A thoughtful guide to Canadian cinemas.
Screens, seats, and stories — from the Cineplex multiplex to the one-projector indie. Reviews, showtimes, and honest direction.
Dune: Part Two
Villeneuve's second chapter arrives with the scale and tactile grit of the first, but with more heat — more sand in your teeth. The Fremen finally breathe. Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Austin Butler in career-shifting mode.
The Boy and the Heron
Miyazaki's rumoured final film is both a deeply personal reckoning with grief and a classic Ghibli portal-fantasy. English or Japanese dub — we recommend the subtitled version if you can find it.
Anora
Baker's chaotic, humane, vibrantly messy Brooklyn romance-gone-wrong. Mikey Madison announces herself as a generational talent. Not for children — worth seeing with strangers who will laugh or gasp with you.
Anatomy of a Fall
A courtroom procedural and a marriage autopsy, folded together. Sandra Huller's performance is unreasonably good. The dog (yes, the dog) deserves a major award.
Cineplex
Canada's largest exhibitor. 168 theatres from Victoria to St. John's, including VIP, IMAX, UltraAVX, ScreenX and D-Box formats. Showtimes, SCENE points and Cineplex Store under one roof.
Landmark Cinemas
Canada's second-largest chain, with 41 locations mostly in Alberta, BC and the Territories. Known for reclining seats in almost every auditorium.
Imagine Cinemas
Boutique Ontario chain with 19 cinemas including the restored Carlton in Toronto and the Orleans in Ottawa. Programs mix first-run with quiet arthouse.
Indie Theatres
The Bloor Hot Docs, Paradise, Revue, Royal, Fox, TIFF Bell Lightbox, The Rio — Canada's independent theatres, each with a stubborn programming personality.
Dune: Part Two — the Fremen Finally Breathe
Villeneuve's second chapter earns its length. The first Dune was architecture — beautiful, austere, a bit reserved. Part Two is the body inside the building: sweaty, political, a little messy, and gloriously tactile. If you can find an IMAX 70mm print, do not settle.
Continue reading →Anora, Sean Baker, and Cinema of Attention
What Anora does that no other 2024-25 film does is refuse to look away. Baker keeps the camera on faces long after other directors would have cut. Awkwardness, grief, humiliation — Baker lets them happen in real time, and the film is braver for it.
Continue reading →Find a Cinema Near You
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