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JUNE IN PARADISE ☀️🌊⛱️ School’s out, so is the sun, so is this month’s calendar!⚽️Our feature film series is the perfect...
06/01/2026

JUNE IN PARADISE ☀️🌊⛱️ School’s out, so is the sun, so is this month’s calendar!

⚽️Our feature film series is the perfect cinematic alternative to the World Cup. Check out our tribute to the World’s Game with 6 football flicks: COUNTERATTACK PROGRAMMING!
🏳️‍🌈It’s pride month every month in Paradise, but you won’t want to miss this month in LGBTQ+ screenings and events! Starting tomorrow night with the book launch of “LET US PLAY” with Harrison Browne and Rachel Reid. Plus special editions of ***r.cinema.club, , .bookclub, , , . Plus we are thrilled to host ***rfilmfestival for Q***r Cinema for Palestine!
🎞️New releases and premieres all month long! Starting this week with advanced screenings of YOUNG FEMALE PLAYWRIGHT and BLUE FILM. Plus 2026 favourites HOKUM, AT THE PLACE OF GHOSTS, and DEPARTURES! Plus more advanced screenings of buzz q***r flicks LEVITICUS and MADDIE’S SECRET with ***r.cinema.club and !
🎥If that’s not enough , , , , and are all back this month with new restorations, directors cuts and more! Plus a special presentation of KIDS IN THE HALL: BRAIN CANDY with Mark McKinney and !
🎤We have live events as well! presents Juan Pablo Lopez, plus Bruce Fummey’s Scotland Made the World. And don’t miss two live lectures from !

All that and more to be announced, right here in Paradise!
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“Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don’t like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more...
05/30/2026

“Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don’t like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.”

-Bill Shankly

THIS JUNE: Countries of the world unite in celebration of the global endeavour that unites us all: cinema! Join us in Paradise as we celebrate the world’s game with six multinational stories of sport. The Paradise Presents: COUNTERATTACK PROGRAMMING: A Cinephile’s World Cup™.

Saturday, June 13th
2:30 PM- GREGORY’S GIRL (1980) dir. Bill Forsyth

Friday, June 19th
6 PM- BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM (2002) dir. Gurinder Chadha

Saturday, June 20th
8:30 PM- SHAOLIN SOCCER (2001) dir. Stephen Chow
*25th Anniversary!

Tuesday, June 23rd
8:30 PM- ONDA NOVA (NEW WAVE) (1983)
*New 4K Restoration- Toronto Premiere!

Saturday, June 27th
3 PM- OFFSIDE (2006) dir. Jafar Panahi
*20th Anniversary

Monday, June 29th
6 PM- ESCAPE TO VICTORY (1981) dir. John Huston

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05/22/2026

ONE WEEK: After soaring high and flaming out in Hollywood, Abe, a celebrated bodybuilder, returns home across the 405 to Venice Beach, where it all started. But Abe’s beloved boardwalk feels different. There’s a nasty bite to the sea breeze, a slew of unexplained overdoses putting the gym rats on edge, strange supernatural sightings on the pier hinting at something primordial lurking beneath the surface of sun-dappled Venice. And Jay—his old lifting partner, his former roommate, the one person he truly abandoned in his pursuit of fame—has disappeared, leaving Alice, his ex, alone to take care of their infant son.

Throughout an increasingly desperate afternoon, Abe searches for his old friend, navigating an odyssey of local characters, and unearthing a subterranean war for the soul of this sparkling, seedy strip of waterfront, sitting on some of the most valuable real estate in the hemisphere. Lyrical, kinetic, and paranoid, Muscle Beach is The Third Man meets Tangerine on the streets and back-alleys of Venice Beach—the last true vestige of the American carnival.

The Paradise Presents the Toronto Premiere of MUSCLE BEACH! Featuring a Q&A with filmmaker .g.jacob moderated by

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WEDNESDAY: Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny fo...
05/22/2026

WEDNESDAY: Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny for her unborn child. The two women develop a strong bond, but soon Clara discovers a terrifying secret about the child. ***r.cinema.club AFTER DARK presents 2017’s GOOD MANNERS! Screening for the first time in Toronto!

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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND ✨ Last chance to see two acclaimed features by homegrown talent! We’ve added showings of Sophy Ro...
05/21/2026

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND ✨ Last chance to see two acclaimed features by homegrown talent! We’ve added showings of Sophy Romvari’s BLUE HERON and Chandler Levack’s MILE END KICKS tomorrow night in Paradise!

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05/20/2026

SATURDAY: Mia, an art student who is on the verge of being expelled from school, finds her last hope for combating her creative block in a magical lucid dreaming elixir. But in addition to awakening her creativity, the potion also unleashes a number of dark monsters that inhabit her subconscious, one of which is her mother, who appears transformed into a hairy creature that Mia will be forced to confront. The Paradise Presents a special advanced screening of LUCID.

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ONE WEEK: Sofia Coppola’s retelling of the story of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen– from her betrothal and marriage...
05/17/2026

ONE WEEK: Sofia Coppola’s retelling of the story of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen– from her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at fifteen to her reign as queen at nineteen and ultimately the fall of Versailles. Join us for the 20th anniversary of MARIE ANTOINETTE.

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NEXT SUNDAY: Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, ...
05/16/2026

NEXT SUNDAY: Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt “The Orchid Thief,” by Susan Orlean, Kaufman’s life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean’s book, become strangely intertwined as each one’s search for passion collides with the others’. “Florals for Spring” continues with Spike Jonze’s ADAPTATION.

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NEXT SATURDAY: Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety ...
05/16/2026

NEXT SATURDAY: Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities. Join us for the director’s cut of Ari Aster’s modern genre favourite MIDSOMMAR.

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New Releases, Sneak Previews, and Canadian Premieres! ✨ This Month in Paradise! LUCID (2026): Sneak PreviewMay 23rd @ 6:...
05/14/2026

New Releases, Sneak Previews, and Canadian Premieres! ✨ This Month in Paradise!

LUCID (2026): Sneak Preview
May 23rd @ 6:30 PM

BEST BOY (2026): Toronto Theatrical Premiere
May 27th @ 6:30 PM | Q&A with Cast and Crew!

MUSCLE BEACH (2026): Canadian Premiere!

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