The Queen of Versailles
Lauren Greenfield, 2012, USA, 100 min
The Queen of Versailles is a character-driven documentary about a billionaire family and their financial challenges in the wake of the economic crisis. With epic proportions of Shakespearean tragedy, the film follows two unique characters, whose rags-to-riches success stories reveal the innate virtues and flaws of the American Dream.
The Fall of The I-Hotel
Curtis Choy, 1983, USA, 58 min
After a decade of spirited resistance to the razing of Manilatown, the battle for housing in San Francisco ends in the brutal eviction of the elderly tenants of the International Hotel. "The Fall of the I-Hotel" serves as the witness to the community's fight to survive, and as a tribute to the dignity and strength of the “Manongs”, or elderly tenants of the hotel. Viewed continuously by students of Asian American Studies since its original release in 1983, "The Fall of the I-Hotel" not only documents the struggle to save the I-Hotel, it also provides an overview of Filipino American history. New 2K Restoration!
No Data Plan
Miko Revereza, 2019, USA, 70 min
A voiceless narrator rehashes details about his mother’s affair as he crosses America by train. “Mama has two phone numbers. We do not talk about immigration on her Obama phone. For that we use the other number with no data plan.” The linear train ride moving from Los Angeles to New York diverges into unruly directions of consciousness. A multiplicity of voices share thoughts, dreams and histories evoking images far away from the enclosed spaces of this trains interior. While capturing these landscapes and interiors through his lens, the moving images evidently illustrate an undocumented subjectivity, a site of precarious movement, migration and fugitivism in America.
Revolution Selfie
Steven de Castro, Philippines, 2017, 120 min
Revolution Selfe expands the horizons of documentary storytelling while broadening our understanding about the lesser-known fronts in the global “War on Terror.” Filmmaker Steven De Castro paints a portrait of a 48 year-old Maoist guerilla army in the Philippine hinterlands known as the New People’s Army. But rather than simply presenting interviews and images in a traditional journalistic manner, this flm weaves fantasy elements and web-based camera techniques into the documentary form to disrupt our entire matrix of widely held beliefs underpinning the discussion of terrorism, poverty, and the motivations of the warriors who fght in a peasant revolution. The flm is narrated and shot almost entirely from frstperson point of view, using a small GoPro action camera that the flmmaker is wearing.
Open Format Vol. 1
This screening will feature work from Adrian Garcia Mendez, Alison Starr, Arin Spence, Daniel Berlanga, Hector Ramirez, Kierin Padilla, Jordan Glazer and River Shell.
Open Format is a free-to-screen event open to all DFW local artists showing their shorts with an open forum of discussion and critique post screening. Open call for films to be submitted and filmmakers will be notified if there film will be screened. A fun and great way to share what you've been working on in a supportive environment of other filmmakers and other DFW audiences! More info on submission guidelines can be found here. This is a free event.
Revolution Selfie
Steven de Castro, Philippines, 2017, 120 min
Revolution Selfe expands the horizons of documentary storytelling while broadening our understanding about the lesser-known fronts in the global “War on Terror.” Filmmaker Steven De Castro paints a portrait of a 48 year-old Maoist guerilla army in the Philippine hinterlands known as the New People’s Army. But rather than simply presenting interviews and images in a traditional journalistic manner, this flm weaves fantasy elements and web-based camera techniques into the documentary form to disrupt our entire matrix of widely held beliefs underpinning the discussion of terrorism, poverty, and the motivations of the warriors who fght in a peasant revolution. The flm is narrated and shot almost entirely from frstperson point of view, using a small GoPro action camera that the flmmaker is wearing.
Beau Travail: Presented by Tureen
This screening is in conjunction with project-based contemporary art gallery Tureen for their current exhibit, Danny McDonald & Kyle Thurman: Made Up Men, up until May 18th, 2024.
