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.
Set It Off
- Wed, Aug 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: F. Gary Gray Run Time: 123 min. Release Year: 1996
Starring: Blair Underwood, Jada Pinkett Smith, Kimberly Elise, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox
It's about crime. It's about payback. It's about survival.
Jim Queen: Toronto Premiere!
- Mon, Aug 31
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: Marco Nguyen, Nicolas Athané Run Time: 85 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: French
Starring: Alex Ramirès, Elisabeth Wiener, François Sagat, Jéremy Gillet, Shirley Souagnon
For better or for Queer.