Malcolm says: Gus Van Sant’s debut feature film about queer desire and ‘80s Pacific Northwest street life holds a unique place in the history of New Queer Cinema. It is not a moral tale or a melodrama, it is a grungy, messy story of unrequited love and racial inequity. Mala Noche hints at the semi-improvisational acting and straightforward naturalistic shooting style that have since become synonymous with Van Sant’s name. It is an honor to bring it back to a screen on which it played during its original run in Chicago.