June | NYC Queer Film Guide

NewFest may be over, but with so many gay-interest films showing this month, how’s a gentleman supposed to keep up? Here’s a brief guide to Queer film in June in New York.

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Staunch!: The Ultimate Grey Gardens Festival
Friday, June 12th– Sunday, June 14th
Curated by Rebekah and Sara Maysles
We decided to get in the act and bring it all back to the house that Grey Gardens built. STAUNCH! is a tribute to the documentary film and most of all, to its many, many fans. Hang out in our living, breathing diorama of Big and Little Edie’s bedroom as recreated by artists and designers, with ephemera, specialty foods and sound booths with outtakes of dialogue from the two ladies. Grey Gardens Installation by Anne Koch. $10 Suggested Donation For All Screenings.

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Homo Harlem: A Film Retrospective
Friday, June 19th-Saturday, June 27th
Curated by Michael Henry Adams, Co-Sponsored by Men of All Colors Together
In honor of the 40th Anniversary of The Stonewall Rebellion and the subsequent Gay rights movement we celebrate the cinematic representation of Gay life and culture in Black America’s fabled homeland with Homo Harlem: A Film Retrospective. $10 Suggested Donation For All Screenings.

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Sex Positive @ Quad Cinema
Starts Friday, June 12th
It is only at the end of Daryl Wein’s documentary portrait of the onetime AIDS activist Richard Berkowitz that its agenda as a polemic against societal amnesia becomes apparent. Noting that in recent years H.I.V. infection rates among gay men have begun to climb, this sad, useful film sounds an alarm about the return of unprotected sex among young gay men who believe that contracting the virus is unlikely. — Stephen Holden, The New York Times.

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Outrage @ Symphony Space
Sunday, June 14th – Sunday, Jun 28th
A searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians with appalling gay rights voting records who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to. Boldly revealing the hidden lives of some of the United States’ most powerful policymakers, Outrage takes a comprehensive look at the harm they’ve inflicted on millions of Americans, and examines the media’s complicity in keeping their secrets. Featuring analysis from Barney Frank, Jim McGreevey, Larry Kramer, Michelangelo Signorile, and others. $11.

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Queer/Art/Film @ 92Y TRIBECA
Thursday June 11th – Thursday July 16
QUEER/ART/FILM asks the question: How does film create a link from one queer generation to the next, from John Kelly to Jean Cocteau, from 8 1/2 to Paris is Burning, from Marlon Riggs to Chantal Akerman, from Kiki & Herb to the Five Lesbian Brothers, to…..you! Join us every Thursday at 7:30pm in June and bi-weekly in the months to follow, to explore these unexpected pathways from one artist to the next, lively excavations of history and queerest of cinematic events. $12.

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