By Hook or by Crook (4K Restoration)

Harry Dodge and Steak house in person for Q&A!

Groundbreaking when it was made and still fiercely innovative today, BY HOOK OR BY CROOK is a trans and butch buddy film that chronicles three weeks in the life of Shy, a handsome, gender-bending, small town dreamer with a nagging messiah complex. Emotionally defeated after the death of his father, Shy heads to the big city to sink himself into a “life of crime.” He is quickly distracted by Valentine, a deliriously expressive, wise-acre adoptee on a misguided search for his birth mother. The two freaky grifters join forces and learn the true meaning of “poise under pressure” in this visually stunning and wonderfully acted, anti-authoritarian tale of friendship, trust and redemption.

Runtime
1h 38m
Year
2001
Director
Harry Dodge and Silas Howard
Format
DCP
First Showing
July 19, 2026
Categories
  • Assisted Listening

Showtimes

Sunday, July 19, 2026 3:20 PM
Location Big Roxie

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