HBD single name hyphenate, Sex Goddess & fine actress Ann-Margret, BOTD in 1941, turning 85 today! Her turn in Russell's "Tommy" (1975) is a brilliant, liberating self-parody of her own sex kitten persona. She appeared w/ Jack Nicholson in Mike Nichols' "Carnal Knowledge" (1971)

Thanks a million to Reprouncensored for advocating for me to get my Instagram account back! They are a non-profit against censorship who really get the job done if you're in need! Check them out! www.reprouncensored.org

Just backed The End is Probably Almost Nearly Here on @kickstarter.com & U should too! James was the DP on 6 of my films & he's now directing his 1st feature w/ the producer of those 6 films, Jurgen Bruning! @jamescarman.bsky.social @waltercrasshole.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/166...

I'll be introducing a screening of my movie L.A. Zombie at the Rialto Theater in Amsteram on Sun, May 3rd at 14:30 & doing a Q&A! Part of the Queer Pioneers program which is also part of the International Queer & Migrant Film Fest! Tickets: rialtofilm.nl/en/news/314/...

I'm coming to Amsterdam for a movie program I was asked to curate at Drakes Cruising organized by No Limits! Art Castle and @buttmagazine.bsky.social with the help of the Foundation Irwin Olaf and as part of the Warmoesbiennale! warmoesbiennale.com/nl/timeline/...

Flying to Amsterdam tomorrrow! It's been a minute! I'll be introducing a screening of my movie L.A. Zombie at the Rialto Theater on Sun, May 3rd at 14:30 & doing a Q&A! Part of the Queer Pioneers program which is also part of IQMFF! Buy your tickets at: rialtofilm.nl/en/news/314/...

Sandy Dennis was BOTD in 1937 & died in 1992 at 54. I played her in my first feature film "No Skin Off My Ass" (1991), a remake of Altman's "That Cold Day in the Park." BTW I have a Sandy Dennis tattoo. I wrote about her film "The Fox" 4 @talkhouse.bsky.social here: www.talkhouse.com/bruce-labruc...

Sandy Dennis was BOTD in 1937 & died in 1992 at 54. I played her in my first feature film "No Skin Off My Ass" (1991), a remake of Altman's "That Cold Day in the Park." BTW I have a Sandy Dennis tattoo. I wrote about her film "The Fox" 4 @talkhouse.bsky.social here: www.talkhouse.com/bruce-labruc...

Unique, idiosyncratic, openly bisexual 60's & 70's star Sandy Dennis was BOTD in 1937 and died in 1992 at 54. After win a supporting Oscar for her role as Honey in Mike Nichols' "Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (1966), based on the Edward Albee play, she became an unexpected star

Gorgeous Anouk Aimée was BOTD in 1932 & died in 2024 at 92. She was married & divorced 4x & had 6 children. She's most indelible in her sexy cerebral turn as Mastroianni's long-suffering wife in Fellini's "8 1/2" (1963) & as a sexy widower in Lelouch's "A Man and a Woman" (1966)

Krzysztof Komeda was BOTD in 1931 & died in a fall during drunken horse-play w/ writer Marek Hlaskoin (who soon after killed himself) in 1969 at 37. Komeda composed the soundtracks for Roman Polanski's "Rosemary's Baby" (1968), "Knife on the Water" (1962) & "Cul-de-sac" (1966)

Exciting news for me and my producer Joe Balass for out feature film in development, "Mary, Mary"! telefilm.ca/en/telefilm-...

HBD legendary comedian and actress Carol Burnett who was BOTD in 1933, turning 93 today! I looked forward to watching her TV show every week as a kid. An obvious gay ally, she put her longtime collaborator gay fashion designer Bob Mackie on the map

Master of Melodrama Douglas Sirk was BOTD in 1897 & died in 1987 at the 89. Although not gay himself that we know of, Sirk's 1950s melodramas, such as "Magnificent Obsession" (1954) & "All That Heaven Allows" (1955), both starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson, are queer-coded camp

Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, recognized as a towering figure in 20th-century logic, language & mind philosophy, was BOTD in 1889 & died in 1951 at 62. He's widely believed to have been gay or bi, though he was deeply private & likely celibate for long periods

