The beloved annual NewFest “Queering the Canon” collection is again — and this time, it’s all about all-consuming romance. IndieWire can completely announce the 2025 lineup for “Queering the Canon: So Obsessed,” introduced by NewFest and BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music).
The 4K restoration of Lisa Cholodenko’s “Excessive Artwork” is a program spotlight, because the function returns to NewFest after opening the pageant in 1998. “The Youngsters Are All Proper” filmmaker Cholodenko will probably be a part of a Q&A for the “Queering the Canon: So Obsessed” New York premiere of the restoration.
“Excessive Artwork” facilities on aspiring journal editor Syd (Radha Mitchell) who discovers her upstairs neighbor is Lucy, a famend but reclusive photographer (Ally Sheedy). As complicated feelings and inventive forces ignite, Syd lures Lucy out of early retirement after they start a creative collaboration. Syd and Lucy fervently fall deeper into one another’s aesthetic goals whereas manifesting their rising human needs, a lot to the chagrin of Lucy’s oft-drug-addled German actress girlfriend Greta (Patricia Clarkson).
A 35mm screening of “Single White Feminine” and a free, uncommon screening of Cheryl Dunye’s “Stranger Inside,” plus a Q&A with Dunye, are extra “Queering the Canon: So Obsessed” moments to look ahead to.
The collection will happen April 3 – 7. This 12 months’s theme is devoted to when “curiosities turn into full blown obsessions,” because the collection curates “mesmerizing tales of the all-consuming energy of romance, artwork, household, and self-indulgence,” per the outline. Prior editions of “Queering the Canon” have included “Besties,” “BIPOC New York,” “Queer Rom-Coms,” and “Completely Radical.”
“We invite you to burrow deep into legacy queer movies that can captivate your thoughts, physique and soul at this 12 months’s swoon-worthy ‘Queering the Canon: So Obsessed,’” Nick McCarthy, NewFest Director of Programming, mentioned in an official assertion. “Cinema is inherently a voyeuristic device to course of fixations, and this compelling assortment of uncompromising dramas, imaginative artwork movies, and campy delights, that includes restorations and 35mm, will certainly seize your consideration. We look ahead to gathering intergenerational audiences at BAM as we amplify retrospective titles and have fun iconic filmmakers resembling Lisa Cholodenko and Cheryl Dune. And who is aware of, possibly you’ll uncover your latest obsession at ‘Queering the Canon’!”
Try the total lineup, with language offered by NewFest, under.
“Excessive Artwork” (1998, 4K Restoration)
Dir. Lisa Cholodenko. With Radha Mitchell, Ally Sheedy, Patricia Clarkson, Gabriel Mann, Invoice Sage, Charis Michelsen, David Thornton, Anh Duong, Helen Mendes.
In individual on Thursday, April 3, 7:00pm, adopted by Q&A with author director Lisa Cholodenko.
New York Premiere of 4K Restoration.
NewFest’s Opening Night time Movie in 1998 and winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Prize at Sundance, this enduring debut function from Academy Award nominee Lisa Cholodenko (THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT) is an evocative portrait of ambition, dependancy, and fervour in 90s New York. Idle fascination blooms into intense connection when aspiring journal editor Syd (Radha Mitchell) discovers her upstairs neighbor is Lucy Berliner (Ally Sheedy), a famend but reclusive photographer. As complicated feelings and inventive forces ignite, Syd lures Lucy out of early retirement after they start a creative collaboration. Syd and Lucy fervently fall deeper into one another’s aesthetic goals whereas manifesting their rising human needs, a lot to the chagrin of Lucy’s oft-drug-addled German actress girlfriend Greta (Patricia Clarkson). It is a should see alternative to expertise HIGH ART’s entrancing qualities and have fun the legacy of a cultural touchstone of queer cinema in a beautiful new restoration.
“Stranger Inside” (2001)
Dir. Cheryl Dune. With Yolonda Ross, Davenia McFadden, Rain Phoenix, Ella Joyce, Conchata Ferrell, Medusa.
In individual on Friday, April 4, 7:00pm and streaming nearly April 3 – 7; Q&A with co-writer/director Cheryl Dune to comply with in-person screening. Free Public Screening.
Robust younger butch Treasure is set to attach together with her incarcerated, long-lost mom she’s barely met on this gripping drama from director Cheryl Dune (THE WATERMELON WOMAN). Whereas serving a stint at a youth division of corrections, Treasure (Yolonda Ross) will get herself transferred to a most safety jail in hopes of forming an overdue bond with lifer Brownie (Davenia McFadden) there. The reunion is something however clean as Treasure navigates a collection of checks and sophisticated dynamics to show herself to Brownie – who holds a lot energy throughout the facility – together with potential lovers. Recipient of a number of pageant awards and Impartial Spirit Award nominations but not often screened, the riveting STRANGER INSIDE exudes unapologetic grit, desperation, and vulnerability because it powerfully charts the unwavering pursuit or acceptance, survival, and household.
“Single White Feminine” (1992)
Dir. Barbet Schroeder. With Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber, Peter Friedman.
In individual on Saturday, April 5, 7:00pm Screening in 35mm.
