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Retrospectives, Programmes & Festivals
Oct 4 - 5
 
Toronto Motorcycle Film Festival @ The Paradise
Big wheels on screen.
 
Oct 4 - 27
 
Cyclical Rhytms: A Quartet of Seasons in Korean Cinema @ Lightbox
Korean souls change with the seasons. This week:
One Fine Spring Day (2001, South Korea, D: Hur Jin-ho) 35mm -- Oct 4, 8:00pm
The House Of Us (2019, South Korea, D: Yoon Ga-eun) -- Oct 10, 6:30pm
 
Until
Oct 4
Toronto Indie Horror Fest @ Eyesore Cinema
New blood.
 
Oct 5
 
Nuit Blanche
Artists take us deep into the Toronto night.
 
Oct 5 - 10
 
Ageless Film Festival
Cinema reflects on living long. At: Innis Town Hall, Spadina Theatre.
 
Oct 5 - 29
 
Endless Summer: The Films of Jacques Rozier @ Lightbox
Surveying the underappreciated, drawn-from-life films of the New Wave luminary. This week:
Adieu Philippine (1962, France/Italy, D: Jacques Rozier) -- Oct 5, 6:30pm
Near Orouet (1971, France, D: Jacques Rozier) -- Oct 6, 6:30pm; Oct 12, 6:30pm
 
Oct 7 - 11
 
Toronto Chinese Film Festival @ Chinese Cultural Centre
Bridging cultural divides through cinema.
 
Oct 10 - 20
 
International Film Festival of South Asia
From South Asia to just West of Toronto.
 
Oct 12 - 14
 
Cyrus International Film Festival @ Innis Town Hall
Contemporary Iranian cinema. Formerly known as CineIran.
 
Until
Oct 27
Greek International Film Festival Toronto
From Greece to Toronto (and across Canada). At: Innis Town Hall, Carlton.
 
One-Offs And Short Runs
Oct 3 Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia (2022, France, D: Julien Chheng & Jean-Christophe Roger)
A bear and a mouse, best friends, fight back against a music ban in the bear's hometown. Animated.
 
@ Spadina Theatre 6:00pm
Oct 3 Mean Girls Quote-Along (2004, USA, D: Mark Waters)
Lindsay Lohan is torn between the geeks and the plastics. Comedian Cassie Cao hosts.
 
@ Lightbox 6:30pm
Oct 3 Scary Movie (2000, USA, D: Keenen Ivory Wayans)   Hold Up!
Dumb teens are stalked by an inept killer in a spoof of then-recent horror flicks.
 
@ The Revue 6:45pm
Oct 3 Geographies Of Solitude (2022, Canada, D: Jacquelyn Mills)
An immersion into the natural life of Sable Island. Director Jacquelyn Mills in attendance!
 
@ Innis Town Hall 7:00pm
Oct 3
 
 
Mean Girls (1999, USA, D: Mark Waters)
Mean Girls (2024, USA, D: Samantha Jayne & Arturo Perez Jr.)
The new member of a high school clique threatens her A-list status when she falls for the wrong boy. First up: the original version with Lindsay Lohan. Then: the 2024 musical. At Yonge & Dundas, Eglinton Town Centre, Vaughan and Winston Churchill.
 
@ Cineplex
 
7:00pm
9:30pm
Oct 3
Oct 4
 
The Great Canadian Horror Film Festival
Horror-themed shorts, just in time for spooky season.
 
@ The Royal
 
8:00pm
8:00pm
Oct 3 Crimson Peak (2015, USA, D: Guillermo del Toro)
A Victorian woman's marriage to a mysterious man turns into a waking nightmare when they relocate to his crumbling home. Director Guillermo del Toro in attandance! A fundraiser for upcoming Revue renovations.
 
@ The Revue 9:30pm
Oct 4
- Oct 10
 
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (2005, UK, D: Nick Park & Steve Box)
"By tampering with nature, forcing vegetables to swell far beyond their natural size, we have brought a terrible judgement upon ourselves." Bumbling Wallace and his smart-as-a-whip canine are hot on the trail of whatever has been eating the town's prize vegetables. At Carlton all week, at Elgin Mills and Promenade Sat,Sun.
 
@ Imagine Cinemas
Oct 4
- Oct 10
 
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974, USA, D: Tobe Hooper)
Young men and women stumble across a clan of inbred cannibals. At Yonge & Dundas, Eglinton Town Centre, Vaughan and Winston Churchill.
 
@ Cineplex
Oct 4
- Oct 10
 
Whiplash (2014, USA, D: Damien Chazelle)
A gifted music student butts heads with a demanding, emotionally abusive teacher.
 
@ Carlton
Oct 4
- Oct 10
 
The Blair Witch Project (1999, USA, D: Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez)
Film students get lost in the woods when they go researching a supernatural legend.
 
@ Carlton
Oct 4
- Oct 10
 
Ghostbusters (1984, USA, D: Ivan Reitman)
Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd fight ghosts, Zuul, government and giant candy monsters.
 
