Funeral Parade is proud to present Breakfast on Pluto, Neil Jordan’s 1970s-set glam rock daydream about a transgender woman’s personal odyssey, from Ireland during the Troubles to the sleazy backstreets of Soho.

After having been abandoned as a baby and shunned as a child, Patricia “Kitten” Braden (Cillian Murphy), a starry-eyed dreamer from a small Irish town, sets off for London in hopes of finding her long-lost mother. Along the way she’ll find herself falling for an IRA-affiliated glam rocker (Gavin Friday), working alongside a foul-mouthed Womble (Brendan Gleeson), and becoming glamourous assistant to an eccentric magician (Stephen Rea). But in a world that’s so intent on being serious, will Kitten manage to have any fun? 20 years after its initial release, Jordan’s film remains a powerful story about the search for love and acceptance in face of bigotry and intolerance.

Funeral Parade is proud to present Cruising, William Friedkin’s serial killer thriller about sadism, masochism, and sexual identity. 

There’s a killer on the loose in New York City, and he’s targeting gay men in the West Village. Fortunately for the NYPD, he’s got a type – slim, dark-haired, handsome – and officer Steve Burns (Al Pacino) fits the bill. To crack the case, Steve must journey into the city’s nocturnal underworld of S&M and leather bars, hoping to catch the killer’s eye – but will he lose himself along the way? Controversial with both straight and gay audiences upon its initial release, Friedkin’s film still retains its power to shock and unsettle 45 years later.

A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitchhiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes.

Funeral Parade Queer Film Society is proud to present Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, Nagisa Ōshima’s powerful meditation on violence and desire.
 
Set in a POW camp in Japanese-occupied Java circa 1942, the film explores the relationship between British prisoners and their captors. Lt. Col. John Lawrence (Tom Conti), the lone Japanese speaker among the interned British, tries to negotiate an uneasy equilibrium within the camp, which is overseen by the vicious Capt. Yanoi (Ryuichi Sakamoto). An ardent follower of the Bushido moral code, his eye is unexpectedly caught by the arrival Maj. Jack “Strafer” Celliers (David Bowie), an insolent and rabble-rousing new prisoner. Could Yanoi’s fascination with Celliers change everything? Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence has endured as a deeply moving anti-war statement, as well as a thoughtful exploration of national and sexual identity.

Aspiring photographer Therese spots the beautiful, elegant Carol perusing the doll displays in a 1950s Manhattan department store. The two women develop a fast bond that becomes a love with complicated consequences.