Kathy Acker wrote her only produced screenplay for VARIETY, Bette Gordon’s pre-gentrification thriller set in Times Square. VARIETY stars Sandy McLeod and Will Patton, with cameos by Nan Goldin and Cookie Mueller, and features a score by John Lurie. On Friday night, June 9, Gordon will screen a 35mm print of her cult classic at Cinefamily.

On Saturday, join Gordon and filmmaker Lizzie Borden for an early evening conversation, followed by a screening of Gordon’s latest film THE DROWNING, starring Julia Stiles, Josh Charles, and Avan Jogia, who played Teddy in 10,000 Saints.

VARIETY, Friday, June 9, at 7:30 pm.

THE DROWNING, Saturday, June 10, at 5 pm.

CINEFAMILY AT THE SILENT MOVIE THEATRE, 611 North Fairfax, Los Angeles.

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Sandy McLeod in Variety (1983), and Avan Jogia in The Drowning (2017), both directed by Bette Gordon. Image credit: Cinefamily.