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Festivals, Special Guests, Retrospectives and more "one night only" queer cinema screenings.

Tongues Untied
Vidiots Eagle Theater
Marlon Riggs, with assistance from other gay Black men, especially poet Essex Hemphill, celebrates Black men loving Black men as a revolutionary act. The film intercuts footage of Hemphill reciting his poetry, Riggs telling the story of his growing up, scenes of men in social intercourse and dance, and various comic riffs, including a visit to the “Institute of Snap!thology,” where men take lessons in how to snap their fingers: the sling snap, the point snap, the diva snap.

LARRY (they/them)
Slamdance Film Festival
Quixote West Hollywood
A young non-binary trans photographer, Laurence Philomène asserts themselves as one of the most original and inspiring voices of their generation and an icon of the LGBTQ+ community. Revealing both Laurence’s intimate world and creative process, “LARRY (they/them)” paints a luminous and committed portrait of the complex and often misunderstood multiplicity of trans and non-binary identities and experiences.

Rope
on Nitrate
Egyptian Theatre
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.
Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.

Documenting Michelle
Night One
Hammer Museum
Filmmaker Michelle Parkerson
The UCLA Film and TV archive presents a two-night celebration of New Black Cinema filmmaker, writer, and performance artist Michelle Parkerson. A trailblazing Black lesbian voice, Parkerson has worked in both narrative and documentary film. Free and open to the public.

Multiple Maniacs
Vidiots Eagle Theater
The Cavalcade of Perversion, a traveling freak show, acts as a front for Divine, who is out for blood after discovering her lover’s affair.

The Big Johnson
Slamdance Film Festival
Quixote West Hollywood
World Premiere Screening
Dean Johnson, drag queen, rock star, LGBTQI activist, junkie, genius, escort then John Doe. How does someone so famous in New York die as an unknown in DC? This documentary explores the incredible highs and the crushing lows of Dean Johnson’s life and untimely death. Was it murder? Was it an accident? We may never know, but what is certain is that Dean and “the Big Johnson” changed New York City and all who knew him forever.

Psycho
on 16mm
Art Theater Long Beach
It's probably the OG problematic gender-crossed serial killer movie, but there's more Queer connections to Psycho. Anthony Perkins was boyfriend to Tab Hunter before his star turn in Psycho, and died of AIDS in 1992. The film was also remade in 1998 by gay director Gus Van Sant.
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

Confessions Chin-Chin
Slamdance Film Festival
Quixote West Hollywood
North America Premiere
Vicente and Lolo, two queer actors in search of better times, meet Sofía, Roberto, and a host of enigmatic characters on a Saturday night at Cazador, a bar in Madrid. Between drinks, jazz, and tobacco, the diners discuss the artistic world, sex, discrimination, non-traditional relationships, harassment, and many other controversial topics including their most intimate and dark secrets.

Y Tu Mamá También
Tía Chucha's Centro Cultural
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
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Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
Rich with archival gems and Liza Minnelli’s own point of view, Bruce David Klein’s luminous documentary celebrates a young entertainer full of boundless raw talent and the deep, creative relationships with her mentors and influences.

Born for You
Alba has Down’s Syndrome and was left in the hospital when she was born. Thirty families rejected her before the court decided to entrust her to Luca: a Catholic — and gay — single man.