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Showing posts with label feature film. Show all posts
Showing posts with label feature film. Show all posts

Saturday, June 28, 2025

Twinless

Twinless πŸ’–, dir. James Sweeney, 2025, USA, 100 min.
Saturday, June 28, 2025, 8:30 pm, Herbst Theatre
🏳️‍🌈 Queer Premiere

Roman (Dylan O'Brien) and Dennis (James Sweeney) at a Halloween party, dressed as characters from The Sims
Twinless

A Mother Apart

A Mother Apart πŸ’–πŸ’”❤️‍πŸ©ΉπŸ’, dir. Laurie Townshend, 2024, Canada, 89 min.
Thursday, June 26, 2025, 3:30 pm, Roxie Theater
and available in the Digital Screening Room, June 23 to 30, 2025

A Black woman and her 9-year-old daughter together in a school hallway
A Mother Apart

Row of Life

Row of Life πŸ’–, documentary, dir. Soraya Simi, 2025, USA, 82 min.
Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 3:30 pm, Roxie Theater
also available in the Digital Screening Room, June 23 to 30, 2025

Deb and Angela Madsen smile next to Angela's boat
Row of Life

gen_

gen_ [note the underscore at the end] πŸ’–, documentary, dir. Gianluca Matarrese, 2025, France/‌Italy/‌Switzerland, 104 min., in Italian and English with English subtitles (note: you must manually turn on the subtitles)
Monday, June 23, 2025, 3:30 pm, Roxie Theater
also available in the Digital Screening Room, June 23 to 30, 2025

Dr. Maurizio Bini, a surgeon in Milan, sits at his desk
gen_: Dr. Maurizio Bini

Lakeview

Lakeview πŸ‘, dir. Tara Thorne, 2024, Canada, 100 min.
Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 6:00 pm, New Parkway (Oakland)
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ U.S. premiere
also available in the Digital Screening Room, June 23 to 30, 2025

3 women, one of them unconscious, sit on a long sofa
Lakeview

If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart Into Your Mouth and Smile

If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart Into Your Mouth and Smile (Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lΓ€chelst) πŸ’–, dir. Marie Luise Lehner, 2025, Austria, 87 min., in German, German Sign Language, and English, with full open captions in English
Friday, June 27, 2025, 3:30 pm, Roxie Theater
🌎 North American premiere
πŸ† Winner: 2025 Berlinale, Teddy Award (jury) and CICAE Art Cinema Award (Forum section) — among other honors

an adolescent girl peers out the window
If You Are Afraid…
Wenn du Angst hast…

Trans Memoria

Trans Memoria πŸ’–, dir. Victoria Verseau, 2024, Sweden/France, 72 min., in Swedish, French, and English, with full English subtitles throughout
Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 4:30 pm, Roxie Theater
available in the Digital Screening Room, June 23 to 30, 2025

a trans woman sits, eyes closed, in the back of a car, touching both hands to her neck
Trans Memoria

Night Stage (Ato Noturno)

Night Stage (Ato Noturno) ❓, dir. Filipe Matzembacher & Marcio Reolon, 2025, Brazil, 119 min., in Portuguese with subtitles
Saturday, June 28, 2025, 5:45 pm, Herbst Theatre
🌎 North American premiere
⚠️ content advisory: graphic violence

poster for the movie Night Stage: pictures of two men separately, overlaid with a photo of them kissing
Night Stage (Ato Noturno)

Long story short: I thought the last film by this duo (which actually won the Teddy at the Berlinale; this one was only nominated) was awful, so I decided not to spend my precious Pride Weekend time on this one. Here’s my review of Hard Paint (Tinta Bruta) from 2018.

IMDbtrailer • official website •

Friday, June 27, 2025

Only Good Things (Apenas Coisas Boas)

Only Good Things (Apenas Coisas Boas) πŸ’©, dir. Daniel Nolasco, 2025, Brazil, 104 min., in Portuguese with English subtitles
Friday, July 27, 2025, 8:15 pm, Roxie Theater
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ U.S. premiere
⚠️πŸ”ž content advisory: violence, brief explicit sex

two men kiss while chest deep in a river
Only Good Things (Apenas Coisas Boas)

TL;dr: Don’t waste your time. Note: the rest of this review may contain spoilers.

