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Sunday, April 22

TGS Film Club: Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss on Sat May 12th 7pm at a Private Social Club on King St W

What gay man hasn't spent a sleepless night laying by a "platonic" buddy, hoping he'll roll over and plant a big Hollywood screen kiss on his lips? "Billy" captures all of that romantic torture, without ever falling into pathos or losing its sprightly spirit.

Watch the preview in the YouTube section of our website.

$10 Click here to RSVP
Limit to 16 guys

Film is followed by optional social time at the private club's bar

Sunday, April 8

Film Club: UNDERTOW -Sat 7 April 7PM at a Private Screening Room Downtown


You can’t get much further off the beaten track than this extraordinary Peruvian drama. And it’s a tribute to the film-makers that nothing about it feels all that strange. The setting is almost abstract: a fishing village with a clear sea, rocky shore, humble shacks, sun-bleached boats and little else. Miguel appears to be a pillar of this community; popular, pious and soon to be a father. But he’s conducting a secret affair with Santiago, the local outsider artist. Just when this is looking like a routine, if distinctive, study of a sexual identity in a conservative community, though, a tragedy occurs (it’s better as a surprise) and the story takes on a curious supernatural aspect. Brokeback Mountain meets Ghost gets you halfway there, but this is a measured, delicate film, set in a vividly evoked landscape. The conclusion might be too lachrymose and melodramatic for most tastes, but if you only see one gay Peruvian fisherman ghost story this year … See the preview in the YouTube section of our website.