Parajanov: The Last Spring
Filmed in war-torn, blockaded Armenia and edited by candlelight, the film is a wordless montage vividly expressing Minas and Vartanov’s friendship while Parajanov was imprisoned by the Soviets.
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The Legend of Suram Fortress
Inspired by an ancient folk tale, this film is brought to life through Parajanov’s honed idiosyncratic style of opulent costuming, striking tableaux, and unforgettable mise-en-scène.
Ashik Kerib
Dedicated to Andrei Tarkovsky, Parajanov’s hypnotic and wondrous Ashik Kerib is his last completed film.
Strange Days
Kathryn Bigelow’s grandest cinematic vision is an anxiety-filled drama of near-apocalypse set in Los Angeles at the turn of the 21st century.
Menace II Society
The first film from the Hughes Brothers was a sensation at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival and remains an uncompromising and revelatory touchstone of 1990s American independent cinema.
ray ferreira’s An echo wails, whispers an undulating pattern: Video, Artist Talk, and Reception
This art installation and talk will explore the intersections of queer embodiment and speculative imagination. At 8:00–10:00 p.m., there will be a reception with refreshments and music by DJ Aguapanela Mami.
Pulp Fiction
The definitive film of its era, earning Quentin Tarantino a screenplay Oscar and igniting a career that remains essential to the landscape of American auteur cinema, screens on 35mm 7/12 and 7/14.
Ma vie en rose
Ludo, a trans child, explores their gender identity and faces harsh transphobic fallout in this beautiful film. Introduced by critic/author Caden Mark Gardner; followed by book-signing on 7/13.
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Robert Altman's memory-haunted melodrama stars Karen Black in the groundbreakingly sensitive role of a trans woman who returns to the site of her traumatic youth. Introduced by author Caden Mark Gardner, co-author of Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema and preceded by a book-signing.
Lingua Franca
Lingua Franca is a trans romantic melodrama in the vein of Fassbinder and Wong Kar-wai. With writer-director-star Isabel Sandoval and critic/author Caden Mark Gardner in person on 7/13.