A gay hustler drama, a voyeuristic Warhol film & an AIDS quilt doc are now officially part of American history

Image Credits: ‘The Chelsea Girls,’ MoMA (left) | ‘MY Own Private Idaho,’ The Criterion Channel (center) | ‘Common threads,’ Wolfe Video (right)

These days, it’s rare that we hear good news coming out of Congress, but we promise this update will have queer film fans excited!

Today, the Library Of Congress has announced that 25 influential movies will be joining the National Film Registry, an archive dedicated to preserving titles deemed to be “of cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage.”

Every year since 1988, the organization has selected 25 films for historic preservation, and this year’s crop includes some fascinating picks like bone-chilling horror Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Cheech & Chong’s stoner buddy comedy Up In Smoke, and Facebook origin story

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