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I Love the Nightlife Film Series Pass

Northwest Film Forum
Seattle, WA

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I Love the Nightlife Film Series Pass

Ready to take a retrospective walk on the wild side? Explore the darker fringes of the homo social scene as depicted in the movies. Every Thursday in April, Three Dollar Bill Cinema goes out to the gay bar with this provocative film series featuring queer gathering spaces in prominent roles.

From stereotypical characters to candid portrayals of queer culture, see how filmmakers envisioned what the gays were doing back in the day in back alleys, barrooms and beyond.

April 3
CRUISING (1980) Controversial with gay and straight audiences alike, this William Friedkin film starring Al Pacino follows a murder investigation through New York Citys steamiest gay subcultures. Experience the original theatrical cut, projected from 35mm film.

April 10
CABARET (1972) As Hitlers Nazi party rose to power in 1930s Germany, there was only one place in Berlin where they lived out a life of anything goes. Join Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey in director Bob Fosses winner of 8 Academy Awards and countless devotees.

April 17
SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE (1971)
Its Christmas Eve 1971 in a Greenwich Village gay bar, and everyones got the gift of gab. With Golden Girls Rue McClanahan as a rich fag hag, Warhol superstar Candy Darling, Buck Rogers Gil Gerard and beloved out icon Fannie Flagg. Rarely shown, unavailable on home video and screening in all of its uncensored glory!

April 24
THE DETECTIVE (1968)
Frank Sinatra stars as an honest but conflicted cop, tough on crime but struggling with a law enforcement establishment where racism and homophobia are the norm. While investigating the murder of a wealthy and well-connected gay man, the mystery takes a turn with surprising results.