Sinema Club: sex-pos & LGBTQ+ film club: Pillion

House of Scorpio

presents

Sinema Club: Pillion (2025)

Fri June 5, 7pm-12am, 21+ (25+ suggested); open to all

Members: $0-10 / non-members: $10 + $2 fee (membership starts at $5)

Gemini & Scorpio Loft, 267 Douglass St, 3rd fl (ADA accessible)

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The body's largest sex organ is the brain. Sinema Club stimulates yours with films that are explicitly erotic, homo-romantic, or gender-exploring -- and always thought-provoking. A rousing discussion follows; drinking is encouraged throughout, and mingling happens before, in breaks and after. Plus: free popcorn from our vintage cart. You can also order in from the many restaurants around, and make it dinner and a movie.

This month's feature: Pillion (2025)

A directionless man (Harry Melling) is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker (Alexander Skarsgård) takes him on as his submissive. The film was unusual not just in its empathic & non-judgmental insider look at gay BDSM / leather culture, but in becoming an explosive mainstream success while dealing frankly with marginalized sexuality and romance: it received 34 prestigious award nominations (including BAFTA Outstanding British Film of the Year, Outstanding Debut, Best Screenplay; Cannes Un Certain Regard, Golden Camera, Queer Palm) and 17 wins (including British Independent Film Award Film of the year)

Sinema Club is curated and hosted by Phil Guie-Ng (@thatphilguymovies): an inquisitive, ardent longtime film critic who is dying to tell you about movies you haven't heard of yet. As a reviewer at the website Film-Forward, his self-appointed mission was covering documentaries and features about subjects who challenged conventional attitudes about gender, masculinity, and more. When Phil isn't writing about movies, you can find him in Brooklyn taking part in protests on behalf of basic human rights.

*HoS rules: HoS membership, dress code, PAL, prior approval not required; Code of Conduct always applies; no photos except in the designated front area.

Respiratory safety: HoS requires proof of COVID vaccination on file; masks encouraged; two hospital grade UV air purifiers will cycle the air.