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Dog Day Afternoon
1975 125mins USA (15) Crime / Thriller
Directed by Sidney Lumet Starring Al Pacino, John Cazale, Penelope Allen

When inexperienced criminal Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino) leads a bank robbery in Brooklyn, things quickly go wrong, and a hostage situation develops. As Sonny and his accomplice, Sal Naturile (John Cazale), try desperately to remain in control, a media circus develops and the FBI arrives, creating even more tension. Gradually, Sonny's surprising motivations behind the robbery are revealed, and his standoff with law enforcement moves toward its inevitable end.

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

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.

The Matrix
1999 136mins USA (15) Sci-Fi / Action
Directed by Lana Wachowski|Lilly Wachowski Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss

When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.

Funeral Parade presents "Theorem [Teorema]"
1968 98mins Italy (15) Drama
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini Starring Terence Stamp, Laura Betti, Silvana Mangano, Massimo Girotti

Funeral Parade is proud to present Teorema (Theorem), Pier Paolo Pasolini’s bisexual arthouse classic of the Swinging Sixties.

An upper-class Milanese family is turned on its head by arrival of a beautiful, mysterious stranger known only as The Vistor (Terence Stamp). He takes up residence in the family’s vast estate and soon begins seducing them one by one: the tortured patriarch (Massimo Girotti) and his repressed wife (Silvana Mangano); their devoutly religious maid (Laura Betti); and their troubled teenage children (Anne Wiazemsky and Andrés José Cruz Soublette). What profound revelations will these affairs bring about for this typical bourgeoise family? At once sensual, scandalous, and spiritual, Teorema remains one of Pasolini’s essential films.

Mulholland Dr.
2001 147mins France, USA (15) Neo Noir
Directed by David Lynch Starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux

A dark-haired woman (Laura Elena Harring) is left amnesiac after a car crash. She wanders the streets of Los Angeles in a daze before taking refuge in an apartment. There she is discovered by Betty (Naomi Watts), a wholesome Midwestern blonde who has come to the City of Angels seeking fame as an actress. Together, the two attempt to solve the mystery of Rita's true identity. The story is set in a dream-like Los Angeles, spoilt neither by traffic jams nor smog.

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.

We're All Going to the World's Fair
2021 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, 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.

Challengers
132mins USA (15) Sport / Sweat / Sex
Directed by Luca Guadagnino Starring Zendaya , Mike Faist, Josh O'Connor

Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous Grand Slam champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she signs him up for a "Challenger" event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend.

Showgirls
1995 128mins France, USA (18) Erotic
Directed by Paul Verhoeven Starring Kyle MacLachlan, Elizabeth Berkley, Gina Gershon

Nomi (Elizabeth Berkley) arrives in Las Vegas with only a suitcase and a dream of becoming a top showgirl. She quickly befriends Molly (Gina Ravera), who works at the high-profile Stardust Hotel, and lands a job at a seedy strip club. A chance meeting with Cristal (Gina Gershon), the Stardust's marquee dancer, and her powerful boyfriend, Zack (Kyle MacLachlan), brings Nomi one step closer to realizing her dream. But, as she ascends to the top, Nomi begins to wonder if it's all worth it.

Polyester
1981 86mins USA (18) Comedy
Directed by John Waters Starring Divine, Edith Massey, Tab Hunter

A frustrated housewife, Francine Fishpaw (Divine), tries to maintain her sanity while taking care of her dysfunctional household. Elmer (David Samson), her husband and the owner of an adult theater, is sleeping with his secretary, and her delinquent teen son, Dexter (Ken King), and pregnant teen daughter, Lulu (Mary Garlington), aren't helping matters any. But when Francine meets dashing Todd Tomorrow (Tab Hunter), the owner of a theater specializing in art films, her life appears rosier.

Presented in Odorama – Scratch 'n' Sniff Odorama cards will be handed out to ticket holders on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last (if you are coming as a couple, take one card, please, so we have enough to go around). 

Cabaret
1972 123mins USA (15) Musical
Directed by Bob Fosse Starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem

In Berlin in 1931, American cabaret singer Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) meets British academic Brian Roberts (Michael York), who is finishing his university studies. Despite Brian's confusion over his sexuality, the pair become lovers, but the arrival of the wealthy and decadent playboy Maximilian von Heune (Helmut Griem) complicates matters for them both. This love triangle plays out against the rise of the Nazi party and the collapse of the Weimar Republic.

Weekend
2011 96mins UK (18) Romance/Drama
Directed by Andrew Haigh Starring Tom Cullen, Chris New, Jonathan Race

On a Friday night after hanging out with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a nightclub, alone and on the pull. Just before closing time, he picks up Glen. And so begins a weekend - in bars and in bedrooms, getting drunk and taking drugs, telling stories, having sex and building a deep emotional bond.

Now a classic in gay cinema, WEEKEND was the breakout film from writer/director Andrew Haigh and a turning point for British queer cinema. Featuring a one-night stand that turns into an unforgettable weekend - WEEKEND truly is a must-see LGBTQ+ film.

Funeral Parade presents "The Angelic Conversation"
1985 78mins UK (PG) Drama
Directed by Derek Jarman Starring Judi Dench, Paul Reynolds, Philip Williamson

For Pride Month, Funeral Parade is proud to present The Angelic Conversation, Derek Jarman’s sensuous cinematic love poem.
 
Made in the tradition of Jean Cocteau and Kenneth Anger, this Super 8mm daydream is by turns erotic, nightmarish, and ethereally beautiful. Made between arthouse classics The Tempest (1979) and Caravaggio (1986), this film grew out of a series of home movie improvisations and experiments which Jarman subsequently woven into a haunting tapestry of images and textures – he would later say that it was his personal favourite of his own film work. Featuring the music of Coil and Shakespearean sonnets read by Judi Dench, The Angelic Conversation remains a powerful and stirring meditation on the nature of desire and romantic love.
 
With an introduction from film curator Sarah Cleary.

The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
1972 124mins Germany (12) Romance/Drama
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder Starring Eva Mattes, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Margit Carstensen

Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer – arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. Petra falls in love with Karin and invites her to move in.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch
2001 92mins USA (15) Musical
Directed by John Cameron Mitchell Starring John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask

Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an ‘internationally ignored' but divinely talented rock diva, inhabiting a ‘beautiful gender of one'.

My Own Private Idaho
1991 105mins USA (15) Adventure
Directed by Gus Van Sant Starring Keanu Reeves, River Phoenix, JAmes Russo, William Richert

In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters (River Phoenix) is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor (Keanu Reeves) is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.

Happy Together
1997 96mins Hong Kong (15) Romance
Directed by Wong Kar Wai Starring Kwok-Wing, Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai

A couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting apart in opposite directions.