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Brokeback Mountain
2005 134mins USA (15) Romance/Drama
Directed by Ang Lee Starring Michelle Williams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Anne Hathaway, Linda Cardellini, Randy Quaid, Anna Faris

Rodeo cowboy Jack and ranch hand Ennis are hired as sheepherders in 1963 Wyoming. One night on Brokeback Mountain, they spark a physical relationship. Though Ennis marries his longtime sweetheart and Jack marries a fellow rodeo rider, they keep up their tortured, sporadic love affair for 20 years.

Funeral Parade presents "La Cage aux Folles"
1978 92mins France, Italy (12) Comedy
Directed by Édouard Molinaro Starring Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier

Funeral Parade is proud to present La Cage Aux Folles, Édouard Molinaro’s flamboyant farce about drag, dinner parties, and family, found or otherwise.

Prim and prissy Albin is the star attraction at La Cage Aux Folles, a popular drag nightclub on the French Riviera, while his comparatively macho boyfriend Renato is the club’s owner. Together they live in domestic (almost) bliss, a status quo which is threatened when Renato’s son Laurent brings his charming fiancée Andrea to visit – along with her ultra-conservative parents! Based on the 1973 play which would later be adapted into both a hit Broadway musical and a Hollywood remake, this first film version was a watershed moment in on-screen LGBT representation and remains a riotously funny social satire. 

Call Me By Your Name
2017 132mins Brazil, France, Italy, USA (15) Romance
Directed by Luca Guadagnino Starring Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Timothée Chalamet

It's the summer of 1983, and precocious 17-year-old Elio Perlman is spending the days with his family at their 17th-century villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets Oliver, a handsome doctoral student who's working as an intern for Elio's father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of their surroundings, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2020 122mins France (15) Romance/Drama
Directed by Céline Sciamma Starring Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Noémie Merlant

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995 109mins USA (PG) Comedy / Drama
Directed by Beeban Kidron Starring Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Wesley Snipes

Elite Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme (Patrick Swayze) and Noxeema Jackson (Wesley Snipes) impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez (John Leguizamo) -- one of the losers that evening -- the charmed Vida and Noxeema agree to take the hopeless youngster under their joined wing. Soon the three set off on a madcap road trip across America and struggle to make it to Los Angeles in time.

Funeral Parade Presents 'Cruising'
1980 102mins USA (18) Crime / Thriller
Directed by William Friedkin Starring Al Pacino, Karen Allen, Paul Sorvino

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.

We're All Going to the World's Fair
86mins (15) Horror / Thriller
Directed by Jane Schoenbrun Starring Anna Cobb, Michael J Rogers, May Leitz

Reality and fantasy begin to blur when a teenager, alone in her attic bedroom, immerses herself in a role-playing horror game online.

I Saw the TV Glow
2024 100mins (15) Horror / Drama
Directed by Jane Schoenbrun Starring Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Ian Foreman

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen's view of reality begins to crack.

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983 123mins Japan, New Zealand, UK (15) War
Directed by Nagisa Oshima Starring David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto

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.

Carol
2015 118mins UK, USA (15) Romance/Drama
Directed by Todd Haynes Starring Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson

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.