French writer/director/producer Bertrand Tavernier was BOTD in 1941 and died in 2021 at the age of 79. He directed a number of masterpieces, including "The Clockmaker" (1974), "Deathwatch" (1980), "Coup de Torchon" (1981) & "Daddy Nostalgia (1990) w/ Dirk Bogarde & Jane Birkin

HBD Al Pacino, BOTD in 1940, turning 86 today. In 1980 he starred in William Friedkin's "Cruising." Talk about committing to a role! I also love him especially in Jerry Schatzberg's "Scarecrow" (1973), Sidney Lumet's 'Dog Day Afternoon" (1975) & Brian De Palma's "Scarface" (1983)

Gay King Edward II was BOTD in 1284 & died in 1327 at 43. Several years ago I wrote a short essay on Derek Jarman's "Edward II" (1991) for Film Movement's Blu-ray release of the film (which also features an prologue by Tilda Swinton & an essay by Kyle Turner) @filmmovement.bsky.social

Inspired by LaBruce’s own early years and presented as a digital restoration carried out by TIFF, Super 8 1/2 is messy, sexy and funny window into the queer underground scene of 90s Canada genesiscinema.co.uk/event/109431

HBD Simply Barbra Streisand, BOTD in 1942, turning 84 today. In the early 70's she made a run of brill films: Herbert Ross' "The Owl and the Pussycat" (1970), Bogdanovich's "What's Up, Doc?" (1972), Irvin Kirshner's "Up the Sandbox" (1972) and Pollack's "The Way We Were" (1973)

Michael Parks was BOTD in 1940 & died in 2017 at 77. He was so hot that John Huston cast him as Adam in The Bible (1966)! Sexy w/ Faye Dunaway in Silverstein's "The Happening" (1967) & he had a James Dean smoulder in Harvey Hart's "Bus Riley's Back in Town" (1965) w/ Ann-Margret

HBD wacky & wonderful Shirley MacLaine, big sister of Warren Beatty, BOTD in 1934, turning 91 2day! The performances of Audrey Hepburn & MacLaine in Wyler's 1961 film adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play "The Children's Hour" as ambiguous lesbi

Halston was BOTD in 1932 & died of AIDS in 1990 at 57. She was besties w/ Drella & a regular at Studio 54 w/ a "party pad" for celebs, frequently serving skis 2 guests like Liza & Bianca. Her frequent lover was hung Venezuelan-born artist Victor Hugo who also died of AIDS in 1991

English director & cinematographer Ronald Neame was BOTD in 1911 & died in 2010 at 99. He transitioned from DP for The Archers & David Lean to director, helming Judy's last picture "I Could Go On Singing" (1963), "The Chalk Garden" (1964) & "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969)

HBD fantastic filmmaker & author John Waters, BOTD in 1946, turning 80 today & still going strong!! A bad influence, a good friend & a marvelous mentor!! "Multiple Maniacs" (1970) remains my fave John Waters film (it's also his fave film of his own), along w/ "Mondo Trash" (1969)

HBD John Waters, BOTD in 1946, turning 80 today & still going strong!! Two of the highlights of my movie life were making his annual top 10 list in 2020 for my movie "Saint-Narcisse" & being bestowed the "Filmmaker on the Edge" award by John at the Provincetown Film Fest in 2023!

HBD great Jack Nicholson, BOTD in 1937, turning 89 today!! Born out of wedlock, he was 37 yrs old when a reporter, who'd been digging into his past for a Time mag feature, informed him that the woman he'd always believed was his much older sister was actually his biological mom

HBD legendary Elaine May, BOTD in 1932, turning 94 2day! She gained fame in the 1950s for her improvisational comedy routines w/ Mike Nichols before both of them transitioned to directing films, May also writing screenplays. Only the 3rd woman 2 be admitted 2 the Director's Guild

Stunning Italian movie star Silvana Mangano was BOTD in 1930 & died in 1989 at 59. She started out as a beauty queen, had a heavy romance w/ Mastroianni & ended up working with Pasolini & Visconti! She was also married to film producer Dino De Laurentiis & had 4 children w/ him

Relatively openly gay fashion legend Christian Dior was BOTD in 1905 & died in 1957 at 52, apparently having hot sex. Born in Normandy, he moved 2 Paris as a child & initially studied political science before finding his passion in art & fashion, opening his fashion house in 1946

HBD Veronica Cartwright, BOTD in 1949, turning 77 today. She & lil sister Angela were 2 of the best child actors, Veronica in Wyler's "The Children's Hour" (1961) & Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963). Great in Kaufman's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1978) & Scott's "Alien" (1979)

