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“She’s cool. He’s hot. She’s from the Valley. He’s not.”MONDAY: Our California Comes of Age series kicks off with Martha...
07/03/2025

“She’s cool. He’s hot. She’s from the Valley. He’s not.”

MONDAY: Our California Comes of Age series kicks off with Martha Coolidge’s ultra 80s rom com. Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends. Nicolas Cage and Deborah Foreman star in VALLEY GIRL!

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JULY IN PARADISE! ☀️🕶️⛱️🎥Check out our July programming lineup! Featuring our CALIFORNIA COMES OF AGE screening series. ...
06/29/2025

JULY IN PARADISE! ☀️🕶️⛱️

🎥Check out our July programming lineup! Featuring our CALIFORNIA COMES OF AGE screening series. Plus new releases and restorations from and more!

🎞️Don’t miss special editions of our fabulous in-house series .edge.movies ***r.cinema.club

🎟️tickets for all films and events available at paradiseonbloor.com

THIS WEEK IN PARADISE: Join us to close out pride month with an eclectic mix of q***r programming!🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈6/25 @ 7 P...
06/24/2025

THIS WEEK IN PARADISE: Join us to close out pride month with an eclectic mix of q***r programming!🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

6/25 @ 7 PM- SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER (Scenes from the Celluloid Closet)
6/27 @ 9:30 PM- THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW ()
6/29 @ 2 PM- BEN-HUR (Scenes from the Celluloid Closet)
6/29 @ 7 PM- PARTY MONSTER + PARTY MONSTER: THE SHOCKENTARY ()
6/30 @ 7 PM- CABARET (Scenes from the Celluloid Closet)

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“The two girls grew up at the edge of the ocean and knew it was paradise, and better than Eden, which was only a garden....
06/19/2025

“The two girls grew up at the edge of the ocean and knew it was paradise, and better than Eden, which was only a garden.”

-Eve Babitz

THIS JULY: It’s summer vacation here in Paradise and we’re hoppin’ in dad’s T-Bird and cruising to the hamburger stand! Let’s have some fun, fun, fun as we bring the West Coast to Bloor St. West with seven Golden State stories of American Youth. The Paradise Presents … CALIFORNIA COMES OF AGE.

Monday July 7th
7:30 PM- VALLEY GIRL (1983) dir. Martha Coolidge

Monday July 14th
7:30 PM- BOYZ IN THE HOOD (1991) dir. John Singleton

Tuesday July 15th
7 PM- AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973) dir. George Lucas
Toonie Tuesday!

Sunday July 20th
4 PM- RIVER’S EDGE (1986) dir. Tim Hunter
7 PM- NOWHERE (1997) dir. Gregg Araki

Monday July 21st
7:30 PM- LICORICE PIZZA (2021) dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

Thursday July 24th
7 PM- CLUELESS (1995) dir. Amy Heckerly
30th Anniversary! w/ Veronica Litt author of “Ugh: As If! Clueless”

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JULY 15TH: Toonie Tuesday is back with the perfect film for Summer! Where were you in ‘62? A couple of high school gradu...
06/17/2025

JULY 15TH: Toonie Tuesday is back with the perfect film for Summer! Where were you in ‘62? A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college. It’s George Lucas’ 1973 classic AMERICAN GRAFFITI!

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TWO WEEKS: Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion...
06/16/2025

TWO WEEKS: Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force. Scenes From The Celluloid Closet comes to an end with the best movie musical ever made- Bob Fosse’s CABARET!

JUNE 29TH: The 1959 epic, explored at length by uncredited screenwriter Gore Vidal in SCENES FROM THE CELLULOID CLOSET. ...
06/15/2025

JUNE 29TH: The 1959 epic, explored at length by uncredited screenwriter Gore Vidal in SCENES FROM THE CELLULOID CLOSET. A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, but it’s not long before he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge. The Paradise Presents: BEN-HUR!

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JUNE 25TH: A surgeon is assigned the case of a young woman whose aunt wants her lobotomized to cover up a family secret....
06/15/2025

JUNE 25TH: A surgeon is assigned the case of a young woman whose aunt wants her lobotomized to cover up a family secret. Scenes From The Celluloid Closet continues with Joseph L Mankiewicz’ 1959 gothic melodrama SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER.

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The Black Q***r Filmmakers Summit joins Inside Out in celebrating the festival’s 35th with this showcase of trailblazing...
06/12/2025

The Black Q***r Filmmakers Summit joins Inside Out in celebrating the festival’s 35th with this showcase of trailblazing work by Laurie Townshend, Sharon Lewis, and Fraser Collins. The screening is followed by a discussion with the filmmakers on their influences, and the power of Black q***r cinema. Moderated by Ronald Cummings. Wednesday June 18th at the Paradise!

🎟FREE! Link to register at paradiseonbloor.com

JUNE 21ST: Scenes From the Celluloid Closet continues with an all time classic courtesy of Billy Wilder. After two male ...
06/11/2025

JUNE 21ST: Scenes From the Celluloid Closet continues with an all time classic courtesy of Billy Wilder. After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in. Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Marilyn Monroe star in SOME LIKE IT HOT!

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JUNE 21ST: Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned...
06/10/2025

JUNE 21ST: Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer. Scenes From The Celluloid Closet continues with a legendary turn from Marlene Dietrich in Josef Von Sternberg’s MOROCCO.

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SUNDAY: The emotional intricacies of a polyamorous relationship between young artist Bob and his two lovers: a lonely ma...
06/03/2025

SUNDAY: The emotional intricacies of a polyamorous relationship between young artist Bob and his two lovers: a lonely male doctor and a frustrated female office worker. Highlighted in THE CELLULOID CLOSET as a landmark film for q***r representation, join us for John Schlesinger’s 1971 drama SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY.

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HAPPY PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈 Celebrate at the Paradise with our June series. A 30th anniversary celebration of Rob Epstein and Jeffr...
06/01/2025

HAPPY PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈 Celebrate at the Paradise with our June series. A 30th anniversary celebration of Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s landmark documentary, and we’re kicking it off this Thursday with that very film.

Based on the acclaimed non-fiction book by historian and activist Vito Russell, THE CELLULOID CLOSET delves into the history of q***r representation on screen with foot age from 120 films plus interviews and anecdotes from the likes of Gore Vidal, Tony Curtis, and Whoopi Goldberg.

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TWO WEEKS: Join ***r.cinema.club for part 2 of Fassbinder June. A former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,00...
05/29/2025

TWO WEEKS: Join ***r.cinema.club for part 2 of Fassbinder June. A former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. While he wants to climb up the social ladder, it isn’t without turmoil, and being torn between his old working class roots, and the shiny new facade of middle class consciousness. It’s FOX AND HIS FRIENDS!

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Paradise

A 1937 heritage-designated Art Deco venue in Toronto's Bloorcourt neighbourhood, Paradise reopens in 2019 following a highly anticipated renovation.

Paradise offers a unique, welcoming experience through food, drink and the arts. The complex includes: Paradise Theatre, a state-of-the-art venue presenting a curated mix of newly released films, older classics and undiscovered gems, as well as live music, talk series and multi-arts events; Osteria Rialto, a full-service restaurant offering up fresh, seasonal ingredients in dishes that innovate on classic French and Italian cuisine; and Bar Biltmore, where spritzes, sours and negronis are enjoyed alongside small bites.

The building on this site has operated as a cinema since 1910, and we are proud to continue its century-long tradition of bringing Torontonians together.