Considered by many to be Claire Denis’ masterpiece, BEAU TRAVAIL sets Herman Melville’s classic novella Billy Budd in a distinctly modern milieu, telling a universal tale of jealousy while mining the intricate details of the French Foreign Legion’s presence in the Gulf of Djibouti. The journey begins backward, as former Foreign Legion officer Galoup (Denis Lavant) longingly recalls his days as a leader of men. As we soon discover, his downfall involves a homoerotic jealousy so destructive that the lives it touches will never be the same.
Claire Denis, France, 1999, 90 min
Mod Fuck Explosion
Jon Moritsugu, USA, 1994, 67 min
A fucked-up teen girl (Amy Davis) looks for love and a leather jacket to call her own on the night of the big rumble between the mods and a gang of Japanese bikers in this ultra-90s rager from TERMINAL USA and MY DEGENERATION filmmaker Jon Moritsugu. Featuring a killer soundtrack by Unrest and Karyo Tengoku, cameos from queer icons Mx. Justin Vivian Bond and Leigh Crow, and a climax involving 800 lbs. of rotting beef, MOD FUCK EXPLOSION is a potent blast of teenage hate and rebellion.
Evan Gordon Presents: Reflections of Evil (feat. live virtual Q&A w/ director Damon Packard!)
Damon Packard, USA, 2002, 138 mins
Watch-seller Bob wanders aimlessly through the streets of L.A., unsuccessfully peddling his wares while dodging encounters with the cops, stray animals, and the violent rantings of a population fed up with the decrepit city of angels at the dawn of the 21st century. His little sister, who died of an overdose in the 70s, calls to Bob from beyond the grave, beckoning him ever closer to the magical zone of connection between spiritual realms: Universal Studios.
May 18th, 7pm with a post-screening live virtual Q&A featuring director Damon Packard!
The Fall of The I-Hotel
Curtis Choy, 1983, USA, 58 min
After a decade of spirited resistance to the razing of Manilatown, the battle for housing in San Francisco ends in the brutal eviction of the elderly tenants of the International Hotel. "The Fall of the I-Hotel" serves as the witness to the community's fight to survive, and as a tribute to the dignity and strength of the “Manongs”, or elderly tenants of the hotel. Viewed continuously by students of Asian American Studies since its original release in 1983, "The Fall of the I-Hotel" not only documents the struggle to save the I-Hotel, it also provides an overview of Filipino American history. New 2K Restoration!
Terminal USA
Jon Moritsugu, USA, 1993, 60 min
Holly (Jenny Woo), Marvin (writer/director Jon Moritsugu), and Katzumi (Moritsugu again) are average Asian-American teenage siblings with not-so-average predilections for backstabbing, kinky sex, and drug-fueled freakouts. Neglected by their parents, the kids turn to outside “help” (including the scene-stealing Amy Davis, Moritsugu’s wife and longtime collaborator) in order to escape their bored existence. Naturally, this leads to gore killings, sex tapes, and the most hilarious phone conversations ever captured on 16mm film. A candy-colored hellscape that feels like an episode of STRANGERS WITH CANDY that was filmed by Dario Argento during a three-day acid bender, Jon Moritsugu's TERMINAL USA is a crucial piece of 1990s alternative cinema—smart, shocking, and one of the most deranged films to ever be funded by American taxpayers. This is the film HEATHERS wished it could be.
Showgirls of Pakistan
Saad Khan, 2020, Pakistan, 106 mins
With unprecedented access, this documentary intimately follows the lives of three showgirls living on the fringes of Pakistani society as working class women who have thrown respectability out the window: Afreen, a rising star in Punjab’s commercial theatre, Reema, a veteran, transgender stage dancer and Uzma, who dances at bachelor parties in rural Punjab in hopes of finding her way to Dubai. We find them locked in co-dependent relationships, fielding battles to safeguard their freedom and position in the precarious business, together with the constant threat of violence, censorship, and annihilation from the state and fans at any moment.
