Liz
@schlockvalue.bsky.social
Queer film historian and programmer |
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Liz
@schlockvalue.bsky.social
· Sep 4
Hi, just a reminder that I’m still very actively looking for stable work — any leads, etc. appreciated.
www.elizabethpurchell.com
www.elizabethpurchell.com
CASTRATION MOVIE ANTHOLOGY I. and II. are two of the highest rated films of 2025 on Letterboxd — and both are coming to its new TVOD platform later this month.
January 12, 2026 at 10:25 PM
CASTRATION MOVIE ANTHOLOGY I. and II. are two of the highest rated films of 2025 on Letterboxd — and both are coming to its new TVOD platform later this month.
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Louise Weard talks to Chris Shields about crafting the "Castration Movie" series: "So I said, fuck this tourist gaze we’re going to instead create a new gaze from scratch." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-new-cinematic-language-for-trans-life/
January 11, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Louise Weard talks to Chris Shields about crafting the "Castration Movie" series: "So I said, fuck this tourist gaze we’re going to instead create a new gaze from scratch." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-new-cinematic-language-for-trans-life/
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This month at @ifccenter.bsky.social, CRUISING THE MOVIES honors the recently departed Rosa von Praunheim with his masterpiece I AM MY OWN WOMAN--one of the few trans biopics to truly feel as radical and as original as its subject.
Join @schlockvalue.bsky.social and me as we celebrate an all-timer.
Join @schlockvalue.bsky.social and me as we celebrate an all-timer.
IFC Center - I Am My Own Woman
Tuesday, January 20 at 7:00: Introduction by Elizabeth Purchell and KJ Shepherd East German trans icon Charlotte von Mahlsdorf guides filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim through the retelling of her incredib...
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January 8, 2026 at 8:12 PM
This month at @ifccenter.bsky.social, CRUISING THE MOVIES honors the recently departed Rosa von Praunheim with his masterpiece I AM MY OWN WOMAN--one of the few trans biopics to truly feel as radical and as original as its subject.
Join @schlockvalue.bsky.social and me as we celebrate an all-timer.
Join @schlockvalue.bsky.social and me as we celebrate an all-timer.
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This is the ideal week to put out a new zine. So I did.
It's about phony deaths and real nostalgia, and real deaths and phony nostalgia, and David Gest and Tyra Banks.
You should read it. Subscribe if you like it. Become a paid supporter if you love it and want me to do more.
TYSM ILU HNY XOXO.
It's about phony deaths and real nostalgia, and real deaths and phony nostalgia, and David Gest and Tyra Banks.
You should read it. Subscribe if you like it. Become a paid supporter if you love it and want me to do more.
TYSM ILU HNY XOXO.
just two or three questions about (my) gender
inside: tv memories; a mixed media set built on fake nostalgia; a real poem based on real nostalgia and fake death.
open.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is the ideal week to put out a new zine. So I did.
It's about phony deaths and real nostalgia, and real deaths and phony nostalgia, and David Gest and Tyra Banks.
You should read it. Subscribe if you like it. Become a paid supporter if you love it and want me to do more.
TYSM ILU HNY XOXO.
It's about phony deaths and real nostalgia, and real deaths and phony nostalgia, and David Gest and Tyra Banks.
You should read it. Subscribe if you like it. Become a paid supporter if you love it and want me to do more.
TYSM ILU HNY XOXO.
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RIP Rosa von Praunheim, truly one of the best to ever do it. A brilliant provocateur, an artist of the highest order, forever eager to mash genres, someone who wanted more and better for queer people, someone not afraid to stand against the tide and be proven right again and again. Thank you. ♥️
December 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
RIP Rosa von Praunheim, truly one of the best to ever do it. A brilliant provocateur, an artist of the highest order, forever eager to mash genres, someone who wanted more and better for queer people, someone not afraid to stand against the tide and be proven right again and again. Thank you. ♥️
R.I.P. Rosa von Praunheim, truly one of the great queer filmmakers whose work is more urgent and timely than ever
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
R.I.P. Rosa von Praunheim, truly one of the great queer filmmakers whose work is more urgent and timely than ever
when MUSCLE BEACH PARTY winds up being one of the most beautiful looking prints you’ve ever seen…
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
when MUSCLE BEACH PARTY winds up being one of the most beautiful looking prints you’ve ever seen…
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Now available for North American theatrical bookings for the first time ever: Hisayasu Satô’s classic early 90s pink films AN ARIA ON GAZES (aka THE BEDROOM) and LOVE - ZERO = INFINITY. Both newly restored by Pink Line!
