The Cumberland Four Cinemas, which closed permanently on Sunday after more than 30 years in Yorkville, will soon be replaced by a Nespresso boutique, according to a real estate agent who handled the changeover in tenants. Jordan Karp, vice president of retail advisory services for Paracom Realty Corporation, said that his company helped the owner [...]

Crispin Glover is many things to people. To some, he’ll always be everyone’s favorite nerdy dad in Back To The Future. To others, the remarkably effective creepy guys from River’s Edge and Wild At Heart. A younger generation is more likely to recall his appearances as Thin Man in the Charlie’s Angels films, or as [...]

WHERE: The Scotiabank Theatre WHEN: Monday, March 19 WHAT: Actors Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, and Alexander Ludwig walked a red carpet before excited fans yesterday at the Toronto premiere of the movie The Hunger Games, a Lord-of-the-Flies-ish sci-fi adventure, based on a popular book by Suzanne Collins, in which they all have roles. The three [...]

Considered the most expensive movie ever to have been filmed in Toronto, Len Wiseman’s upcoming remake of the 1990 sci-fi adventure Total Recall made its presence known last year, while the shoot was still underway. Today some footage of the film surfaced, apparently from a teaser trailer shown at a fan convention. You can watch [...]

Because Toronto’s more movie obsessed than a Quentin Tarantino screenplay (yuk yuk), Torontoist brings you Now on Screen, a weekly roundup of new releases and rep cinema showings. Click on any film title for our review.     UndefeatedDIRECTED BY DANIEL LINDSAY AND T. J. MARTIN Showtimes     Once Upon a Time in AnatoliaDIRECTED [...]

Special Flight TIFF Bell Lightbox (350 King St. W) February 29, 8 p.m. $6–$13 The ninth annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival—a showcase for movies that deal with social issues—opens tonight with Fernand Melgar’s Special Flight, a fly-on-the-wall documentary that looks at life within the confines of the Frambois detention centre in Geneva, where desperate [...]

Our city’s ubiquitous street advertiser, Astral Media, pulled 38 bus-shelter ads yesterday after receiving an unknown number of complaints regarding their lewdness. The offending image: posters for the movie Goon, in which actor Jay Baruchel is sticking his tongue out between two fingers—what the Canadian Press called a “sexually suggestive sign.” (Duh.) The posters were [...]

Because Toronto’s more movie obsessed than a Quentin Tarantino screenplay (yuk yuk), Torontoist brings you Now on Screen, a weekly roundup of new releases and rep cinema showings. Click on any film title for our review.     Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance DIRECTED BY MARK NEVELDINE & BRIAN TAYLOR Showtimes     Fantastic Mr. [...]

It’s almost Christmas, and you know what that means: Chinatown. Well, okay, for most of you it probably means family togetherness and gifts and whatnot. But for those of us who aren’t involved in one-or-another variant of Christianity, and who don’t have a lot of family in town, what this holiday is, primarily, is a [...]

For a panel discussion between three authors on the topic of book-to-film adaptations, last night’s event at the International Festival of Authors had a surprising focus on the perils of a movie being too true to the novel. Moderated by Canada AM film critic Richard Crouse, the discussion included authors Russell Banks (Lost Memory of [...]

Because Toronto’s more movie obsessed than a Quentin Tarantino screenplay (yuk yuk), Torontoist brings you Now on Screen, a weekly roundup of new releases. Click on any film title for our review.     The InterruptersDIRECTED BY STEVE JAMES Showtimes     The Ides of MarchDIRECTED BY GEORGE CLOONEY Showtimes     Real SteelDIRECTED BY [...]

Last month, Blue Ice Film announced it would purchase the Bloor Cinema to serve as a permanent, year-round home for Hot Docs, the annual documentary festival. Hot Docs is planning to renovate the theatre, but they're attuned enough to their core audience—cinema nerds and Annex residents—to know that change might lead to backlash. And so Wednesday night, in the theatre, they held a community consultation session.