@ Carlton
Oct 4
- Oct 10
 
The Hills Have Eyes (1977, USA, D: Wes Craven)
A family's car breaks down in dangerous territory.
 
@ Carlton
Oct 4 Deep Red (1975, Italy, D: Dario Argento)   FFF    Free!
An unseen killer targets the witness of a murder.
 
@ Innis Town Hall 7:00pm
Oct 4 I Married A Monster From Outer Space (1958, USA, D: Gene Fowler Jr.)   Killer B Cinema
A new bride suspects something is wrong with her new husband.
 
@ See-Scape 8:00pm
Oct 4 Teen Wolf (1985, USA, D: Rod Daniel)   Always On Film
Average high-schooler Michael J. Fox becomes Mr. Popular when his inner werewolf lets loose. 35mm!
 
@ The Kingsway 9:15pm
Oct 4 Nosferatu (1922, Germany, D: F.W. Murnau)
The original screen vampire rises. Synced to the Radiohead albums Kid A and Amnesiac.
 
@ The Fox 9:30pm
Oct 4
Oct 5
 
The Mummy (1999, USA, D: Stephen Sommers)   Drunken Cinema
Rival archaeologists unleash the curse of Imhotep. 35mm! Plus: drinking games!
 
@ The Revue
 
9:30pm
9:30pm
Oct 5 Shrek 2 (2004, USA, D: Andrew Adamson & Kelly Asbury)   Family Favourites
Princess Fiona takes her beloved ogre Shrek back home to meet her parents.
 
@ Cineplex
Oct 5
- Oct 10
 
Sleepy Hollow (1999, USA, D: Tim Burton)
Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is charged with investigating a rash of decapitations thought to be caused by the infamous Headless Horseman.
 
@ Carlton
Oct 5 Seven Samurai (1954, Japan, D: Akira Kurosawa)
Bandit-besieged villagers get protection from a ragtag band of fighters. 4K restoration!
 
@ Lightbox 2:00pm
Oct 5 Shimaro Short Film Festival
New narratives!
 
@ Carlton 6:15pm
Oct 5 A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984, USA, D: Wes Craven)
Killer Freddy Krueger invades dreams for surreal serial murder.
 
@ The Revue 6:45pm
Oct 5 The Third Man (1949, UK, D: Carol Reed)
Joseph Cotton's quest to discover the truth about his old friend's death in post-war Vienna leads him into dangerous territory. Presented by Film School Confidential.
 
@ Eyesore Cinema 8:00pm
Oct 6
Oct 7
Oct 8
 
Bocchi The Rock! (2024, Japan, D: Keiichirô Saitô)
An introverted girl with no friends becomes a guitar wizard by spending all of her time practicing. At Yonge & Dundas, Markham, Scarborough, Vaughan and Winston Churchill.
 
@ Cineplex
 
 
Oct 6
Oct 7
 
Look Back (2024, Japan, D: Kiyotaka Oshiyama)
Love of manga brings two very different girls together. At Yonge & Dundas, Eglinton Town Centre, Vaughan and Winston Churchill.
 
@ Cineplex
 
Oct 6 Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981, Japan, D: Ryôji Fujiwara)
A teen boy is the only candidate possible to pilot a giant war robot. Screening subbed. At Yonge & Dundas, Eglinton Town Centre, Vaughan and Winston Churchill.
 
@ Cineplex
Oct 6 Moving (1993, Japan, D: Shinji Sômai)
A young child attempts to bring her divorcing parents back together.
 
@ Lightbox 3:30pm
Oct 6 House On Haunted Hill (1959, USA, D: William Castle)
Vincent Price invites a specially selected group of folks to spend the night in his scary old house. 16mm.
 
@ The Revue 4:30pm
Oct 6 The Witch (2015, USA/Brazil/UK/Canada, D: Robert Eggers)   Don't Be So Political
A family barely eking out an existence in rural New England of the 1600s is torn apart by suspicions of witchcraft.
 
@ The Revue 6:45pm
Oct 6 Sangharsh (1999, India, D: Tanuja Chandra)
A female investigator looks to an imprisoned criminal for help in catching a child killer on the loose. Presented by Butt's Backdoor Bollywood.
 
@ Eyesore Cinema 7:00pm
Oct 6 Rosemary's Baby (1968, USA, D: Roman Polanski)   Raising Hell
"He has his father's eyes". Nosy neighbours induce paranoia in a mother-to-be.
 
@ The Paradise 8:00pm
Oct 7 Onibaba (1964, Japan, D: Kaneto Shindo)   Raising Hell
A devil mask separates two women who survive wartime strife by murdering passing samurai.
 
@ The Paradise 6:00pm
Oct 7
Oct 8
 
Perfect Blue (1997, Japan, D: Satoshi Kon)   Anime @ The Revue
A pop musician's career change brings on feelings of guilt and paranoia.
 
