Week of Sep 1
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Festival season kicks off this week, with QFilms Long Beach's 32nd year bringing Queer film to Long Beach. Additionally, Queer Film LA continues our in-person events with a special day at the Getty on September 14. Join us at:
FREE: Queer Film LA Getty Meet Up
Sep 14, 2:30pm @ Getty Center
Meet us in the Getty garden after Drag Story Time with Pickle for a special guided tour of the Getty's landmark LGBT exhibitions Queer Lens and $3 Bill. Both exhibitions must close September 28, so don't miss this chance to see both up close with other Queer film fans! Getty admission is free; parking is $25 or take Metro bus 761.
QFilms Long Beach
Long Beach's longest-running film festival is the annual Queer festival, put on by the LGBTQ Center Long Beach and hosted at the Art Theater. This year's edition runs September 4-7, and includes a great lineup of special guests, short films, and local connections -- including the World Premiere of Encuerados, a documentary about seven Latino men in the Los Angeles leather scene, and Row of Life, following athlete Angela Madsen's solo ocean row from LA to Hawaii.
CinePride Film Festival
The latest addition to LA's festival scene is Queer fest CinePride, running September 11-14 at Landmark Sunset, bringing five short film blocks, five documentaries, and four narrative features to LA screens. Highlights include the World Premiere of Queer horror Shadows of Willow Cabin and the return of Sundance Hit The Big Johnson.
This Week
FREE: Twinless
Sep 03, 7:30 PM @ Vidiots Eagle Theater
Writer/director/actor James Sweeney, actors Dylan O’Brien and Aisling Franciosi in person
Roman returns to his hometown for the funeral of his identical twin, Rocky. Rocky was extroverted, intelligent, gay, and adored by many – Roman’s exact opposite. Untethered from his other half, Roman finds support in the form of a twin bereavement group. It’s here that he sparks an instant connection with Dennis, who reminds him of his late brother. A friendship for the ages, the chemistry between Dennis and Roman has an almost too familial quality to it.
Who Killed Teddy Bear?
Sep 02, 7:00 PM; Sep 06, 10:00 PM & Sep 07, 7:00 PM @ Los Feliz 3
L.A. Premiere of Newly-Struck 35mm Print of Director’s Cut!
Bi actor Sal Mineo, fallen from stardom in Rebel Without a Cause to tabloid rumors in the 60s, took on the lead role in this exploitation film steeped in tawdry themes of porn addition, incest, and lesbianism.
Tickets from American Cinematheque
Heightened Scrutiny
Multiple Showtimes Sep 3 - 7 @ Vidiots Eagle Theater
From director Sam Feder and the team that brought you DISCLOSURE comes this critically timed snapshot of the state of transgender rights and justice in America. ACLU attorney Chase Strangio takes on not only the Supreme Court but also the court of public opinion, as news coverage shapes the national conversation on this flashpoint topic for our times.
Ed Wood
Sep 04, 4:00 PM @ Egyptian Theatre
Tim Burton's biopic of legendary "worst director of all time" 1950s B-movie king (and lifelong crossdresser) Ed Wood turns 30! Make it a double feature with "Glen or Glenda." Wood's 1953 first movie about gender-crossing characters.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
Sep 05, 9:15 PM @ Alamo Drafthouse DTLA
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).
Giant
Sep 06, 2:30 PM @ Vidiots Eagle Theater
The last film James Dean made before his untimely death, this lavish Technicolor epic is packed with queer icons. Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor and Sal Mineo co-star in this frontier saga following a generation of cattle ranchers and oilmen in Texas.
Next Week
Out
Sep 08, 7:00 PM @ LOOK Dine-In Glendale
Director Dennis Alink in person
Tom and Ajani are outsiders in their small conservative village in The Netherlands. Together, they dream of freedom and a new life as film students in Amsterdam, where their relationship no longer has to be a secret.
FREE: The History of Sound
Advance Screening Sep 08, 7:30 PM @ NHM Commons Theater
Director Oliver Hermanus in person
Oliver Hermanus (Beauty) directs Paul Mescal (All of Us Strangers) and Josh O'Connor (God's Own Country) in this gay romance. Two young music students, Lionel and David, attending the Boston Conservatory in 1917, bond over their shared love of folk music. They reconnect a few years later, embarking on a song collecting trip in the backwaters of Maine.
American Theater
Sep 10, 7:00 PM @ Los Feliz 3
Filmmaker Dylan Frederick in person
A "canceled" gay theater director summons a troupe of conservatives to an abandoned cabin in rural Georgia to plot revenge on the Atlanta theater community with a musical retelling of the 1692 Salem witch trials.
Tickets from American Cinematheque
A Room With a View
Sep 13, 4:00 PM @ Eastwood Performing Arts Center
A landmark (but not gay) 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.
The Matrix
Sep 13, 9:15 PM @ Brain Dead Studios
When The Matrix came out in 1999, nobody thought it was a queer movie--but directors Lily and Lana Wachowski have come out as trans (and made the wildly queer series Sense8). Watching the Matrix today shines a new light on its epic battles for liberation and authenticity.
Tickets from Brain Dead Studios
