JUDAS KISS is a closing feature on February 22 in the third season of London’s acclaimed Riverside Studios Cinema series, “Deep Desires and Broken Dreams,” part of a lineup the curators call “the best in classic and contemporary gay cinema.”
The screening marks the film’s big-screen debut in the United Kingdom. The series is curated by Guy Hornsby, Dan Large and Daniel Thurman, who describe the “much-acclaimed Judas Kiss [as] an offbeat, contemporary gay fantasy drama,” lauding the “festival favorite’s sexy young cast – which includes former porn star Brent Corrigan – an excellent screenplay and tight direction.”
The series runs from February 16-22, and features a variety of critically acclaimed gay-themed films, both narrative and documentary.
Among the recent films are Undertow, Close to Leo, Kink Crusaders, Weekend, Dare, We Were Here, eCupid and Sasha.
THE CLASSIC films include 1959′s Suddenly Last Summer, Like it Is, Before Night Falls, Latter Days, Derek Jarman’s Sebastiane, 1969′s Coming Out, A Love to Hide, The British Guide to Showing Off and The Living End.
“It’s an honor to screen alongside these classic films,” said Carlos Pedraza, Judas Kiss‘ writer and producer. “Films like these broke new cinematic ground and elevated stories about gay people to a new level.”
The cinema also enlisted some prominent British gay figures to co-curate the series, including Stephen Fry, Holly Johnson and Paul O’Grady.
Director J.T. Tepnapa added, “I can’t think of a better big-screen debut in the United Kingdom for our film than as a part of a film series like this one.”
TRAILERS for all the films in the series are available on Riverside Studios’ YouTube Channel for the series, “Deep Desires and Broken Dreams.”
Riverside Studios is a unique arts and media centre comprising two main performance studios, a cinema, a TV studio and production galleries, numerous offices as well as a large contemporary Restaurant and Bar, a Film Cafe and River Terrace. The Cinema is one of the last fully repertory programmes in the United Kingdom, with a different double bill every night.
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