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To celebrate the release of Maria, the third in his accidental "Great Women" Trilogy, The Egyptian looks back at the career of Pablo Larraín. Check out Ema, the tense tale of a young bisexual dancer trying to get her son back at all costs as her marriage collapses.

Ema is a magnetic and impulsive dancer in a reggaeton troupe. Her toxic marriage to choreographer Gastón is beyond repair, following a decision to give up on their adopted child Polo. She sets out on a mission to get him back, not caring who she’ll need to fight, seduce or destroy to make it happen.

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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Jan 12, 2025 7:00 PM

Vidiots Eagle Theater

Jacques Demy

1964

min

NEW RESTORATION! Though married to Agnes Varda for most of this life, French New Wave icon Jacques Demy was bisexual and died of AIDS-related complications in 1990. He is best known for his sunny musicals of the 1960s, where his voice shines through with romantic optimism.

This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother’s chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy’s return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.

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Chinatown Punk Wars

Queer Diaspora

Jan 15, 2025 7:00 PM

Philosophical Research Society

Director Steve Kochones

Steve Kochones

2023

min

Gregorio Davila's Queer Diaspora series continues with this local documentary, about the 1970's punk scene in LA. Shunned by Hollywood venues, punk acts moved to Chinatown, where two rival punk bars developed into an inclusive underground scene welcoming of all sexualities.

In the late 1970s, two Chinese restaurants became the unlikely epicenter of L.A.’s burgeoning punk scene. The emerging music form featured fast-paced songs and hard-edged melodies with anti-capitalist messaging. As told through interviews with John Doe (X), Alice Bag (The Bags), Keith Morris (Circle Jerks, Black Flag, OFF!), and Martin Wong (Save Music in Chinatown).

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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Jan 19, 2025 12:00 PM

Alamo Drafthouse

Beeban Kidron

1995

109

min

Long in the shadow of a similarly long-titled Australian movie about a drag act stuck in a small town in the 90s, this Spielberg-produced comedy was groundbreaking for Hollywood at the time.

Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez — one of the losers that evening — the charmed Vida and Noxeema agree to take the hopeless youngster under their joined wing. Soon the three set off on a madcap road trip across America and struggle to make it to Los Angeles in time.

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Y Tu Mamá También

Jan 22, 2025 7:00 PM

Los Feliz 3

Alfonso Cuarón

2001

106

min

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.

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8 Women

Jan 23, 2025 7:30 PM

Egyptian Theatre

François Ozon

2002

111

min

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.

Eight women gather to celebrate Christmas in a snowbound cottage, only to find the family patriarch dead with a knife in his back. Trapped in the house, every woman becomes a suspect, each having her own motive and secret.

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Neptune Frost

with The Last Angel of History

Jan 23, 2025 7:30 PM

Academy Museum

Anisia Uzeyman & Saul Williams

2021

110

min

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.

In the hilltops of Burundi, a group of escaped coltan miners form an anti-colonialist computer hacker collective. From their camp in an otherworldly e-waste dump, they attempt a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region’s natural resources – and its people. When an intersex runaway and an escaped coltan miner find each other through cosmic forces, their connection sparks glitches within the greater divine circuitry.

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A Room with a View

Jan 26, 2025 4:00 PM

Vidiots Eagle Theater

James Ivory

1986

117

min

A landmark 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.

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy’s life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?

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World on a Wire

Feb 1, 2025 6:00 PM

Academy Museum

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

1973

204

min

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.

Cybernetics engineer Fred Stiller uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy involving a virtual reality computer project.

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Luther: Never Too Much

Dawn Porter

101

min

Opens

Oct 30

This documentary about R&B talent Luther Vandross, which premiered at Sundance this year, explores Vandross' triumphs and struggles, and the media's fascination, with his weight and sexuality.

Luther Vandross started his career supporting David Bowie, Roberta Flack, Bette Midler, and more. His undeniable talent earned platinum records and accolades, but he struggled to break out beyond the R&B charts. Intensely driven, he overcame personal and professional challenges to secure his place amongst the greatest vocalists in history.

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Emilia Pérez

Jacques Audiard

132

min

Opens

Nov 1

Karla Sofía Gascón became the first Trans actor to win a major prize at Cannes, thanks to this extravagant musical about a Mexican drug lord who hires a lawyer to help stage her death and flee the country, in order to transition and live her true life abroad.

Rita, an underrated lawyer working for a large law firm more interested in getting criminals out of jail than bringing them to justice, is hired by the leader of a criminal organization.

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Queer

Luca Guadagnino

137

min

Opens

Nov 27

In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.

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