Week of Aug 12
This week's highlights include a special FREE screening of the first episode of Fellow Travelers, followed by a Q&A with Oscar-nominated gay screenwriter Ron Nyswaner and a screening of Philadelphia. American Cinematheque continues its tribute to Tsai Ming-Liang with Days and an encore of Goodbye, Dragon Inn--and kick off a tribute to queer icon Alan Cumming, too!
Filmmaker/artist/poet Navid Sinaki reads from his debut novel Medusa of the Roses at Skylight books, Alonso Duralde presents 1943 romance No Time For Love from gay/bi director Mitchell Leisen, and Rebel Without A Cause screens at Vidiots.
This Week:
Medusa of the Roses
Aug 14, 7:00 pm @ Skylight Books
Join us for sex, vengeance, and betrayal in modern day Tehran--Navid Sinaki's bold and cinematic debut is a queer literary noir following Anjir, a morbid romantic and petty thief whose boyfriend disappears just as they're planning to leave their hometown for good.
Fellow Travelers // Philadelphia
Aug 14, 7:30 pm @ Aero Theater
Watch the first episode of Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer's gay miniseries Fellow Travelers on the big screen, with a Q&A with out screenwriter Ron Nyswaner. Double feature with 1991 AIDS drama Philadelphia, which won Tom Hanks an Oscar and earned Nyswaner a nomination.
Tickets from American Cinematheque >
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Aug 14, 10:00 pm @ Los Feliz 3
On a dark and rainy night, a historic and regal Taipei cinema sees its final film: 1967 martial arts feature “Dragon Inn”. As the film plays, the lives of the theater’s various employees and patrons intersect, and two ghostly actors arrive to mourn the passing of an era.
Tickets from American Cinematheque >
Days
Aug 16, 7:00 pm @ Los Feliz 3
Kang lives alone in a big house, Non in a small apartment in town. They meet, and then part, their days flowing on as before.
Tickets from American Cinematheque >
No Time For Love
Aug 18, 1:00 pm @ Los Feliz 3
Join author/podcaster/movie critic Alonso Duralde for a book signing before this screening. No Time For Love is a Golden Age romance from gay/bi director Mitchell Leisen, whose camera adores shirtless Fred MacMurray as much as the film's photographer heroine.
Tickets from American Cinematheque >
Rebel Without a Cause
Aug 18, 7:00 pm @ Eagle Theater
"It is of course vita that there be no inference of a questionable or homosexual relationship between Plato and Jim” wrote the MPPC censors, scolding this film from bisexual director Nicholas Ray with bi star James Dean and the "first gay teen on screen" played by out Sal Mineo.
Now In Theaters:
Sebastian
Fresh from its premiere at Sundance this year comes sophomore feature from Mikko Mäkelä, Sebastian. 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.