Thirty-five years ago in the early days of New Queer Cinema, THE spot to gather and watch cutting-edge queer shorts was a run-down Mission district bar that hosted .99 Cent Queer Video Fest. Let the original curator (and bartender!) Jeffrey Winter of The Film Collaborative take you back!

Start your day off right with this tantalizing collection of steamy films.

Pioneering lesbian filmmaker, former San Franciscan, and Frameline Award winner Barbara Hammer takes center stage in Brydie O’Connor’s Teddy Award-winning film. Bolstered by exquisitely edited archival footage, this doc assembles a lyrical portrait of the ambitious visual poet behind Nitrate Kisses and other groundbreaking experimental queer works, illuminating how Hammer’s legacy continues to inspire artists and preserve our shared histories.

The debut feature by Lilly and Lana Wachowski follows a butch handywoman (Gina Gershon) and femme fatale (Jennifer Tilly) as they plan to build a new life for themselves by stealing from a money-launderer for the mob (Joey Pantoliano). Thirty years on, this remarkable film continues to inspire for its dazzling neo-noir visuals and story, and its burning-hot exploration of lesbian love and sex.

Still as provocative and controversial as it was when it hit theatres in 1980, William Friedkin's lurid thriller stars Al Pacino in one of his most iconic roles as a rookie cop who goes undercover in New York City's gay leather scene to hunt a serial killer lurking in the shadows of fetish bars in the Meatpacking District and haunting the public sex hot spots of the city.

Amsterdam, 1986. Three gay men find friendship and love through music, desire, and fun at a local night club before more and more regulars start to vanish from Downtown. Thirty-two years later, Ronnie, Lennart, and Bas reunite for dinner and face what time takes — and what it keeps. Downtown is intimate, sensual, and utterly captivating.

Rodina Singh effortlessly blends the visual styles of impressionistic horror and the pages of Blueboy magazine to create a bold fever dream of trans sexuality and desire, and their power to sustain life. Young trans woman Diwa escapes the drudgery of her day job and transphobia of any aspect of daily life with her favorite audio erotica content creator: Dreamboi. When she stumbles upon him having sex with a stranger, fantasy and reality start to blur.

Argentine auteur Lucio Castro explores four chapters in the life of handsome art student Adnan (Laith Khalifeh), each depicting his intimate encounters at the height of summer with a stunning dose of magical realism. Trysts with delivery boys, moonlit cruising, and the awakening of new sexual desires transpire over a cat-sitting stint in New York City.

When bored and sexually frustrated Gen Zer, Elliot (Cooper Hoffman), lands his first real job assisting anti-woke art star Erika Tracy (Olivia Wilde), it isn't long before "erotic muse" and "sex slave" are added to his job description in legendary auteur Gregg Araki’s irreverent and entertaining sex comedy.

A group of tangentially-connected gay teenagers in the remote coastal town of Geraldton encounter the thrills and devastations of first love and sexual discovery set against the backdrop of Australia voting to legalize same-sex marriage in 2017. Catch the first 5 episodes of your next gay TV obsession — a YA limited series chock-full of hot sex, high drama, and plenty of Aussie charm.

A group of tangentially-connected gay teenagers in the remote coastal town of Geraldton encounter the thrills and devastations of first love and sexual discovery set against the backdrop of Australia voting to legalize same-sex marriage in 2017. Catch episodes 6 through 10 of your next gay TV obsession — a YA limited series chock-full of hot sex, high drama, and plenty of Aussie charm.

A murder aboard an Arctic cargo ship unfolds in reverse, casting suspicion on Alupa, an Inuit mechanic. As conflicting testimonies surface, he must confront hidden truths about his relationship with the victim. This tense thriller blends striking visuals with a powerful exploration of race, class, and identity.

Heavily censored in the Philippines upon its initial release, this scandalous classic returns to the big screen in a brand new 4K restoration. Small town hustler Pol (Allan Paule) moves to big city Manilla to find a new living performing in male strip shows, only to be thrust into the shadowy underworld of sexual exploitation that lies just beneath the glitz and glitter (and soap suds)

Accustomed to enjoying the debaucherous queer enclave of Maspalomas, 76-year-old Vicente (José Ramón Soroiz) finds himself at a crossroads when he must trade the intoxicating pleasures of his Canary Islands retreat for a conservative retirement community. Anchored by a strong central performance, Maspalomas is a life-affirming, tender portrait of what it means to stand firm in your identity — no matter your circumstances.

Meet Mickey Squires, legendary porn star and notorious alter ego to Richard Bernstein. Diving into the colorful history of gay adult cinema, this intimate documentary portrait from the team behind Raw! Uncut! Video! traces Richard’s evolution from a lanky high school nerd to fantasy dream daddy Mickey, charting the joys and tribulations along the way.

Joan Chen delivers a powerful performance as Feng Xia in this romantic drama about a woman exploring her queer desire later in life. As she falls in love with a free-spirited younger Québécoise woman, Feng Xia grapples with the terrifying-yet-beautiful freedom of finally putting herself before others. A coming-of-age-at-any-age story rife with slow-burn sapphic yearning, Xiaodan He’s sophomore feature is a showcase for Chen.

Featuring Jack Smith’s Flaming Creatures, Jean Genet’s Un chant d'amour, and a rarely seen classic from recent Frameline guest Todd Haynes, this is a must-see lineup for queer cinephiles.

When a young drifter hitches a ride with a lonesome trucker, an unexpected, carnal bond emerges along the dusty, desolate highways of northern Mexico. But the deeper they get into the dangerous, drug-fueled, hyper-masculine world of long-haul truckers, the greater the threat of their troubled pasts catching up with them becomes.

In an unassuming apartment in São Paulo, a random Grindr hookup multiplies into a frenzied orgy, spurring an exploration into the thorny gay subculture of chemsex. As Matias and his new lovers connect over drugs, fucking, and classic literature, he confides openly in them about his past and his visions for the future in a fast-changing, post-pandemic world.

Elvira bets her husband Jack that she can bed her new friend Betsy by midnight or else Jack can make it with Betsy's husband Eddie in filmmaker Radley Metzger and screenwriter Jerry Douglas's classic sex comedy that puts the X in bisexual.

He/they underground filmmaker Henry Hanson presents a pair of bite-size features — Dog Movie and Puppygirl — exposing two of the greatest scourges facing trans people today: housing drama and puppygirls. Good girls and bad dogs only.

Small-town dreamer Eddie (Brock Yurich) pursues his ambition of physical perfection and a career in bodybuilding, channeling his emotional burdens into devotion to his body. But his focus is broken in a moment of unexpected queer awakening in this sexy and visceral character study of body and spirit.

A neon-lit snapshot of queer life in contemporary Japan, Tiger centers on a 35-year-old erotic masseur named Taiga (the equally sensitive and sensual Takashi Kawaguchi). Taiga is attempting to parlay his skills into on-camera sex work while trying to revive his unsatisfying love life and navigate complicated family dynamics and inheritance disputes after his father falls ill.