The Queer film lover&#x27;s guide to Los Angeles.

Tickets from Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles

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Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles

Thu, May 08 @ 9:30 pm

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Landmark Sunset

Rohan Kanawade

2025

112 min

A thirty-year-old city-dweller compelled to spend ten-day mourning of his father in the rugged countryside of Western India tenderly bonds with a local farmer struggling to stay unmarried. As the mourning ends, forcing his return, he must decide the fate of his relationship born under duress.

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All About My Mother

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Fri, May 09 @ 7:30 pm

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Philosophical Research Society

Pedro Almodóvar

1999

101 min

This compassionate, sprawling melodrama follows Manuela after the death of her 17 year-old son Esteban. She sets out in search of Esteban's father, now a trans woman named Lola, who is sick with AIDS. It's the kind of film only Almod�var can make, lurid and lovely and memorable.

Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.

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Pooja, Sir

Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles

Sat, May 10 @ 3:00 pm

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Landmark Sunset

Deepak Rauniyar

2024

118 min

When two boys are kidnapped in a border town in Nepal, Detective Inspector Pooja is sent from Kathmandu to solve the case. But when she arrives, the brewing political unrest and violent protests throw her off course, and she is forced to seek help from Mamata, a local Madhesi policewoman. By putting aside systemic discrimination and pushing through everyday misogyny, the women solve the case - but at what personal cost?

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Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Sun, May 11 @ 5:30 pm

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Brain Dead Studios

Russ Meyer

1970

109 min

An all-female rock group finds fame, love, and drama when they move to LA in order to claim the lead singer’s inheritance.

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Tickets from UCLA Film & TV Archive

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Cabaret

We Don’t Need This Fascist Groove Thing

Sun, May 11 @ 7:00 pm

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Hammer Museum

Bob Fosse

1972

124 min

Bob Fosse's film adaptation of the Broadway show went on to win 8 Academy Awards. Showtunes, Liza Minelli, the rise of the Nazis, and forward (for 70's Hollywood) depiction of bisexuality make Cabaret a classic.

Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.

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Tickets from The New Beverly

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Orlando

Double Feature with Female Perversions

Tue, May 13 @ 7:30 pm

Wed, May 14 @ 7:30 pm

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New Beverly Cinema

Sally Potter

1992

90 min

Adapted from Virginia Woolfe's novel, this film follows Tilda Swinton as Orlando, an young nobleman who lives for centuries, and awakes one day to find himself transformed into a woman. Watch it, then check out last year's Teddy documentary winner Orlando: My Political Biography.

England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.

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Dog Day Afternoon

Sat, May 17 @ 11:30 am

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Alamo Drafthouse DTLA

Sidney Lumet

1975

125 min

A true Story! Young Al Pacino plays John Wojtowicz, who tries to rob a bank in order to pay for his lover's sex-change operation. The real Wojtowicz was an active gay liberationist, and tells his own story in the 2013 documentary "The Dog."

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturale. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny’s motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.

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Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

Sun, May 18 @ 4:00 pm

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Vidiots Eagle Theater

Richard Brooks

1958

108 min

An amazing example of how the studios self-censored under the Hays code, Tennessee Williams' play about a closeted football star was adapted into a movie that talks in circles, but still won Oscars. Williams told fans "This movie will set the industry back 50 years. Go home!"

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

Theatrical runs

Now In Theaters

Prefer your movies with popcorn and trailers? Here some the queer films at LA cinemas right now...

Misericordia

Opened Mar 21, 2025

Opens Mar 21, 2025

Alain Guiraudie

102 min

Jérémie returns to his hometown for the funeral of his former boss, the village baker. He decides to stay for a few days with Martine, the man’s widow. A mysterious disappearance, a threatening neighbor and a priest with strange intentions make Jérémie’s short stay in the village take an unexpected turn.

A Nice Indian Boy

Opened Apr 04, 2025

Opens Apr 04, 2025

Roshan Sethi

96 min

When Naveen brings his fiancé Jay home to meet his traditional Indian family, they must contend with accepting his white-orphan-artist boyfriend and helping them plan the Indian wedding of their dreams.

The Wedding Banquet

Opened Apr 18, 2025

Opens Apr 18, 2025

Andrew Ahn

102 min

Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee's expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min's grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.

On Swift Horses

Opened Apr 25, 2025

Opens Apr 25, 2025

Daniel Minahan

119 min

In the 1950s, a seemingly sensible newlywed and her wayward brother-in-law undertake parallel journeys of risk, romance, and self-discovery.

Escape to Life

Opened Apr 26, 2025

Opens Apr 26, 2025

Andrea Weiss & Wieland Speck

81 min

This documentary contains dramatized episodes about the lives of Erika and Klaus Mann, the brilliant children of German writer Thomas Mann.

Brokeback Mountain: 20th Anniversary

Opened Jun 08, 2025

Opens Jun 08, 2025

Ang Lee

134 min

Rodeo cowboy Jack and ranch hand Ennis are hired as sheepherders in 1963 Wyoming. One night on Brokeback Mountain, they spark a physical relationship. Though Ennis marries his longtime sweetheart and Jack marries a fellow rodeo rider, they keep up their tortured, sporadic love affair for 20 years.