October 20 – October 25
ASK ANY BUDDY
AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF ALL-MALE ADULT CINEMA
October 20 – October 25
“The video component of a multimedia project that also encompasses an acclaimed podcast and Instagram feed, Elizabeth Purchell’s ASK ANY BUDDY compiles fragments from over 125 feature films to create a kaleidoscopic, dreamlike snapshot of the era. An official selection of nearly two-dozen international film festivals including BFI Flare and Outfest, ASK ANY BUDDY is a funny, sexy portrait of urban gay life in the years following the Stonewall Riots – or at least how it looked in the movies.”
how embarrassing – I don’t see any reference to this film on this here rambling blog! (must be jealousy…combined with laziness, or that dang “drafts folder”!) – anyhow, New Yorkers, if you haven’t seen this, you should – and try to do a double feature with one of the other featured film during this rare porn fest (now, do I have opinions on porn movies shown in theaters without backrooms, gloryholes, or other type dark crevices for friendship building? I do. yes, yes, i do. – but another time)
If you’ve never seen any of these on the big screen, I highly recommend seeing all of them; if that’s not possible, of course the headliner, ASK ANY BUDDY, plus at least Al Parker’s Turned On, Headtrip (which I don’t believe I’ve ever seen), and 10:30PM MONDAY (which I never really got interested in because Bijou Video had some COLT imagery on the cover, which I knew was wrong… ) but I digress. The Night Before I’ve actually seen there at Anthology (2001), and they do have these porno programs from time to time – check out my attempt at some form of ancient html back in 2002 for the Reflecting Poole – June 19-23, 2002 Wakefield Poole series. I’m rambling…but oooh, just took a peak at 10:30pm, and that would be my priority! Especially to see if they have a good quality, and complete print – the 33minute version on line can’t be right.
scroll to bottom of post for brief clip from 10:30PM
One last note – I do wish there were an x-rated version of the promo / preview – I get it for youtube, but jeez – can’t vimeo, or someone host an x-rated promo that promotes what the film does – celebrates gay (male) sex!
at the ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES
32 Second Avenue New York, NY 10003 (corner of 2nd Street and 2nd Avenue)
here’s the schedule at this link
featuring:
- ASK ANY BUDDY – showing each of the first 5 days of the 6 day porn festival – by Elizabeth Purchell (2019) – Thursday thru Monday
- THAT BOY by Peter Berlin (1974) – Thursday and Tuesday
- HEAD TRIP by François About (1981) – Friday only
- THE NIGHT BEFORE by Arch Brown (1973) – Saturday only
- TURNED ON! by Steve Scott (1982) – Saturday only
- 10:30PM MONDAY by Lucas Severin
(1970?) – no, certainly wrong – 1975ish, post Bijou and Born To Raise Hell, right? – Sunday only
- FORBIDDEN LETTERS by Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. (1976) – on the website as 1979!!!! – Monday only – check out this Forbidden Letters review
- AMERICAN CREAM by Rob Simple (1972) – Tuesday only