Upon dumping her philandering fiance, rising entrepreneur Allie
(Bridget Fonda) advertises for a roommate to cohabitate in her spacious, rent-stabilized Higher
West Facet residence. Thus enters the seemingly shy and thoughtful Hedra (Jennifer Jason Leigh) – an initially perfect match who gives a balm for Allie’s heartbreak and loneliness. They rapidly turn into two peas in a pod – sharing trend recommendation, late nights with previous motion pictures, and strolls with ice cream. However when
Allie decides to provide her ex-fiance a second probability and jilts her new flatmate, Hedra’s demure
demeanor begins to shift and more and more bitter. An outrageous erotic thriller and psychological curler coaster, SINGLE WHITE FEMALE is an iconic instance of 90s Hollywood sensationalism, leading to a deliriously queer mixture of transgressive tropes and charming camp greatest seen with an viewers.
“Vive L’Amour” (1994; Restoration)
Dir. Tsai Ming-Liang. With Lee Kang-sheng, Yang Kuei- mei, Chen Chao-jung.
In individual on Sunday, April 6, 5:00pm and streaming nearly April 3 Restoration.
Winner of the celebrated Golden Lion on the 1994 Venice Worldwide Movie Competition, this entrancing story from acclaimed auteur Tsai Ming-liang follows three characters unknowingly sharing an ostensibly empty Taipei residence. Realtor Could Lin (Yang Kuei-mei) oversees the on-the-market high-rise unit, which she makes use of for non permanent trysts. Younger funeral salesman Hsiao-kang (Lee Kang-sheng) – having found keys within the door someday – sometimes occupies the house to secretly act out shows of
repressed identification. Once they each individually discover themselves drawn to enticing vagabond Ah-
jung (Chen Chao-jung), a thirsty triangle of wandering souls is fashioned because the three casually
cross paths In a collection or tragicomic erotic encounters. That includes an intoxicating mixture of unquenchable longing and shocking deadpan humor, VIVE L’AMOUR opens doorways to the methods through which lust, alienation, and sexuality overlap within the never-ending seek for private satisfaction.
“Pink Narcissus” (1971; 4K Restoration)
Dir. James Bidgood. With Bobby Kendall, Charles Ludlam.
In individual on Monday, April 7, 7:00pm 4K Restoration.
A good-looking, self-involved, and brooding younger intercourse employee (Bobby Kendall) escapes the realities of his road life by means of a collection of fantasies of unbelievable magnificence. Obsessed along with his personal perceived perfection, he lives in a dreamworld of charming colours, magnificent music, elaborate costumes and strikingly enticing males. In a collection of eye-popping sequences, he imagines himself in a wide range of intense roles, from matador to Roman chief. However actuality always intrudes by means of the wicked lives of the opposite road folks, the cruel and ugly sounds, and visits from his paying admirers. In the end, his narcissistic enchantment along with his personal magnificence and life-style is marred by one nice concern – ageing and lack of his youth. Without delay phantasmagoric and kaleidoscopic, the gorgeous new restoration of this 70s underground
sensation burns simply as shiny – if not brighter.
“Chuck & Buck” (2000).
Dir. Miguel Arteta. With Mike White, Chris Weitz, Lupe Ontiveros, Beth Colt, Paul Weitz.
Solely streaming nearly from April 3 – 7. Digital Unique.
Caught in a state of arrested improvement, willfully naive Buck (Mike White) strikes to LA with the only real goal of rekindling a boyish friendship along with his childhood pal on this daring darkish comedy. Chuck (Chris Weitz), who now goes by Charlie, has grown into an expert music government with a gradual girlfriend. Charlie is clearly uncomfortable with Buck’s incessant insistence to revive the previous, and rebuffs Buck’s quite a few advances – from nonstop telephone calls to surprising workplace visits. Unable to completely course of the pangs of rejection, Buck decides to write down a play primarily based on their early kinship and enlists the assistance of Beverly (Lupe Ontiveros) to stage the manufacturing at a local people theater so as to win Chuck’s affection. Without delay cringeworthy and exceeding earnest, CHUCK AND BUCK was shot on digital with a
shoe-string funds and obtained a a lot ballyhooed premiere 25 years in the past on the 2000 Sundance Movie Competition. Directed by Miguel Arteta from a razor-sharp screenplay by Mike White (THE WHITE LOTUS), stays a fascinatingly thorny character research and offbeat relic of early 2000s unbiased filmmaking.
“Love Is the Satan: Examine For a Portrait of Francis Bacon” (1998)
Dir. John Maybury. With Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Anne Lambton, Karl Johnson, Tilda Swinton.
Solely streaming nearly from April 3 – 7. Digital Unique.
An unflinching, stylized portrait of painter Francis Bacon (Derek Jacobi) and his tumultuous love affair with small-time criminal George Dyer (Daniel Craig) from visionary filmmaker John Maybury. Bacon is on the top of his fame within the Nineteen Sixties when a would-be thief breaks into his studio – sparking curiosity and need within the artist’s eye. Thus begins an addictive of melding private infatuation with messy dynamics, as spirits of domination and naivete co-mingle. Author/director Maybury tells this turbulent story with the acerbic wit and fragmented formalism befitting of the titular artist and his work. This undersung pageant hit, which premiered in Un Sure Regard on the Cannes Movie Competition in 1998, options fully-committed standout performances from Jacobi and Craig with a deliciously devoted eye to the ability of ardour.