| Culture Alert – Cinekink NYC 2008 |
[Feb. 12th, 2008|02:19 pm] |
The Cinekink Film Festival returns with a bang (and an ooomph and a nnnngh!) February 26 through March 2 with 11 features, 50 shorts, parties, and more. It’s pretty much where you’ll find me that week, since I’m once again serving as a judge to select the best of the festival’s shorts.
Here are some of the highlights of the festival:
Tues Feb 26 – 8 pm
Opening Night Party featuring SCHWARZWALD
A pansexual celebration of epic proportions, with music, performances and a silent fundraising auction, and a special trio of cinematic wonders, including Schwarzwald: A rich, modern tapestry combining elements of druidic ritual with the passionate, leather-clad goings-on at NYC’s annual Saint Black Party, the movie stars Buck Angel, the world-famous FTM porn star, along with literally a cast of thousands, this is a sumptuous visual feast. Featuring a continuous mix of music, it’s a movie you can dance to!
Wed Feb 27 – 7 pm
SHORTBUS
If you haven’t seen, or would like to see Shortbus on the big screen, here’s your chance. The fearless second feature by John Cameron Mitchell, who brought us Hedwig and the Angry Inch. With humor, compassion and an extremely graphic approach, Shortbus explores the lives of several characters as they navigate the comic and tragic intersections between sex and love. A sex therapist, a dominatrix, a gay couple, and the people who weave in and out of their lives all converge at a weekly gathering at an underground salon - a joyful nexus of art, music, politics and polysexual carnality.
Thu Feb 28 – 9 pm
VIVA
This looks like a lot of fun, and reviews are comparing it to John Waters’ early films. The sordid tale of a bored housewife who gets swept up in the sexual revolution, Viva is a highly stylized film that draws on classic exploitation cinema for its look, characters and story-line. Saturated to the hilt with vibrant color and exquisitely detailed in its depiction of the period and the genre, it follows the adventures of Barbi who, abandoned by her perfect Ken-doll husband, is dragged out on the town and into trouble by her “women’s lib”-spouting girlfriend. An innocent in a sea of wolves, Barbi becomes “Viva” and quickly learns a lot more than she ever thought she wanted to know about the wild 1970s: nudists, swingers, hippies, orgies and lesbians! Check out the trailer at its swingin’ website here.
Fri Feb 29 – 7 pm
CALL ME TROY
The new film by Scott Bloom, who gave us the excellent documentary Original Pride about the oldest gay motorcycle club previously extolled here. Profiling the life and times of one of the gay community's most visible and tenacious advocates for change, Rev. Troy Perry, this is an inspirational story about a remarkable individual whose activism was decades ahead of its time. Best known as the founder of the Metropolitan Community Church, Perry has long been on the front lines in leading the charge for equality and protections for all. And, as a proud leatherman, he’s also been an unwavering proponent for the right to embrace and explore our sexuality just exactly as we are.
Tickets are $10, although the opening and closing night parties are more. Most of the screenings are at Anthology Film Archives at Second Ave and 2nd St in the East Village, but other venues are also used, so check out the specifics as well as the full schedule at ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) cinekink or Cinekink’s website.
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