John Epperson

Lypsinka: Toxic Femininity (2024)

Inhabiting the words of Hollywood icons from Judy Garland to Joan Crawford trapped in an airless world of old-fashioned TV glamor, Lypsinka guides us through her fever dream as she grapples with her psyche as a celebrity. ...

NightGowns FOREVER (2020)

Celebrating the 5 year anniversary of Velour's world-renowned drag showcase NightGowns. Featuring 30 show-stopping sets from the NightGowns vault, featuring never-before-seen footage, freshly edited for the first time. ...

Wig (2019)

Spotlighting the art of drag, and centered on the New York staple Wigstock, this documentary showcases the personalities and performances that inform the ways we understand queerness, art and identity today. ...

I Am Divine (2014)

Harris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine (1945-1988) was the ultimate outsider turned underground hero. Spitting in the face of the status quos of body image, gender identity, sexuality, and preconceived notions of beauty, Divine succeeded in becoming an internat ...

Black Swan (2010)

A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake. ...

Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! (2008)

Four university students head to Florida for spring break and enroll in a contest to see who can get the most sexual partners. ...

Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On (2006)

Documentary which focuses more on the impact of the film upon its release and how it has seeped into the culture since that time. It is always fun to hear John Waters speak on a subject he is passionate about. ...

Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition (2006)

An overview of the iconic actresses' legendary careers, as well as the rivalry that colored "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? ...

Another Gay Movie (2006)

Andy is your typical All-American eighteen-year-old gay virgin. Like everyone else, he's dying to have sex. Totally out of the closet and mad-crazy horny, this naïve high school senior is caught in that awkward vortex between child and adult. Much to the ...

Beauty in a Jar (2003)

BEAUTY IN A JAR explores the social, racial, sexual and political history of the American beauty culture. How was the American ideal of beauty transformed over time? How does advertising tap into women's fantasies and hidden desires? ...

Eloise And Her Rawther Enormous Life (1999)

Dragtime (1997)

A film that revels in the sheer delightful fabulousness of drag! A joyful look into the lives of some of the most famous drag queens of today: Varla Jean Merman, Candis Cayne, Lady Bunny and Lypsinka. These frocked out femmes of fashion light up the screen ...

Red Ribbon Blues (1995)

After attending his 23rd funeral for a friend with AIDS, Troy and his friends hatch a plan to steal the HIV drugs that they need. One sucessful heist leads to another and another until they have so much inventory they decide to begin their own community di ...

Wigstock: The Movie (1995)

The three-decade-old annual Manhattan gathering of drag queens and their fans is portrayed in this colorful documentary. The film concentrates on the spectacle of the event, providing abundant examples of the elaborate costumes, flamboyant wigs, and campy ...

Witch Hunt (1994)

Magic and murder connect an actress, a private eye, a senator and a witch in 1950s Hollywood. ...

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends (1993)

On January 22, 1993 at the historic Castro Theater in San Francisco, Lily Tomlin, Robin Williams, Harvey Fierstein, Marga Gomez, and Lypsinka performed a one-night only benefit for the making of the film The Celluloid Closet, both directed by Rob Epstein a ...

Nelson Sullivan (1989)

Nelson Sullivan, a videographer in Manhattan circa 1983 to 1989, documented a large chunk of the final six years of his life, capturing his days and nights with drag queens and other NYC outcasts of the time. His style takes on a "home movie quality" that ...

Vampire's Kiss (1989)

A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction. ...

Wigstock: The Movie (1987)

The original documentary on the Wigstock festival, back in the day when it was a much smaller affair in Thompkins Square Park. ...

Lypsinka: Toxic Femininity (2024)

Inhabiting the words of Hollywood icons from Judy Garland to Joan Crawford trapped in an airless world of old-fashioned TV glamor, Lypsinka guides us through her fever dream as she grapples with her psyche as a celebrity. ...