![]() ![]() Yet the grimy, two-tone Mala Noche is matter-of-fact that Walt’s attention is often exploitative. As hard-driving and hard-edged as any screen hero, Walt’s very presence within the film poses a deceptively simple question: Who is brave enough to pursue desire, no matter what? When Walt casually remarks, “Do I need him that badly? Am I that desperate? Of course I am,” never has glibness been rendered so heartbreaking. With heroic weaseliness and youthful joie de vivre, Walt (Tim Streeter) chases the objects of his lust down these mean streets. 1952) films the gay experience as classical cinematic masculinity. Adapting a 1977 memoir about Walt, a liquor store clerk who romances Mexican men in the down-and-out Pacific Northwestern city, Van Sant (b. ![]() Gus Van Sant’s incandescent debut feature Mala Noche manages to prefigure the American indie aesthetic, the ’90s New Queer Cinema, and his own storied career while staying firmly on the pavement in his local Portland, Oregon queer and poetry scenes. ![]() Please review our COVID-19 safety policies. Any seats remaining 15 minutes before showtime will be released to standby patrons. Patrons who have not registered online may wait in the standby line. ![]()
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