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What's Queer At The 2018 Tribeca Film Festival?

Including Matt Smith in "Mapplethorpe," a documentary on Alexander McQueen, and the U.S. premiere of "Disobedience" starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams.

The lineup for the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival is out, and there are several films LGBT moviegoers won’t want to miss.

Check out highlights below, and then make plans to hit the festival, running April 18 to 29 in lower Manhattan.

Duck Butter

USA (Directed by Miguel Arteta)

Two women, jaded by broken relationships, make a pact to spend 24 uninterrupted hours together, having sex on the hour. Their romantic experiment intends to create a new form of intimacy, but it doesn't quite go as planned. With Alia Shawkat, Laia Costa, Hong Chau, Kate Berlant, Kumail Nanjiani, Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Lindsay Burdge. A release from The Orchard.

Mapplethorpe

Tribeca Film Festival

USA (Directed by Ondi Timoner)

In the late 1960s, art-school dropout Robert Mapplethorpe moves into the Chelsea Hotel with dreams of stardom. He quickly becomes the enfant terrible of the photography world as the downtown counterculture of 1970s New York reaches its zenith. With Matt Smith, Marianne Rendón, John Benjamin Hickey, Brandon Sklenar, McKinley Belcher III, Mark Moses.

Disobedience

UK (Directed by Sebastian Lelio)

After the death of her estranged rabbi father, a New York photographer returns to the Orthodox Jewish community in North London where she grew up and, in doing so, reignites long-dormant passions and controversies. With Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola. A Bleecker Street release.

The Miseducation of Cameron Post

Jeong Park/Sundance Institute

USA (Directed by Desiree Akhavan)

After Cameron is caught making out with another girl on prom night, her conservative guardians send her to gay conversion therapy. There, she forges an unlikely community with her fellow teens in this Sundance-winning coming of age story. With Chloë Grace Moretz, Sasha lane, Forrest Goodluck, John Gallagher Jr., Jennifer Ehle

Howard

USA (Directed by Don Hahn)

Howard Ashman, the once-in-a-generation songwriting talent, penned the lyrics for Little Shop of Horrors and revitalized Disney with his work on The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin. Howard is a tribute to the lyricist and to the power of musical storytelling. With Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Bill Lauch, Sarah Gillespie, Peter Schneider

McQueen

USA (Directed by Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui)

Legendary couturier Alexander McQueen’s rags to riches story is vividly brought to life by his closest friends and family, and through his revolutionary body of work, as inspired, tortured, and visionary as the man himself. A Bleecker Street release

Studio 54

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THE TOMORROW SHOW -- Aired 9/21/78 -- Pictured: (l-r) Host Tom Snyder interviews Steve Rubell, co-owner of Studio 54, in front of the infamous "Man In the Moon With a Cocaine Spoon" from inside the Studio 54 discotheque in New York City (Photo by Fred Hermansky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

USA (Directed by Matt Tyrnauer)

In 1977, Studio 54 and its founders, Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell, epitomized New York hedonism. But by, 1979 the fantasy was over—and Studio 54 goes inside that meteoric rise and catastrophic fall. With Steve Rubell, Ian Schrager, Nile Rodgers, Norma Kamali, Karin Bacon, Myra Scheer. An A&E release

We the Animals

"We the Animals"/Cinereach

USA (Directed by Jeremiah Zagar)

This lyrical coming-of-age tale, based on the acclaimed novel, weaves magic realism into an exquisite portrait of three brothers, their troubled parents, and the secret that the youngest of them holds. With Raul Castillo, Sheila Vand, Evan Rosado, Isaiah Kristian, Josiah Gabriel. A release from The Orchard

Every Act of Life

USA (Directed by Jeff Kaufman)

A revealing portrait of four-time Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally’s ground-breaking, six-decade career in the theater, that also incorporates his fight for LGBT rights and triumph over addiction. With Terrence McNally, Audra McDonald, Nathan Lane, Larry Kramer, Angela Lansbury, Christine Baranski.

The Gospel According to André

USA (Directed by Kate Novack)

From the segregated South to the fashion capitals of the world, The Gospel According to André recounts fashion editor André Leon Talley’s storied life and career through intimate conversations, rich archival, and testimonials from fashion luminaries including Anna Wintour, Tom Ford, and Marc Jacobs.

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