Sept 27 to Oct 3,2017 THIS WEEK! The official guide to Gay Palm Springs for 22 years.

Friday, September 29
Special Best of Fest:
Mary Pickford Theatres,
Cathedral City
5:00 Theatre 12
Something Like Summer 115 min. Director’s Choice
Something Like Summer is a musical romance based
on the novel by Lambda Literary Award-winning
novelist Jay Bell, the first of a series of books with
a worldwide fanbase. The film adaptation tells the
story of two boys whose secret relationship in high
school appears to be doomed, only for them to
encounter one another years later as friends and
even enemies.
At its world premiere at Sydney’s Mardi Gras Festival,
Something Like Summer began receiving accolades,
with Sydney radio 2ser host Jess Klajman calling
the movie “stunning... absolutely a fantastic film,
touching on bullying and betrayal and love and lust.
People are going to love it.”
“ EDGE Media Network called it “emotionally resonant,
tender and sweet.”
5:00 Theatre 13
Shelter Tenth Anniversary Screening 97 min.
(Sponsored by HERE TV) Director’s Choice
Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach
spends his days working a dead-end job and helping
his needy sister care for her son. In his free time
he surfs, draws and hangs out with his best friend,
Gabe, who lives on the wealthy side of town. When
Gabe’s older brother, Shaun, returns home, he is
drawn to Zach’s selflessness and talent. Zach falls
in love with Shaun while struggling to reconcile his
own desires with the needs of his family.
7:30 Theatre 12
God’s Own Country 104 min. Director’s Choice
Johnny Saxby works long hours in brutal isolation on
his family’s remote farm in the north of England. He
numbs the daily frustration of his lonely existence
with nightly binge-drinking at the local pub and
casual sex. When a handsome Romanian migrant
worker arrives to take up temporary work on the
family farm, Johnny suddenly finds himself having
to deal with emotions he has never felt before. An
intense relationship forms between the two of them
which could change Johnny’s life forever. Official
Selection: Sundance Film Festival
7:30 Theatre 13
Market Value 132 min.
Fifteen years ago, a young woman (Valerie Whitaker)
was admitted to the emergency room for a heroin
overdose. As the doctors prepare to perform a detox
procedure, they learn that she’s pregnant, prompting
an emergency delivery. During Valerie’s recovery,
a nurse (Audrey Stewart) overhears a conversation
between Valerie and her boyfriend concerning the
possibility of selling their newborn child on the
black market. Shortly after Valerie is discharged
from the hospital, Audrey reaches out to her anonymously
as someone who is interested in purchasing
the child. Fifteen years later, Valerie Whitaker, now
several years sober and nationally recognized as an
advocate for locating missing children, has died in
search of the child she sold. However, the Whitaker
family continues the search, and it eventually leads
to Chicago, where Audrey now resides with her wife
(Carrie Stewart) and their adopted 15 year old son.
Saturday, September 30
5:00 Theatre 12
Weirdos 85 min. Continued on page29
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