Rainbow Reels: The Babadook

We're so proud & excited to get to play THE BABADOOK under the amazing RAINBOW REELS banner during their film festival this year (five of which will be played at the Apollo)!!

"Someone was like, 'How could "The Babadook" become a gay film,' and the answer was readily available," said Karen Tongson, an associate professor of gender studies and English at USC. "He lives in a basement, he's weird and flamboyant, he's living adjacently to a single mother in this kind of queer kinship structure."

Instead of living in a proverbial closet, he lives in a literal basement. He exists in a half-acknowledged state by the other people in his house. The family is afraid of what he is, but finds a way to accept him over time.

"For many LGBT people, that's what it feels like to be in your own families sometimes," Tongson said. -Jessica Roy, LA Times

The Babadook (2014)

14A, 1h35m
Director: Jennifer Kent
Writer: Jennifer Kent
Stars: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall
A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.