October 3. 2003
Out onscreen
Your color-coordinated guide to what’s playing when
LEGEND
Thursday, Oct. 9
7 30 pm Tipping the V elvet
Daring, passionate lesbian love
story set in 19th century British
music hail Free screening at the
Guild Theater
When Michael
(Macaulay
Culkin, right)
arrives in New
York, he attaches
himself— and
later outshines—
a flamboyant
queen of the
club scene
(Seth Green) in
Party Monster
Friday, Oct. 10
7 30 pm G irls W ill Be G irls . 0
Three Hollywood actresses/
roommates (all played by men)
campily fight for love, ambition See
review on Page 33
Saturday, Oct. 11
|2 pm D on't Worry, it'll
Probably Pass. Teen-age girls
create video dianes documenting
true emotions when discovering their
sexuality Swedish; English subtitles,
High drama
Reality bites
Campy fun
Passionate politics
Girls rule
Boy toys
Electric erotica
Among the four
programs of shorts
is Sexo, a Tierce
and furious take on
pom and its perps
= Reviewed
4 pm Kiss ft Tells G irls’ Shorts.
Ten reels address gender, coming
out, coupling, crushes, kissing,
impossible love and high school girls
cum spies
6:30 pm Gasoline. After
accidentally killing one of their
mothers, two young loves encounter
hostility in Thelma & Louise road
trip. Italian; English subtitles.
8 30 pm You'H Get Over It. 0
High schooler’s idyllic life
fractures when he admires another
boy. French; English subtitles See
review on Page 33.
10:30 pm D ie, M om m ie, D ie.
Hilarious soap opera that mixes
whodunits and double-crossings of
1967 fallen pop diva (starring
several familiar faces).
4 pm Dangerous Living. Janeane
Garofato narrates heartbreaking yet
triumphant documentary of coming
out in the Third World. English and
various other languages
5 30 pm B rother O utsider. Q
True story of Bayard Rustin, an
early civil rights leader and openly
gay African American. See review
7:30 pm Radical Harmonies.
Groundbreaking documentary
explores the revolution in roles of
women in music and culture, from
early stars to contemporary crooners
9:30 pm The Event. Investigating
unexplained suicides, a Manhattan
D A reveals an emotional |
of relationships explaining one
man's life and death.
Sunday, Oct. 12
1:30 pm Venus Boy*. Provocative
interviews about gender identity with
drag kings of New York, London and
Zurich. English with some German.
on Page 32.
Monday, Oct. 13
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7 pm Laughing Matter«. Lesbii
comedians Kate Clinton, Suzanne
Westenhoefer, Marga Gomez.
Karen Williams tell it like it is both
on- and off-stage.
9 pm 9 Dead Gay G uys. An
outrageous manhunt ensues when
two "straight" Irishmen who blow
for dough find their biggest client
murdered.
Tuesday, Oct. 14
7 pm Yossi ft Jaggar. Israeli
soldiers share secret love affair on
remote base fighting for cause they
don't believe in. Hebrew; English
subtitles.
9 pm Saxot Boys' Shorts I. Ten
gay vignettes look at relationships,
pornography, gender, dating, the
1970s and, of course, sex. Various
Wednesday, Oct. 15
7 pm Blue Gate Crossing. / •
Taipei girl's matchmaking
backfires and she ends up coming
out herself. Mandarin; English
subtitles. See review on Page 31.
9:15 pm Bulgarian Lovers.
Financially secure Daniel takes in
refugee KyrH only to succumb to
Kyril's Bulgarian Mafia life. Spanish;
English subtitles
Thursday, Oct. 16
7 pm Gaydar. Boy«' Shorts II.
Eight briefs examine the young, the
elderly, coming out, Jobsite
attractions, a skirt and unusual
9:15 pm M erc! D octeur Rey. Q
Liaison turns to murder with
w
oddball encounters, intriguing twists.
French and English; English
subtitles See review on Page 31
Friday, Oct. 17
7 pm Party Monster. Macaulay
Culkin stars in true-to-life big-city
climb to fame— and tragic fall to
drugs and decadence.
An 1890s music hall is the scene of
Tipping the Velvet, in which Nan slowly
realizes she is attracted to women and falls
for Kitty, a popular male impersonator
9 pm My Life on Ice. French bo;
uses video camera to show the
world through 16-year-old eyes.
11 pm El Paso W recking
C o rp . Two buddies seeking
work find more than blow jobs,
Director Joe Gage will attend: see
profile on Page 5 1
4 30 pm R uthie and C onnie. In
1974, two longtime Brooklyn friends
leave husbands and children,
struggle with homophobia, achieve
happiness as political activists
6:30 pm G ypsy 83. Two left-out
Goths leave narrow-minded
Midwest on road trip to Gotham,
accompanied by a great '80s
soundtrack
9 pm Close to Leo. Leo, 21. sees
profound effect on family
relationships when he tells them he
has AIDS. French; English subtitles
5 pm Suddenly. Punk girls
"kidnap'' straight chick from Buenos
Aires streets later reveal vulnerability
tenderness under tough-girl stance
Spanish; English subtitles
7 pm Prey fo r Rock ft Roll.
Gina Gershon stars as no-bull rock
‘n roller who holds her band
together through hardcore hang ups
915 pm A.K.A. Three-frame
view splits layers of young
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Brit's runaway life, from abuse to
aristocracy. See review on Page 30.
In Prey for Rock & Roll,
Gina G ershon stars as Jacki,
a tough-as-nails musician and
true survivor, despite her fear
that aging will kill her career
Saturday, Oct. 18
2 pm Body Beautiful. Close-up
of queer self-image through shorts
examining physical differences,
weight gainers, disabilities,
pornography, tobacco and
contemporary attitudes
11 pm L.A Tool & D ie.
Construction workers put their
tools to good use Director Joe
Gage will attend, see profile on
Page 51,
Sunday, Oct. 19
2:30 pm The G ift. Louise
Hogarth directs this controver- ^
sial documentary of bug-chasers—
men who actively seek HIV
infection. See review on Page 33.
Qasoline is the Italian answer to Thelma 6? Louise, sending two
girls-in-love on a road trip they won’t forget