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90s Queer Sleaze

The Living End

Dir: Gregg Araki, 1992, USA, 83 min, Cert: 18

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Sun 28 June // 19:00

Tickets: £7

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Gregg Araki's unclassifiable HIV drama / road movie / sex comedy was a faggy grenade thrown into the culture wars of early-90s America.

Told in Araki's signature crunchy-poppy style, The Living End portrays two HIV-positive lovers embarking on a nihilistic crime spree. With this film and his Apocalypse Trilogy, Araki found a radical new way to express the rage of the AIDS-era queer community, helping to birth the New Queer Cinema of the early 90s.

A gleefully irreverent take on the most serious of subjects, The Living End is a reminder that political cinema can make a difference to the conversation while still offering a fucking great time at the movies. 

 

"A queers-on-the-lam portrait that deserves a place in movie history." – B. Ruby Rich, Village Voice

Desperate, uproarious, it has the power of honesty and originality." – Janet Maslin,  New York Times

"A stylish, eloquent lovers-on-the-run movie with a radical urgent twist." – David Ansen, Newsweek

 

Doors open 30 minutes before advertised start time. All film screenings are ad-free and 18+ unless otherwise stated, and start with no more than a 10 min selection of trailers. 

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