queer film • jersey city

With echoes of The Accidental Tourist (Best Picture Oscar nominee, 1988), Sublet brings a middle-aged travel writer, Michael (John Benjamin Hickey), on assignment to a far-off place where he unexpectedly copes with loss as well as problems in the marriage he left back home.

 

In Sublet the writer is gay, not straight, and the far-off place is not Paris but Tel Aviv with all its cultural conflicts. What’s highly unexpected for Michael comes in the person of Tomer (Niv Nissim), a seductive young budding filmmaker who shows off his hometown with great passion and verve. Directed by Eytan Fox, written by Eytan Fox and Itay Segal. 

 

Watch Sublet on Apple TV or Prime Video.

 

For extra credit watch The Accidental Tourist.

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Chillfest is partnering with Stonewall National Museum & Archives (SNMA) for a monthly Film Club. Chillfest programmers, John Catania and Charles Ignacio select films for members to screen at home and then meet on Zoom to discuss and critique. Zoom link information will be provided after joining the group.

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TO JOIN THE FILM CLUB:

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1) Become a member of Stonewall National Museum & Archives, a vital organization preserving LGBTQ+ history for nearly 50 years. An Individual membership is just $35. Join here.​

2) Email with subject "Join Film Club" to inquiry@stonewall-museum.org for Zoom link

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Once an SNMA member there is no fee to be part of the Film Club or Chillfest. Because of their collection of LGBTQ+ films, Film Club members will be expected to have a Netflix account and have access to YouTube.