February 1: PINK FLAMINGOS (1972)
drag comedy

Incest, drug trafficking, bestiality and an egg fetish are merely the tip of the proverbial iceberg in this ultra-black comedy from renegade filmmaker John Waters. With the title of "Filthiest Person Alive" at stake, Babs Johnson (Divine), her degenerate son and dim-bulb mother face stiff competition from the vile Marble clan (David Lochary and Mink Stole) in an unbridled assault on every taboo in the book.




February 8: CLAIRE OF THE MOON (1993)
lesbian romance/self-discovery

In this sensual, provocative and deeply intimate film, notorious satirist Claire Jabrowski (Trisha Todd) meets Dr. Noel Benedict (Karen Trumbo), a dour sex therapist, at a women's retreat -- and despite their differences, the promiscuous Claire and the serious Noel find themselves passionately attracted to each other. Sparks fly as the two women clash at first, reconcile and finally develop a romance that changes Claire's life forever.





February 15: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (2001)
transgender comedy/musical

After a botched sex-change operation, East German glam rocker Hansel (John Cameron Mitchell) becomes Hedwig and travels across the United States with a stage show, following her ex-boyfriend (and former band mate) and telling her life story. Hedwig's offbeat show slays audiences -- but in diners not clubs. Mitchell also wrote and directed the comedy, which won at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for several Independent Spirit Awards.




February 22: THE DEEP END (2001)
gay suspense

In this intense drama, Margaret (Tilda Swinton), a mother of three, is concerned about her oldest son, 17-year-old Beau (Jonathan Tucker), who's been keeping company with a gay 30-year-old gambler named Darby. The next morning, Margaret finds Darby's body, assumes her son killed him and races to conceal the corpse.





February 29: HIGH ART (1998)
lesbian drama/romance

Magazine editor Syd (Radha Mitchell) is stuck in a dreary relationship with her current boyfriend, James (Gabriel Mann). One day, while looking into a ceiling leak at her apartment building, Syd enters the apartment of her neighbor Lucy (Ally Sheedy), whose live-in actress girlfriend, Greta (Patricia Clarkson), is struggling with a drug addiction. Syd and Lucy hit it off, and their friendship soon grows into something more.




March 7: FEMALE TROUBLE (1974)
drag comedy

Directed by midnight-movie legend John Waters, this campy, twisted follow-up to Pink Flamingos isn't for the squeamish. Cult icon Divine stars as spoiled teen Dawn Davenport, who leaves home when her parents refuse to buy her the one Christmas gift she covets: cha-cha heels. After a sexual encounter with a sleazy derelict (also played by Divine), Dawn turns up pregnant and soon becomes a career criminal with a taste for murder.






March 14: COFFEE DATE (2006)
gay romance

When Todd (Jonathan Bray) shows up at a coffee shop to meet his blind date, Kelly, he's shocked to discover that she is actually a he (Wilson Cruz). But the joke's on the person who set them up -- Todd's brother, Barry (Jonathan Silverman) -- when they pretend they're an actual couple. Soon enough, Todd's mom (Sally Kirkland) is joining a pro-gay organization and embracing her son's newfound "homosexuality."




March 21: FIRE (1996)
lesbian drama/romance

Deepa Mehta's Fire, the first Indian film about lesbians, follows two Hindu women struggling with loveless, arranged marriages. When Sita (Nandita Das) discovers that her husband, Jatin (Javed Jaffrey), has a mistress, she shares her unhappiness with her sister-in-law, Radha (Shabana Azmi), who cannot give birth. As the lukewarm coals of their long-term relationships fade, they ignite passion in their lives by finding comfort in each other.



March 28: BOYFRIENDS (1996)
gay drama

Paul, Matt, and Will (in their 30s) have been friends for years. They converge at the seaside for the weekend, each with a boyfriend in tow. Paul is with Ben, his companion of five years: their relationship is on the rocks after months of Paul's moodiness since his brother Mark died. Matt brings Owen, whom he's dated for three months and wants to live with; to everyone else, they seem singularly incompatible. Will brings Adam, a 20-year old one-night stand, to meet "happy, well-adjusted homosexuals." As the six men, joined by Mark's lover, James, sort through their own relationships as well as new ones begun during the weekend, happiness and being well adjusted prove elusive.

April 4: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (2005)
gay drama / love story

Please join us for this special showing of "Brokeback Mountain", to be followed by a talk from author Eric Patterson on Saturday, April 5 at 7pm in Sue Welch Hall in the Equality Center. He will discuss his new book, On Brokeback Mountain: Meditations about Masculinity, Fear, and Love in the Story and Film. Please plan to attend both events!


Two sheepherders -- Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar (Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger) -- meet and fall in love while working together near Wyoming's Brokeback Mountain in 1963. Over the next 20 years, their lives take different courses: Jack becomes a rodeo cowboy while Ennis remains a ranch hand. Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid and Michelle Williams co-star. Ang Lee directs screenwriter Larry McMurtry's adaptation of a short story by E. Annie Proulx.


April 11: TREADING WATER (2001)
lesbian drama

Casey has turned away from her family to work as a longshorewoman and live with her social-worker girlfriend, Alex, but when Casey visits home at Christmas, she finds that her family's ways have not changed. Although it's clear that Casey has fallen deeply in love with Alex, her family is more judgmental than ever, and drama and emotions fly as two very different lifestyles try hard to find common ground on the beautiful coast of New England.




April 18: THE JOURNEY OF JARED PRICE (2000)
gay coming out/self-discovery

Along a young man's search for independence and sexual discovery are deceit, loneliness and perhaps, a chance to love. 19-year old Jared Price leaves the stability of his home in Georgia to start a new life in Southern California.







April 25: LIANNA (1983)
lesbian drama/self-discovery

This John Sayles drama follows the title character's changing world when she becomes fed up with her marriage to her oppressive, cheating husband and begins a homosexual affair with Ruth, her night school professor. But Lianna's joy at finding a new life and love soon disintegrates as the people around her start to treat her differently. Forced to find a new apartment, job and friends, Lianna finds that with freedom also comes loneliness.