Assembly

Assembly πŸ’–, dir. Rashaad Newsome & Johnny Symons, 2025, USA, 98 min.
Friday, June 27, 2025, 5:45 pm, Herbst Theatre
available in the Digital Screening Room, June 23 to 30, 2025

poster for the movie Assembly, showing Being, the digital griot, in the top half and a group of human dancers in the bottom
Assembly

WICKET

WICKET πŸ’–, dir. Lily Plotkin, 2025, USA, 75 min.
Friday, June 27, 2025, 5:45 pm, Roxie Theater
🌐 World premiere

Bboy Wicket break dancing
WICKET

Thursday, June 26, 2025

A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint

A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint πŸ’–, dir. Oriel Pe’er, 2025, USA, 86 min.
Thursday, June 26, 2026, 8:30 pm, Herbst Theatre
🌐 World premiere

Miss Peppermint, a Black trans drag performer, holds a large Trans Pride flag while leading a contingent of people marching for trans rights
Deeper Love: The Story
of Miss Peppermint

Some Nights I Feel Like Walking

Some Nights I Feel Like Walking πŸ‘, dir. Petersen Vargas, 2024, Philippines/‌Singapore/‌Italy, 103 min., in Tagalog with English subtitles
Thursday, June 26, 2025, 8:30 pm, Roxie Theater
available in the Digital Screening Room, June 23 to 30, 2025
⚠️ content advisory: graphic drug misuse, disturbing themes

two young Filipino men walk along, carrying a third between them
Some Nights I Feel Like Walking

It’s Dorothy!

It’s Dorothy! πŸ’–, dir. Jeffrey McHale, 2025, USA, 100 min.
Thursday, June 26, 2025, 6:00 pm, Roxie Theater

the legs of two young performers dressed as Dorothy Gale from the Wizard of Oz, wearing blue and white checked dresses and red shoes, with a stuffed toy dog at their feet
It’s Dorothy!

Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau πŸ’–, documentary, dir. Lisa Immordino Vreeland, 2024, USA, 94 min., in English and French
Thursday, June 26, 1:00 pm, Vogue Theatre

Jean Cocteau sits beside a table with art works and a mural behind
Jean Cocteau
© Boris Lipnitzki

Lucky, Apartment (λŸ­ν‚€, μ•„νŒŒνŠΈ)

Lucky, Apartment (λŸ­ν‚€, μ•„νŒŒνŠΈ) (also known as Leogki, apateu) πŸ‘, dir. Kangyu Garam (κ°•μœ κ°€λžŒ), 2024, South Korea, 96 min., in Korean with subtitles
Thursday, June 26, 2025, 1:00 pm, Roxie Theater
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ U.S. premiere
⚠️ content advisory: homophobic language
πŸ† honorable mention: 2025 Frameline Best First Narrative Feature jury award

two young Korean women stand outside the door of their apartment, looking anxious
Lucky, Apartment (λŸ­ν‚€, μ•„νŒŒνŠΈ)

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Diciannove

Diciannove 😐, dir. Giovanni Tortorici, 2024, Italy/UK, 108 min., in Italian with English subtitles, some parts in English without subtitles
Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 7:45 pm, Roxie Theater
⚠️ content advisory: flashing lights, drug/alcohol abuse, talk of self-harm

a young man in sweats broods with his feet up on his desk
Diciannove

Drive Back Home

Drive Back Home πŸ’–, dir. Michael Clowater, 2024, Canada, 100 min.
Thursday, June 26, 2025, 5:30 pm, Herbst Theatre
⚠️ content advisory: homophobic violence

2 middle-aged men in loud clothes, one with an arm in a sling, carrying suitcases and a stuffed dead dog, walk down the middle of a road with snow on both sides as bystanders look on
Drive Back Home

#300Letters (#300cartas)

#300Letters (#300cartas) πŸ’–, dir. Lucas Santa Ana, 2025, Argentina/UK/Germany, 91 min., in Spanish with English subtitles
Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 8:30 pm, Vogue Theatre
⚠️ content advisory: simulated sexual activity

two young men sit at a table looking at a pink gift box full of letters
#300Letters (#300cartas)

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Coming Attractions: An Orgy of Gay Erotic Movie Trailers

Coming Attractions: An Orgy of Gay Erotic Movie Trailers πŸ₯±, dir. Elizabeth Purchell, 2025, USA, 76 min.
Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 10:00 pm, Roxie Theater
🌐 World premiere
(preceded by the short πŸ™‚ GANGBANG; see below)
πŸ”ž⚠️ content advisory: the main feature contains abundant explicit sex

"Coming Soon to This Theatre" over a drawing of a movie theater with a gay porn film on the screen
Coming Attractions: An Orgy
of Gay Erotic Movie Trailers