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Outfest Wednesdays screens weekly at the historic Egyptian Theatre (6712 Hollywood Boulevard) in Hollywood in collaboration with the American Cinematheque. |
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Wednesday, September 14, 7:30pm, Rigler Theatre @ The Egyptian |
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MY HUSTLER
Not the classic Andy Warhol film, but a collection of shorts about hustlers that we can (or might want to) claim as our own. Highlighting men for hire from around the world - Canada, New Zealand, France and the U.S. - these are the gritty, visually stunning stories of rent boys with depth, beauty and that irresistible hustler mystique.
ROOM SERVICE
DIR: Daniel Reitz, 2004, USA, video, 20 min.
An ex-TV star-turned-hustler is rented for a night by an obsessed fan.
BUILD
DIR: Greg Atkins, 2004, Canada, video, 23 min.
Amid secrets and lies, a young man works to support his mother.
BOY
DIR: Welby Ings, 2004, New Zealand, video, 15 min.
In small town New Zealand, a hustler discovers the key to a murder.
GIGOLO
DIR: Bastian Schweitzer, 2004, Germany, 35mm, subtitled, 15 min.
A beautiful Arab boy is at the disposal of Parisian jet setters.
GOLD
DIR: Armen Kazazian, 2005, Canada, 35mm, 16 min.
A drug addicted hustler acts as the eyes for an artist who is going blind.
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Monday, September 19, 7:30pm, Rigler Theatre @ The Egyptian |
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THE PRIZE WINNER OF DEFIANCE COUNTY
DIR/SCR: Jane Anderson, 2005, USA, 35mm, 90 min.
Based on a true story, THE PRIZE WINNER OF DEFIANCE OHIO stars four-time Academy Award® nominee Julianne Moore, Oscar® nominee Woody Harrelson (THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLINT) and Oscar® nominee Laura Dern (RAMBLING ROSE) in the story of a woman who defies the odds to keep a roof over her family’s heads. Evelyn Ryan (Julianne Moore) is a devoted housewife and mother of ten in the 1950s. Her husband (Woody Harrelson) can’t seem to make ends meet, but that doesn’t stop the car from breaking down, the mortgage coming due and the bills from piling up. It falls to Evelyn to defy the conventions of the day and find a way to keep her family together with the odds stacked against them. Applying her remarkable resourcefulness and an uncommon wit, Evelyn finds her own way in the profitable jingle contests popular in the 1950s and ‘60s.THE PRIZE WINNER OF DEFIANCE OHIO marks the feature film directorial debut of Jane Anderson (director of telefilms NORMAL and THE BABY DANCE) who was the recipient of the 2003 Outfest Achievement Award.
Sneak Preview
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Thursday, September 22, 7:00pm & 9:00pm, Spielberg Theatre @ The Egyptian |
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THE RECEPTION
DIR. John G. Young, 2005, USA, 80 min
It’s a frosty family gathering when Sierra returns to the country home of her mother Jeannette, a French expatriate, bringing along her new husband Andrew, a handsome, black attorney. Sierra’s marriage would seem to allow for a rapprochement with her estranged mother, who fills her empty hours with the companionship of Martin, a gay black artist who is essentially her "kept" man. As the two women attempt to bury their past difficulties and celebrate their newfound lives, a struggle develops between Martin and Andrew: first, to escape one another’s judgment, then, to deal with their smoldering attraction to each other. Young (PARALLEL SONS)’s fascinating drama boasts taut direction, trenchant social commentary and, not incidentally, one of the most frank (and sexy) cinematic depictions of love between black men ever.
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Wednesday, September 28 |
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NO SCREENING |
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