November 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Now available for North American theatrical bookings for the first time ever: Hisayasu Satô’s classic early 90s pink films AN ARIA ON GAZES (aka THE BEDROOM) and LOVE - ZERO = INFINITY. Both newly restored by Pink Line!
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SEX DEMON is tonight at 8:30! Intro by programmers @schlockvalue.bsky.social and @kjshepherd.bsky.social. Paired with a special gay erotic trailer reel assembled by the Cruising the Movies team.
All hell breaks loose when John’s last-minute anniversary gift inadvertently causes his younger lover Jim to become possessed by a Sex Demon who wreaks havoc on New York’s gay cruising spots.
Must-see SEX DEMON screens Tues Oct 28 in Cruising the Movies!
Must-see SEX DEMON screens Tues Oct 28 in Cruising the Movies!
IFC Center - Sex Demon
Tuesday, October 28 at 8:30: Introduction by series programmers Elizabeth Purchell and KJ Shepherd “Not even an Exorcist could help!” All hell breaks loose when John’s last-minute anniversary gift ina...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
SEX DEMON is tonight at 8:30! Intro by programmers @schlockvalue.bsky.social and @kjshepherd.bsky.social. Paired with a special gay erotic trailer reel assembled by the Cruising the Movies team.
Only a few more days of Monika Treut at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social — I love these films and it’s been such an honor to help finally get them back into distribution…
October 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Only a few more days of Monika Treut at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social — I love these films and it’s been such an honor to help finally get them back into distribution…
Only a few more days of Monika Treut at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social — I love these films and it’s been such an honor to help finally get them back into distribution…
October 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Only a few more days of Monika Treut at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social — I love these films and it’s been such an honor to help finally get them back into distribution…
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Runs through Sunday at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social!
Tonight: SEDUCTION: THE CRUEL WOMAN and DIDN’T DO IT FOR LOVE
Tomorrow: VIRGIN MACHINE, FEMALE MISBEHAVIOR, MY FATHER IS COMING
Sunday: GENDERNAUTS, GENDERATION, DIDN’T DO IT FOR LOVE
Tonight: SEDUCTION: THE CRUEL WOMAN and DIDN’T DO IT FOR LOVE
Tomorrow: VIRGIN MACHINE, FEMALE MISBEHAVIOR, MY FATHER IS COMING
Sunday: GENDERNAUTS, GENDERATION, DIDN’T DO IT FOR LOVE
October 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Runs through Sunday at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social!
Tonight: SEDUCTION: THE CRUEL WOMAN and DIDN’T DO IT FOR LOVE
Tomorrow: VIRGIN MACHINE, FEMALE MISBEHAVIOR, MY FATHER IS COMING
Sunday: GENDERNAUTS, GENDERATION, DIDN’T DO IT FOR LOVE
Tonight: SEDUCTION: THE CRUEL WOMAN and DIDN’T DO IT FOR LOVE
Tomorrow: VIRGIN MACHINE, FEMALE MISBEHAVIOR, MY FATHER IS COMING
Sunday: GENDERNAUTS, GENDERATION, DIDN’T DO IT FOR LOVE
@kjshepherd.bsky.social and I are back at @ifccenter.bsky.social the week after next with SEX DEMON and a special reel of newly-digitized super rare gay xxx trailers 😈
www.ifccenter.com/films/sex-de...
www.ifccenter.com/films/sex-de...
October 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
@kjshepherd.bsky.social and I are back at @ifccenter.bsky.social the week after next with SEX DEMON and a special reel of newly-digitized super rare gay xxx trailers 😈
www.ifccenter.com/films/sex-de...
www.ifccenter.com/films/sex-de...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Going to be in Chicago next week to show Muscle's new restoration of Ken Camp's gay horror video art feature HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS (and some other surprises) at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social and Pink Line's 2K restoration of Hisayasu Sato's RE-WIND at the Davis (w/ Oscarbate). Hope folks can make it out!
October 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Going to be in Chicago next week to show Muscle's new restoration of Ken Camp's gay horror video art feature HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS (and some other surprises) at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social and Pink Line's 2K restoration of Hisayasu Sato's RE-WIND at the Davis (w/ Oscarbate). Hope folks can make it out!
