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Midnight Movies
In a Glass Cage
(1986)
Directed by Agustín Villaronga
Friday - October 26 - 11:59 p.m.
Paralyzed in an iron lung, Klaus is a former Nazi
death camp doctor hiding in postwar Spain. He hires
Angelo to be his nurse, unaware that the young man
knows about his murderous wartime secrets and is
committed to making history repeat itself. Personal
and historical traumas blur together as Angelo and
Klaus begin a perverse relationship where violence,
power, and sexual desire become inseparable. In
a Glass Cage offers a savage critique of fascism's
lingering effects upon body and mind. Prepare for
a claustrophobic descent into the darkest shades of
human behavior in this controversial, highly stylized
art-horror classic. (35mm. 112 min. Not Rated.)
Cruising
(1980) Directed by William Friedkin
Friday - November 30 - 11:59 p.m.
Upon its 1980 release, William Friedkin's Cruising
provoked a firestorm of controversy for its dark
and gritty depiction of New York's underground
gay scene. Al Pacino stars as Steve Burns, an
undercover cop assigned to attract the attention
of an enigmatic serial killer preying on patrons of
the underground S&M leather bars. The deeper
Burns explores this world, the more he becomes
transformed by what he experiences. Initially
perceived as homophobic, Friedkin's haunting
masterpiece has been critically reappraised as a
provocative meditation on repression, power, and
masculinity, and remains one the most audacious
films financed by a major studio. (35mm. 102 min.
Rated R.)
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