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Cinematheque Ontario
Category: Arts & Entertainment Cinema Cinema [Edit]
317 Dundas St WToronto, ON M5T 1G4
Neighbourhood: Downtown Core
(416) 968-3456
- Good for Kids:
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5 reviews for Cinematheque Ontario
5 reviews in English
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Review from Q H.
North York, ON
11/29/2011 1 photo
Very nice movie theater with serious approach and attitude towards arthouse cinema. The seats are generally comfortable, but it feels a bit crammed. But audiences are serious about movies. No talking, no cell phone, no non-senses that will distract you from the experience. And the theater is always well-maintained with clean environment. Their selection of films is always interesting. Screen is small, of course. Just you and the movie. Not much else.
Access is great. Street parking is always available on Henry and Beverly. Even on Dundas if you get lucky. Or just park on UT campus and walk. -
Review from Connie T.
Toronto, ON
11/23/2008
Perhaps my bad choice in films is entirely to blame, but what are the odds of almost falling asleep through two of seven films I've seen at Cinematheque? I mean, that's like going to a doctor and getting the right medication one-third of the time. Those odds aren't good.
This is clearly not my scene. Of course, I'm definitely not a fan of blockbusters, but the pacing of old foreign films sometimes wears me thin. I feel like I should be wearing a beret, a turtleneck, and speak using words over four syllables long, discussing protagonists and their internal dichotomies and whatever the hell kids learn in film theory class nowadays.
Nevertheless, I have seen a couple of good picks here, and understand venues like this keep the film scene vibrant. A-OK by me. -
Review from Dardana M.
ON
11/29/2008
Oddly enough, as a film student (only a minor, but I think it counts) and as someone who is very involved with the Toronto International Film Festival (whose leftover volunteer vouchers can be traded in for Cinematheque tickets until the end of that year), I only enjoyed my first screening here a few days ago.
Thus, though I cannot make any sort of proper judgments (as of yet) on the theatre's overall output, I do know that I often pick up their schedule, see many intriguing options, make many intriguing plans to attend and have (every time!) failed, due to ill-planning and/or laziness.
As a citizen of Toronto and a citizen (aka graduate...I said it counts!) of the U of T Cinema Studies program, I am ashamed of myself for having taken this long to enjoy such a valuable resource. The theatre was good-looking and comfortable, the vibe was relaxed and the film I saw was very entertaining and worthwhile (a French film called "L'Enfance Nue", in case you were wondering). Oh, I *will* be going back. -
Review from peter m.
Toronto, ON
1/21/2010
the cinamatheque is where i got my education. it is one of the handful of places where there is great culture in the city.
now that the festival cinemas are showing reperatory films, this is the only place left that you can go and see the sorts of films that you can't see anywhere else.
my worry is that with this new bell lightbox thingy that there will be more crowd pleasers and less obscure films. so this review is with my fingers crossed that nothing will ruin cinamatheque. -
Review from Ramanan S.
Toronto, ON
6/16/2010
I've seen so many films at Cinematheque now. It's a very nice art-house cinema. There is a single screen, and nice seats. The floor isn't all sticky and nasty. You're not going to have to put up with people talking or slurping pop or any of that sort of junk. Each season they put on retrospectives, highlight what's interesting in world cinema, and manage to track down rare pieces of film to screen. I have (luckily) enjoyed everything i've seen at Cinematheque, though I will admit that they do show some very art-house films.Tickets are reasonably priced, and membership at the AGO grants you member prices at Cinematheque -- so a film can cost about $6. There is no where else in the city you're going to enjoy a Kurusawa retrospective one week, followed by a Catherine Breillat one the next.
