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.

Vidiots and The Egyptian have canceled all screenings for this weekend, January 11 & 12. Los Feliz 3 has canceled all guest appearances this weekend but is showing films as scheduled. The UCLA Film and TV Archive is rescheduling all film events for Jan 17-19.

The new year is here, and LA's cinemas (and many of its Queers) are deep in awards season. Luckily, there's still a couple cool Queer film events this month, including local doc Chinatown Punk Wars, Australian horror Wake in Fright, and more.

It's a year-end double edition of our newsletter to wrap up 2024--and yes, there's plenty of Queer movies screening in LA these next two weeks!

Make the Yuletide gay with this amazing bounty of Queer film gifts this week. Clea DuVall joins a screening of lesbian Christmas classic Happiest Season, Elizabeth Purchell presents a special 35mm print of Pumping Iron II: The Women, the NSFW Film Festival fills a steamy night at AKBAR with sexy Queer shorts, and so much more!

The holidays are in full swing, with Jesus - Der Film at the Academy Museum, the Queer Christmas series kicking off at American Cinematheque, and Todd Haynes' Christmas classic Carol and Safe in a double feature at the Egyptian.

New restoration of By Hook or By Crook, and new lesbian holiday romance The Holiday Club. Plus, films from Queer filmmakers Lino Brocka, Sergei Parajanov, Jean Cocteau, Jaques Demy, and so so so much more!

Queer Film LA Meetup at The Handmaiden. Gregg Araki, Todd Haynes, My Own Private Idaho, Naked Lunch, Rocky Horror, the Wizard of Oz, and more!

New docs with Q&As, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, more Gregg Araki, and more!