Holy Trinity
Molly Hewitt, 2019, USA, 91 min
After an incident huffing her drug of choice—a mysterious aerosol can from the ubiquitous Glamhag brand—she finds herself with a newfound gift for speaking to the dead. Confused and more than a little curious about this strange turn of events, Trinity seeks the counsel of a colorful cast of characters, from priests and drag queens to a witch and more, all of whom teach her their unique spiritual practices.
As she navigates life with this unexpected talent (and continues to huff that mysterious drug), Trinity is tossed between hallucination and reality more and more frequently, developing a growing confidence in her strange new ability and learning to harness it in surprising ways. But with any great power comes great responsibility, and soon Trinity has to decide what’s more important: her community and personal relationships or the allure of influence and fame
Showgirls of Pakistan
Saad Khan, 2020, Pakistan, 106 mins
With unprecedented access, this documentary intimately follows the lives of three showgirls living on the fringes of Pakistani society as working class women who have thrown respectability out the window: Afreen, a rising star in Punjab’s commercial theatre, Reema, a veteran, transgender stage dancer and Uzma, who dances at bachelor parties in rural Punjab in hopes of finding her way to Dubai. We find them locked in co-dependent relationships, fielding battles to safeguard their freedom and position in the precarious business, together with the constant threat of violence, censorship, and annihilation from the state and fans at any moment.
Holy Trinity
Molly Hewitt, 2019, USA, 91 min
After an incident huffing her drug of choice—a mysterious aerosol can from the ubiquitous Glamhag brand—she finds herself with a newfound gift for speaking to the dead. Confused and more than a little curious about this strange turn of events, Trinity seeks the counsel of a colorful cast of characters, from priests and drag queens to a witch and more, all of whom teach her their unique spiritual practices.
As she navigates life with this unexpected talent (and continues to huff that mysterious drug), Trinity is tossed between hallucination and reality more and more frequently, developing a growing confidence in her strange new ability and learning to harness it in surprising ways. But with any great power comes great responsibility, and soon Trinity has to decide what’s more important: her community and personal relationships or the allure of influence and fame
Fragrance Swap
Our second fragrance swap! Free to attend and come buy/sell/trade your fragrances or just come sniff and discuss your favorite perfumes!
Evan Gordon Presents: Handgun
Tony Garnett, USA, 1983, 101 min
Having moved to Dallas for a job, Kathleen soon makes friends and begins to enjoy her new life. Larry is immediately attracted to Kathleen, but she makes it clear she's not interested in a boyfriend. However, Larry is determined to get what he wants--at gunpoint. The tables start to turn when Kathleen joins a local gun club and buys her own gun. Now she becomes the hunter--on a vengeful mission.
Erica Shultz from Unsung Horrors Podcast will be doing a post-screening Q&A with Evan Gordon. June 8th 7pm! One night only.
No Data Plan
Miko Revereza, 2019, USA, 70 min
A voiceless narrator rehashes details about his mother’s affair as he crosses America by train. “Mama has two phone numbers. We do not talk about immigration on her Obama phone. For that we use the other number with no data plan.” The linear train ride moving from Los Angeles to New York diverges into unruly directions of consciousness. A multiplicity of voices share thoughts, dreams and histories evoking images far away from the enclosed spaces of this trains interior. While capturing these landscapes and interiors through his lens, the moving images evidently illustrate an undocumented subjectivity, a site of precarious movement, migration and fugitivism in America.
Terminal USA
Jon Moritsugu, USA, 1993, 60 min
Holly (Jenny Woo), Marvin (writer/director Jon Moritsugu), and Katzumi (Moritsugu again) are average Asian-American teenage siblings with not-so-average predilections for backstabbing, kinky sex, and drug-fueled freakouts. Neglected by their parents, the kids turn to outside “help” (including the scene-stealing Amy Davis, Moritsugu’s wife and longtime collaborator) in order to escape their bored existence. Naturally, this leads to gore killings, sex tapes, and the most hilarious phone conversations ever captured on 16mm film. A candy-colored hellscape that feels like an episode of STRANGERS WITH CANDY that was filmed by Dario Argento during a three-day acid bender, Jon Moritsugu's TERMINAL USA is a crucial piece of 1990s alternative cinema—smart, shocking, and one of the most deranged films to ever be funded by American taxpayers. This is the film HEATHERS wished it could be.
Mod Fuck Explosion
Jon Moritsugu, USA, 1994, 67 min
A fucked-up teen girl (Amy Davis) looks for love and a leather jacket to call her own on the night of the big rumble between the mods and a gang of Japanese bikers in this ultra-90s rager from TERMINAL USA and MY DEGENERATION filmmaker Jon Moritsugu. Featuring a killer soundtrack by Unrest and Karyo Tengoku, cameos from queer icons Mx. Justin Vivian Bond and Leigh Crow, and a climax involving 800 lbs. of rotting beef, MOD FUCK EXPLOSION is a potent blast of teenage hate and rebellion.
Terminal USA
Jon Moritsugu, USA, 1993, 60 min
Holly (Jenny Woo), Marvin (writer/director Jon Moritsugu), and Katzumi (Moritsugu again) are average Asian-American teenage siblings with not-so-average predilections for backstabbing, kinky sex, and drug-fueled freakouts. Neglected by their parents, the kids turn to outside “help” (including the scene-stealing Amy Davis, Moritsugu’s wife and longtime collaborator) in order to escape their bored existence. Naturally, this leads to gore killings, sex tapes, and the most hilarious phone conversations ever captured on 16mm film. A candy-colored hellscape that feels like an episode of STRANGERS WITH CANDY that was filmed by Dario Argento during a three-day acid bender, Jon Moritsugu's TERMINAL USA is a crucial piece of 1990s alternative cinema—smart, shocking, and one of the most deranged films to ever be funded by American taxpayers. This is the film HEATHERS wished it could be.
Mod Fuck Explosion
Jon Moritsugu, USA, 1994, 67 min
A fucked-up teen girl (Amy Davis) looks for love and a leather jacket to call her own on the night of the big rumble between the mods and a gang of Japanese bikers in this ultra-90s rager from TERMINAL USA and MY DEGENERATION filmmaker Jon Moritsugu. Featuring a killer soundtrack by Unrest and Karyo Tengoku, cameos from queer icons Mx. Justin Vivian Bond and Leigh Crow, and a climax involving 800 lbs. of rotting beef, MOD FUCK EXPLOSION is a potent blast of teenage hate and rebellion.
Terminal USA
Jon Moritsugu, USA, 1993, 60 min
Holly (Jenny Woo), Marvin (writer/director Jon Moritsugu), and Katzumi (Moritsugu again) are average Asian-American teenage siblings with not-so-average predilections for backstabbing, kinky sex, and drug-fueled freakouts. Neglected by their parents, the kids turn to outside “help” (including the scene-stealing Amy Davis, Moritsugu’s wife and longtime collaborator) in order to escape their bored existence. Naturally, this leads to gore killings, sex tapes, and the most hilarious phone conversations ever captured on 16mm film. A candy-colored hellscape that feels like an episode of STRANGERS WITH CANDY that was filmed by Dario Argento during a three-day acid bender, Jon Moritsugu's TERMINAL USA is a crucial piece of 1990s alternative cinema—smart, shocking, and one of the most deranged films to ever be funded by American taxpayers. This is the film HEATHERS wished it could be.
The Queen of Versailles
Lauren Greenfield, 2012, USA, 100 min
The Queen of Versailles is a character-driven documentary about a billionaire family and their financial challenges in the wake of the economic crisis. With epic proportions of Shakespearean tragedy, the film follows two unique characters, whose rags-to-riches success stories reveal the innate virtues and flaws of the American Dream.