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The second part of Louise Weard's epic comes to The Forum THIS SUNDAY with @seattletransfilmfest.org ! CASTRATION MOVIE ANTHOLOGY ii: THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS trades slice-of-life sensibilities for a world of chaos that can be described as "trans AFTER HOURS on speed."
October 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The second part of Louise Weard's epic comes to The Forum THIS SUNDAY with @seattletransfilmfest.org ! CASTRATION MOVIE ANTHOLOGY ii: THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS trades slice-of-life sensibilities for a world of chaos that can be described as "trans AFTER HOURS on speed."
playing this week at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social as part of @muscledistribution.bsky.social’s FEMALE MISBEHAVIOR: THE FILMS OF MONIKA TREUT
FEMALE MISBEHAVIOR: THE FILMS OF MONIKA TREUT opens at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social today! Seven films that have all been out circulation in the US for years, including the queer classics SEDUCTION: THE CRUEL WOMAN and GENDERNAUTS.
Tickets and info:
www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screeni...
Tickets and info:
www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screeni...
October 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
playing this week at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social as part of @muscledistribution.bsky.social’s FEMALE MISBEHAVIOR: THE FILMS OF MONIKA TREUT
kind of obsessed with the cast profiles on the original GENDERNAUTS DVD
October 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
kind of obsessed with the cast profiles on the original GENDERNAUTS DVD
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Very nice interview I did with the estimable @schlockvalue.bsky.social for Screen Slate on Ed Wood, in advance of my NYC launch.
www.screenslate.com/articles/pan...
www.screenslate.com/articles/pan...
Panning for Gold: Will Sloan on Ed Wood
What is there left to say about Edward D. Wood, Jr. that hasn’t already been in the 45 years since he was crowned the “Worst Director of All Time” in Harry and Michael Medved’s 1980 book, The Golden T...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Very nice interview I did with the estimable @schlockvalue.bsky.social for Screen Slate on Ed Wood, in advance of my NYC launch.
www.screenslate.com/articles/pan...
www.screenslate.com/articles/pan...
The weeklong Monika Treut retrospective at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social opens today!
I’m super proud to be able to help bring these iconic films back into North American distribution — I think they’ll be a big discovery for people, so hope folks will come check some of them out.
I’m super proud to be able to help bring these iconic films back into North American distribution — I think they’ll be a big discovery for people, so hope folks will come check some of them out.
October 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The weeklong Monika Treut retrospective at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social opens today!
I’m super proud to be able to help bring these iconic films back into North American distribution — I think they’ll be a big discovery for people, so hope folks will come check some of them out.
I’m super proud to be able to help bring these iconic films back into North American distribution — I think they’ll be a big discovery for people, so hope folks will come check some of them out.
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Tomorrow night at Alamo Brooklyn: the new 2K restoration of Hisayasu Satō’s masterpiece RE-WIND (aka CELLULOID NIGHTMARES), presented by filmmaker Heather Landsman.
Still some tickets left:
drafthouse.com/nyc/event/we...
Still some tickets left:
drafthouse.com/nyc/event/we...
October 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Tomorrow night at Alamo Brooklyn: the new 2K restoration of Hisayasu Satō’s masterpiece RE-WIND (aka CELLULOID NIGHTMARES), presented by filmmaker Heather Landsman.
Still some tickets left:
drafthouse.com/nyc/event/we...
Still some tickets left:
drafthouse.com/nyc/event/we...
just a couple of tickets left for Wes Craven’s porno movie in 35mm tonight — with post-film virtual Q&A with star Eric Edwards
Wes Craven... or, er "Abe Snake's" adult film THE FIREWORKS WOMAN is up next in SKIN DEEP, a film series exploring the peaks, valleys and crevices (sorry) of adult film history
Screening on 35mm Tuesday at Nitehawk Williamsburg with an intro by programmer @schlockvalue.bsky.social
Screening on 35mm Tuesday at Nitehawk Williamsburg with an intro by programmer @schlockvalue.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
just a couple of tickets left for Wes Craven’s porno movie in 35mm tonight — with post-film virtual Q&A with star Eric Edwards
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And coming to London's Nickel Cinema next week on 16th Oct. @thenickelcinema.bsky.social thenickel.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
And coming to London's Nickel Cinema next week on 16th Oct. @thenickelcinema.bsky.social thenickel.co.uk