Class is in session, and we begin our September syllabus, Spader For Perverts 101, with Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) screened from VHS!
Directed by Steven Soderbergh (Ocean's Eleven, Erin Brockovich, Black Bag), this clever dissection of suburban malaise and the false promises of heteropatriarchal living won the director the Palme d'Or at only twenty-six years old, and remains one of his finest hours.
James Spader is joined by brilliant turns from Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, and Laura San Giacomo in a film about what happens when getting off becomes more important than pretending you're already satisfied.
Find us downstairs at Dalston Superstore as we dive head-first into Spader's heyday with our first ever VHS presentation.
I promised each of the subjects that no one would see the videotapes except for me
Unfortunately, this performance will not include subtitles due to the format.
Seating is a mixture of benches, backed chairs, bar stools, and floor space, and is first come, first served.