Celebrate LGBTQ+ cinema at Southampton Playhouse with Velvet Goldmine – screening in honor of Christine Vachon's Killer Films 30th Anniversary & Hamptons Pride Month! Set in the flamboyant world of 1970s glam rock, Velvet Goldmine follows British journalist Arthur Stuart as he investigates the rise and mysterious fall of legendary rock star Brian Slade. Through a series of interviews and flashbacks, Arthur uncovers the excess, artistry, and identity struggles that defined a cultural revolution. Loosely inspired by the lives of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed, this dazzling, dreamlike film by Todd Haynes explores themes of sexuality, fame, and self-expression in a society on the edge of change.

Celebrate Pride Month with a glam rock classic that only gets better with age -- and learn more about the people who got it made.

Thirty years ago, independent film producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler founded Killer Films, an iconoclastic brand that supported original filmmaking voices such as Todd Haynes, Mary Harron, and John Cameron Mitchell. The company also played a pivotal role in the birth of New Queer Cinema, a wave of powerful new voices that fought to incorporate LGTBQ+ perspective into contemporary American cinema.

In the spirit of Pride Month, the Playhouse will recognize Vachon and Koffler with a special conversation about their historic run, which has continued in recent years with acclaimed films such as Carol and Past Lives. (The company's latest effort, Materialists, opens at the Playhouse in June.) Vachon will also share her work with the next generation of filmmakers by sampling work by one of her students at Stonybrook University.

The conversation will be followed by a special screening of Velvet Goldmine, Haynes' dazzling 1998 musical drama in which a journalist investigates the mysterious career of fictional glam rocker Brian Slade (Jonathan Rys Myers). A queer-coded riff on Citizen Kane with ample nods to David Bowie, Velvet Goldmine epitomizes the vibrant, uncompromising spirit of cinematic rebellion that Killer Films has supported for decades. Get ready for a wild night of fun and inspiring stories from a pair of indie film veterans who have never slowed down.