Monday Double: The Doom Generation + Mysterious Skin

A double feature from one of American independent cinema’s most distinctive voices, New Queer Cinema icon Gregg Araki.

The Doom Generation | R18+

Teenage rebels Amy (Rose McGowan) and Jordan (James Duval) embark on a chaotic road trip across a surreal, violent and anarchic America after picking up the mysterious Xavier (Johnathon Schaech), a charismatic drifter who throws their lives into further turmoil. As the trio become entangled in a series of increasingly dangerous encounters, they search for freedom, pleasure and escape from a world that feels completely broken.

15 min intermission.

Mysterious Skin | R18+

Viewer Advice: Contains themes of child sexual abuse.

Adapted from Scott Heim's acclaimed novel, Mysterious Skin is an intensely powerful chronicle of childhood innocence lost, featuring star-making turns from Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brady Corbet alongside outstanding performances from co-stars Michelle Trachtenberg and Academy Award® nominee Elizabeth Shue.

At the age of eight, Kansas youngsters Neil and Brian played on the same little league baseball team. Now, ten years later, the two boys couldn't be more different. Neil is a charismatic but emotionally aloof male hustler while Brian is a nervous introvert obsessed with the idea that he has been abducted by a UFO. When the boys' parallel lives inevitably intersect, the pair unearth dark, repressed secrets on a harrowing and unforgettable journey of self-discovery.