The gulf between Biblical literalists and real-life homosexuals is packed with irreconcilable differences, and Daniel Karslake’s brilliant documentary goes where those differences matter most: within families, where fundamentalist parents and queer kids can remain locked in battle unto eternity. As infuriating and heartbreaking as you’d fear and more inspiring than you’d imagine, Bible is the best gay doc since The Celluloid Closet. (SIFF Cinema, 321 Mercer St, 324-9996. 6:45 pm, $10.)

David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest...