I’m going to call this film “Scarecrow” for short, a bizarre 1970s musical with a trans lead. Right out of the gate, the movie establishes an irreverent tone. Two strait-laced looking parents, in front of their home, are giving advice to be careful in the big city. They turn to go back into their house,…
Scala!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World’s Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits [Severin] Blu-ray Review
From 1978 to 1993, the Scala Cinema near King’s Cross Station in London was the wildest, most out-there, transgressive counter-culture repertory cinema in the UK, bringing together freaks, geeks, outcasts, weirdos, those with alternative lifestyles, the LGBTQ+ crowd and just regular theater-goers looking for something off the beaten path. From their iconic themed monthly programs…