John Waters mania took over Los Angeles late final month, with an exhibit in his honor on the Academy Museum of Movement Footage and the disclosing of the legendary filmmaker’s star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame. With October in full swing, now is a good time to take a look at the retrospective, John Waters: Pope of Trash, the primary complete exhibition devoted to Waters’ ground-breaking films, aesthetic and concepts. It runs via August of subsequent yr.
We additionally advocate the adjoining set up, Outdoors The Mainstream, paying homage to the work of different equally alternative-minded, non-conformist filmmakers comparable to Kenneth Anger, Jack Smith, Andy Warhol, Gregg Araki, and Todd Haynes.
Along with the exhibit, the museum nonetheless has screening occasions via the top of October too. As of this writing, tickets are nonetheless out there for Determined Residing (Oct. 20), a double function screening of Pecker and Cry-Child (Oct. 26), and a double function screening of Cecil B. Demented and A Soiled Disgrace (Oct. 28). Extra data at academymuseum.org.
Pope of Trash exhibit photographs by Lina Lecaro.
Hollywood Stroll of Fame photographs by Brian Donnelly.
See our unique interview with the pope himself final yr on YouTube.
Learn our arts editor’s function on stained glass artist Amanda Maccagnan whose work opens the exhibit right here.
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