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.
Good Manners
- Wed, May 27
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: Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra Run Time: 136 min. Release Year: 2017 Language: Portuguese
Starring: Cida Moreira, Felipe Kenji, Isabél Zuaa, Marjorie Estiano, Miguel Lobo
Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as...
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives
- Wed, Jun 3
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: Rosa von Praunheim Run Time: 67 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1971 Language: German
Starring: Bernd Feuerhelm, Berryt Bohlen, Ernst Kuchling, Norbert Losch, Steven Adamczewski
Daniel, a young man from the provinces come to the city and moves from one gay subculture to...
Blue Film: Canadian Premiere!
- Sat, Jun 6
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: Elliot Tuttle Run Time: 82 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Kieron Moore, Reed Birney
Drawn by the promise of easy money and anonymous sex, queer camboy Aaron Eagle is shocked to discover...
Leviticus: Sneak Preview!
- Thu, Jun 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: Adrian Chiarella Run Time: 88 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Ewen Leslie, Joe Bird, Mia Wasikowska, Stacy Clausen, Tyallah Bullock
It will never stop.
Fire
- Mon, Jun 22
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: Deepa Mehta Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 1996
Starring: Javed Jaffrey, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Kushal Rekhi, Nandita Das, Shabana Azmi
In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha’s life takes an...
Set It Off
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.