Showgirls - 35MM

Following their smash hit Basic Instinct, director Paul Verhoeven and writer Joe Eszterhaus re-teamed for Showgirls, a movie that is widely, and rightfully, regarded as the pinnacle of 90s camp. The rags-to-riches story of a street-wise drifter – played with deadly earnestness by former Saved By the Bell star Elizabeth Berkeley – who wildly gyrates her way from lowly stripperhood to most lusted after showgirl in Las Vegas, losing friends and ruining lives along the way. Chocked-full awesomely arch dialog, gut-bustingly awkward dance sequences, delightful backstage back-stabbing, knock-down, drag-out catfights and the most howl-inducing pool sex scene every filmed, Showgirls is well-worthy of its status as a cult classic, crowning the Verhoeven/Eszterhaus team as kings of high-end sleaze. Featuring a clearly uncomfortable Kyle MacLachlan and a scene-stealing Gina Gershon as the cutthroat showgirl diva Berkeley seeks to dethrone.