Querelle (1982 Japanese Promo Image/Rainer Werner Fassbinder/Brad Davis) Color:Dark Grey Opening in 1936 on North

Opening in 1936 on North Beach’s Broadway strip

Her androgynous allure and refusal to explain her own mythology — from gender rumors to reinvention after reinvention — made her a quiet revolutionary

That image — her hand at her crotch

ILA cornerstone of Chicago’s leather scene

Querelle (1982 Japanese Promo Image/Rainer Werner Fassbinder/Brad Davis) Color:Dark Grey Opening in 1936 on NorthQuerelle Film Tee (1982) Few films look like Querelle. Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and based on the novel by Jean Genet, Querelle is less a traditional movie than a fever dream of desire, obsession, betrayal, and fantasy. Released in 1982 as Fassbinder's final film, it remains one of the most visually distinctive works in queer cinema. Set in an artificial, hyper stylized port city bathed in deep blues, oranges, and reds, Querelle abandons