Join Laura McVey on a cinematic journey that blends her love for libraries, writing, and film into a vibrant exploration of queer stories and cinema through four film talks at The Westdale! 🌈Each screening will be followed by a talk lead by Laura about the film.🎬My Beautiful Laundrette - September 9 at 7:00 pm
40th Anniversary!
In a seedy corner of London, Omar (Gordon Warnecke), a young Pakistani, is given a run-down laundromat by his uncle (Saeed Jaffrey), who hopes to turn it into a successful business. Soon after, Omar is attacked by a group of racist punks, but defuses the situation when he realizes their leader is his former lover, Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis). The men resume their relationship and rehabilitate the laundromat together, but various social forces threaten to compromise their success.
🎬Huesera: The Bone Woman - October 21 at 7:00 pm
Presented in Spanish with English subtitles!
Valeria’s joy at becoming pregnant with her first child is quickly taken away when she’s cursed by a sinister entity. As danger closes in and relationships with her family become fractured, she’s forced deeper into a chilling world of dark magic that threatens to consume her. A group of witches emerge that could be her only hope for safety and salvation, but not without grave risk.
🎬My Own Private Idaho - November 11 at 7:30 pm
Starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves!
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Mike Waters (River Phoenix) is a gay hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor (Keanu Reeves) is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.
🎬Carol - December 9 at 7:00 pm
Starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara!
Aspiring photographer Therese spots the beautiful, elegant Carol perusing the doll displays in a 1950s Manhattan department store. The two women develop a fast bond that becomes a love with complicated consequences.
🎟️Tickets are sold separately for each screening!
Event Venue
1014 King Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada, Ontario L8S 1L4
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