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.
Shortbus
- Mon, Nov 25
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: John Cameron Mitchell Run Time: 101 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2006
Starring: Adam Hardman, Lindsay Beamish, Paul Dawson, Raphael Barker, Sook-Yin Lee
Open your mind. And everything else.
The Hours
- Wed, Dec 11
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: Stephen Daldry Run Time: 114 min. Release Year: 2002
Starring: Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Miranda Richardson, Nicole Kidman, Stephen Dillane
The time to hide is over. The time to regret is gone. The time to live is now.