Torontoplex
@torontoplex.bsky.social
A cheerleader for Toronto film culture.
Inside the years-long odyssey to reopen the IMAX Cinesphere at Ontario Place, a tragic and embarrassing state of affairs that not even the gods could forgive. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
The long odyssey to reopen the Imax Cinesphere at Ontario Place is tragic and embarrassing
Thanks to the province, an iconic theatre continues to gather dust just as demand for the technology soars
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Announcing the #TIFF26 Short Cuts programme supported by Ontario Arts Council; 45 short films from 30 countries, spanning live-action narrative, documentary, animation, and hybrid filmmaking. The #TIFF26 Short Cuts Jury, consists of Chris Lavis, Iris Ng, and Joecar Hanna. tiff.net/press/news/t...
Today - Billy Wilder's ACE IN THE HOLE at Revue via Heat Wave, DRAGON BALL SUPER: BROLY at Lightbox via Animate, A Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI at Paradise via Action Packs, K Kurosawa's CLOUD at Japan Foundation, more! Rundown: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toRep
Toronto On Screen for Wed Aug 5, 2026
A daily compendium of repertory, one-off and festival screenings happening in Toronto plus selected films in release at the city's independent cinemas. Click Read Notes for further details on each mov...
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Heads Up - TIFF has announced the line-ups for the Centrepiece, Wavelengths and Classic sections of this year's festival. tiff.net/press/news/t... tiff.net/press/news/t...
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Today - Greek mythology adaptation CLASH OF THE TITANS at Revue, Kiyoshi Kurosawa in person w/ THE SAMURAI & THE PRISONER and JOURNEY TO THE SHORE at Lightbox, runaways doc STREETWISE at Eyesore via Kill Simon, Marjane Satrapi's PERSEPOLIS at Fox, more! Rundown: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toRep
Toronto On Screen for Tue Aug 4, 2026
A daily compendium of repertory, one-off and festival screenings happening in Toronto plus selected films in release at the city's independent cinemas. Click Read Notes for further details on each mov...
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Fresh VOD 1/3 (4-week roundup) Netflix HEARTSTOPPER FOREVER Apple THE DINK Paramount AVATAR AANG: THE LAST AIRBENDER Disney THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 TIME AND WATER Shudder EXIT 8 NIGHTBORN SACCHARINE Mubi MIROIRS NO. 3 Prime MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
what a privilege it is to live in Toronto sometimes. Seeing a Christopher Nolan film, on film, for the 3rd day in a row.
Today - Kurosawa's YOJIMBO 35mm at Revue, Linklater's BOYHOOD at Paradise, JAWS, THE GOONIES, PULP FICTION and WHIPLASH all continue daily at Carlton, more! Rundown: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toRep
Toronto On Screen for Mon Aug 3, 2026
A daily compendium of repertory, one-off and festival screenings happening in Toronto plus selected films in release at the city's independent cinemas. Click Read Notes for further details on each mov...
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Today - '60s document MEDIUM COOL via Apparatus Theory and Kurosawa's YOJIMBO 35mm at Revue, Nolan's THE DARK KNIGHT RISES 35mm and Rohmer's THE GREEN RAY 35mm at Lightbox, Varda's THE GLEANERS & I and John Prine tribute YOU GOT GOLD at Hot Docs, more! Rundown: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toRep
Toronto On Screen for Sun Aug 2, 2026
A daily compendium of repertory, one-off and festival screenings happening in Toronto plus selected films in release at the city's independent cinemas. Click Read Notes for further details on each mov...
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Here’s a neat @letterboxd.social list I created tracking films that drew the ire of the Ontario Board of Censors. boxd.it/KszCg
Film meets Regulation: The Ontario Board of Censors
This list is a companion piece to The Downtown Theatre Instagram account and newsletter. From 1911 until 2019, the Ontario Board of Censors (or the Ontario Censor Board, later the Ontario Film Review...
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Today - Marjane Satrapi's PERSEPOLIS at Fox, Robert Downey Sr's PUTNEY SWOPE + Kier-La Janisse book launch at Revue, Horror-rama screens COUNT YORGA VAMPIRE and LADY FRANKENSTEIN on 16mm, Nolan's THE DARK KNIGHT 35mm at Lightbox, more! Rundown: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toRep
Toronto On Screen for Sat Aug 1, 2026
A daily compendium of repertory, one-off and festival screenings happening in Toronto plus selected films in release at the city's independent cinemas. Click Read Notes for further details on each mov...
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Hal Hartley is clearing out the last of his physical media at half price
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Today - The Beatles in A HARD DAY'S NIGHT at Hot Docs, Nolan's BATMAN BEGINS 35mm and Linklater's BOYHOOD runs all week at Lightbox, JAWS 3 in 35mm 3-D at Revue, ROCKY HORROR + shadowcast at Fox, more! Rundown: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toRep
Toronto On Screen for Fri Jul 31, 2026
A daily compendium of repertory, one-off and festival screenings happening in Toronto plus selected films in release at the city's independent cinemas. Click Read Notes for further details on each mov...
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New - Gregg Araki's I WANT YOUR SEX, Hirokazu Kore-eda's SHEEP IN THE BOX, superhero franchise entry SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, more! Opening this week in Toronto: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toOpening
Opening in Toronto: Jul 31, 2026
New movies opening this week in Toronto. Usually rolls out Wed for the following Fri, but will be further updated for theatres that are late in updating their own sites (usually Kingsway, Albion, Cent...
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THIS SATURDAY in TORONTO! Sat. Aug 1, 3:00pm at Revue Cinema - Robert Downey Sr.'s 1969 advertising satire PUTNEY SWOPE - Toronto launch for our book TRUTH & SOUL: A ROBERT DOWNEY SR. READER Editors @kierlajanisse.bsky.social & Clint Enns in person w/ contributors @stephenbroomer.bsky.social & more
That time of year again, when we find out exactly how many movies we have. Or have left after the sale, I suppose. We’ll be closed this coming Monday, but feel free to stock up beforehand!
