Rialto Channel is proud to share a range of queer flicks in February.
Join us for 16 days of films that reflect the history, beauty and strength of the global gay community.
Titles and screening times are listed below:
Saturday 1/2 10:00pm: Colette
Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to escape her husband's control. 2018. UK. Director: Wash Westmoreland. Starring: Keira Knightley
Sunday 2/2 9:50pm: McQueen
The life and career of fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen: from his start as a tailor, to his untimely death. 2018. UK. Directors: Ian Bonhote, Peter Ettedgui
Monday 3/2 10:15pm: Every Act Of Life
The life and career of Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally. 2018. US. Director: Jeff Kaufman
Tuesday 4/2 9:20pm: Killing Patient Zero
In the early 1980s, a gay flight attendant's assistance in a medical study helps prove that HIV/AIDS was a sexually transmitted disease. 2019. Canada. Director: Laurie Lynd
Wednesday 5/2 10:00pm: Thelma
A painfully shy college student starts to experience extreme seizures while studying at a university in Oslo. 2017. Norway. Director: Joachim Trier. Starring: Eili Harboe
Thursday 6/2 10:05pm: The Heiresses
A 30-year relationship is rocked by money issues as one half is jailed for fraud and the other finds a new lease of life. 2018. Paraguay. Director: Marcelo Martinessi. Starring: Ana Brun
Friday 7/2 9:15pm: Skate Kitchen
Camille's life as a lonely suburban teenager changes dramatically when she befriends a group of girl skateboarders. 2018. US. Director: Crystal Moselle. Starring: Rachelle Vinberg
Saturday 8/2 10:40pm: Girl
Lara is a 15-year-old girl, born in the body of a boy, who dreams of becoming a ballerina. 2018. Belgium. Director: Lukas Dhont. Starring: Victor Polster
Sunday 9/2 10:05pm: Novitiate
A 17-year-old trains to become a nun as the Roman Catholic Church undergoes radical changes in the early 1960s. 2017. US. Director: Maggie Betts. Starring: Melissa Leo
Monday 10/2 10:35pm: Good Manners
Clara, a lonely nurse, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny for her unborn child. 2017. Brazil. Directors: Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas. Starring: Isabel Zuaa
Tuesday 11/2 9:20pm: My Days Of Mercy
The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause. 2017. US. Director: Tali Shalom-Ezer. Starring: Ellen Page
Wednesday 12/2 10:10pm: The Happy Prince
The untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde. 2018. UK. Director: Rupert Everett. Starring: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Emily Watson
Thursday 13/2 10:10pm: Anchor And Hope
A lesbian couple's plan to solicit a friend to be their sperm donor brings changes for all three of them. 2017. Spain/UK. Director: Carlos Marques-Marcet. Starring: Oona Chaplin
Friday 14/2 9:15pm: The Ice King
The life of trailblazing Olympic figure skater and dancer John Curry, who turned Ice skating from a dated sport into an exalted art form. 2018. UK. Director: James Erskine
Saturday 15/2 10:45pm: Climax
A troupe of dancers begin an all-night celebration that turns nightmarish when they discover that the sangria is laced with LSD. 2018. France. Director: Gaspar Noe. Starring: Sofia Boutella
Sunday 16/2 10:00pm: Studio 54
The people behind the infamous Studio 54 tell the in-depth story of how the world's greatest nightclub was created. 2018. US. Director: Matt Tyrnauer
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