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Screenings & Events

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

UPCOMING Events
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4:00 pm

My Own Private Idaho

  
  
Los Feliz 3
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Henry IV,” Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike’s estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.
Jul
 
6
July
6
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July
6
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7:30 pm

Paris is Burning

  
  
Academy Museum
This iconic documentary, filmed over seven years at the beginning of the AIDS crisis in New York City's ballroom scene, captures the end of a "Golden Age" drag scene--and introduced a whole lot of Queer vocabulary to mainstream audiences.
Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City’s African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, PARIS IS BURNING offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion “houses,” from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women — including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza — PARIS IS BURNING brings it, celebrating the joy of movement, the force of eloquence, and the draw of community.
Jul
 
5
July
5
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7
July
5
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8:45 pm

Rope

  
  
New Beverly Cinema
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.
Jul
 
3
July
3
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3
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7:30 pm

The Talented Mr. Ripley

  
  
Academy Museum
If Saltburn left you feeling a need for more homoerotic social-climbing thrillers, check out the unavoidable comparison--based on the novel by lesbian icon Patricia Highsmith (whose other novels became Carol, Strangers on a Train, and more).
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
Jun
 
30
June
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June
30
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10:00 pm

The Hunger

  
  
Egyptian Theatre
Aren't all vampire movies gay? Maybe today, but The Hunger was something new when it came out, an erotic bi/lesbian vampire thriller (co-starting bi icon David Bowie) was steaming up the screen long before the 90s queer vampire craze.
Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life, but John, her companion for centuries, suddenly discovers that he is getting old minute by minute, so he looks for Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging, and asks her for help.
Jun
 
30
June
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June
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7:30 pm

My Own Private Idaho

  
  
Aero Theater
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Henry IV,” Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike’s estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.
Jun
 
29
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June
29
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11:59 pm

Kaboom

  
  
New Beverly Cinema
Gregg Araki's fucked-up teenagers go to college, bringing his signature mix of sexual fluidity, apocalyptic dread, slacker humor and cinematic deep cut homages to a new cast and a new location on a Southern California college campus.
Smith, a typical young college student who likes partying and engaging in acts of random sex and debauchery, has been having some interesting dreams revolving around two gorgeous women – and is shocked when he meets the dream girls in real life. Lorelei looks just like his fantasy brunette, while a mysterious red-haired girl being chased by assassins draws him into an international conspiracy. Or is it all just a drug-induced hallucination?
Jun
 
29
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June
29
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7:30 pm

The Birdcage

  
  
Aero Theater
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.
Jun
 
29
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29
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3:25 pm

Go Fish

  
  
Alamo Drafthouse
This fresh new restoration of 1994 lesbian classic Go Fish was a collaboration between the Academy, Sundance, Frameline, MGM, and UCLA. It screened at Sundance this year, right where the film premiered 30 years ago.
Max is a trendy, pretty, young lesbian, who is having trouble finding love. A friend sets her up with Ely, whom Max likes, but Ely is frumpy, homely, and older. Nor do they have much in common. Can Max learn to look past the packaging?
Jun
 
29
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29
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29
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2:00 pm

Edward II

  
  
Academy Museum
England, 14th century. King Edward II falls in love with Piers Gaveston, a young man of humble origins, whom he honors with favors and titles of nobility. The cold and jealous Queen Isabella conspires with the evil Mortimer to get rid of Gaveston, overthrow her husband and take power…
Jun
 
29
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29
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1:00 pm

Hollywood Pride

  
Film critic and author Alonso Duralde
  
Academy Museum
Film critic and author Alonso Duralde will be discussing his book Hollywood Pride, which explores the stories and lives of the LGBTQ+ community both in front of and behind the camera. After the conversation there will be a book signing of Hollywood Pride.
Jun
 
29
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29
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1:00 pm

