Week of May 19
FREE: The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love
May 25, 2:00 PM @ Mazer Lesbian Archives
Touching and poignant, the acclaimed coming-of-age comedy The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls In Love tells the story of two teenagers whose unexpected friendship grows into the joyful wildness of first love.
Tickets from Mazer Lesbian Archive ↗
Mantra
May 19, 8:00 PM @ Whammy Analog Media
Videomaker Ken Camp and star Glen Meadmore in person
First-ever screening of Mantra since its premiere at the EZTV Video Center in 1992.
An L.A. artist who operates a telephone confessional becomes involved with a bizarre serial killer.
Tickets from Hollywood Entertainment ↗
Just Added
FREE: Opponent
2025 UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema
Jun 15, 3:00 PM @ Hammer Museum
This Teddy Award-nominated thriller is about Iman, a Iranian refugee and his family living in Sweden. Iman returns to his hobby of wrestling, despite the fact that he may be inviting the same kind of trouble that made the family flee their home country.
Tickets from UCLA Film & TV Archive ↗
The Getty This Summer
The Getty Museum shifts into Pride mode next month, opening two new Queer exhibitions and a special pride pop-up shop -- on top of extended summer hours.
Queer Lens: A History of Photography (opening Jun 17) showcases Queer life, love and sexuality throughout the history of photography all the way back to the 19th century.
$3 Bill: Evidence of Queer Lives (opening June 10) celebrates the contributions of Queer artists throughout the 20th century to the present day.
Next Week
ASCO: Without Permission
May 28, 7:00 PM @ TCL IMAX Theater
The film tells the story of a revolutionary Chicano art group who turned 1970s Los Angeles into their canvas. Merging activism with radical art-making, ASCO challenged the established order of Hollywood, museums, and media.
Tickets from LA Latino International Film Festival ↗
Linda
May 29, 9:30 PM @ TCL Chinese Theaters
Self-assured, mysterious, and captivating Linda agrees to work at an affluent home in Buenos Aires. Her charm sparks strong sexual attraction among all members of the family, exposing how fragile their externally happy veneer really is.
Tickets from LA Latino International Film Festival ↗
Trans Los Angeles
May 30, 7:00 PM @ Regal LA Live 13
TRANS LOS ANGELES is an anthology of four stand-alone short films and their unifying theme is that they all feature a Trans character in the lead and they all take place in a different part of Los Angeles. These stories are character-driven/slices of life and they demonstrate the rich diversity within the trans community.
Tickets from LA Latino International Film Festival ↗
Rope
May 30, 7:30 PM @ Academy Museum
Is this the original "be gay do crimes" movie? Though heavily censored, this one-take Hitchcock thriller (from out screenwriter Arthur Laurents) is based off the real-life Leopold and Loeb case, where two gay students killed a boy just to see if they could get away with it.
Bona
May 30, 8:00 PM @ Whammy Analog Media
Openly gay director Lino Brocka was one of the Philippines' greatest directors, and suffered censorship and jail for his art and activism. (His nephew, Q. Allan Brocka, is also a queer filmmaker in LA). See this new restoration of Bona, a tale of showbiz obsession.
Tickets from Whammy Analog Media ↗
The Little Mermaid
May 31, 2:00 PM @ New Beverly Cinema
This Disney classic, about a mermaid who dreams of being human, was co-written by out lyricist Howard Ashman. Ashman was openly gay during his career in the Disney Renaissance, and died of complications of AIDS while Beauty and the Beast was still in production.
Tickets from The New Beverly ↗
Papá Melissa
May 31, 5:45 PM @ TCL Chinese Theaters
World Premiere
In the heart of Mexico City, Melissa and Claudia, a married couple for over 20 years and the proud parents of five, navigate Melissa's own version of gender identity. Through laughter, conflict, and unconditional love, they challenge binary thinking and embrace Melissa's paradoxical evolving self — a bold and uncanny celebration of identity, resilience, and the challenges of the path of becoming one's true self.
Tickets from LA Latino International Film Festival ↗
Rains Over Babel
May 31, 6:00 PM @ TCL Chinese Theaters
Today marks the end of Dante's contract with La Flaca, death personified. As Dante starts recalling who he was before he died, he aids Monet, a ghost desperate to return to his body before it decomposes.
