KILLER CONDOM 1996
In one of the seediest parts of Midtown Manhattan, the male patrons of the aptly-named Hotel Quickie keep getting their genitals bitten off by some mysterious unseen force. Assigned to the case by his superiors, the gay Sicilian-born cop Luigi Mackeroni is skeptical of the rumors that a carnivorous condom is on the loose... or at least until he himself is maimed by one of the man-eating prophylactics during an encounter with a young rent boy at the hotel. As the Big Apple is besieged by an entire army of ravenous rubbers, Mackeroni must find a way to put an end to the escalating emasculation epidemic! Based on the best-selling adult comic by Germany's Ralf König and featuring special effects by notorious splatter master Jörg Buttgereit and creative consulting from the legendary H. R. Giger, Martin Walz's KILLER CONDOM is a delirious queer horror comedy, newly restored to its unseen original director's cut.
Thursday, June 11
Director: Martin Walz
Starring: Udo Samel, Peter Lohmeyer, Iris Berben
Runtime: 120 min., Germany
Language: German w/ English subtitles
TALLY BROWN, NEW YORK 1979
Both a loving portrait of a larger-than-life personality and a vivid record of New York’s 1970s downtown demimonde, this captivating documentary follows Tally Brown—cabaret chanteuse, underground film star, and a staple of Andy Warhol’s Factory—as she takes filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim on a tour through the grit and glamour of the city that made her. Capturing Brown’s mesmerizing performances (including her breathtaking bilingual cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes”) as well as her social world among fellow queer cult icons like Holly Woodlawn, Divine, and Taylor Mead, Tally Brown, New York is an essential snapshot of a scene that has passed into legend. 2K restoration by the Deutsche Kinemathek, courtesy of Muscle Distribution.
Friday, June 19
Director: Rosa von Praunheim
Starring: Tally Brown, Divine, Holly Woodlawn, Andy Warhol
Runtime: 94 min., USA/Germany
Language: English
THE DEVIL QUEEN 1974
Rio de Janeiro’s criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: Diaba (Milton Gonçalves), a femme queen with a taste for power and violence. When the police come after her boy toy, Diaba attempts to find a scapegoat to take the blame and a plot to dethrone Her Majesty arises! Always clad in gloriously colourful outfits and accessories inspired by Afro-Brazilian culture, Diaba runs a mob of eccentric misfits made up of drag queens, pimps, prostitutes, and queer folks of all stripes. The movie’s bold and audacious color palette and camp aesthetic evokes the early films of Pedro Almodóvar, while its stylized and over-the-top violence is giving Quentin Tarantino queer fever dream.
Sunday, June 28
Director: Antonio Carlos da Fontoura
Starring: Milton Gonçalves, Stepan Nercessian, Nelson Xavier
Runtime: 100 min., Brazil
Language: Portuguese w/ English subtitles