Veronica Lake 100th anniversary double bill Veronica Lake casts a seductive spell as a charmingly vengeful sorceress in this supernatural screwball classic. Many centuries after cursing the male descendants of the Salem puritan who sent her to the stake, this blonde bombshell with a broomstick finds herself drawn to one of them—a prospective governor (Fredric […]
In partnership with Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Montréal 4K restoration Antonio goes home to Sicile with the reputation of a womanizer. Here where only virility counts, Antonio is a model figure, and his proud father arranges his wedding to a rich heiress, Barbara Puglisi. Antonio and Barbara fall in love but time elapses and […]
“They say when you get goosebumps, your soul touches your body.” Introvert Masha sees herself as an outsider unless she’s hanging out with her two best friends, Yana and Senia. While trying to navigate through her last year of school, Masha falls in love in a way that forces her out of her comfort zone. […]
According to Erin, there are seven steps to attaining a first kiss – from initial impression to ultimate embrace – but she will learn that there is no simple guide to navigating the gauntlet of infatuation, best friendship, and the middle school muddle in this Toronto-set, comics-splashed rom-com. Erin (Elliot Stocking) is delightfully dorky, concocting […]
Fun-filled shorts made especially for queers and their kids. Suitable for all ages, these colourful, characterful animations and feel-good comedies entertain both the kids and the kid in you. IN A HEARTBEAT BETH DAVID & ESTEBAN BRAVO | USA | 2017 | 4 MIN | NO DIALOGUE A boy runs the risk of being outed […]
The Agnes of lore – a young trans girl in the 50s who outsmarted her way to surgery – has been stuck in a binary between cautionary tale and folk hero, co-opted for demonization or celebration. The articulate, affecting Framing Agnes is here to try and understand and complicate that history. Filmmaker Chase Joynt and writer Morgan […]
Le soldat Ivin n’a pas pu abattre un fugitif qui s’échappait de la prison. Châtié par ses supérieurs, il s’ancre dans ses valeurs qui lui interdisent de disposer de la vie d’autrui. Mais qui est Ivin? Un lâche? Un prisonnier de sa conscience? En fait, c’est un personnage typique de la fin de l’ère soviétique: […]
The first Pakistani film officially selected for Cannes and Pakistan’s 2022 Oscars entry, Saim Sadiq’s feisty drama extends empathy to each complicated member of Haider’s fractious family and the trans woman he falls for as he trips his way into an erotic dance group, and into love. Cash-strapped Biba (trans actress Alina Khan) is wily, […]
A queer singer/artist becomes a father to his five-year-old niece when his sister’s mental health deteriorates, and finds himself awkwardly balancing fairy tales and playtime with his nightlife and underground art. Singer Tolik lays down provocative electro-pop tracks in his sparse loft while single-parenting his five-year-old niece, Katya. He takes food and money to his […]
An ex-roommate owes Pablo two months’ rent, he misses his “hilarious” YouTuber ex-boyfriend, and the dog he’s been saddled with keeps knocking over things in his apartment. Or so he thinks. A ghost is about to teach Pablo a lesson in connection – how it’s achieved and the ways it dissolves. To make ends meet, […]