SHORTBUS – March 10, 7:30 PM @ Cinestudio

QUEER THURSDAYS CINEMA PRESENTS: John Cameron Mitchell’s classic film SHORTBUS has received a beautiful 4k digital restoration! And you can be one of the first to see it!

Please note: Per Trinity College policy, proof of vaccination is required to see the film at Cinestudio. Click here to view Cinestudio’s safety precautions. 

John Cameron Mitchell’s SHORTBUS explores the lives of several emotionally challenged characters as they navigate the comic and tragic intersections between love and sex in and around a modern-day underground salon. A sex therapist who has never had an orgasm, a dominatrix who is unable to connect, a gay couple who are deciding whether to open up their relationship, and the people who weave in and out of their lives, all converge on a weekly gathering called Shortbus: a mad nexus of art, music, politics, and polysexual carnality.

Set in a post-9/11, Bush-exhausted New York City, SHORTBUS tells its story with sexual frankness, suggesting new ways to reconcile questions of the mind, pleasures of the flesh, and imperatives of the heart.

Read IndieWire’s recent article about the re-release, including an interview with John Cameron Mitchell: John Cameron Mitchell’s Erotic Romp ‘Shortbus’ Was the First and Last of Its Kind

Directed by: John Cameron Mitchell | 2006 | USA | 101 minutes | In English