VARIETY (1983)

A film by Bette Gordon. 100m. USA. Certificate 18. Released in UK cinemas by Other Parties on 11 August 2023.

Written by Kathy Acker, shot by Tom DiCillo, with Sandy McLeod, Will Patton, Richard Davidson, Luis Guzmán and Cookie Mueller. Christine takes a job selling tickets at a pornographic cinema off Times Square, and the job begins to rearrange her. Other Parties released the restoration in the UK in 2023 and produced the UK Blu-ray edition.

The release played twenty-five venues across the UK, with its UK premiere at Cinema Rediscovered at the Watershed in Bristol and a run at BFI Southbank. It was licensed directly to BFI Player and MUBI.

PRESS

“A rich, ambiguous feminist touchstone.”
Sight & Sound

★★★★ — the Guardian, August 2023

Feature by Rachel Pronger, Sight & Sound, July 2023

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