Film Programming and Distribution

Ongoing

Queer Cinema: Lost and Found at Austin Film Society (Austin, TX)
A monthly queer film series focused on deep cuts and lesser-screened works. Each screening features an intro + post-film discussion, and most features are paired with shorts.

Cruising (1980, dir. William Friedkin) 35mm
Shortbus (2006, dir. John Cameron Mitchell)
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982, dir. Robert Altman) 35mm
Kamikaze Hearts (1986, dir. Juliet Bashore)
Coming Out (1972, dir. Arthur, J. Bressan, Jr.) +
Gay U.S.A. (1977, dir. Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.)
Jerovi (1965, dir. José Rodriguez-Soltero) +
Pink Narcissus (1971, dir. Anonymous) 35mm
Wigstock: The Movie (1995, dir. Barry Shils) 35mm
Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS (1986, dir. Barbara Hammer) +
Chocolate Babies (1996, dir. Stephen Winter)
The Wormwood Star (1956, dir. Curtis Harrington) +
Vampyros Lesbos (1971, dir. Jesús Franco)
Outlaw (1994, dir. Alisa Lebow) +
Transexual Menace (1996, dir. Rosa von Praunheim)
Valerie (1974, dir. Joseph Horning) +
Fleshpot on 42nd Street (1972, dir. Andy Milligan)
I Don’t Know (1971, dir. Penelope Spheeris) +
Outrageous! (1977, dir. Richard Benner) 35mm
Hats Off to Hollywood (1972, dir. Penelope Spheeris) +
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970, dir. Russ Meyer)
Marriage Story (2020, dir. Jessica Dunn Rovinelli) 35mm +
Simone Barbes or Virtue (1980, dir. Marie-Claude Treilhou)
Beaver Fever (1974, dir. Curt McDowell) +
Mod Fuck Explosion (1994, dir. Jon Moritsugu)
Superdyke Meets Madame X (1976, dir. Max Almy and Barbara Hammer) +
Nitrate Kisses (1992, dir. Barbara Hammer)
Freedom Day Parade (1974, dir. Wakefield Poole) +
The Devil Queen (1974, dir. Antonio Carlos da Fontoura)
Pumping Iron II: The Women (1985, dir. George Butler) 35mm
Bros Before (2022, dir. Henry Hanson) +
Taxi zum Klo (1980, dir. Frank Ripploh) 35mm
Gendertroublemakers (1993, dir. Jeanne B. and Xanthra Phillippa) +
Hookers on Davie (1984, dir. Janis Cole and Holly Dale)
Boys in the Backyard (1997, dir. Annette Kennerley) +
Skin Deep (1995, dir. Midi Onodera)
Matt (1998, dir. Annette Kennerley) +
My Dearest Señorita (1972, dir. Jaime de Armiñán)
Chumlum (1963, dir. Ron Rice) +
Wakefield Poole’s Bible! (1974, dir. Wakefield Poole)
Stinky-Butt (1974, dir. Mark Ellinger and Curt McDowell) +
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981, dir. William Asher)
B.U.C.K.L.E. (1993, dir. Catherine Gund and Julie Tolentino) +
BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes, and Sadomasochism (1995, dir. Michelle Handelman)
Vera (1986, dir. Sérgio Toledo)
No Skin Off My Ass (1991, dir. Bruce LaBruce)
Roommates (1982, dir. Chuck Vincent)
Queens at Heart (1967, dir. ?) +
She-Man: A Story of Fixation (1967, dir. Bob Clark) 35mm
Caged! (1950, dir. John Cromwell) 35mm
Ocaña, an Intermittent Portrait (1978, dir. Ventura Pons)
Fresh Kill (1994, dir. Shu Lea Cheang) 35mm
Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971, dir. Dario Argento)
Glen or Glenda (1953, dir. Edward D. Wood, Jr.)
The Rubber Gun (1977, dir. Allan Moyle)
Three Bewildered People in the Night (1987, dir. Gregg Araki)
Winter Kept Us Warm (1965, dir. David Secter)

Cruising the Movies at IFC Center (New York, NY)
A monthly queer film series and podcast co-hosted and programmed with my former Ask Any Buddy partner, KJ Shepherd.

