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Screenings & Events

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

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Chutney Popcorn

Sun, Aug 10 @ 6:30 pm
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Academy Museum
Filmmaker Misha Ganatra
Reena is a young Indian American lesbian who lives and works in New York. Her sister Sarita, who is happily married, discovers that she is infertile. Reena offers to be a surrogate mother for her sister’s baby, hoping to improve her relationship with their mother, who disapproves of Reena’s sexual orientation. Reena has second thoughts when her girlfriend Lisa feels left out.
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The Birdcage

Summer of Camp

Mon, Aug 11 @ 7:30 pm
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Academy Museum
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancé’s conservative moralistic parents.
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Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

Double Feature with 3 Women

Sat, Aug 16 @ 7:30 pm
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Hammer Museum
This ensemble film about a group of James Dean groupies reuniting for the 20th anniversary of his death, starring cis Karen Black as a trans woman, and co-starring Cher, has recently been reclaimed by Queer film fans.
On the 20th anniversary of his death, the members of a James Dean fanclub gather at a five-and-dime for a reunion.
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Queer Lens on Los Angeles: Artists’ POV

Sun, Aug 17 @ 1:00 pm
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Getty Museum
Artists Anthony Friedkin, Catherine Opie, and Reynaldo Rivera
A panel discussion with three photographers who documented Queer life in Los Angeles from the 1960s through the 1990s.
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Ema

Mon, Aug 18 @ 7:30 pm
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Academy Museum
Check out Ema, the tense tale of a young bisexual dancer trying to get her son back at all costs as her marriage collapses.
Ema is a magnetic and impulsive dancer in a reggaeton troupe. Her toxic marriage to choreographer Gastón is beyond repair, following a decision to give up on their adopted child Polo. She sets out on a mission to get him back, not caring who she’ll need to fight, seduce or destroy to make it happen.
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Moonlight

Sat, Aug 23 @ 7:30 pm
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Academy Museum
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
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Elizabeth Taylor Triple Feature

Secret Ceremony, Boom!, X Y & Zee

Sun, Aug 24 @ 2:30 pm
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Academy Museum
Elizabeth Taylor was a true Hollywood star, an Oscar winning actress, a trailblazing AIDS activist, and a camp film queen. Check out three of her most outrageous roles as part of the Academy Museum's "Summer of Camp" Series.
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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Summer of Camp

Mon, Aug 25 @ 7:30 pm
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Academy Museum
Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez — one of the losers that evening — the charmed Vida and Noxeema agree to take the hopeless youngster under their joined wing. Soon the three set off on a madcap road trip across America and struggle to make it to Los Angeles in time.
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Showgirls

Summer of Camp

Fri, Aug 29 @ 7:30 pm
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Academy Museum
A clumsy depiction of female bisexuality would normally not be enough to make Showgirls count as queer--but the film's cult classic status is sustained in large part by loyal Queer fans. Watch it, then go see documentary "You Don't Nomi" by Jeffrey McHale.
https://letterboxd.com/film/showgirls/
Theatrical runs

Now In Theaters

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

Brokeback Mountain: 20th Anniversary
Opened Jun 20, 2025
Opens Jun 20, 2025

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.

The Queen of My Dreams
Opened Jun 20, 2025
Opens Jun 20, 2025

Pakistani Muslim Mariam and her Canadian-born daughter Azra come of age in two different eras against the backdrop of a shared obsession with Bollywood fantasy.

The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka and the Art of Survival
Opened Jul 17, 2025
Opens Jul 17, 2025

A visually stunning and sweeping feature documentary that traces the life and survival of the renowned bisexual painter through her powerful paintings – from her rise to international stardom in 1920s Paris, to her move to the United States in 1940, fleeing the rise of fascism, and her revival in the current art market. Tamara de Lempicka was the preeminent Art Deco painter, known for her high-gloss sensual nudes and portraits of high society during the Jazz Age. She was marginalized and gained notoriety for her romantic liaisons with her models and her indulgent, decadent lifestyle, but she was so much more.