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October arrives this week, and LA's cinemas fill up with new and classic horror films as we lead up to the Queer high holiday of Halloween. This is always a fun and stressful time at QFLA, because it's hard to pick what horror films belong on our list, cause if we are honest the whole genre is Queer coded. Bodily transformation, forbidden desires, societal menace... so many horror tropes resonate with Queer audiences. So we'll aim to pick films this year that have out creators, Queer characters, or are otherwise significant. Otherwise we'll be here all month posting about every vampire film ever.

This Friday, September 26, marks the 50th anniversary of the premiere screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and all over LA, audiences will be doing the time warp again! The cult classic cross-dressing human-animating goth musical comedy, complete with live shadow casts and callbacks, makes several appearances across LA--as does new documentary Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror.

It's a lively September for Queer Film in LA, with newcomer festival CinePride brining a weekend full of new Queer flicks, on top of Out at Black Cat, and sold-out screenings of Saving Face and Mysterious Skin with filmmakers in attendance!

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

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!