Queer Cinema Club
Queer Cinema Club is more than a film series: it’s a mission to bring Toronto’s LGBTQ folks together in celebration of some of the best queer cinema ever made. Every month at Paradise, curator and host Peter Knegt offers queers (and anyone who loves them) a queer film classic (or future classic), special guests and performers, and some good old fashioned drinks and conversation in the Paradise’s lobby bar. Each film is paired with a different local queer artist, who designs an original poster for the screening.
In addition to running Queer Cinema Club, Peter Knegt makes (mostly queer) content for the CBC, including hosting the Canadian Screen Award-winning talk series Here & Queer. He got his start as a writer and editor for the film magazine Indiewire, and has also made half a dozen short films and written the book About Canada: Queer Rights.
Bottoms
- Mon, Jan 26
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Emma Seligman Run Time: 91 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023
Starring: Ayo Edebiri, Havana Rose Liu, Kaia Gerber, Rachel Sennott, Ruby Cruz
A movie about empowering women (the hot ones).
Pillion: Toronto Premiere!
- Mon, Feb 9
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Harry Lighton Run Time: 107 min. Format: DCP Rating: 19 & Over Release Year: 2025
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Douglas Hodge, Harry Melling, Jake Shears, Lesley Sharp
A timid man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as...
Knife+Heart
- Thu, Feb 12
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Yann Gonzalez Run Time: 102 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2018 Language: French
Starring: Jonathan Genet, Kate Moran, Nicolas Maury, Romane Bohringer, Vanessa Paradis
In the summer of 1979, gay porn producer Anne sets out to film her most ambitious film yet,...
The Birdcage
- Wed, Feb 18
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Mike Nichols Run Time: 119 min. Release Year: 1996
Starring: Dan Futterman, Dianne Wiest, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Robin Williams
Come as you are.
