Few films have had a greater impact on Black queer representation than Tongues Untied, Marlon Riggs's groundbreaking 1989 documentary-poem that gives voice to the experiences of Black gay men in America. Blending personal testimony, spoken word, music, performance, and documentary footage, Riggs created a work that is at once joyful, angry,...
A landmark of the New Queer Cinema movement, Todd Haynes's Poison returns to the big screen in a rare 35mm presentation. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, the 1991 film shattered conventions with its bold exploration of desire, outsider identity, and the social stigma surrounding queer lives during the AIDS...
Metrograph presents Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Decameron, a vibrant and irreverent adaptation of Giovanni Boccaccio's fourteenth-century literary classic. The first installment in Pasolini's celebrated "Trilogy of Life," the film marked a significant departure from the director's darker and more overtly political works of the late 1960s, embracing humor, sensuality, and...
Roxy Cinema presents a special screening of William Friedkin's controversial thriller Cruising, one of the most debated and discussed films in LGBTQ+ cinema history. Starring Al Pacino, the 1980 film follows a New York City police detective who goes undercover in the city's leather and BDSM subculture to investigate a...
Asia Society presents a screening of Lingua Franca, the acclaimed feature film written, directed by, and starring Isabel Sandoval. Set in Brooklyn, the film follows Olivia, an undocumented Filipina trans woman navigating work, immigration challenges, and an unexpected romance while pursuing a path toward legal residency in the United States....
One of the most influential LGBTQ+ films ever released by a major Hollywood studio, Philadelphia returns to the big screen in a rare 35mm screening at the Museum of the Moving Image. Directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington, the 1993 drama was the first major studio film to directly address the AIDS...
The Museum of Modern Art presents two screenings of Isabel Sandoval's acclaimed feature Lingua Franca, one of the most important trans-centered films of the last decade. Written, directed by, and starring Sandoval, the film follows Olivia, an undocumented Filipina trans woman living in Brooklyn as she navigates immigration uncertainty, economic...
The Museum of Modern Art presents two screenings of Isabel Sandoval's acclaimed feature Lingua Franca, one of the most important trans-centered films of the last decade. Written, directed by, and starring Sandoval, the film follows Olivia, an undocumented Filipina trans woman living in Brooklyn as she navigates immigration uncertainty, economic...
