Sinema Club sex-pos & LGBTQ+ film night: John Waters' "A Dirty Shame" (2004)

House of Scorpio

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Sinema Club: John Waters' "A Dirty Shame" (2004)

Sun 8.16*, 7pm-12am, 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: John Waters' "A Dirty Shame" (2004)

Set in the director's favorite playground of Baltimore, the film centers on Sylvia Stickles (Tracey Ullman), your average, sex-hating American mother and housewife who one day takes a hit on the head, transforming her into a nymphomaniac and drawing the attention of a sex cult leader named Ray-Ray (Johnny Knoxville). Waters' last movie to date, A DIRTY SHAME fearlessly skewers our nation's puritanical morality while showing off a veritable encyclopedia of sexual fetishes, done in an underground style that harkens back to PINK FLAMINGOS and FEMALE TROUBLE. For extra fun, we'll be screening the NC-17 rated version.

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.