Bros Before (2022, dir. Henry Hanson) +
No Skin Off My Ass (1991, dir. Bruce LaBruce)
Queens at Heart (1967, dir. ?) +
She-Man: A Story of Fixation (1967, dir. Bob Clark) 35mm
Taxi zum Klo (1980, dir. Frank Ripploh)
Suburban Dykes (1991, dir. Debi Sundahl) +
Safe is Desire (1993, dir. Debi Sundahl)
Valerie (1974, dir. Joseph Horning) +
Glen or Glenda (1953, dir. Edward D. Wood, Jr.) 35mm
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979, dir. Rosa von Praunheim)
Psykho III: The Musical (1985, dir. Mark Oates and Tom Rubnitz) +
Homicidal (1961, dir. William Castle)
Windows (1980, dir. Gordon Willis) 35mm
Daddy Dearest (1984, dir. Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.)
Three Bewildered People in the Night (1987, dir. Gregg Araki)

Weird Wednesday at Alamo Drafthouse (Brooklyn, NY)
The Brooklyn iteration of Alamo’s long-running weekly Weird Wednesday repertory genre film series, which I took over programming and hosting in March 2024.

A Gun for Jennifer (1997, dir. Todd Morris)
The Devil Conspiracy (2022, dir. Nathan Frankowski) with Danielle Burgos
Gamera: Super Monster (1980, dir. Noriaki Yuasa)
Vegas in Space (1991, dir. Phillip R. Ford) with KJ Shepherd
Under the Cherry Moon (1986, dir. Prince) 35mm
The Offenders (1980, dir. Beth B and Scott B)
Kitten with a Whip (1964, dir. Douglas Heyes) 35mm
Cracking Up (1994, dir. Matt Mitler) with Matt Mitler
Trans-Europ-Express (1966, dir. Alain Robbe-Grillet)
Scanners III: The Takeover (1991, dir. Christian Duguay)
Chained Girls (1965, dir. Joseph P. Mawra)
Zero Patience (1993, dir. John Greyson) with Kyle Turner
Kamikaze Hearts (1986, dir. Juliet Bashore)
Gums (1976, dir. Robert J. Kaplan) 35mm
The New York Ripper (1982, dir. Lucio Fulci) with Samm Deighan
The 4th Man (1983, dir. Paul Verhoeven) 35mm
Bad Biology (2008, dir. Frank Henenlotter) with Frank Henenlotter
Dildo Heaven (2002, dir. Doris Wishman) with Mark Boswell and Zach Clark
She Killed in Ecstasy (1971, dir. Jesús Franco) with Oscarbate Film Collective
Urgh! A Music War (1981, dir. Derek Burbidge) 35mm with Danielle Burgos
Head (1968, dir. Bob Rafelson) 35mm with Sylvie Shamlian
The Shout (1978, dir. Jerzy Skolimowski) with C. Lavender
So Close (2002, dir. Corey Yuen) 35mm with Samm Deighan
Bone (1972, dir. Larry Cohen) 35mm
Godzilla 1985 (1985, dir. R. J. Kizer and Koji Hashimoto) 35mm with Steve Macfarlane
The Trip (1967, dir. Roger Corman) 35mm
The Baby (1973, dir. Ted Post) 35mm with Dan Scanlon
The Sadist (1963, dir. James Landis) 35mm
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976, dir. Nicolas Gessner) 35mm with Screen Slate
Russ Meyer’s Up! (1976, dir. Russ Meyer) 35mm
Orgy of the Dead (1965, dir. A.C. Stephen)
Combat Shock (1986, dir. Buddy Giovinazzo) 35mm
Runaway (1984, dir. Michael Crichton) 35mm with Screen Slate
Hercules in the Haunted World (1961, dir. Mario Bava) 35mm with Sebastian Becerra
The Telephone Book (1971, dir. Nelson Lyon) 35mm
Pumping Iron II: The Women (1985, dir. George Butler) 35mm
Santa Claus (1959, dir. René Cardona) 35mm with Screen Slate
Secret Screening with Jane Schoenbrun
Synthetic Pleasures: Technology, Control, Passion (1995, dir. iara lee) 35mm
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973, dir. Jun Fukuda) 35mm with Samm Deighan
White Line Fever (1975, dir. Jonathan Kaplan) 35mm with Screen Slate
2024

Francomania: A Jess Franco Mystery Marathon at Spectacle Theater (Brooklyn, NY)
Co-programmed an eight-film / fifteen-hour Jess Franco marathon co-presented by Oscarbate Film Collective and Severin Films.

