Programmed June 2021

Three by John Waters

In the 1970s, something strange bubbled up from the Baltimore underground, something shocking, transgressive, outrageously funny, and oh-so-queer. With their demented blend of scuzz and camp, the early films of John Waters quickly became cult sensations and made his singular star and muse, the larger-than-life Divine, a counterculture icon. This selection of three of Waters’ most blasphemous provocations—the sideshow shocker Multiple Maniacs , notoriously perverse black comedy Pink Flamingos , and lurid melodrama Female Trouble —are testaments to the warped and wickedly funny imagination that have made him the reigning Pope of Trash.