Week of Feb 19
Special Guests: Jamie Babbit, River Gallo, Trevor Anderson
We just added a bunch of new Queer screenings for the month of March, including special appearances from some amazing filmmakers. Grab tickets now for very special Q&As for these new and iconic films:
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
Mar 2, 7pm - Eagle Theater
Special Q&A with director Jamie Babbit
RUN don't walk to this special screening. Icon Jamie Babbit presents her hilarious 1999 lesbian rom-com satire But I'm a Cheerleader. For anyone who has ever worried that all lesbian films are too serious, Babbit signle-handedly proves that queer women can be funny as hell.
Ponyboi (2024)
Mar 6, 7:30pm - Film Independent Theater
Special Q&A with writer/star River Gallo and director Esteban Arango
See writer/star River Gallo and director Esteban Arango at this MEMBERS ONLY free screening of this year's Sundance hit about an intersex sex worker, based on River Gallo's 2019 short film. Beverages included.
Tickets from Film Independent >
Before I Change My Mind (2022)
Mar 1, 7pm - Eagle Theater
Special Q&A with writer/director Trevor Anderson
This 80s-set Canadian coming of age story about a non-binary tween won hearts at Locarno and the Iris Prize. See it at the Ealge theater in a special screening with Writer/Director Trevor Anderson in person!
This week:
Sold Out: Bottoms
Feb 20, 7pm - Los Feliz 3
Special Q&A with director Emma Seligman, Star Havana Rose Liu, and more cast & crew
PJ and Josie start a fight club as a way to lose their virginities to cheerleaders. The fight club gains traction and soon the most popular girls in school are beating each other up in the name of self-defense. But the pair find themselves in over their heads and in need of a way out before their plan is exposed.
More info from American Cinematheque >
Now Streaming: Bottoms
If you can't snag tickets to the special event from American Cinematheque, Bottoms is also now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Second Screening Added: Blonde Death
Feb 21, 7:15 & 8pm - Alamo DTLA
This outrageous 80s time capsule, shot on video for $2000 by pulp author and "the world's angriest gay man" James Robert Baker, Blonde Death is a John Waters-inspired true punk film about a teenage girl on a crime spree with her two bisexual best friends.
Tickets from Alamo Drafthouse >
Coming Soon to Cinemas:
Love Lies Bleeding (Opens March 8)
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.
Femme (Opens March 28)
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.
Upcoming Highlights:
Cabaret
Feb 26 & 27, 7pm - Vista Theater
Bob Fosse's film adaptation of the Broadway show, which went on to win 8 Academy Awards, comes to the Vista's festival of Technicolor prints. Showtunes, Liza Minelli, the rise of the Nazis, and forward (for 70's Hollywood) depiction of bisexuality make Cabaret a classic.
Tickets from the Vista Theater >
Nimona
Mar 12, 6pm - Alamo DTLA
Based on the graphic novel, Nimona was deep in development at Fox when Disney acquired the studio in 2019. Delayed multiple times before being axed, rumor has it that Disney execs were uncomfortable with the film's queer themes. Netflix saved it, and Nimona is now Oscar-nominated
Tickets from Alamo Drafthouse >