RESCHEDULED FROM JUNE: Queer Cinema Club is co-presenting this 25th anniversary outdoor screening of Todd Haynes’ extraordinary film Velvet Goldmine with the Toronto Outdoor Picture Show.

Haynes transports us to London and New York of the early 70s in the film, which focuses on the fictional Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), an enigmatic David Bowie-esque figure who fakes his own death to withdraw from public life. To explore Slade’s history, Haynes adopts the plot structure of Citizen Kane, with a pitch-perfect Christian Bale as Arthur Stuart, a gay journalist tasked with uncovering the mystery by interviewing people from Slade’s life, including his friend/rival/former lover Curt Wild (Ewan McGregor) and his ex-wife Mandy Slade (Toni Collete), both actors giving career-best performances.

Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Venue: The Pavilions of Evergreen Brick Works - enter the site at 550 Bayview Ave 

Admission: Free/PWYC (no ticket required to attend)
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Event details:
Gates @ 6 pm / Showtime @ 8pm
Food & alcoholic beverages for sale (no outside alcohol permitted - picnics are welcome)
Bring-your-own chair - Seating area is on paved ground at this venue
Films are screened with captioning
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Content advisory: This programme is intended for mature audiences and contains sex & nudity, coarse language, alcohol/drug use, and mild violence.