@ The Revue
 
7:00pm
9:30pm
Oct 7 4 Films By Jean Painleve   Ad Hoc Film Collective
Celebrate the centenary of Surrealism and the publication of filmmaker Jean Painleve's manifesto Neezoological Drama with restorations of four of Painleve's surrealist nature films: The Octopus (1928), The Vampire (1945), Love Life Of The Octopus (1967) and Acera, or The Witches Dance (1972).
 
@ Innis Town Hall 7:00pm
Oct 7 Santa Sangre (1989, Italy/Mexico, D: Alejandro Jodorowsky)   Raising Hell
A traumatized young man becomes his amputee mother's arms as she enacts a plan of revenge.
 
@ The Paradise 8:30pm
Oct 8 The Marriage Of Maria Braun (1978, West Germany, D: Rainer Werner Fassbinder)   Goethe Films: Aftermath: Echoes Of War
A war widow's climb along Germany's postwar econonomic ladder mirrors the path taken by her nation.
 
@ Lightbox 6:30pm
Oct 8 Heartstopper Season 3 (2024, UK)   TIFF Next Wave Presents
A romantic relationship between two high school boys unfolds. The first two episodes of season 3 will screen tonight. Creator Alice Ocesman will be in attendance.
 
@ Lightbox 7:00pm
Oct 8 Eno (2024, UK/USA, D: Gary Hustwit)
Legendary musician/producer Brian Eno's story is told using an algorithm to select and place footage, ensuring no two viewings are the same.
 
@ The Fox 7:00pm
Oct 8 Birdwatching (2019, Mexico, D: Andrea Martínez Crowther)
A woman diagnosed with Alzheimer's enlists a filmmaker to chart her mental and physical deterioration. Filmmaker and star in attendance! Presented by the Alzheimer Society of Toronto.
 
@ The Paradise 7:00pm
Oct 8 Terriblefest Shorts
Coven of The Black Cube (2024, USA, D: Brewce Longo)
Son of Terriblefest: Part 2! 1) Over a dozen wild shorts. 2) Witches, stoners, serial killers and heavy metal.
 
@ Eyesore Cinema 7:30pm
Oct 9 Idees Fixes/Dies Irae (1977, France/Greece, D: Antoinetta Angelidi)   Wavelengths
Classical and contemporary art's view of the female body reveals the structure of gender. Also on the bill: Angelidi's 2008 short 121280 Ritual. A recorded discussion between Angelidi and Rea Wallden follows the screening.
 
@ Lightbox 6:30pm
Oct 9 American Cats: The Good, The Bad & The Cuddly (2024, USA, D: Todd Bieber)
The practice of declawing cats is investigated. At Yonge & Dundas.
 
@ Cineplex 7:00pm
Oct 9 The Good Person (2022, Israel, D: Eitan Anner)
A producer jumps at the chance to work with a filmmaker turned rabbi who is looking to make a comeback.
 
@ Varsity 7:00pm
Oct 9 Seeding Of A Ghost (1983, Hong Kong, D: Yang Chuan)
A taxi driver allies himself with a sorcerer to take bloody vengeance on his enemies.
 
@ Eyesore Cinema 8:00pm
Oct 9 When A Stranger Calls (1979, USA, D: Fred Walton)
The call is coming from inside the house! Carol Kane is targeted by a psycho killer twice over. 35mm!
 
@ The Revue 9:30pm
Oct 10 Yesterday Girl (1966, Germany, D: Alexander Kluge)   Goethe Films: Aftermath: Echoes Of War
A young refugee from East Germany has difficulty navigating the ways of the West.
 
@ Lightbox 6:30pm
Oct 10 The Amityville Horror (1979, USA, D: Stuart Rosenberg)
Newlyweds discover that their new home is very, very haunted. Plus: spook hunters The Paranormal Seekers talk their history of haunt investigations.
 
@ The Fox 6:45pm
Oct 10 Shadow Of Fire (2023, Japan, D: Shinya Tsukamoto)
A small boy lives through the hardship of Japan's post-WWII era.
 
@ JCCC 7:00pm
Oct 10 Slumber Party Massacre II (1987, USA, D: Deborah Brock)   We Really Like Her
Girls on a getaway are targeted by a rockabilly driller killer. Co-presented with Final Girl Film Club!
 
@ The Revue 7:00pm
Oct 10 Possession (1981, France/West Germany, D: Andrzej Zulawski)   Raising Hell
A messy, histrionic break-up finds flesh in unnerving body horror. With Sam Neill & Isabelle Adjani.
 
@ The Paradise 8:00pm
Oct 10 Ruins And Resilience: Karel Doing In Person   Ad Hoc Film Collective
Karel Doing's films explore the connection between culture and nature. Films in this program include Whirlwind (1998), Energy Energy (1999), The Mulch Spider's Dream (2018), A Perfect Storm (2022), Babbler, Fairy and Thrush (2022) and Oxygen (2023).
 
@ Innis College, Rm 222 8:00pm
Oct 10 Trailer Trash: Satanic Panic
The Revue's own trailer editor Nathan Boone presents a selection of classic Satan-themed movie trailers, with an interactive Drunken Cinema twist. Members only!
 
@ The Revue 9:30pm

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