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5:00pm - Saturday, Apr 4, 2026
Pillion
Colin (Harry Melling) is a young gay man who lives with his parents and sings in a barbershop quartet. He meets Ray (Alexander Skarsgard), a leather-clad, hyper-masculine biker straight out of a Tom of Finland drawing. They hook up in a dark alleyway — a one-way transaction that sets the power dynamic for their relationship. Colin naturally adopts the role of submissive, learning to cook and clean alongside whatever else Ray tasks him with. Despite his aptitude for obedience, Colin grows tired of sleeping on the floor and begins to wish for more.
Call Me by Your Name meets Phantom Thread in leather chaps. Harry Lighton’s debut feature is a horny, wickedly funny exploration of the sub-dom relationship. Melling and Skarsgard ignite the screen with physically and emotionally intimate performances and authentic chemistry. An orgy of sex and kink that playfully examines themes of power, autonomy, compromise, but most importantly, love.
"Even the most Netflix-gagged romcom fan will realize that [director Harry] Lighton’s film is exactly the shot in the arm the genre needed. May we all live so happily ever after." (Globe and Mail)
"In this queer BDSM romdomcom with a core of sweetness, Alexander Sarsgård and Harry Melling bring passion and compassion to a taboo subject rare in mainstream cinema. It’s about time." (Peter Travers)
"You want screen representation of a highly specific queer lifestyle? You’ll get it. But Pillion never forgets there’s a deeper story happening underneath all the sex." (Rolling Stone)
"The sex scenes are refreshingly graphic, but they’re never used for shock value. The real shock comes from how emotionally involved the characters become within the construct of their kink." (Boston Globe)
Saturday, April 4
Doors: 4:30 pm | Film: 5:00 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
PILLION (Harry Lighton, 2026 /107 mins / 18A) A timid man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive.
