The 12th Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival runs from Friday, November 6, through Sunday, November 15, at Chicago Filmmakers, 1229 W. Belmont, and the Music Box, 3733 N. Southport. Tickets ($4 for most matinees, $6 for most evening shows) go on sale a half hour before the first show; advance tickets can be purchased before the day of the show at Chicago Filmmakers. Festival passes are $55 (good for all screenings) and $30 (good for six screenings). For further information call 281-1981 or 281-8788.
Claire of the Moon
Friends Forever
A bisexual romantic triangle formed by three vaudeville performers–a pianist and two flamenco dancers (Angela Molina and Manuel Banderas)–is the subject of Jaime Chavarri’s Spanish feature set in Madrid in the 40s (1990). (Music Box, 9:00)
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Highly praised by Reece Pendleton in the Reader last month when it showed at the Chicago International Film Festival, this documentary by Richard Schmiechen, producer of The Times of Harvey Milk, tells the story of the ground-breaking U.S. psychologist who started her career studying Nazi psychology in Hitler’s Germany and whose research led in 1974 to the removal of homosexuality from the American Psychiatric Association’s official list of mental disorders. (Music Box, 1:00)
Cross-Sexing the Narrative: Lesbian Subtext in Music Videos
