By Hook or By Crook (25th Anniversary) [Blu-ray]

Harry Dodge & Silas Howard - By Hook or By Crook (25th Anniversary) [Blu-ray]

A cornerstone of queer independent cinema, back in a new 4K restoration for its 25th anniversary. Shy, a handsome, gender-bending small-town dreamer reeling from his father's death, heads to San Francisco to try his hand at a life of crime. Instead he finds Valentine, an irrepressible adoptee searching for her birth mother, and the two misfit grifters stumble into a scrappy, tender partnership built on loyalty and trust.

Written, directed by and starring Harry Dodge and Silas Howard, By Hook or By Crook was one of the first feature films made by and about trans and butch people, and its punk spirit, humor and heart have only grown more vital with time. The Guardian named it "one of the best queer films of the century."

Special Features

• New 4K restoration, presented on Blu-ray
• New commentary with filmmakers Harry Dodge, Silas Howard and producer Steak House
• By Any Means Necessary, a video essay by Caden Mark Gardner
• Short films by the filmmakers: The Fudgesicle (Harry Dodge) and Blink (Silas Howard)
• Deleted scenes, outtakes, crew photos and wrap party footage
• Archival interviews
• Director and producer notes and letters, plus archival ephemera and photos
• Booklet with writing by consulting producer and film historian Jenni Olson and an archival interview with the filmmakers
• New theatrical trailer and additional trailers
• English 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio; English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles
• Region-free (plays worldwide)

Details: 2001, USA. Written and directed by Harry Dodge and Silas Howard. Starring Silas Howard, Harry Dodge, Stanya Kahn and Carina Gia. 100 minutes, English, 1 disc, Region-free. Label: Altered Innocence. Release date: October 13, 2026.