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1) The queen
Language
English
Formats
Description
More than 40 years before *RuPaul's Drag Race*, this ground-breaking documentary about the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant introduced audiences to the world of competitive drag. The film takes us backstage to kiki with the contestants as they rehearse, throw shade, and transform into their drag personas in the lead-up to the big event. Organized by LGBTQ icon and activist Flawless Sabrina, the competition boasted a star-studded panel of...
Language
English
Formats
Description
A screamingly funny, sinfully twisted salute to sci-fi, horror, B-movies and rock music, all rolled into one deliciously decadent morsel. And now there's even more to make watchers shiver with anticipation: two additional musical numbers, Once In A While; and Superheroes; never seen theatrically or available on video! Join Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Brad Majors, Janet Weiss and Eddie: Ex Delivery Boy in the most popular cult classic of all time.
Language
English
Description
Daniel Hillard is no ordinary father, so when he learns his ex-wife needs a housekeeper, he applies for the job. With the perfect wig, a little makeup and a dress for all occasions, he becomes Mrs. Doubtfire, a devoted British housekeeper who is hired on the spot. Free to be the "woman" he never knew he could be, the disguised Daniel creates a whole new life with his entire family.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mixture of fantastical rock opera and horror movie spoof. A couple of ordinary kids have car trouble one dark and rainy night and knock on the door of a looming gothic mansion. They are stunned to learn that they have stumbled into an ongoing convention of kinky characters, hosted by Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a mad scientist from the planet Transsexual.
5) Kinky boots
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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Description
To save the family shoe business from bankruptcy, young Charlie turns to an unlikely new creative consultant: a sassy cross-dressing cabaret singer whose outrageous style and wild designs are a breath of fresh air in the stuffy old factory.
Publisher
Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
With a contract to perform a drag show way out in the Australian desert, Tick, Adam, and Ralph each has his own reason for wanting to leave the safety of Sydney. Christening their battered pink tour bus "Priscilla," the trio heads for the outback and into crazy adventures in even crazier outfits.
Publisher
MHz Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
Deutsch
Description
Vendetta : A high profile attorney and a prominent tax adviser are murdered within days of each other, and Brunetti's investigation leads to Senora Ceroni, and a human-trafficking syndicate within the cream of Venetian society.
The anonymous Venetian : The investigation of a murdered bank executive, whose body is found clad in women's attire, leads Brunetti to the subculture of transvestites and male prostitutes, among whom are many characters that...
8) Ed Wood
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Releasing for the first time on Blu-ray, experience Tim Burton's acclaimed hilarious, true-life story of the wackiest filmmaker in Hollywood history, Ed Wood, starring Johnny Depp, Bill Murray, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Academy Award winner Martin Landau. Depp stars as the high-spirited director who never let terrible reviews or hostile studio executives derail his big-screen dreams. With an oddball collection of showbiz misfits, Ed takes the art...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Connie and Carla are best friends who want to make a name for themselves in the musical theater. One night, Connie and Carla witness a low-level Mafiosi hit. The gals are seen by the shooters, and they hit the road in fear for their lives. Connie and Carla end up in Los Angeles, needing new identities. After watching a drag review, they decide to pose as drag queens. Their act is an immediate hit, and soon they're the toast of L.A.'s gay community....
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
Français
Description
Continues the story of Albin and Renato, a gay couple who are proprieters of a transvestite nightclub. When Albin feels his attractiveness to Renato is waning, he sets out to make Renato jealous, with the disasterous yet hilarious result of embroiling them in a spy caper.
11) Kinky boots
Publisher
Liberator Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Winner of the Tonyʼ Best Musical, this huge-hearted hit is a story of two people with seemingly nothing in common. Factory owner Charlie is struggling to save his family business, and Lola is an entertainer with a wildly exciting idea. These unexpected pair learn to embrace their differences and create a line of sturdy stilettos! But in the end, their biggest achievement is their friendship.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Disc 1. The Rocky Horror Picture Show: A mixture of fantastical rock opera and horror movie spoof. A couple of ordinary kids have car trouble one dark and rainy night and knock on the door of a looming Gothic mansion. They are stunned to learn that they have stumbled into an ongoing convention of kinky characters, hosted by Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a mad scientist from the planet Transsexual. Disc 2. Supplemental: Deleted musical scenes, outtakes, Rocky...
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
En route from New York City to Hollywood for a drag queen beauty pageant, Noxeema, Vida, and Chi Chi are to take an unwelcome detour when their 1967 Cadillac convertible breaks down. Stranded in the tiny Midwestern town of Snydersville, the three try to make the best of their unfortunate circumstance. And when their glitz and glamour wake up the local citizens, the stage is set for an outrageously funny weekend.
15) Tokyo Godfathers
Pub. Date
2017
Language
日本語
Description
"Three homeless people make do the best they can on the streets of Tokyo - middle-aged alcoholic Gin, teenage runaway Miyuki and formerdrag queen Hana. On Christmas eve they discover an abandoned newborn baby in a trash bin, dramatically changing their odd family dynamic and giving them purpose to search the streets of Tokyo for help in returning the baby to its parents"--Container.
16) Paris is burning
Series
Criterion collection volume 1018
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City₂s African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, it offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion ₁houses,₂ from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty....
Language
English
Formats
Description
With a contract to perform a drag show way out in the Australian desert, Tick, Adam and Ralph each has his own reason for wanting to leave the safety of Sydney. Christening their battered, pink tour bus "Priscilla," this wickedly funny and high-drama trio heads for the outback and into crazy adventures in even crazier outfits.
18) Casa Susanna
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
In the 1950s and '60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a modest house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place for them to express their true selves and live for a few days as they had always dreamed of dressing as women without fear of being incarcerated or institutionalized for their self-expression. Told through the memories of those whose visits...
19) Fairytale
Publisher
Breaking Glass Pictures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Italiano
Description
The United States, the '50s. Amongst stuffed poodles, whiskey-infused teas, sinful mambo lessons, and threats of alien invasion, Mr(s). Fairytale spends her days locked in her dream home and without a moment to breathe. A surreal world where anyone can finally be who they want to be, but behind which hides another upsetting reality.
20) Glen or Glenda?
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Glen or Glenda is about a transvestite who can't figure out how to tell his girl that he likes to wear her clothes.
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