Occupy Cinema l'Amour

This call to action goes out to all the urban, sex-positive, pansexual, orgy-lovin’ locals.

We need to mobilize.

There’s a hot play space in the heart of our city that is in desperate need of occupyin’ by a new generation of players: Cinema l’Amour.

Located on the corner of Duluth and Saint-Laurent (right across the street from Friperie Saint-Laurent), you've probably walked by it on your way up the Main. Open all day (from 11 am to 11 pm), this venue has tremendous potential as a chill spot to score some sexy time.



Past & Present

Inaugurated in 1914, the cinema started off as a vaudeville theater called Le Globe. (Rumour has it that it’s also the spot where Houdini got fatally punched in the gut by one of our own.) Later, during the ‘20s and ‘30s, it became an important venue in the Jewish community since it often featured Yiddish films. It wasn’t until the suggestive date of 1969, however, that it was transformed into Montreal’s first big-screen porn theater, The Pussy Cat. Reborn as Cinema l’Amour in 1981, it continues to operate as a downtown porn movie house.


Future Perfect?

Why Occupy Cinema l'Amour? Let's see....

Does a highly theatrical aesthetic complete with intricate plaster molding, red-velvet seating, ionic columns, and discreet loggia turn you on? Yes? I have good news for you: With the welcome exception of a couples’ V.I.P. section on the second-floor balcony space, the theatre's *never* been renovated. In other words, the kind of sleazy decadence you'll find within its walls is unmatched anywhere in the city. 

Does the thought of watching porn on a ginormous screen make you wet? Yeah? The screen is HUGE. Enough said.

Do you fantasize about having group sex at the movies? If so, this is the one place in town where you'll be able to play without having to worry about getting arrested for indecent exposure.


So, who's with me?

(If you're not sure yet, next week I'll give you the deets on what went down the last time PC and I checked it out.)