rrizzo@bbncca.ARPA (Ron Rizzo) (06/04/85)
The New England Gay & Lesbian Film Festival: First Week's Schedule =========================================== (Info taken from Orson Welles Theater bulletin) June 5/6 Wed/Thurs DRIFTING (Amos Guttman, Israel) 4:30, 8:00 Budding filmmaker Robi lives with his grandmother in Tel Aviv. One night he brings home "two Arab studs" who may be terrorists. Boston premiere. EACH OTHER (Michal Bat-Adam, Israel) 2;45, 6:00, 9;45 A love story between two young women. Boston premiere. June 7/8 Fri/Sat BLACK LIZARD (Kenji Fukasaku) 1:00, 4:30, 8:00 A Japanese DIVA? Starring Akihiri Maruyama, Japan's most famous onna-gata, or female impersonator, as a "wicked woman" in a "kooky kabuki" caper film. CORRUPT 2:45, 6:15, 9:45 Sex Pistol John Lydon has an intense S&M "thing" for cop Harvey Keitel. "Cameo performance by the real Sylvia Sidney." Boston premiere. June 9/10/11 Sun/Mon/Tue SCRUBBERS (Mai Zetterling) 1:15, 4:35, 8:00 Featuring the escapades of the Hellhole Bitches, a dyke prison gang. SCUM 2:55, 6:15, 9:45 A male version of SCRUBBERS set in a borstal (British reform school). Watch Julian Firth get molested by everyone. Boston premiere. **************** PLEASE NOTE: The above is only the first of 3+ weeks of the Festival. My worklaod does not allow me to type more in now. But stay posted! Breathlessly, Ron Rizzo