Week of Aug 18
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Queer Film LA Meetups return, this week coming to the screening of Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell at the Philosophical Research Society on Thursday. Check out the story of this Queer music pioneer and meet other Queer film fans! Meetup at 6:30 before the movie.
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
Aug 21, 7:30 PM @ Philosophical Research Society
Before his untimely death from AIDS in 1992, Arthur Russell prolifically created music that spanned both pop and the transcendent possibilities of abstract art. Now, over fifteen years since his passing, Arthur's work is finally finding its audience. Wolf incorporates rare archival footage and commentary from Arthur's family, friends, and closest collaborators—including Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg—to tell this poignant and important story.
This Week
The Conformist
Aug 21, 7:30 PM @ Vidiots Eagle Theater
Bertolucci's towering, relevant masterpiece follows a repressed man who joins the Italian fascist party and agrees to assassinate his mentor, all in the hopes of finding his way to belong in society.
Ema
Aug 18, 7:30 PM @ Academy Museum
Check out Ema, the tense tale of a young bisexual dancer trying to get her son back at all costs as her marriage collapses.
All About Eve
Aug 20, 3:30 PM @ Vidiots Eagle Theater
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing.
Polyester
Aug 20, 8:00 PM @ Brain Dead Studios
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart – until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow.
Tickets from Brain Dead Studios
Desperate Living
Aug 22, 9:55 PM @ Vidiots Eagle Theater
After killing her husband, Peggy Gravel and her murderous maid Grizelda wind up in the crazy town of Mortville, where Queen Carlotta presides over a sleazy collection of misfits.
Moonlight
Aug 23, 7:30 PM @ Academy Museum
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
Elizabeth Taylor Triple Feature
Aug 24, 2:30 PM @ Academy Museum
Secret Ceremony, Boom!, X Y & Zee
Elizabeth Taylor was a true Hollywood star, an Oscar winning actress, a trailblazing AIDS activist, and a camp film queen. Check out three of her most outrageous roles as part of the Academy Museum's "Summer of Camp" Series.
Next Week
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Aug 25, 7:30 PM @ Academy Museum
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.
SOLD OUT: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Aug 26, 7:30 PM @ Academy Museum
50th Anniversary! Tim Curry, Lou Adler, and Sins O’ The Flesh in person
If you love Queer cinema, you probably watched this movie a lot in high school. Rocky Horror needs no intro--but when do you get a chance to see it on the big screen ? No word on whether this screening will be encouraging callbacks or auctioning virgins before the show.
Bottoms
Aug 27, 10:00 PM @ Los Feliz 3
PJ and Josie start a fight club as a way to lose their virginities to cheerleaders. The fight club gains traction and soon the most popular girls in school are beating each other up in the name of self-defense. But the pair find themselves in over their heads and in need of a way out before their plan is exposed.
Tickets from American Cinematheque
Showgirls
Aug 29, 7:30 PM @ Academy Museum
A clumsy depiction of female bisexuality would normally not be enough to make Showgirls count as queer--but the film's cult classic status is sustained in large part by loyal Queer fans. Watch it, then go see documentary You Don't Nomi by Jeffrey McHale.
Taxi zum Klo
Aug 29, 10:15 PM @ Vidiots Eagle Theater
Ripploh's brutally honest portrayal of a gay schoolteacher and the contrasts between his public and private lives was startling for its time (Ripploh has admitted that much of the film was autobiographical).
FREE: The Watermelon Woman
Aug 31, 4:00 PM @ Getty Museum
Cheryl, a young black lesbian, works a day job in a video store while trying to make a film about a black actress from the 1930s known for playing the stereotypical “mammy” roles relegated to black actresses during that period. This was the first feature film directed by an “out” black lesbian.
In Cinemas
Honey Don't! (Opens Aug 22)
Ethan Coen returns to direct the sequel to the lesbian noir comedy Drive-Away Dolls, once again starring Margaret Qualley and written by his Queer wife Tricia Cooke. How does that work? Check out this interview with the happy collaborators!
