This event is in the past.It took place on May 17, 2026 at Metrograph.




John Waters' full-blooded Sirkian melodrama stars Divine as Francine Fishpaw, a pious housewife suffering endless humiliations until Tab Hunter offers a glimmer of hope. Sunday's screening features an introduction by comedian John Early, who calls it "an almost unbearably tender movie" and "a screamingly funny one."
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Polyester (1981)
Lower East Side




John Waters' full-blooded Sirkian melodrama stars Divine as Francine Fishpaw, a pious housewife suffering endless humiliations until Tab Hunter offers a glimmer of hope. Sunday's screening features an introduction by comedian John Early, who calls it "an almost unbearably tender movie" and "a screamingly funny one."
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