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Leaving February 1
Directed by Frank Simon | 68 mins | 1968
Welcome to the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant, held at New York’s Town Hall! Simon’s essential document of queer history takes us backstage to rehearsals and dressing rooms at a drag competition organized by Flawless Sabrina, and judged by a panel including Andy Warhol and Larry Rivers.
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Downtown 81
Directed by Edo Bertoglio | 72 mins | 2000
In 1980, writer and Warhol associate Glenn O’Brien, Swiss photographer Edo Bertoglio, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, a graffiti innovator and noise music artist who’d just begun to exhibit his paintings, hit the streets of lower Manhattan to make a movie abou... -
In the Soup
Directed by Alexandre Rockwell | 96 mins | 1992
The spirit of the Nouvelle Vague animates Alexandre Rockwell’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winner, a veritable who’s who of New York independent cinema—from Cassavetes stalwart Seymour Cassel through to Jim Jarmusch, and an almost babyfaced Steve Busc... -
Delirious
Directed by Tom DiCillo | 106 mins | 2006
A decade on from "Living In Oblivion" (1995), writer-director Tom DiCillo and Steve Buscemi reunite in this underseen NYC fable. Here, Buscemi plays low-rent paparazzo Les, hungry for a big break. He’s happy enough to accept an offer of unpaid assistance ...
