Sinema Club sex-pos & LGBTQ+ film night: Gregg Araki's Totally F*ed Up (1993) + Nowhere (1997)

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Sinema Club: Gregg Araki's Totally F*ed Up (1993) + Nowhere (1997)

Sun Nov 8*, 7pm-11:30pm, 21+ (25+ suggested); open to all**

Members: $0-10 / non-members: $10 + $2 fee (membership starts at $5)

Gemini & Scorpio Loft, 267 Douglass St, 3rd fl (ADA accessible)

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The body's largest sex organ is the brain. Sinema Club stimulates yours with films that are explicitly erotic, homo-romantic, or gender-exploring -- and always thought-provoking. A rousing discussion follows; drinking is encouraged throughout, and mingling happens before, in breaks and after. Plus: free popcorn from our vintage cart. You can also order in from the many restaurants around, and make it dinner and a movie.

This month's feature: Totally F*ed Up (1993) + Nowhere (1997) by Gregg Araki

Gregg Araki -- "queer cinema's punk rock prophet" (League of Filmmakers) -- is the emblematic indie director of 1990s American New Queer Cinema movement.

Totally F***ed Up (1993) centres on six queer, alienated teenagers living in LA who form a makeshift family. Araki himself has dubbed it "a kinda cross between avant-garde experimental cinema and a queer John Hughes flick." The film's attitude is quite ironic from the outset, but a deeply upsetting meditation on abuse and the AIDS epidemic hides underneath its caustic facade.

Nowhere (1997) also features a cast of eclectic characters, featuring turns from a number of young celebrities on the cusp of stardom including Ryan Phillippe, Mena Suvari and Denise Richards. The film stands apart from its predecessors due to its strong visuals and inclusion of soft sci-fi elements, leading many fans to cite the picture as the absolute strongest of Araki's early career works.

Together with The Doom Generation (1995), these films comprise Araki's Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy, and have reached cult classic status in the 30 years since their release.

Sinema Club is curated and hosted by Phil Guie-Ng (@thatphilguymovies): an inquisitive, ardent longtime film critic who is dying to tell you about movies you haven't heard of yet. As a reviewer at the website Film-Forward, his self-appointed mission was covering documentaries and features about subjects who challenged conventional attitudes about gender, masculinity, and more. When Phil isn't writing about movies, you can find him in Brooklyn taking part in protests on behalf of basic human rights.

*Sinema Club happens on every second Sunday of the month

**HoS rules: HoS membership, dress code, PAL, prior approval not required; Code of Conduct always applies; no photos except in the designated front area.