Week of Mar 18
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of John Waters' Female Trouble this Wednesday at the Egyptian! Then check out the John Waters: Pope of Trash exhibit at the Academy Museum--and Waters himself will be in person to present Pink Flamingos and early short films April 6 & 7.
Female Trouble at the Egyptian >
Pink Flamingos at the Academy Museum >
John Waters Shorts at the Academy Museum >
Also, Friday March 22 kicks off the Academy Museum's series The Sewing Circle: Sapphic Icons of Early Hollywood. Be sure to check out the opening film, Salomé--a silent picture considered the first Queer film by many historians, presented with a live score by Sarah Davachi.
Salomé
with Live Score by Sarah Davachi
Mar 22, 7pm @ Academy Museum
Considered by many scholars to be the first Queer film ever made, Salomé is an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's play, ghostwritten and co-directed by queer actress Alla Nazimova with an allegedly all-Queer cast and crew. See it at the Academy Museum with a live score.
Also this week:
Double Feature: The Bride Wore Red / Christopher Strong
Mar 23, 2pm @ Academy Museum
Dorothy Arzner was a successful Hollywood director when there were few women, and even fewer out lesbians, at the top of the profession. This double feature picks two of Arzner's films--one starring Joan Crawford, the other Katharine Hepburn--for a trailblazing afternoon.
Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects
March 20, 7:30pm @ Hammer Museum
The new book Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects is a project of artist Chris E. Vargas's Museum of Trans Hirstory & Art (MOTHA), a conceptual art project that is "forever under construction." Exploring trans art, activism, artifacts and resistance across more than four centuries.
Play it As it Lays (1972)
March 19 & 20, 7:30pm @ New Beverly
Anthony Perkins co-stars as a depressed gay best friend in this Joan Didion adaptation. Perkins led a fascinating life before his death from AIDS--from Tab Hunter boyfriend, to playing Norman Bates in Pyscho, to Sondheim muse--and this film is one of few gay roles he played.
Just Added:
The People's Joker
April 12 & 13 @7pm, Landmark Nuart
Writer/director/star Vera Drew in person
This parody of a certain caped crusader through the lens of trans creator Vera Drew was quick to disappear after its premiere at TIFF, due to rights issues from an unnamed giant media company. Why so serious?
Tickets from Landmark Theaters >
Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All
April 10 @7:30pm, Vidiots Eagle Theater
An intimate look into the lives of one of the most iconic folk-rock bands in America - the Indigo Girls. With never-before-seen archival and intimate vérité the film dives into the songwriting and storytelling of the music that transformed a generation.
SOLD OUT: I Saw the TV Glow
April 4 @7pm, Vidiots Eagle Theater
Director Jane Schoenbrun in person
Fresh from A24 and Sundance, this new queer horror film is opening night for the brand-new LA Festival of Movies. Set in the 90s, two queer teens share an obsession with a supernatural TV show (cough Buffy cough), living their hardcore queer fandom in the show's fictional universe.
Tickets from LA Festival of Movies >
In Cinemas
Love Lies Bleeding (2024)
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.