Sinema Club: sex-pos & LGBTQ+ film club: Maurice (1987)

House of Scorpio

presents

Sinema Club: Maurice (1987)

Sun Nov 16, 7-11:30pm, 21+ (25+ suggested)

For existing & prospective HoS members*; members: $0-10 / non-members: $10 + $2 fee

Gemini & Scorpio Loft, 267 Douglass St, 3rd fl (ADA accessible)

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The body's largest sex organ is the brain. Sinema Club stimulates yours with films that are explicitly erotic, homo-romantic, or gender-exploring -- and always thought-provoking. A rousing discussion follows; drinking is encouraged throughout, and mingling happens before, in breaks and after. Plus: free popcorn from our vintage cart. You can also order in from the many restaurants around, and make it dinner and a movie.

This month's feature: Maurice (1987)

"Maurice" is a tale of gay love in the restrictive and repressed culture of Edwardian England, following its main character, Maurice Hall, through university, a tumultuous relationship, struggling to fit into society, and ultimately being united with his life partner. A Merchant Ivory blue-chip classic, the film stars Hugh Grant, James Wilby and Rupert Graves in lead roles, and Ben Kingsley, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow and Billie Whitelaw as supporting cast.

Maurice has won abundant praise both for the quality of the film and the audacity with which it depicted a gay love story at the height of the 1980s AIDS crisis. According to the Los Angeles Times, the fact that: "the lush, dignified 'Maurice,' with its share of man-on-man smooches, full-frontal male nudity, gay lovemaking and unabashed declarations of same-sex desire, as well as a main character who was ultimately affirmative and unwavering about his homosexuality (during a time when it was a criminal offense, no less), landed a unique place in then-contemporary gay culture. That a movie which celebrated romance between men – with a rare happy ending – was released at the height of the AIDS epidemic only added to the acclaimed picture's provocative profile."

Sinema Club is curated and hosted by Phil Guie-Ng (@thatphilguymovies): an inquisitive, ardent longtime film critic who is dying to tell you about movies you haven't heard of yet. As a reviewer at the website Film-Forward, his self-appointed mission was covering documentaries and features about subjects who challenged conventional attitudes about gender, masculinity, and more. When Phil isn't writing about movies, you can find him in Brooklyn taking part in protests on behalf of basic human rights.

*HoS rules: HoS membership, dress code, PAL, prior approval not required; Code of Conduct always applies; no photos except in the designated front area.

Respiratory safety: HoS requires proof of COVID vaccination on file; masks encouraged; two hospital grade UV air purifiers will cycle the air.