>Taking it to the White House

>CineKink alumni director Scott Bloom (CineKink ‘06 & ‘08) reports that a copy of his amazing documentary, Call Me Troy, was handed off to Michelle Obama during yesterday’s meet-up with LGBT community leaders.

A profile of gay rights activist and founder of Metropolitan Community Churches, Rev. Troy Perry, the work is an important chronicle [...]

>Slap on your leathers and come on down!

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CineKink @ New York Leather Weekend – TONIGHT!As part of NYLW, a weekend-long celebration of NYC’s almost-back-to-burgeoning leather scene, we’re presenting ‘Give and Take,’ a kinky collection of shorts that probe, prod and play with the dynamics of sexual control and submission. Assume the position!

Date/Time:Friday, October 10 – 8 pm

Location:LGBT Community Center208 [...]

>Tanged and sugasmed!

>Welcome Daily Tangers! More info on what you’re likely looking for – Viva! – can be found here, but do feel free to linger and, er, poke around a bit.

For everyone else… while it looks like we’ve gone a bit blog-AWOL the past week, we’ve at least been busy, hob-nobbing out in San Francisco [...]

>We are on!

>We’ll check in again with even more detail on this year’s wham bam program schedule for Cinekink NYC, but here’s an overview to get you salivating:

Tuesday, February 26 8:00 pm – Kick-Off Gala & Opening Night Screening

Wednesday, February 27 7:00 pm – Shortbus Tribute Screening 9:00 pm – New York Stories

Thursday, February [...]

>Are you ready?

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More info – and much more – coming soon!

>Damn, did we sleep through Halloween again?

>Ah, well. Werewolves on Wheels is always timely. Being the “most eerie, most chilling… motorcycle horror movie” ever made and all that, you know.

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>Bite the Apple!

>As part of New York Leather Weekend, CineKink presents a fundraiser for the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom ….

Friday, October 5th – 9 pm

CineKink, “the really alternative film festival,” presents a special screening of film and video shorts from New York directors for a celebration of kinky Gotham. Dark and gritty, sleek and [...]

>CineKink-at-a-Glance

>We’ve had so much going on in our New York calendar lately, it’s been hard for everyone (especially us!) to keep on top of where we are when. And October’s looking especially hectic…

Friday, October 5th – 9 pmCineKink’s “Bite the Apple!” @ New York Leather Weekend

Saturday, October 6th – noonCineKink scopes the [...]

>”There aren’t enough X’s in the alphabet…”

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In a recent interview with The Reeler, director William Friedkin discusses his back-and-forths with the MPAA to get an R rating for the original release of Cruising in 1980. Sadly, for anyone hoping for a bit more detail on what ended up on the cutting room floor – and what apparently still isn’t being [...]

>Sell-out!

>Many thanks to everyone who came out for last night’s sold-out screening of Pornology New York at Pioneer Theater – and our sympathies to those who ended up getting shut out in the cold!

Fortunately, Viviane’s Sex Carnival was on the scene to snap a few photos. Below, Lenny Waller, former front-man of the [...]