Week of Jan 15
Featured this week: The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
Jan 17, 7:30pm - Vidiots/The Eagle Theater
This lesbain romantic drama, set in Petra's lavish home with an all-female cast, is one of the greatest achievements by out filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbender--who made 40 films before his death at 38.
Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. Petra falls in love with Karin and invites her to move in.
Also This Week:
Rustin (2023)
Jan 15, 7pm - The Egyptian
A special MLK Day screening of Rustin, with a pre-recorded introduction from Barack Obama. Come see out star Colman Domingo's SAG Award-nominated performance as Bayard Rustin, the architect of the 1963 March on Washington.
All About My Mother (1999)
Jan 17, 2:10pm - Alamo Drafthouse
This compassionate, sprawling melodrama follows Manuela after the death of her 17 year-old son Esteban. She sets out in search of Esteban's father, now a trans woman named Lola, who is sick with AIDS. It's the kind of film only Almodóvar can make, lurid and lovely and memorable.
Funny Girl (1968)
Jan 21, 6:30pm - The New Beverly
If all the backbiting Broadway gossip about the stage revival has you asking what's so special about Funny Girl, come see Barbra Streisand in her Oscar-winning turn as Fanny Bryce (the namesake of Fanny's restaurant at the Academy Museum) in the 1968 Willam Wyler film.
Tickets from the New Beverly >
In Cinemas:
Opens Feb 2: 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.
All of Us Strangers
AOUS continues its strong theatrical run, don't miss it as it joins more screens!
Other Highlights:
The Watermelon Woman
Jan 26, 8:30pm - Videotheque
Screening as part of Videotheque's "Video Store Days" series featuring 1990s video stores -- Cheryl Dunye's milestone 1996 film The Watermelon Woman is a must-see, a fresh, witty film that has gone from being debated in Congress to part of the Criterion collection.
Brokeback Mountain
Jan 28, 7:30pm - Academy Museum
The Academy Museum hosts a retrospective screening of 2005 Oscar smash Brokeback Mountain. Brokeback won Oscars for Screenplay, Directing, and Score--in addition to its nominations for Best Picture, Cinematorgraphy, and cast Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Michelle Williams.
Tickets from the Academy Museum >
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.