Doors Open: May 26-27

See the old projection booth before it's changed forever

There’s one door that’s rarely open at The Revue – the door accessed through the men’s washroom to the upstairs office and projection room. But you’ll be able to go through that door on Saturday and Sunday, May 26-27, during Toronto’s Doors Open.    For the first time, The Revue is participating in this celebration of the city’s architecture and cultural history.  The cinema will be open…

Epicure's All About Wine: Thursday, April 26

Licensed event features Mondovino and great wines selected by critic Michael Vaughan

How often do you stand in an LCBO aisle wondering what to buy? Help is at hand. Come to our next Epicure’s Revue, our monthly food and film event at The Revue Cinema. On Thursday, April 26, we’ll be screening Mondovino, the 2004 documentary about the wine industry. Director Jonathan Nossiter, who’s also a sommelier, travelled to vineyards in seven countries, exploring the impact of globalization on wine-producing regions and…

Revue movie fundraiser, April 18, 6 p.m.

Support young filmmakers and The Revue's very own film!

You may have seen posters for the Revue Movie. Lots of young neighborhood filmmakers have volunteered. They'll be making a mockumentary celebrating 100 years of cinema at The Revue, which opened (before the Titanic sank) in 1912.  Called Miss Revue, this 5-10 minute opus will celebrate the life of Miss Revue, who grew up going to the cinema -- and watching those landmark films that we all love!   As you can imagine there are hard…

Watergate Day at The Revue

Four decades later the bungled burglary still makes news

Sunday, April 15,  is, of course, the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking.  The media have not let us forget that. August 5 is the 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death.  No doubt there will be steady coverage and a Vanity Fair cover. June 17 is the 40th anniversary of the bungled Watergate burglary. We’re revisiting that a little early, on April 15, in fact. It was the iceberg that sunk another…

Vanity Fair tidbits

Two articles in April’s Vanity Fair have intriguing tidbits relevant to movies we’ve recently screened or will screen shortly at The Revue. The Washington Post 40 years later: All the President’s Men, starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford, directed by Alan Pakula, chronicles the glory days at the Washington Post when the newspaper essentially brought down a President. Print journalism, however, is suffering, caught…