Books, Music & Art

Welcome to The Revue's Books, Music & Art section. We're excited to bring you articles that extend beyond the scope of film. If you'd like to contribute with a recurring (or one-off) article that addresses music or literature, please send us a note at editor@revuecinema.ca to get started!

Mark Breslin's Comedy Revue: Thursday, May 17, 7 p.m.

Join comedy impresario and film critic Mark Breslin for a three-part film series featuring ground-breaking comedians: Lenny Bruce, Jerry Seinfeld and… (more)Last updated: Apr 27, 2012 07:31

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… (more)Last updated: Apr 01, 2012 12:51

Our Founding Fathers

Thank two real estate agents, a bookbinder, jeweller and tailor for our century-old theatre

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 the Sunday Star. Bucknam was well-acquainted with the place -- the Revue Cinema, at 400 Roncesvalles Ave. His father was the projectionist for many years, and his grandfather, Ronald Tickner, had been one of the theatre’s founders. After months of research, the Revue Film Society, the…

(more) Last updated: Mar 02, 2012 17:24

Silent Sundays: Wings, Feb. 26

Film stars Clara Bow and a newcomer -- Gary Cooper

Sunday, Feb. 26, is Oscar day. What better film to watch than the winner of the first Best Picture Academy Award in 1929 and the only silent film ever to take that coveted prize. Wings, directed by William A. Wellman, is a thrilling aviation epic starring Clara Bow, Charles Rogers, Richard Arlen and Gary Cooper. The film will be screened in 16mm, thanks to a private collector. It runs 139 minutes, and there will be an…

(more) Last updated: Feb 15, 2012 18:20

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

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

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

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

AluCine Latin festival: Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 17-19

Shorts, docs and animations on the cutting edge

November may be here, but The Revue heats up starting Thursday, Nov. 17 with the sensibilities, perspectives and artistic creations from Latin directors. The aluCine festival, a showcase of cutting-edge Latin short film and video, opens Thursday and runs through Saturday, with its edgy program of shorts, animations and documentaries. The festival is now in its 12th year. Opening night: a feature from Colombia, 10 years in the…

(more) Last updated: Nov 08, 2011 05:26

Zombie: October 22 and 31

Free Fangoria giveaways at October 22 screening

Fans of gore, we’ve got a classic for you: Lucio Fulci’s Zombie in two shows this month. We have the exclusive screening for Toronto of a fully restored, uncut, digital release from Blue Underground, as part of a series of North American premiere releases. Check out how this B-movie horror classic was restored in the video How to make a beautiful Zombie. As Blue Underground says, each “flesh-eating frame was lovingly…

(more) Last updated: Oct 17, 2011 21:15

Epicure's Revue Menu

Here's your opportunity to sample sweet and savoury honey-themed treats

Who would have imagined how beekeepers truck their hives around the continent, providing honey bees to pollinate vegetable and fruit crops as they blossom. The documentary Colony clearly showed this essential behind-the-scenes industry and the challenges faced by beekeepers, not just because of the recent and mysterious disappearance of one-third of their bees, but because of tough economic times and dropping incomes. It was a…

(more) Last updated: Oct 15, 2011 06:44

Weekend Film Fests

Free screening of belly dancing doc on Sunday

A free Hot Docs screening and the Filmi South Asian short film program both take place this weekend, October 1 and 2. First up: Filmi's short film and video program, Saturday at 4 p.m. $10. The Filmi South Asian Film Festival was created a dozen years ago in response to the absence of South Asian representation in the North American film industry. It has since become an annual event to celebrate films produced outside India and the Bollywood…

(more) Last updated: Oct 01, 2011 15:12