Toronto New Wave Cinema: Anarchist Apocalypse book launch & Eclipse (1994) Screening

Set in Toronto during the two weeks leading up to a total solar eclipse, the film follows ten interconnected characters whose fleeting sexual encounters reveal a profound sense of emotional isolation and longing for connection. Blending colour cinematography with striking black-and-white sequences, Eclipse captures a city on the brink of both a rare celestial event and personal transformation.

This screening is programmed by Dr. David Christopher, Lecturer in Popular Screen Cultures at the University of Leicester and author of Toronto New Wave Cinema: Anarchist Apocalypse, which explores how filmmakers including David Cronenberg, Bruce LaBruce, and Patricia Rozema used apocalyptic and anarchist ideas to critique social and patriarchal structures in Canadian cinema. Books available for purchase at the screening.

Calgary Cinematheque is pleased to present this special screening of Eclipse (1994) in collaboration with the Dr. David Christopher & Dickens Pub.

Times:

• Doors open at 6 pm.
• Show at 7 pm
• Post show discussion at 8:45 pm.

Seats are first come, first served.

No food or alcohol service during the screening. Pre-orders are available before the film begins.

About the programmer: 



Dr David Christopher is a Lecturer in Popular Screen Cultures for the School of Arts, Media, and Communication and Programme Co-Lead in SHAPE Foundation Studies at the University of Leicester in the UK. He received his PhD in Critical Cultural Studies of Film and Media from the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada under the tutelage of anarchist art historian Prof. Allan Antliff and critical feminist film theorist Dr. Lianne McLarty. David has worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of the Fraser Valley (Canada) and Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (China) before settling at the University of Leicester where he co-founded the Festival of Media Stories and initiated the Media Health Project. David was born and raised in Canada and weaned on Canadian media and television for which he has fond sentiments. His teaching and research covers a range of scholarship including anarchist cultural studies, Canadian cinema, horror film and video games, apocalypse and sci-fi cinema, journalism and media studies, and theatre history.