024

Queer comedian Julio Torres directs and stars with Tilda Swinton in this wild science fiction romp through New York City and the US Immigration system in this latest release from A24.

An aspiring toy designer’s work visa runs out, and a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.

Skin Deep
Opened Feb 09, 2024
Opens Feb 09, 2024

Winner of the 2022 Queer Lion at Venice, this twisted German gender-bending body-swapping horror finally gets a US release. One week only at Laemmale NoHo!

At first glance, Leyla and Tristan are a happy couple. When they travel to a mysterious island, a game of identities begins that changes everything – their perception, their sexuality, their entire selves. But not only their relationship threatens to break up. They may even never be who they used to be again …

You Can't Stay Here
Opened Feb 08, 2024
Opens Feb 08, 2024

A very special one-weekend engagement at the Laemmle for this early 1990's serial killer thriller. Guillermo Diaz (Scandal, Weeds) stars as a photographer who comes across a murder in Central Park, kicking off a game of cat and mouse with the killer.

Rick, a photographer, witnesses the brutal murder of a gay man in Central Park. With the cops taking little interest in the crime, a dangerous and sexy game of cat and mouse ensues between Rick and the killer, Adam.

She is Conann
Opened Feb 02, 2024
Opens Feb 02, 2024

Fresh from the Director's fortnight at Cannes, She is Conann is an epic queer feminist re-telling of the story of Conan the Barbarian. Across multiple lives and traveling across time, this dreamy lesbian barbarian queen hacks her way into her own version of the legend.

Traveling through the abyss, underworld dog Rainer recounts the six lives of Conann, perpetually put to death by her own future, across eras, myths and ages. From her childhood, a slave of Sanja and her barbarian horde, to her accession to the summits of cruelty at the doors of our world.

Pet Shop Boys Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live
Opened Jan 31, 2024
Opens Jan 31, 2024

Did you love the soundtrack from "All of Us Strangers?" Are you sad there's not a queer 80s British synth-pop counterpart to the Eras Tour movie to go see? Check out this concert film from queer icons The Pet Shop Boys as they play some of their greatest hits from their career.

Formed in London in 1981 and consisting of primary vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe, English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys have sold more than 50 million records worldwide, and have been cited as one of the most successful duos in UK music history. Captured live at Copenhagen’s Royal Arena, the exhilarating performance features a lavish stage show, full back-up band and mesmerizing visual backdrops, in front of an exuberant, sold-out audience. This brand-new concert film includes all of PSB's greatest hits including 'West End Girls', 'Suburbia', 'Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)', 'Always on My Mind', 'What Have I Done to Deserve This?' and 'It’s a Sin'.

All of Us Strangers
Opened Dec 22, 2023
Opens Dec 22, 2023

Andrew Haigh, the writer/director behind Weekend and HBO's Looking, makes another aching gay romance. Out actor Andrew Scott (Sherlock, Fleabag) stars as Adam, a writer who visits the ghosts of his parents (Jamie Bell and Claire Foy) while romancing his neighbor (Paul Mescal).

One night, screenwriter Adam, in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, has a chance encounter with his mysterious neighbor Harry that punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As Adam and Harry get closer, Adam is pulled back to his childhood home where he discovers that his long-dead parents are both living and look the same age as the day they died over 30 years ago.

1946: The Mistranslation that Shifted Culture
Opened Dec 01, 2023
Opens Dec 01, 2023

Seeking to uncover the origins of the rabid homophobia of the conservative church, a gay seminary scholar and a straight activist make a shocking discovery: In 1946 an erroneous translation of the term homosexual in the Bible that has been weaponized against the LGBTQIA+ community ever since.

Monster
Opened Dec 01, 2023
Opens Dec 01, 2023

When you know that this film won the Queer Palm at Cannes 2023, it's a small spoiler--and finding it on a queer film site does the same, sorry! Even knowing something queer is coming, this tense social drama from Japanese master Hirokazu Kore-eda is among his best.

When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to know what's going on. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher and child, the truth gradually emerges.