Poor Little Rich Girl Edie Sedgewick was BOTD in 1943 & died in 1971 at 28. In 1965 she replaced Baby Jane Holzer as Warhol's Superstar du Moment & they became Manhattan's "It Couple" for a while there. But the bloom didn't stay long on the rose and she was soon replaced by Nico

Ryan O'Neal was BOTD on Hitler's birthday in 1941 & died in 2023 at 82. He WAS in Bogdanovich's "What's Up, Doc" (1972) & "Paper Moon" (1973, co-starring daughter Tatum), Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon" (1975) & Hill's "The Driver" (1978), but he was terrible 2 Tatum & girlfriend Farrah

Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.

Wonderful actor Barry Brown was BOTD in 1951 & killed himself in 1978 at 27, a tragic member of the 27 Club. He's memorable in Benton's "Bad Company" (1972) & ineffably, gorgeously sad in Bogdanovich's "Daisy Miller" which I wrote about here: www.talkhouse.com/bruce-labruc... @talkhouse.bsky.social

Jayne Mansfield was BOTD in 1933 & died in a car crash in 1967 at 34. A Marilyn knock-off, still she's underrated as a comedienne in her back-to-back self-parodying vehicles, both directed by Frank Tashlin, "The Girl Can't Help It"(1956) & "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" (1957)

n Spike Jonze's "Her", AIs don’t ever really do anything amazing for society... They distract lonely people for a while, fuck them, and vanish onto another plane of existence. That’s shaping up to be an increasingly plausible trajectory for OpenAI, too www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/why-is-sam...

Finally announced and taking reservations at the ICA LA, pleased to be a live component of the Speaking in Tongues exhibition up now. Galleries will be open up to the start of performance. If you're in LA and need this please book soon.

Lo pornográfico como adjetivo, usado en una sociedad vulgar hipersexualizada, pero también como ente estético en el audiovisual. Grande @brucelabruce.bsky.social

"Punk for the People" Vol. 2 at USC was a bit hit, with over 800 people in attandance! Thanks to Daria and the whole team who brought me in, and to my fellow panelists! dailytrojan.com/2026/04/17/p...

Kathy Acker, USA experimental novelist, playwright, essayist & postmodernist writer, was BOTD in 1947 & died too soon of breast cancer in 1997 at 50. Her 1984 breakthrough novel "Blood and Guts in High School" was banned in Germany & South Africa for its macabre, perverse content

HBD one of the great all-time child stars Hayley Mills, daughter of actor John Mills, sister of actor Juliet Mills, BOTD in 1946, turning 80 today! Ida Lupino's "The Trouble w/ Angels" (1966), the great coded-lesbian film, was one inspiration for my movie "The Misandrists" (2017)

While Wilder never publicly discussed his sexuality, infamous tattoo artist and pornographer, Samuel Steward, introduced to Wilder by Gertrude Stein, claimed in his autobiography that they had a sexual relationship and met on multiple occasions

Amazing Pierre Molinier was BOTD in 1900 & committed suicide in 1976 at 75. They obsessively took self-portraits in female fetish lingerie. I paid tribute to them w/ the "Legs" music video I directed 4 Danko Jones, art directed by Kenny Alvin Baird using a cast of 13 trans women

The amazing Pierre Molinier was BOTD in 1900 & committed suicide in 1976 at 75. With their trusty remote control switch, they obsessively took self-portraits in female fetish lingerie, sometimes with dolls and doll parts, often assuming the role of the dominatrix and the succuba

USA film director and choreographer Stanley Donen was BOTD in 1924 and died in 2019 at the age of 94. Donen married and divorced five times. Donen's fourth wife was American actress Yvette Mimieux, to whom he was married from 1972 to 1985

Playwright (amongst many other things) and author of "Waiting for Godot" Samuel Beckett was BOTD in 1906 and died in 1989 at the age of 83. He gave good old face

Coming up on Tuesday, Apirl 14th at 7pm at USC! I will be there!

Punk for the People Vol. 2! Tuesday April 14th! RSVP at VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU cinema.usc.edu/events/event...

Punk for the People Vol. 2! Tuesday April 14th! RSVP at VISIONSANDVOICES.USC.EDU cinema.usc.edu/events/event...