American Fabulous

  
Livestream Q&A with director Reno Dakota
  
2220 Arts + Archives
If you think Pride Month screenings are too many tried-and-true favorites, catch this not-streaming-anywhere offbeat 1991 experimental documentary. Filmed spontaneously, director Reno Dakota captures the stories of his friend Jeffrey Strough driving around in a 1957 Cadillac.
Jeffrey Strouth spontaneously recounts the true adventures of his wild and creative life, weaving an often lurid tale filled with hilarious characters, run-ins with the law, and his unapologetic provocations of society in general.
Jun
 
29
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29
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12:25 pm

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

  
  
Alamo Drafthouse
The Australian drag road trip classic turns 30!
Two drag queens and a transgender woman contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a town in the remote Australian desert. As they head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla, the three friends come to the forefront of a comedy of errors, encountering a number of strange characters, as well as incidents of homophobia, whilst widening comfort zones and finding new horizons.
Jun
 
28
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28
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8:00 pm

Super 8½

  
Bruce LaBruce
  
2220 Arts + Archives
Join Dirty Looks and the original Queer film enfant terrible Bruce LaBruce for a two-night celebration of the restoration of LaBruce's first two transgressive super 8 movies.
A down-on-his-luck adult film star sees a chance to make a comeback via a lesbian documentary film-maker, but she is exploiting him to get financial backing for her pet project.
Jun
 
28
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28
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7:00 pm

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

  
  
Eagle Theater
Long in the shadow of a similarly long-titled Australian movie about a drag act stuck in a small town in the 90s, this Spielberg-produced comedy was groundbreaking for Hollywood at the time.
Three New York drag queens on their way to Hollywood for a beauty pageant get stranded in a small Midwestern town for the entire weekend when their car breaks down. While waiting for parts for their Cadillac convertible, the flamboyant trio shows the local homophobic rednecks that appearing different doesn’t mean they don’t have humanity in common.
Jun
 
28
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28
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6:30 pm

Tangerine

with The Florida Project

  
  
New Beverly Cinema
A new queer Christmas classic, Tangerine follows trans workers Sin-Dee and Alexandra on a holiday odyssey across Los Angeles. Shot on a micro budget on three iPhones, Tangerine is a triumph of scrappy indie can-do--that led to Gotham and Spirit awards for co-star Mya Taylor.
It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.
Jun
 
27
June
27
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June
27
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8:00 pm

No Skin Off My Ass

  
Bruce LaBruce
  
2220 Arts + Archives
Join Dirty Looks and the original Queer film enfant terrible Bruce LaBruce for a two-night celebration of the restoration of LaBruce's first two transgressive super 8 movies.
A lonely hairdresser watches the title sequence of “That Cold Day in the Park” then visits a local park to invite a down-and-out skinhead to his apartment. He draws the silent man a bath and talks to him as he soaks. He locks his guest in a bedroom. Next day, the skinhead leaves through the window and visits his sister, who’s making a film called “Sisters of the SLA.” He helps with a screen-test. The hairdresser has dreams and fantasies involving the skinhead, the skinhead returns to visit him, and then the filmmaker pays a call on the two men, exposing her brother as faking his silence and pretending a lack of sexual interest. Fantasies can come true.
Jun
 
27
June
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June
27
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7:30 pm

The Living End

  
Gregg Araki
  
Academy Museum
An iconic New Queer Cinema milestone and a angry punk statement from the heart of the AIDS crisis, The Living End should need no introduction. Special screening with writer/director Gregg Araki, moderated by Alonso Duralde.
Two HIV-positive young men—a semi-employed film critic and a hot hustler—tear off on a cross-country crime spree.
Jun
 
27
June
27
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June
27
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7:30 pm

Outstanding

A Comedy Revolution

  
  
Egyptian Theatre
This rapturous documentary steps into the dynamic world of queer stand-up and examines the powerful cultural influence it has had on social change in America. The film combines rare archival materials, stand-up performances, and interviews with a show-stopping lineup to present a definitive history of queer comedy.
Jun
 
27
June
27
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June
27
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7:00 pm

Regarding Us

World Premiere

  
Cast and Crew in attendance
  
TCL Chinese Theaters
After losing her teaching career in the Catholic school system, a transgender woman has a profound impact on the lives of two children–one with two fathers in marital strife, and the other a recent transplant from a conservative household. When the children form a unique bond, new questions and old prejudices erupt.
Jun
 
