Funeral Parade is proud to present Female Trouble, John Waters’ sleazy and sickening midnight movie classic – just in time for Christmas!

Dawn Davenport (Divine) was like any other delinquent high schooler until Christmas morning, 1960. Her parents didn’t buy her the cha-cha heels she asked for, so she decides to become a teenage runaway, but not before she smashes her presents and leaves her mother pinned under the Christmas tree. Thus begins Dawn’s life of mayhem, madness, and make-up, as she and her beautician benefactors Donald and Donna Dasher (David Lochary and Mary Vivien Pearce) set out to prove that “crime and beauty are the same.” But how will Dawn find the time to be a good mother to her dearest daughter Taffy (Mink Stole)? Hilarious and horrifying in equal measure, Waters’ follow-up to Pink Flamingos is bad taste at its best.

Funeral Parade is proud to present Judy Garland, one of Hollywood’s first gay icons, in A Star is Born, George Cukor’s timeless showbiz fable about a tempestuous love affair between a living legend in decline and superstar on the rise.

Esther Blodgett (Garland) was just a small-time singer making ends meet until she had a chance encounter Norman Maine (James Mason), a fading matinee idol. With Norman’s help, Esther lands herself a contract at a major Hollywood movie studio, where she is primped and preened for stardom. Rechristened “Vicki Lester”, she quickly becomes a household name, while Norman, now her husband, slips further into irrelevancy and alcoholism. A brilliant example of both the musical and the melodrama, A Star is Born’s unique mix of razzle-dazzle and high tragedy make it a key film for Garland’s enduring status as a gay icon.

Funeral Parade is proud to present Caravaggio, Derek Jarman’s highly stylised biography of one of Renaissance art’s most enduring figures. 

The year is 1610 and renaissance painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Nigel Terry) is wanted for murder. Having been on the run for four years, he finds himself on his deathbed, where he tended to by his young apprentice, John Jerusaleme (Spencer Leigh). As he slips away into death, Caravaggio recalls his life: his rise to prominence with the help of the Vatican; his unorthodox use of sex workers and homeless people as models for religious paintings; and his tempestuous love affairs with Ranuccio (Sean Bean) and Lena (Tilda Swinton). A biopic that’s unconventional as it is stunningly beautiful, Jarman’s Caravaggio remains a powerful portrait of the interplay between art and life from one of queer cinema’s most essential filmmakers.