Classic lesbian and queer film gems to screen this summer and beyond.
The newly reopened Quad cinema has incorporated Pride programming, including films of lesbian and LGBT interest such as Rachel Reichman's WORK, a powerfully understated and rarely-screened American indie feature about an unhappily married woman who falls for the woman next door. The film with be Quad cinema's "Underexposed" pick of the month.
Since 1972, over its four decades, the Quad has been one of New York’s preeminent homes for LGBTQ cinema. This Pride it will be screening queer stories, beginning with the World Premiere of a new 4K restoration of Toshio Matsumoto's transgender masterpiece, Funeral Parade of Roses on June 9 and continue until June 19.
Quad will also launch a new monthly series, "Coming Out Again," which will spotlight lesser-known landmarks of LGBTQ film history in collaboration with NewFest. Other films of interest include the 1972 classic Cabaret, starring Liza Minelli, Claude Chabrol's La Cérémonie (1995), and Greta Schiller's Paris Was a Woman (1996).
The Quad Cinema is New York City's first small four-screen multiplex theater. Located at 34 West 13th Street in the heart of Greenwich Village. For the full program go here.