Only three movie theatres remain in Canada’s North. What now? | CBC Arts Earlier this month, Yellowknife's only cinema, the Capitol, closed its doors. That's left film exhibitors in the territories worried about access for Northern communities — and hoping for a rebirth.

In case you missed it: I wrote about moviegoing in Canada's North, and how only three cinemas remain between Yukon, NWT & Nunavut
www.cbc.ca/arts/only-th...

Bleak Week: Corruption (1983) A 35mm print of this abrasive, unsettling & undeniably compelling masterpiece from the twilight of adult film's Golden Age plays the Revue Cinema during "Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair."

And read more about Corruption, one of the most unforgettable films of the 1980s, screening at the Revue on June 3 as part of Bleak Week. 35mm print! thedowntowntheatre.substack.com/p/bleak-week...

The Curious Minds series "Toronto: Cinema City" kicks off on June 6 at the Hot Docs Theatre + Atom Egoyan joins me after the censorship talk on June 20 to introduce THE ADJUSTER hotdocs.ca/curiousminds

Marquee Change: The mid-month digest Notes on recent publications, the members-only secret cinema series, Curious Minds at Hot Docs & Bleak Week at the Revue.

A few notes on my new Curious Minds series on Toronto cinemas at @hotdocs.bsky.social, Corruption on 35mm at the Revue & how to get in on the members-only screening series. thedowntowntheatre.substack.com/p/marquee-ch...

I never thought the first film I ever release on my own label would be a documentary about a rock. But that should tell you something about how good it is.

Watched this on laserdisc last year, so I'm looking forward to the 4K upgrade + Willow's essay!

Had forgotten about some of these screenings, especially the later ones.

When I spoke to Brian Allen of Premier theatres back in November for a story on small-town theatres, he said "if you’re paying rent on a property, you’re cooked." A few months later, Premier announced the closure of the Capitol in Yellowknife. Now, only three theatres remain in Canada's North.

Only three movie theatres remain in Canada’s North. What now? | CBC Arts Earlier this month, Yellowknife's only cinema, the Capitol, closed its doors. That's left film exhibitors in the territories worried about access for Northern communities — and hoping for a rebirth.

Only three movie theatres remain in Canada’s North. What now? My latest for CBC Arts. www.cbc.ca/arts/only-th...

Shawn Micallef: Artemis II rekindled our interest in space — which makes the loss of this Toronto landmark hit that much harder Artemis II returns to Earth even as crews demolish the McLaughlin Planetarium, the symbol of a bygone era of enthusiasm for space exploration.

In @thestar.com today I wrote about the dreamy rekindling of space travel coinciding w Toronto’s terrestrial tear down of a communal place to share the Dark Side of the Moon.

Cinecampus becomes CinemaLumière Before repertory pioneer Bob Huber opened the legendary CinemaLumière, the short-lived Cinecampus revived one of Toronto's oldest theatoriums.

I’m fascinated by theatres that are blips in Toronto's cinematic timeline. Places that shut down just as quickly as they opened, but still left their mark. The Cinecampus is one of these venues.
In case you missed it, this week's newsletter: thedowntowntheatre.substack.com/p/cinecampus...

If only there’d been a print of his Sam Fuller shark movie circulating at the time.

Spotting a young @peterkapow.bsky.social & other pals. I think I met 90% of my current friend circle at these screenings. The movies are indeed the best.

Oh wait, Shamus is the one with that opening sequence (and Morris the Cat)

Was that the night we did moustaches?
And good god, that opening scene. Like Buster Keaton.

I still count the early test screenings, Camille, Play It As It Lays and Martin as my fave screenings.

Glory days.

I will somehow find room for a wall of PS zines at the exhibit when my book launches.

@jessehawken.bsky.social didn’t think I had the PDF of the Camille 2000 zine I did.

The Absolute Hell of Watching a Movie at the Alamo Drafthouse in 2026 Once America's most promising movie theater chain, the Alamo Drafthouse has become a QR-coded symbol of corporate enshittification.

Where “the general customer experience makes you long for the humanizing comforts of air travel.” www.indiewire.com/features/com...

These Metzger restorations have been absolutely sublime.

Thanks Don!

More info on the lecture series & "Further Viewing" screening here: hotdocs.ca/curiousminds

Bonus tie-in screening! On June 20 I'll be focusing on the history of film censorship in Ontario, and will be joined by Atom Egoyan for a screening of THE ADJUSTER!

I'll be taking over the Curious Minds series at
@hotdocs.bsky.social in June to talk about Toronto's cinemas: the history & survival of our neighbourhood theatres, their communities, the fight against film censorship, among other things. Join me!

One of the other banks is currently running some ad campaign where a nurse is sitting on public transit and says: “rich? You know what makes me rich?” and then details all the back-breaking life-saving work he does at work all day.

Napoleon by Abel Gance (1927)

Never thought I'd see the day where the 1994 film Exit to Eden would lede a news story, but Saskatchewan is following the lead of other provinces & scrapping film classifications. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Had completely forgotten about White Lies.