Abiding Nowhere
The tenth Walker film takes place in Washington DC. Two lonely souls on separate journeys, sometimes crossing paths but never once meeting. Nothing happens between them. There is no story. Their walking journeys are like a meditative prayer of heart and soul. Southern US premiere!
April 28th 3pm! One screening only
Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan/USA, 2024, 79 min
Novela
April 27th, 7pm
Novela is a new film-inspired dinner party series at Spacy featuring local foods with a one-off menu, wine, new friends, and some unique film programming. All food sourced from Limon’s, local Veracruzana kitchen:
Cheese Empanadas
Tamales Veracruzano
Tamales Mexicano
Featured Cocktails and Digestif sponsored and provided by
Featured Film: A short film from Colombia navigates an abuela’s tender journey of love, loss and healing.
Your ticket for the evening covers a fixed price inclusive of food and drinks (or an option for just food). Drinks include wine and cocktails.
The Strangler
Paul Vecchiali, 1970, France, 96 min
Part of our Diva Down: Queer Slashers, Killers and Thrillers series
An unconventional French giallo released before the sub-genre’s popularity boom resulting from filmmakers like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci, THE STRANGLER centers on Émile (Jacques Perrin, The Young Girls of Rochefort), a handsome young man targeting women he believes are too depressed to go on living. As multiple women fall to Émile’s suffocating white scarf, inspector Simon Dangret, the detective assigned to track down the killer, resorts to seriously unorthodox and even unethical methods to get his man with the assistance of Anna, a beautiful woman who believes herself to be a potential victim.
Muerte En La Playa (Death on the Beach)
Enrique Gómez Vadillo, 1991, Mexico, 75 min
Part of our Diva Down: Queer Slashers, Killers and Thrillers series
David, the disturbed son of a wealthy businesswoman, returns to his sunny beachside home to try to get over the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of his boarding school teacher. As he tries to overcome his homosexual urges, David begins murdering all those around him who he sees as being responsible for his trauma. Never available theatrically for English language audiences, MUERTE EN LA PLAYA is a sleazy homoerotic serial killer thriller with a Telenovela twist from one of Mexico's most unheralded genre filmmakers.
Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things
Thomas Casey, 1971, USA, 95 min
Part of our Diva Down: Queer Slashers, Killers and Thrillers series
Dropping somewhere between PINK FLAMINGOS, BLOOD FEAST, and an episode of THE BRADY BUNCH on acid, SOMETIMES AUNT MARTHA DOES DREADFUL THINGS is a histrionic psychodrama that could only have originated in the alternate dimension known as Florida. After robbing a bank in Baltimore, cross-dressing Paul (aka Aunt Martha) and his partner Stanley hide out in a Florida town. But it’s only a matter of time beforePaul’s paranoia forces him to embark on a demented killing spree. AGFA is thrilled to present one of the most unforgettable exploitation movies of all time -- and an overlooked chapter of early queer cinema -- preserved from the only 35mm theatrical print in existence.
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
William Asher, 1986, USA, 91 min
Part of our Diva Down: Queer Slashers, Killers and Thrillers series
Terror begins when a night of murder and bloodshed leads bigoted police detective Joe Carlson (Bo Svenson, Walking Tall Part 2, Choke Canyon, Breaking Point) to try to frame orphaned high school basketball player Billy Lynch (Jimmy McNichol, Escape From El Diablo). However, Billy’s aunt Cheryl (Susan Tyrrell, Fat City, Forbidden Zone) is the real knife-wielding culprit, and with Billy about to graduate, her twisted urge to keep him all to herself is about to erupt in a wave of carnage. No one is safe when an unstable lawman and a psychotic aunt converge in a shocking climax you’ll never forget!
Stranger Than Paradise
Rootless Hungarian émigré Willie (John Lurie), his pal Eddie (Richard Edson), and visiting sixteen-year-old cousin Eva (Eszter Balint) always manage to make the least of any situation, whether aimlessly traversing the drab interiors and environs of New York City, Cleveland, or an anonymous Florida suburb. With its delicate humor and dramatic nonchalance, Jim Jarmusch's one-of-a-kind minimalist masterpiece, Stranger Than Paradise, forever transformed the landscape of American independent cinema.
