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April 2020
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And Then We Danced
Dir. Levan Akin, Sweden/Georgia/France, 2019, 113 mins
Audience Award, NewFest 2019
A passionate tale of love and liberation set amidst the conservative confines of modern Georgian society, AND THEN WE DANCED follows Merab, a...
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Straight Up
Dir. James Sweeney, USA, 2019, 95 mins
"The work of a startling talent" --VARIETY
Todd is a hyper-articulate, obsessive compulsive gay twentysomething whose fear of dying alone leads him to a baffling conclusion: he...
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Beanpole
Dir. Kantemir Balagov, Russia, 2019, 137 mins
"Dazzling… a brilliantly told, deeply moving story about love" --THE NEW YORK TIMES
Winner of Un Certain Regard’s Best Director prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival,...
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May 2020
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Clementine
Dir. Lara Jean Gallagher, USA, 2019, 94 mins
Official Selection, Tribeca Film Festival
Reeling from a one-sided breakup, anguished Karen (Otmara Marrero) flees Los Angeles for her ex’s idyllic lake house in the Pacific...
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José
Dir. Li Cheng, Guatemala/USA, 2018, 85 mins
Winner of the Queer Lion, Venice Film Festival
JOSÉ is a gripping, layered and beautifully honest story about one working-class young man’s struggle to find himself. Made...
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Recent Events
Special Virtual Event
Vida: The Final Season, Episode 4
at NewFest Virtual Screening Room
Exclusive Advance Screening & Livestream Q&A In Episode 4 of VIDA: The Final Season, Lyn throws Marcos an epic, VIDA-style, double-30 Queerceañera, and Emma goes on a psychedelic journey of self-exploration.
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Hightown
at NewFest Virtual Screening Room
Exclusive Advance Screening & Livestream Q&A Executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Academy Award nominee Rachel Morrison, HIGHTOWN revolves around Jackie Quinones (Monica Raymund), a party-loving lesbian who hails from Provincetown,...
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Saint Frances
at NewFest Virtual Screening Room
AVAILABLE TO RENT ON DEMAND NOW Dir. Alex Thompson, 2019, USA, 101 mins Audience Award, SXSW 2019 After her decision to end an unwanted pregnancy, 34-year-old Bridget reluctantly agrees to nanny the bright and rambunctious Frances, forming an unex...
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POSTPONED: Maurice (1987) with Matthew Lopez
at SVA Theatre
NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES. A NEW DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED WHEN CONFIRMED. STAY SAFE. 4k Restoration Dir. James Ivory, 1987, UK, 140 mins Introduction and Q&A with playwright Matthew Lopez (THE INHERITANC...
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at Quad Cinema
NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES. STAY SAFE. Dir. Rober Altman, 1987, USA, 93 mins A frantic and romantic farce populated by New York neurotics clearly in need of better shrinks, this rare Robert Altman gem ha...
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CANCELED: Circus of Books
at Screening Room at The Center
NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES. STAY SAFE. Dir. Rachel Mason, USA, 2019, 92 mins Q&A with director to follow Executive produced by Ryan Murphy, CIRCUS OF BOOKS is the debut documentary from artist Rachel Mas...
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The Journey of Monalisa
at Screening Room at The Center
Dir. Nicole Costa, Chile/USA, 2019, 93 mins Q&A with director and subject Both intimate and gloriously poetic, THE JOURNEY OF MONALISA paints an aptly complex and empowering portrait of New York-based author and performer Iván Monalisa Ojeda. After ...
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The Times of Bill Cunningham
at Angelika Film Center
Dir. Mark Bozek, 2018, USA, 74 mins Q&A with director Mark Bozek and Susanne Bartsch to follow Narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker, THE TIMES OF BILL CUNNINGHAM features incredible photographs chosen from over 3 million previously unpublicized images an...
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That Tender Touch (1969)
at Quad Cinema
Dir. Russel Vincent, 1969, USA, 88 mins Q&A with queer film historian Jenni Olson This rediscovered camp gem is a classic example of the lesbian exploitation genre, also affectionately known as Dykesploitation. Lovers Marsha (Bee Tompkins) and Terri ...
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And Then We Danced
at Quad Cinema
Audience Award, NewFest 2019 Dir. Levan Akin, Sweden/Georgia/France, 2019, 113 mins Q&A with director to follow A passionate tale of love and liberation set amidst the conservative confines of modern Georgian society, AND THEN WE DANCED follows Merab...
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José
at Quad Cinema
Queer Lion, Venice Film Festival Dir. Li Cheng, Guatemala/USA, 2018, 85 mins Q&A with director to follow Winner of multiple awards, JOSÉ is a gripping, layered and beautifully honest story about one working-class young man’s struggle to find himse...
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at Screening Room at The Center
Audience Award, Frameline 2019 Dir. Leon Le, Vietnam, 2018, 101 mins Q&A with director to follow Set in 1980s Saigon, the award-winning SONG LANG is a gritty underworld noir hiding a tender, romantic heart. At the film’s core is the unlikely bond t...
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Home for the Holidays (1995)
at Quad Cinema
Dir. Jodie Foster, 1995, USA, 104 mins, 35mm Screening in 35mm Originally deemed a box office turkey, director Jodie Foster’s under-appreciated and queer-forward feast of holiday high jinx follows recently unemployed art restorer and single mom Cla...
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Queen of Lapa
at Screening Room at The Center
Grand Jury Award, NewFest 2019 Dir. Theodore Collatos and Carolina Monnerat, Brazil, 2019, 73 mins Q&A with co-directors to follow Against the backdrop of political corruption and flagrant transphobia in Brazil, the late, great Luana Muniz—cabaret ...
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Temblores (Tremors)
at Quad Cinema
Grand Jury Prize, NewFest 2019 Dir. Jayro Bustamante, Guatemala, France, and Luxembourg, 2019, 107 mins In this deeply personal and award-winning followup to his landmark debut IXCANUL, Jayro Bustamante shifts his focus from rural Guatemala to the de...
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