Week of Oct 7
It's a super queer week up in Eagle Rock, as Vidiots' Eagle Theater hosts a week of amazing Queer films with special guests!
Javier Fuentes León presents a special 15th anniversary screening of Undertow, with a Queer Film LA Meetup before the screening. Will & Harper screens with star Harper Steele and director Josh Greenbaum. And lesbian pop duo Tegan and Sara will join a Q&A following a special preview screening of Fanatical: The Catfishing Of Tegan and Sara.
Undertow (Contracorriente)
Oct 10, 7:00 pm @ Vidiots Eagle Theater
Queer Film LA Meetup @ 6:00pm
Writer/director Javier Fuentes-León in person
This romantic, soulful ghost story set in a Peruvian seaside village won the Sundance Audience Award in 2010 before a wildly successful festival run. Director Javier Fuentes-León joins in person for a special 15th anniversary screening in honor of National Coming Out Day.
Will & Harper
Oct 9, 7:30 pm @ Vidiots Eagle Theater
Harper Steele and director Josh Greenbaum in person
KCRW, Vidiots, and Netflix invite you to a special screening of Will & Harper followed by a conversation with Harper Steele and director Josh Greenbaum.
Fanatical: The Catfishing Of Tegan and Sara
Oct 11, 7:30 pm @ Vidiots Eagle Theater
Tegan and Sara in person
Tegan Quin (from Tegan and Sara) has been the victim of identity theft and an ongoing catfishing scam for over 15 years. While investigating, she shares for the first time, how she was ensnared in toxic fan culture that revealed the dark side of fame.
Also This Week
Fresh Kill
Oct 13, 8:00 pm @ Brain Dead Studios
Director Shu Lea Cheang in person
Mezzanine + Dirty Looks presents the Los Angeles premiere of a brand-new 35mm print for the 30th anniversary of Shu Lea Cheang’s one-of-a-kind queer cyberpunk eco-thriller, featuring an in-person Q&A with the director herself.
Tickets from Brain Dead Studios >
UNIDAD: Gay & Lesbian Latinos Unidos
Oct 11, 8:00 pm @ Los Angeles LGBT Center
Circa: Queer Histories Festival 2024
Director Gregory Davila in person
Winner of a 2024 Los Angeles Press Club Award, UNIDAD: Gay & Lesbian Latinos Unidos is a feature-length documentary, directed by Gregorio Davila, that tells the story of the country’s first Queer Latine organization, formed in Los Angeles in 1981 to highlight Queer Latine issues.
More Screenings from Circa: Queer Histories Festival >
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Oct 10, 7:00 pm @ Los Feliz 3
American Cinematheque's Ed Wood, Jr. Centennial Retrospective begins with preview of the upcoming PBS SoCal show, LOCATIONLAND, featuring an episode devoted to PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE filming locations. Screening on Ed Wood Jr's birthday, with an introduction by comedian Bobcat Goldthwait and author Harry Medved.
Tickets from American Cinematheque >
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge
Oct 12, 9:55 pm @ Vidiots Eagle Theater
The Village Voice called it "the gayest horror film ever," with closeted gay actor Mark Patton playing the traditional "scream queen" main character--and shower scenes, fetish clubs, and and all the gay subtext you can want (but that the filmmakers deny to this day).
AFI Fest
The American Film Institute's annual festival returns this month, Oct 23 - 27 at the Chinese Theater. Queer picks include:
- Music icon Peaches documentary Teaches of Peaches, Oct 27
- Vietnamese erotic coal miner drama Viet and Nam, Oct 26
- Argentinian musical prison documentary REAS, Oct 27
- Italian-American family drama Christmas Eve in Miller's Point, Oct 25
- Franco-German teen romance Langue Étrangère, Oct 24
- French feminist horror-comedy The Balconettes, Oct 25
Next Week
The Sticky Fingers of Time
Oct 18, 7:30 pm @ Hammer Museum
Restoration World Premiere
Director Hilary Brougher in person
The world premiere of the restoration of this 90s cyberpunk bisexual time travel noir, with director Hilary Brougher in person. Tickets are free, no advance reservations, get there early to line up -- the box office opens at 6:30.
Tickets from UCLA Film & TV Archive >
Neptune Frost
Oct 19, 7:30 pm @ Hammer Museum
Directors Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman in person
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.