Jim Jarmusch United States, 1984, 89 min
Stranger Than Paradise is part of our “Slackerrrrr” series spotlighting whacky slacker comedies
Tourism
Tourism is a slacker comedy from Japan, following two friends who win a trip to Singapore and get lost among the tourist traps and urban sprawl. Missing phones, rooftop punk gigs, and a sudden dance sequence await them on their journey. Director Daisuke Miyazaki has made a name for himself with low-key dramas about Japanese youth (Yamato and the upcoming Videophobia) but Tourism isn't really a drama - it's an amusing riff on materialism, alienation, and shopping centre design.
Daisuke Miyazaki, 2018, Japan, 78 min
Tourism is part of our April “Slackerrrrr” series spotlighting whacky slacker comedies.
Stop Cop City Dallas Presents: Riotsville, U.S.A.
Stop Cop City Dallas & Spacy present a screening of Riotsville, U.S.A. After the screening, a Q&A to discuss the new Dallas Police Department training academy facility that’s expected to be built on UNT Dallas’ campus in city council District 8 — a district of predominantly Black and Latine neighborhoods and how we can mobilize to pull funding into this facility and instead to our communities.
Free screening on 4/20 1pm!
1pm - Screening Starts
2:30-2:45pm - Q&A Starts
Stop Cop City Dallas is a coalition to stop construction of Cop City Dallas on UNT Dallas campus! Vote NO on Prop F!
Riotville, U.S.A.
Sierra Pettengill, 2022, USA, 91 min
Welcome to Riotsville, a fictional town built by the U.S. military. Using footage shot by the media and the government, the film explores the militarization of the police and the reaction of a nation to the uprisings of the late '60s, creating a counter-narrative to a critical moment in the country's history.
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
William Asher, 1986, USA, 91 min
Part of our Diva Down: Queer Slashers, Killers and Thrillers series
Terror begins when a night of murder and bloodshed leads bigoted police detective Joe Carlson (Bo Svenson, Walking Tall Part 2, Choke Canyon, Breaking Point) to try to frame orphaned high school basketball player Billy Lynch (Jimmy McNichol, Escape From El Diablo). However, Billy’s aunt Cheryl (Susan Tyrrell, Fat City, Forbidden Zone) is the real knife-wielding culprit, and with Billy about to graduate, her twisted urge to keep him all to herself is about to erupt in a wave of carnage. No one is safe when an unstable lawman and a psychotic aunt converge in a shocking climax you’ll never forget!
Muerte En La Playa (Death on the Beach)
Enrique Gómez Vadillo, 1991, Mexico, 75 min
Part of our Diva Down: Queer Slashers, Killers and Thrillers series
David, the disturbed son of a wealthy businesswoman, returns to his sunny beachside home to try to get over the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of his boarding school teacher. As he tries to overcome his homosexual urges, David begins murdering all those around him who he sees as being responsible for his trauma. Never available theatrically for English language audiences, MUERTE EN LA PLAYA is a sleazy homoerotic serial killer thriller with a Telenovela twist from one of Mexico's most unheralded genre filmmakers.
The Strangler
Paul Vecchiali, 1970, France, 96 min
Part of our Diva Down: Queer Slashers, Killers and Thrillers series
An unconventional French giallo released before the sub-genre’s popularity boom resulting from filmmakers like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci, THE STRANGLER centers on Émile (Jacques Perrin, The Young Girls of Rochefort), a handsome young man targeting women he believes are too depressed to go on living. As multiple women fall to Émile’s suffocating white scarf, inspector Simon Dangret, the detective assigned to track down the killer, resorts to seriously unorthodox and even unethical methods to get his man with the assistance of Anna, a beautiful woman who believes herself to be a potential victim.
Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things
Thomas Casey, 1971, USA, 95 min
Part of our Diva Down: Queer Slashers, Killers and Thrillers series
Dropping somewhere between PINK FLAMINGOS, BLOOD FEAST, and an episode of THE BRADY BUNCH on acid, SOMETIMES AUNT MARTHA DOES DREADFUL THINGS is a histrionic psychodrama that could only have originated in the alternate dimension known as Florida. After robbing a bank in Baltimore, cross-dressing Paul (aka Aunt Martha) and his partner Stanley hide out in a Florida town. But it’s only a matter of time beforePaul’s paranoia forces him to embark on a demented killing spree. AGFA is thrilled to present one of the most unforgettable exploitation movies of all time -- and an overlooked chapter of early queer cinema -- preserved from the only 35mm theatrical print in existence.
Tourism
Tourism is a slacker comedy from Japan, following two friends who win a trip to Singapore and get lost among the tourist traps and urban sprawl. Missing phones, rooftop punk gigs, and a sudden dance sequence await them on their journey. Director Daisuke Miyazaki has made a name for himself with low-key dramas about Japanese youth (Yamato and the upcoming Videophobia) but Tourism isn't really a drama - it's an amusing riff on materialism, alienation, and shopping centre design.
Daisuke Miyazaki, 2018, Japan, 78 min
Tourism is part of our April “Slackerrrrr” series spotlighting whacky slacker comedies.
Hunters’ Sense of Touch
Hisayasu Satô, 1995, Japan, 65 min
Part of our Diva Down: Queer Slashers, Killers and Thrillers series
A police detective investigating a vicious string of homosexual murders discovers that the latest victim appears to be the married executive who was his college lover ten years before.
Stranger Than Paradise
Rootless Hungarian émigré Willie (John Lurie), his pal Eddie (Richard Edson), and visiting sixteen-year-old cousin Eva (Eszter Balint) always manage to make the least of any situation, whether aimlessly traversing the drab interiors and environs of New York City, Cleveland, or an anonymous Florida suburb. With its delicate humor and dramatic nonchalance, Jim Jarmusch's one-of-a-kind minimalist masterpiece, Stranger Than Paradise, forever transformed the landscape of American independent cinema.
Jim Jarmusch United States, 1984, 89 min
Stranger Than Paradise is part of our “Slackerrrrr” series spotlighting whacky slacker comedies
Islands & Knife + Heart (Yann Gonzalez Double Feature)
Part of our Diva Down: Queer Slashers, Killers and Thrillers series
Islands // 2017, France, 23 min
A sexual reverie unfolds over the course of one ethereal night. Characters wander through an erotic maze of love and lust, blurring the lines between wet dream and lucid nightmare as a macabre, erotic stage performance sends a ripple of lustful desires through its audience and performers.
Knife + Heart // 2018, France, 102 min
Paris, Summer 1979. Anne (French pop star Vanessa Paradis) produces third-rate gay porn. After her editor and lover Lois leaves her, she tries to win her back by shooting her most ambitious film yet with her trusted, flaming sidekick Archibald. But one of her actors is brutally murdered and Anne gets caught up in a strange investigation that turns her life upside-down. Shot on 35mm and featuring a killer retro score from M83, Yann Gonzalez’s KNIFE+HEART is an ultra-stylish and blood-soaked ode to ’70s-era De Palma, Argento, and Friedkin.
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
William Asher, 1986, USA, 91 min
Part of our Diva Down: Queer Slashers, Killers and Thrillers series
Terror begins when a night of murder and bloodshed leads bigoted police detective Joe Carlson (Bo Svenson, Walking Tall Part 2, Choke Canyon, Breaking Point) to try to frame orphaned high school basketball player Billy Lynch (Jimmy McNichol, Escape From El Diablo). However, Billy’s aunt Cheryl (Susan Tyrrell, Fat City, Forbidden Zone) is the real knife-wielding culprit, and with Billy about to graduate, her twisted urge to keep him all to herself is about to erupt in a wave of carnage. No one is safe when an unstable lawman and a psychotic aunt converge in a shocking climax you’ll never forget!
