Week of Feb 5
Oscar Month: Nyad, Rustin, Nimona
The Oscar nominations have been announced, and while the voting is open, Oscar contenders will be taking up every screen they can in LA to campaign. So find what Queer films you can and look forward to our usual variety after the awards are handed out on March 10.
This year marked a few historic nominations, including Jodie Foster (Nyad) and Colman Domingo (Rustin) marking the first time two out Queer actors were nominated for playing Queer characters. The queer-themed Nimona is also nominated for Best Animated Feature (all three films were produced by Netflix).
Catch Nyad or Rustin at the Egyptian Theater, and stream Nimona on Netflix.
This week:
Opens Feb 8: You Can't Stay Here (2023)
Feb 8 - 10 - Laemmle Glendale
Feb 8, 7pm - Special Q&A with Todd Verow and Guillermo Diaz
This 1990s cruising serial-killer thriller from kicks off a special weekend LA engagement with a very special Q&A with the director, star, and other cast members. You Can't Stay Here follows this special screening with a limited special engagement, with additional screenings introduced by the filmmakers.
Celebrate Los Angeles LGBT History
Feb 9, 7pm - Philosophical Research Society
Programmer Gregorio Davila presents a program of rarely-seen LGBT films from the 1960's & 70's from local Los Angeles filmmakers Matt Spero, Pat Rocco and Richard Jay Silverthorn! See a slice of the city's queer (and cinematic) history in this historic library.
Opens Feb 9: Skin Deep (2022)
Feb 9 -15, 8:30pm - Laemmle North Hollywood
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!
In Cinemas:
She is Conann
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.
Upcoming Highlights:
Welcome to the West Coast Underground
Feb 17, 7:30pm - Academy Museum
The Academy Museum expands their "Outside the Mainstream" exhibit with this all 16mm screening of bold voices in 1960s and 1970s underground cinema on the West Coast. Included in tonight's program are films by queer trailblazers Barbara Hammer, Curt McDowell, and more.
Tickets from the Academy Museum >
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 >