Week of Jan 20
As the lights come back on LA's cinemas and we gather together once more in community, if you are able, please consider making a donation to the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund, the Motion Pictures and Television Fund, or the California Fire Foundation to aid those most affected by the devastating wildfires.
Neptune Frost
Jan 23, 7:30 PM @ Academy Museum
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.
8 Women
Jan 23, 7:30 PM @ Egyptian Theatre
This musical murder mystery farce from gay auteur Francois Ozon sees eight women trapped in a house, and all of them are suspects! As the night goes on, their conflicts descend into madness, comedy, and of course lesbianism in turn.
SOLD OUT: Dog Day Afternoon
Jan 22, 7:30 PM @ Aero Theater
Star Al Pacino in person
The Sidney Lumet classic is based on a true story, down to the fact that John Wojtowicz planned the bank robbery to pay for his lover's sex-change operation. Don't miss the 2013 documentary The Dog that tells the full story of Wojtowicz's life.
Tickets from American Cinematheque >
Y Tu Mamá También
Jan 22, 7:00 PM @ Los Feliz 3
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.
Tickets from American Cinematheque >
Deep Red
Jan 24, 11:55 PM @ 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.
Bona
Jan 25, 4:30 PM @ 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.
Tickets from Alamo Drafthouse >
A Room with a View
Jan 26, 4:00 PM @ Vidiots Eagle Theater
A landmark (but not gay) 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.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Jan 26, 7:30 PM @ 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.
Next Week
World on a Wire
Feb 01, 6:00 PM @ 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.
In Theaters
Eat The Night (opens Jan 22)
Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel
Hot from the Director's fortnight at Cannes, this story of video-game obsessed teenagers and queer criminals in love was an official selection for the Queer Palm.