The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
This week at the Rep Cinemas: May 28-June 3

Hard to believe it’s already almost June! I think June has also snuck up too quickly for everyone, since a few of our Rep Cinemas this week don’t have anything past Thursday, May 31 on their calendars (as of the time of this post, anyway). Don’t worry; as per usual, Toronto cinema goers are spoiled for choice at the Reps. Just use the links below to see what’s playing, and check out their websites later in the week to see what new stuff they scheduled for your weekend viewing pleasure.

Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

Marley, the new Kevin Macdonald-directed biographical documentary on musician Bob Marley continues, playing on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday this week. Last Call at the Oasis, a documentary that examines the state of the world’s water supply, also continues screening at various times every day this week. On Tuesday, May 26 at 6:45 pm is a special gala screening of Peace One Day. Friday and Saturday evening feature The Beat Hotel, a documentary about a run down house in the Latin Quarter in Paris in the late 1950s that housed many of the luminaries of the American Beat movement. The weekend will see some classics on offer, with the visually poetic 1982 documentary Koyaanisqatsi on Saturday at 3:30 pm, and The Goonies (1985) on Sunday at 3:30 pm. Check their website for all the details and showtimes.

Fox Theatre

Continuing this week at the Fox are the documentary  Jiro Dreams of Sushi and Terence Davies’ new film The Deep Blue Sea, starring Tom Hiddleston and Rachel Weisz. Also screening, starting Tuesday, May 29 is Bully, the recent documentary from Lee Hirsch about bullies in the school yard. For anything playing after Thursday, May 31, or for details and showtimes, please check out their website.

Projection Booth

The Projection Booth will have multiple screenings of Battle Royale,  A Place Called Los Pereyra, The Corridor and Portrait of Wally throughout this week. On Saturday, June 2 at 9:00 pm, they’ll be a Street Fighter costume party, featuring a screening (of course) of the 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme classic, an open bar, and a best/sexiest costume contest! Check their website for all the details and showtimes.

Revue Cinema

This week the Revue will have screenings on Monday and Tuesday of  Terence Davies’ new film The Deep Blue Sea, starring Tom Hiddleston and Rachel Weisz, and Lasse Hallstrom’s latest, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, screens from Monday through Thursday. Footnote, the acclaimed Israeli drama, screens on Wednesday and Thursday. For anything screening after Thursday, May 31, please check the Revue website for all the details and showtimes.

The Royal

This week the Royal will feature screenings of Terence Davies’ new film The Deep Blue Sea, starring Tom Hiddleston and Rachel Weisz, on Monday. 21 Jump Street plays on Monday and Tuesday. Also on Tuesday is a 7:00 pm show of The Nine Muses, and on Wednesday at 7:00 pm is Ghosts With Shit Jobs, a film about the job situation in 2040 Toronto. And the twisted and darkly funny horror, The Cabin in the Woods, will show on Wednesday and Thursday. For anything playing after Thursday, May 31, please check the Royal’s website for details and showtimes.

Toronto Underground Cinema

This week at the Underground, the focus isn’t on films but rather on other kinds of events – they’ve got a clash of the comics on Friday, and a Super Smash burlesque show on Saturday. Check out their website for details and showtimes.

Original Artwork of the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema by Bennett O’Brian.

This week at the Rep Cinemas is published weekly, bringing you a snapshot of what’s going on at Toronto’s repertory cinemas.

Pam Fossen

Obsessed with watching movies as far back as she can remember, Pam loves film enough to have two university degrees in the subject. When not focused on a movie screen, she can usually be found reading, cooking, touring vineyards, or planning where to spend her vacation time.

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