Muscle at Anthology Film Archives (New York, NY)
Co-programmed, sourced, and hosted the first American 35mm screening of Hisayasu Satō’s Muscle in two decades as part of Adam Baran’s monthly Narrow Rooms series.

Blonde Ambition at Roxy Cinema (New York, NY)
Co-programmed and hosted the theatrical premiere of Distribpix and Vinegar Syndrome’s 4K restoration of John and Lem Amero’s hardcore screwball comedy extravaganza with adult film historian Casey Scott.

Pumping Iron II: The Women at Nitehawk Cinema (Brooklyn, NY)
Co-programmed and hosted a rare 35mm screening of this underseen sequel as part of Nitehawk programmer Cristina Cacioppo’s Misfit Alley series.

Partners at Roxy Cinema (New York, NY)
Paid tribute (?) to the late Ryan O’Neal with a memorial screening of one of his strangest films.

2023

Village of the Damned: New York 1980 at Alamo Drafthouse (Austin, TX)
A fresh look at four very different—and very controversial—visions of queerness in New York at the turn of the 80s.

Can’t Stop the Music (1980, dir. Nancy Walker) 35mm
Cruising (1980, dir. William Friedkin) 35mm
Dressed to Kill (1980, dir. Brian DePalma) 35mm
Windows (1980, dir. Gordon Willis) 35mm

Through the Looking Glass at the Music Box Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Programmed and hosted a rare 35mm screening of Jonas Middleton’s hardcore horror masterpiece as part of the Music Box’s annual horror season.

Lovers, Perverts, and Transexual Menaces: Six Films by Rosa von Praunheim at Various Venues
A smaller touring version of the two Rosa von Praunheim series I’ve done at Spectacle Theater.

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979)
Tally Brown, New York (1979)
City of Lost Souls (1982)
A Virus Knows No Morals (1986)
I Am My Own Woman (1992)
Transexual Menace (1996)
Charlotte in Sweden (2003)

Doll Parts: 70 Years of Trans Cinema at Alamo Drafthouse (Nationally)
A national series running in eight cities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Ed Wood’s Glen or Glenda. Each screening included pre-taped intros and a discussion between myself and film critics Caden Mark Gardner and Willow Catelyn Maclay.

Glen or Glenda (1953, dir. Edward D. Wood, Jr.)
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982, dir. Robert Altman)
Dressed in Blue (1983, dir. Antonio Giménez-Rico)
By Hook or By Crook (2002, dir. Silas Howard and Harry Dodge)
So Pretty (2019, dir. Jessica Dunn Rovinelli) 35mm

The Gay Girls Riding Club at Metrograph (New York, NY)
Programmed and wrote copy for this streaming-only series for Pride Month. Received coverage in the New York Review of Books.

Always on Sunday (1962, dir. Connie B. DeMille)
The Roman Springs on Mrs. Stone (1963, dir. Connie B. DeMille)
What REALLY Happened to Baby Jane (1963, dir. Connie B. DeMille)
Spy on the Fly (1967, dir. Ray Harrison)
All About Alice (1972, dir. Ray Harrison)

Our Bodies Are Still Alive: Six Films by Rosa von Praunheim at Spectacle Theater (Brooklyn, NY)
A retrospective of the legendary gay German filmmaker’s narrative work from the 80s and early 90s. Six features and one short screened a number of times throughout June 2023, including two in 16mm.

Red Love (1982)
City of Lost Souls (1982)
Horror Vacui: The Fear of Emptiness (1984)
A Virus Knows No Morals (1986) 16mm
Anita: Dances of Vice (1987)
I Am My Own Woman (1992) 16mm
Charlotte in Sweden (2003)

Hookers on Davie at Light Industry (Brooklyn, NY)
Presented my personal 16mm print of the landmark Canadian trans / sex work documentary.

Gamera vs. Guiron at Alamo Drafthouse (Austin, TX)
Programmed and hosted a screening of Arrow’s restoration for Alamo’s weekly Weird Wednesday series.

Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers at Alamo Drafthouse (Austin, TX)
Programmed and hosted a rare screening of the Academy’s recent restoration for Alamo’s weekly Weird Wednesday series.

2022

Tally Brown, New York at Mezzanine (Los Angeles, CA)
Programmed, hosted, and wrote a tie-in zine for 16mm screening at 2220 Arts + Archives.

Elizabeth Purchell: Unsee at Weird Weekend (Glasgow, Scotland)
A late-night ‘adults only’ block at the 2022 edition of Matchbox CineClub’s yearly festival, which included a work-in-progress screening of a new found footage feature.

Sex Demon (1975, dir. J. C. Cricket)
Sextool (1975, dir. Fred Halsted)
Private Pleasures (1985, dir. Debi Sundahl)
Shadows (1985, dir. Debi Sundahl)
X-RATED/COLOR/ALL MALE CAST (2022, dir. Elizabeth Purchell)

Ask Any Buddy and the Golden Age of All-Male Adult Cinema at Anthology Film Archives (New York, NY)
The New York premiere of Ask Any Buddy, plus a small survey of the all-male film genre. This program also included the world premiere of Vinegar Syndrome’s 2K restoration of That Boy, which was commissioned for the series, and five extremely rare 16mm screenings.

10:30 P.M. Monday (1975, dir. Lucas Severin) 16mm
American Cream (1972, dir. Rob Simple) 16mm
Ask Any Buddy (2019, dir. Elizabeth Purchell)
Forbidden Letters (1979, dir. Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.)
The Night Before (1973, dir. Arch Brown) 16mm
À la recherche de Douglas (1981, dir. Nano Cecchini) 16mm
That Boy (1974, dir. Peter Berlin)
Al Parker’s Turned On! (1982, dir. Steve Scott) 16mm

Revolt of the Perverts: Six Documentaries from Rosa von Praunheim at Spectacle Theater (Brooklyn, NY)
The first retrospective dedicated to the pioneering German filmmaker’s documentary work. Six films screened a total of 20 times over the span of June 2022, including two in 16mm.

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979) 16mm
Tally Brown, New York (1979) 16mm
The AIDS Trilogy: Positive (1990)
The AIDS Trilogy: Silence = Death (1989)
The AIDS Trilogy: Feuer Unterm Arsch (1990)
Transexual Menace (1996)

2021

Sex Demon at Various Theaters
Self-distributed the new 2K preservation of J. C. Cricket’s long-lost all-male riff on The Exorcist. Screenings in Chicago, Glasgow, Los Angeles, Leeds, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Seattle, and more.

Good Hot Stuff at Light Industry (in Brooklyn, NY)
Presented my personal 16mm print of this historically important (and largely forgotten) documentary by Hand in Hand Films. This was its first New York screening in over 40 years, with an introduction and Q&A with producer/editor Robert Alvarez.

2020

Ask Any Buddy at Various Festivals and Theaters
Self-distributed and later actively worked with distributor to book many festival and theater screenings around the world.

Nowhere at Alamo Drafthouse (Austin, TX)
Guest programmed and presented a rare 35mm screening of the Gregg Araki film for Alamo’s weekly Weird Wednesday series.

2019

City of Lost Souls at Austin Film Society (Austin, TX)
Guest programmed and co-presented Rosa von Praunheim’s trans musical for AFS’ weekly Lates series.

Can’t Stop the Music at Alamo Drafthouse (Austin, TX)
Guest programmed and presented a rare 35mm screening of the Village People musical for Alamo’s weekly Weird Wednesday series.

2017

The Florida Avalon Cinema (Tampa, FL)
Programmed films, cut trailers and custom preshows, wrote program notes, and designed flyers for an underground (and frequently rained out) outdoor microcinema.

Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965, dir. Doris Wishman)
Body Double (1984, dir. Brian De Palma)
The Boxer’s Omen (1983, dir. Kuei Chih-Hung)
Cruising (1980, dir. William Friedkin)
Double Agent 73 (1974, dir. Doris Wishman)
Funeral Parade of Roses (1969, dir. Toshio Matsumoto)
Lady Terminator (1989, dir. H. Tjut Djalil)
Martin (1977, dir. George A. Romero)
Stage Fright (1987, dir. Michele Soavi)
Venus in Furs (1969, dir. Jesús Franco)