Saturdays, June 6 - 27 at 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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Toronto's history can be told through its movie theatres. From bustling neighbourhood cinemas and Yonge Street grindhouses, experimental film co-ops, to the corporate rise of multiplex chains and decades of censorship battles, the city's screens have mirrored its cultural, social and political life. In Toronto: Cinema City, journalist and film historian Eric Veillette will lead us through a four-part journey through Toronto's exhibition history, uncovering the theatres, controversies, and communities that shaped how Torontonians have watched movies for 130 years.

About the speaker

Eric Veillette is a Toronto-based journalist specializing in Canadian film culture. His work regularly appears in The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and Spacing Magazine. He is the editor of The Downtown Theatre, a weekly newsletter dedicated to the history of Toronto moviegoing. A former culture reporter for CBC/Radio-Canada, he is currently journalist-in-residence at York University's Archive/CounterArchive, where he researches film censorship. From 2015-2020 he was the programming director at The Revue Cinema. He’s also writing a book about Toronto’s cinemas and cinephile culture, In the Dark, to be published by ECW Press in 2027.