Islands & Knife + Heart (Yann Gonzalez Double Feature)
Part of our Diva Down: Queer Slashers, Killers and Thrillers series
Islands // 2017, France, 23 min
A sexual reverie unfolds over the course of one ethereal night. Characters wander through an erotic maze of love and lust, blurring the lines between wet dream and lucid nightmare as a macabre, erotic stage performance sends a ripple of lustful desires through its audience and performers.
Knife + Heart // 2018, France, 102 min
Paris, Summer 1979. Anne (French pop star Vanessa Paradis) produces third-rate gay porn. After her editor and lover Lois leaves her, she tries to win her back by shooting her most ambitious film yet with her trusted, flaming sidekick Archibald. But one of her actors is brutally murdered and Anne gets caught up in a strange investigation that turns her life upside-down. Shot on 35mm and featuring a killer retro score from M83, Yann Gonzalez’s KNIFE+HEART is an ultra-stylish and blood-soaked ode to ’70s-era De Palma, Argento, and Friedkin.
Stolen Kisses
Jean-Pierre Léaud returns in the delightful Stolen Kisses, the third installment in the Antoine Doinel series. It is now 1968, and the mischievous and perpetually love-struck Doinel has been dishonorably discharged from the army and released onto the streets of Paris, where he stumbles into the unlikely profession of private detective and embarks on a series of misadventures. Whimsical, nostalgic, and irrepressibly romantic, Stolen Kisses is Truffaut’s timeless ode to the passion and impetuosity of youth.
François Truffaut, France, 1968, 91 min
Stolen Kisses is part of our “Slackerrrrr” April series on whacky slacker comedies.
Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things
Thomas Casey, 1971, USA, 95 min
Part of our Diva Down: Queer Slashers, Killers and Thrillers series
Dropping somewhere between PINK FLAMINGOS, BLOOD FEAST, and an episode of THE BRADY BUNCH on acid, SOMETIMES AUNT MARTHA DOES DREADFUL THINGS is a histrionic psychodrama that could only have originated in the alternate dimension known as Florida. After robbing a bank in Baltimore, cross-dressing Paul (aka Aunt Martha) and his partner Stanley hide out in a Florida town. But it’s only a matter of time beforePaul’s paranoia forces him to embark on a demented killing spree. AGFA is thrilled to present one of the most unforgettable exploitation movies of all time -- and an overlooked chapter of early queer cinema -- preserved from the only 35mm theatrical print in existence.
The Strangler
Paul Vecchiali, 1970, France, 96 min
Part of our Diva Down: Queer Slashers, Killers and Thrillers series
An unconventional French giallo released before the sub-genre’s popularity boom resulting from filmmakers like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci, THE STRANGLER centers on Émile (Jacques Perrin, The Young Girls of Rochefort), a handsome young man targeting women he believes are too depressed to go on living. As multiple women fall to Émile’s suffocating white scarf, inspector Simon Dangret, the detective assigned to track down the killer, resorts to seriously unorthodox and even unethical methods to get his man with the assistance of Anna, a beautiful woman who believes herself to be a potential victim.
Muerte En La Playa (Death on the Beach)
Enrique Gómez Vadillo, 1991, Mexico, 75 min
Part of our Diva Down: Queer Slashers, Killers and Thrillers series
David, the disturbed son of a wealthy businesswoman, returns to his sunny beachside home to try to get over the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of his boarding school teacher. As he tries to overcome his homosexual urges, David begins murdering all those around him who he sees as being responsible for his trauma. Never available theatrically for English language audiences, MUERTE EN LA PLAYA is a sleazy homoerotic serial killer thriller with a Telenovela twist from one of Mexico's most unheralded genre filmmakers.