27
June
27
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June
27
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4:00 pm

Pillow Talk

  
  
Egyptian Theatre
Playboy songwriter Brad Allen’s succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines. After Jan unsuccessfully lodges a complaint against him, Brad sets about to seduce her in the guise of a sincere and upstanding Texas rancher. When mutual friend Jonathan discovers that his best friend is moving in on the girl he desires, however, sparks fly.
Jun
 
26
June
26
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26
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7:00 pm

Bound

  
Trish Bendix
  
Egyptian Theatre
Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.
Jun
 
26
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26
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26
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4:00 pm

Spa Night

  
  
Egyptian Theatre
A young Korean-American man works to reconcile his obligations to his struggling immigrant family with his burgeoning sexual desires in the underground world of gay hookups at Korean spas in Los Angeles.
Jun
 
25
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25
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25
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7:30 pm

All About Eve

  
Alonso Duralde
  
Egyptian Theatre
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo’s Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo’s director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Jun
 
25
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25
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7:30 pm

Little Joe

A Book About Queers and Cinema Mostly

  
  
2220 Arts + Archives
Little Joe was an underground Queer film zine that ran from 2010 to 2021, with a focus on indie, retro, and underground movies. Free reading from this book collecting the best of the magazine's eleven year run.
Jun
 
25
June
25
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June
25
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4:30 pm

Suddenly, Last Summer

  
  
Egyptian Theatre
The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth.
Jun
 
24
June
24
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June
24
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7:30 pm

Swoon

  
  
Academy Museum
Teenagers Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb share a dangerous sexual bond and an amoral outlook on life. They spend afternoons breaking into storefronts and engaging in petty crimes, until the calculating Nathan ups the ante by kidnapping, and murdering, a young boy.
Jun
 
22
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June
22
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9:00 pm

D.E.B.S.

  
Angela Robinson, Meegan Good, and Sara Foster
  
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Angela Robinson's Queer parody of Charlie's Angles (and other teen girl crimefighter shows) only gets better with time. Don't miss this special co-presentation with LA Pride.
The star of a team of teenage crime fighters falls for the alluring villainess she must bring to justice.
Jun
 
22
June
22
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June
22
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4:00 pm

Bringing Up Baby

  
  
Eagle Theater
Likely bisexual Cary Grant and sapphic icon Katharine Hepburn star in this perfect screwball comedy that still feels fresh today--and is a footnote in many queer film histories as the first Hollywood film to use the word "gay" to mean homosexual.
David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.
Jun
 
21
June
21
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June
21
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10:00 pm

Cabaret

  
  
Egyptian Theatre
Bob Fosse's film adaptation of the Broadway show, which won 8 Academy Awards, comes to American Cinematheque's "It's Showtime" movie musical fest. 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.
Jun
 
21
June
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June
21
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7:30 pm

Quinceañera

  
Actors Emily Rios and Jesse Garcia
  
Academy Museum
This Echo Park-set family drama made by gay couple writer/directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland (Still Alice) won both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at Sundance in 2006.
As Magdalena’s 15th birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she’s pregnant. Kicked out of her house, she finds a new family with her great-granduncle and gay cousin.
Jun
 
21
June
21
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21
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12:00 pm

Lights, Camera, Pride with Pickle and Friends

  
  
Academy Museum
Join the Academy Museum in a conversation with Pickle, West Hollywood’s Drag Laureate, and Stephanie Samera, Manager, In-Gallery Programs, as they celebrate and discuss gallery influences and film inspirations connected to drag artistry and drag education.
Jun
 
20
June
20
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June
20
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7:30 pm

The Watermelon Woman

  
  
Academy Museum
Cheryl, a young black lesbian, works a day job in a video store while trying to make a film about a black actress from the 1930s known for playing the stereotypical “mammy” roles relegated to black actresses during that period. This was the first feature film directed by an “out” black lesbian.