On Deck - Capes, dreams, ghosts, samurai, boys, gangs, grifters, sharks, astronauts, reporters, rockers, more! Screening soon in Toronto: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toRep
Upcoming Toronto Screenings - Jul 31 - Aug 6, 2026
A weekly compendium of repertory, one-off and festival screenings happening in Toronto over the next week. Usually drops on Wednesdays. Further details on each movie can be found in the notes (click '...
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Today - Katsuhito Ishii's THE TASTE OF TEA at Paradise via Eastern Promises, Hitchcock's MARNIE at Fox via Battle of the Sexes, physical media doc BOUTIQUE: TO PRESERVE & COLLECT + guests and 13 GOING ON 30 via Hold Up at Revue, more! Rundown: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toRep
Toronto On Screen for Thu Jul 30, 2026
A daily compendium of repertory, one-off and festival screenings happening in Toronto plus selected films in release at the city's independent cinemas. Click Read Notes for further details on each mov...
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New - Gregg Araki's I WANT YOUR SEX, Hirokazu Kore-eda's SHEEP IN THE BOX, superhero franchise entry SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, more! Opening this week in Toronto: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toOpening
Opening in Toronto: Jul 31, 2026
New movies opening this week in Toronto. Usually rolls out Wed for the following Fri, but will be further updated for theatres that are late in updating their own sites (usually Kingsway, Albion, Cent...
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Today - Disney World doc STOLEN KINGDOM at Paradise, PREMIUM RUSH 35mm via Next Wave and MEMORY OF PRINCESS MUMBI at Lightbox, Soderbergh's take on SOLARIS at Revue via Destination Love, Boorman's ZARDOZ and sing along with GREASE at Fox, more! Rundown: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/...
Toronto On Screen for Wed Jul 29, 2026
A daily compendium of repertory, one-off and festival screenings happening in Toronto plus selected films in release at the city's independent cinemas. Click Read Notes for further details on each mov...
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Today - IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT via Heat Wave and THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE via Destination Love at Revue, Bleeding Edge hosts THE EMBER KNIGHT SHOW + guests at Market Video, real-life space odyssey FOR ALL MANKIND at Paradise, more! Rundown: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toRep
Toronto On Screen for Tue Jul 28, 2026
A daily compendium of repertory, one-off and festival screenings happening in Toronto plus selected films in release at the city's independent cinemas. Click Read Notes for further details on each mov...
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Today - TAKE CARE OF MY CAT restored at Paradise, THE LAKE HOUSE at Revue via Destination Love, HOPPERS outdoors at Downsview, a surprise preview at Cineplex, LOVE IN ALL THE SMALL PLACES premiere at Hot Docs, Peruvian FF begins at Carlton, more! Rundown: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toRep
Toronto On Screen for Mon Jul 27, 2026
A daily compendium of repertory, one-off and festival screenings happening in Toronto plus selected films in release at the city's independent cinemas. Click Read Notes for further details on each mov...
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There are now seventy articles about Toronto cinemas and our moviegoing history up at The Downtown Theatre. Here's a list of the articles by theatre: thedowntowntheatre.substack.com/p/theatres
Theatres Index
The following is a comprehensive list of all the cinema and moviegoing spaces documented in The Downtown Theatre dispatches.
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Today - Carpenter's ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13, Nolan's THE PRESTIGE 35mm and porridge competition doc THE GOLDEN SPURTLE at Lightbox, sex work doc MODERN WHORE + guests and Destination Love's journey across time and space finds THE FOUNTAIN at Revue, more! Rundown: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toRep
Toronto On Screen for Sun Jul 26, 2026
A daily compendium of repertory, one-off and festival screenings happening in Toronto plus selected films in release at the city's independent cinemas. Click Read Notes for further details on each mov...
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That Zendaya Rolex ad running at Lightbox could really use some footage from K.C. Undercover.
Today - PSYCHO BEACH PARTY via Dumpster Raccoon and Haneke's PIANO TEACHER at Revue, Nolan's INCEPTION 35mm and Bergman's SUMMER INTERLUDE at Lightbox, poet bio MARY OLIVER: SAVED BY THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD and STEAL THIS STORY PLEASE at Hot Docs, more! Rundown: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toRep
Toronto On Screen for Sat Jul 25, 2026
A daily compendium of repertory, one-off and festival screenings happening in Toronto plus selected films in release at the city's independent cinemas. Click Read Notes for further details on each mov...
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Today - Classic Canuck doc PROJECT GRIZZLY + director Peter Lynch at Hot Docs, Michael Mann's MIAMI VICE at Revue, THE RIGHT STUFF for seniors and Monika Treut's GENDERATION at Lightbox, Toronto Arab FF begins, Future of Film Showcase continues, more! Rundown: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toRep
Toronto On Screen for Fri Jul 24, 2026
A daily compendium of repertory, one-off and festival screenings happening in Toronto plus selected films in release at the city's independent cinemas. Click Read Notes for further details on each mov...
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New - Nicolas Winding Refn's HER PRIVATE HELL, theatrical musical HADESTOWN (limited days), Fantasia pick CIELO, Venice pick A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD, TIFF pick PRIMAVERA (VIVALDI & ME), homegrown horror SON OF SARA, more! Opening this week in Toronto: letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toOpening
Opening in Toronto: Jul 24, 2026
New movies opening this week in Toronto. Usually rolls out Wed for the following Fri, but will be further updated for theatres that are late in updating their own sites (usually Kingsway, Albion, Cent...
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