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The Muppets

Segel stars as Gary, a doofy midwesterner whose brother, Walter, is, in a way that no one questions, made of felt and three feet tall. Together … (more)

Next showtime: Sat Jan 28 @ 2:00 PM

2012 Book Revue Selections

Book Revue fans, here are the selections for the first six months of 2012. We hope you enjoy these choices. You'll notice that we're scheduling some… (more)Last updated: Jan 27, 2012 19:38

Babette's Feast: Thursday, Jan. 26

Epicure’s Revue returns Thursday, January 26, at 6:30 p.m., with Babette’s Feast, one of the most memorable food movies ever made. What… (more)Last updated: Jan 27, 2012 19:27

Our Founding Fathers

Retired Mississauga resident Ronald Bucknam felt a rush of recognition when he saw an article several years ago about an old Toronto movie theatre in… (more)Last updated: Jan 27, 2012 19:44

Silent Sundays returns: Sunday, Jan. 15

Lillian Gish stars in La Boheme

Featuring live piano accompaniment by William O’Meara. About the Film: With the modern-day silent film The Artist in full Oscar contention, Silent Sundays returns with a true gem from the silent era. Two of its greatest stars (Gish, Gilbert) and one of its greatest directors (Vidor) presented the screen’s first adaptation of Puccini’s opera, La Boheme. Gish, at the height of her stardom, plays Mimi, an orphaned embroiderer…

(more) Last updated: Jan 27, 2012 19:30

Celebrating 100 years

They set out on a moving picture theatre venture that became the Revue

In 1911, if one had brought together a former watchmaker, a recently retired tailor, two real estate agents and a bookbinder, what would have been the result? Perhaps another butcher-baker-style nursery rhyme, or, at the very least, some quizzical looks. But in Toronto the outcome was a company that would offer "vaudeville, moving pictures, and all forms of theatrical and other entertainment." Called the Suburban Amusement Company and…

(more) Last updated: Jan 07, 2012 08:24

Our Holiday Schedule

Best wishes from your local cinema

The Revue will be closed December 24 and 25, that's Saturday and Sunday. But we'll be opening on Boxing Day, Monday, December 26, with a full schedule of daytime and evening screenings through to tuesday, January 3. We'll have Puss in Boots for kids (and adults), and to get you in the mood for the 2012 rush of American primaries and the twisted politics of Washington, we've got The Ides of March and J. Edgar. On New Year's Eve, the cinema…

(more) Last updated: Dec 21, 2011 07:57

Meet filmmaker Don Shebib

Down the Road Screening December 21-22

Okay, film fans. If you were to name Canadian productions, that defined Canadian cinema early on and influenced so many others, what might some of them be? Nobody Waved Good-Bye? Mon oncle Antoine? Goin’ Down the Road? Neighbours? Warrendale? The list goes on. A director of one of those films will be at The Revue on Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 9:15 p.m. and Thursday, Dec. 22, at 7 p.m. Don Shebib, who lives in the…

(more) Last updated: Dec 21, 2011 07:12

A Ken Russell Tribute: Thursday, Dec. 15

Film School Confidential looks back at the work of a remarkable director

The world of cinema lost an iconoclast on November 27, 2011. In honour of the life and passing of British enfant terrible, Ken Russell, The Revue's Film School Confidential is pleased to present one of his most fascinating and controversial films, the 1984 ode to sex and obsession, Crimes of Passion. Film School Confidential’s host, critic and journalist Chris Alexander, just returned from interviewing Nicolas Cage in the…

(more) Last updated: Dec 15, 2011 10:11

The Holiday Revue: Free Screenings

Enjoy three family favorites, pick up some gifts

Get in a holiday mood with three free screenings of holiday classics at The Revue. Many thanks to the Roncesvalles Village BIA for sponsoring two screenings of family favorites as an early Christmas gift to the neighbourhood. *Home Alone, Saturday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m. This charming black comedy for kids brought child actor Macaulay Culkin to international attention. Every kid’s fantasy of holding the family fort…

(more) Last updated: Dec 03, 2011 08:52

Adaptation: Tuesday, December 13

Book Revue choice acts out the challenge of turning a book into a film

The Book Revue's next selection, the comedy-drama Adaptation, directed by Spike Jonze, was one of the most innovative films of 2002. It deals directly with the challenge of adapting a book to the screen, which is the focus of our monthly program about films and the books they're based on. Critic and writer Geoff Pevere returns to host our December session. Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman struggled to produce a screenplay from Susan…

(more) Last updated: Nov 29, 2011 10:30

World AIDS Day screening

Acclaimed doc on San Francisco epidemic screening Thursday, Dec. 1

Thursday, Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day. Join us at The Revue to mark the occasion with a 7 p.m. screening of the critically acclaimed 2011 documentary We Were Here. Filmmakers David Weissman and Bill Weber have taken a profoundly moving look at the arrival of AIDS in San Francisco during the early 1980s, exploring how the mysterious epidemic affected the gay community and how it responded. Following the film, there will be a…

(more) Last updated: Nov 27, 2011 15:42

Atom Egoyan at The Revue

Award-winning director talks about adaptation and The Sweet Hereafter

Atom Egoyan was the surprise visitor to The Revue’s books and film program, Tuesday, Nov. 22, for a screening of his movie The Sweet Hereafter. He’s an engaging speaker, smart, articulate, enthusiastic. Egoyan said that even though the movie, adapted from the Russell Banks novel, received uniformly positive reviews (100% on Rotten Tomatoes!) and he earned an Oscar nomination, it didn't do well commercially because each of…

(more) Last updated: Nov 27, 2011 07:18

Book Revue: The Sweet Hereafter, Tuesday, Nov. 22

"The Sweet Hereafter, by Russell Banks, is the kind of novel we need because it recognizes that we can’t explain away the very worst things that can happen, we can only go on living with them.” – The Globe and Mail In the wake of a tragic School Bus accident in the small town of Sam Dent the community mourns the loss of young life and, in accordance with the stages of grief, lashes out in anger at the possible…

(more) Last updated: Nov 17, 2011 19:17