Oct 9th 2026

This October, FACETS’ acclaimed OPTICAL NOISE series presents The Revolution Is My Boyfriend: The Films of Bruce LaBruce, the most comprehensive American retrospective of internationally acclaimed filmmaker, writer, photographer, and Queercore pioneer Bruce LaBruce in more than a decade.

Running October 9–11 as part of FACETS’ OPTICAL NOISE series, the three-day retrospective pairs ten films spanning more than 30 years of LaBruce’s career with in-person conversations featuring acclaimed Chicago filmmaker Joe Swanberg, filmmaker Henry Hanson, actress Susanne Sachsse, and artist and professor Frédéric Moffet.

Full schedule:

Friday, October 9
• Meet & Greet with Bruce LaBruce
• No Skin Off My Ass (1991, 73 min.) with an introduction By Raphael Jose Martinez and post-screening conversation featuring Joe Swanberg
• Super 8½ (1994, 100 min.)

Saturday, October 10
• Saint-Narcisse (2020, 101 min.)
• The Misandrists (2017, 91 min.)
• Raspberry Reich (2004, 90 min.) with a post-screening conversation featuring Henry Hanson and special guest, artist/actress Susanne Sachsse
• Pierrot Lunaire (2014, 51 min.)

Sunday, October 11
• LA Zombie (2010, 63 min.)
• The Visitor (2024, 101 min.)
• Gerontophilia (2013, 82 min.)
• Hustler White (1996, 79 min.) with a closing-night conversation featuring Frédéric Moffet of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

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