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Rarely seen film Who Killed Teddy Bear? comes to the American Cinematheque for a three-night limited engagement next week with a newly-struck print of the Director's cut.

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.

The dog days of summer are here, and so is Dog Movie! See what we did there? Check out this microbudget Queer comedy on Friday with filmmaker Henry Hanson in person, with a special Q&A moderated by Vera Drew!

Pride season may have passed but this week brings a number of landmark Queer films with filmmakers this week -- including Jenni Olson, Nisha Ganatra, and more!

Chinese director Geng Jun comes to LA for two screenings of his new film Bel Ami. While Geng is an acclaimed filmmaker, who won a Special Jury Prize at Sundance for his film Free and Easy, his new film's focus on Queer lives in a small Chinese city means this film may never screen in his home country. Come support this rare movie!

Gay filmmaker Andrew Ahn (Spa Night, Fire Island) joins a special screening of his latest film The Wedding Banquet, a remake of Ang Lee's 1993 breakout comedy of the same name.

A rarely seen treasure of Queer film history, "Meet... Bradley Harrison Picklesimer" (1988) was shot over three years, and paints a colorful portrait of the Lexington drag queen who owned a bar on Main Street in the 80s. Presented with other short films by director Heather McAdams, who joins in person Bradley Picklesimer himself at the Academy Museum on Thursday.

Pride month wraps up and the dog days of summer are here. The calendar lightens up as we head into the holiday, but don't miss the next great screening from the Black Cat Cinema Series, as well as a few great picks with filmmakers across LA

This week, the Supreme Court issued a major legal setback to the Trans community in US v Skrmetti. Gather with your community and join the free West Coast premiere of Heightened Scrutiny, the documentary about Chase Strangio and the team of ACLU Lawyers who bravely fought this case on behalf of Trans kids in Tennessee against their state's gender-affirming care ban.