Sinema Club: sex-pos & LGBTQ+ film club: BIRDER (2023)

House of Scorpio

presents

Sinema Club: BIRDER (2023)

Wed March 19*, 7-11:30pm, 21+ (25+ suggested)

Main space: movie night, $0-$10 dep on membership level

Bar & lounge: HoS Clubhouse, $FREE***

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

Official info & house rules: http://www.houseofscorpio.com/events.html

Memberships & tix: http://www.houseofscorpio.com/membership.html (log in to buy)

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Socials: @houseof_scorpio [producer] @gemini_scorpio [venue] #houseofscorpio

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, during and after: the bar lounge remains open for socializing, while the film plays in the main space. Plus: free popcorn from our vintage cart. Order in from the many restaurants around, and make it dinner and a movie.

Schedule:

7:30: Screening of SHE’S CLEAN (2022, 15 min)

7:50: Zoom call with director Jenn Harris & intimacy coordinator Brooke Haney

8:20: Screening of BIRDER (2023, 105 min)

10:05: Zoom call with intimacy coordinator Brooke Haney

Amouse bouche: SHE’S CLEAN (2022)

A 15-min short with a simple premise: a protagonist who showers with all her dates to explore the balance of intimacy and desire.

Main feature: BIRDER (2023)

An erotic thriller set in a queer nudist campground in New Hampshire, where a mysterious stranger -- Kristian (Michael Emery) -- ensnares locals with his dark fetish. While it doesn’t take long for viewers to infer an unsavory truth about Kristian, director Nate Dushku takes his time exploring the tension among other protagonists, who, as outsiders themselves, place too much trust into someone they perceive to be a fellow traveler. Come for the lush cinematography and generous nudity; stay for the deadly consent.

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.

*Sinema Club happens on the third Wednesday of every month

***Plus: House of Scorpio Clubhouse. Whatever your membership level, you are invited to use our space as your own for the night...as your clubhouse. While the ticketed activities will take place on the stage side of the room, the bar and lounge will remain open 7pm-11pm (12am if enough people are lounging). Just like with regular events, if you're Friend level and above, you can bring up to two friends with you. Order in dinner, have a few drinks, run a friendly board game, or just read a book on the comfy couch. This is not a mixer -- just us opening our doors for our members. It's up to you how much you socialize, if at all, and with whom.

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