Week of Jul 8
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The Academy Museum wraps up their Full of Pleasure: The Beginnings of New Queer Cinema retrospective this week with Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho (Jul 8, 7:30pm) and Todd Haynes' Poison (Jul 11, 7:30pm). Out power-producer Christine Vachon joins for a special pre-screening conversation at the Poison screening!
Also, Vera Drew joins in person for The People's Joker, on 35mm for the first time Jul 11 & 12 at The New Beverly.
Finally, the cast and crew of Jawbreaker present a special 25th anniversary screening at the Academy Museum, Jul 12 at 7:30pm.
This Week
My Own Private Idaho
Jul 8, 7:30 pm @ Academy Museum
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Henry IV,” Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike’s estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.
Dog Day Afternoon
Jul 9, 7:00 pm @ Los Feliz 3
A true Story! Young Al Pacino plays John Wojtowicz, who tries to rob a bank in order to pay for his lover's sex-change operation. The real Wojtowicz was an active gay liberationist, and tells his own story in the 2013 documentary "The Dog."
Tickets from American Cinematheque >
Poison
Jul 11, 7:30 pm @ Academy Museum
A boy shoots his father and flies out the window. A man falls in love with a fellow inmate in prison. A doctor accidentally ingests his experimental sex serum, wreaking havoc on the community.
The People's Joker
Jul 11 & 12, 7:30 pm @ New Beverly Cinema
A law-breaking comedian who is grappling with her gender identity forms a new anti-comedy troupe with a friend and finds herself battling a fascistic caped crusader.
Tickets from The New Beverly >
Jawbreaker
Jul 12, 7:30 pm @ Academy Museum
Join the cast and crew of Jawbreaker for a 25th Anniversary screening of the cult classic from out director (and LA native) Darren Stein. Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, and Julie Benz star as a trio of popular high schoolers who accidentally murder their best friend.
Next Week:
Queer Rhapsody Begins! The latest addition to LA's Queer cinema scene presents its inaugural year with 15 new screenings across multiple venues.