Guillermo Del Toro Backs Campaign To Save Toronto’s Revue Cinema
deadline.comPan’s Labyrinth filmmaker and Toronto resident Guillermo Del Toro has shared his support for an online campaign to save The Revue Cinema, the longest-running cinema in Toronto, Ontario. “Can you help save the REVUE, one of Canada’s most beloved, non-profit, cultural landmarks?” Del Toro tweeted Thursday afternoon to Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow. “If not you, WHO can help?
Or HOW can I help?” Del Toro’s tweet ended with a link to an online petition calling for The Revue Cinema to be saved. The petition currently has 21,461 signatures. @MayorOliviaChow Can you help save the REVUE, one of Canada's most beloved, non-profit, cultural landmarks?
https://t.co/59TrOEgoqB Almost 20k signatures have been added https://t.co/uvT0DalW6dIf not you, WHO can help? Or HOW can I help? @BhutilaKarpoche @viraniarif @gordperks The Revue’s future was put into question last week after its board announced that it had been unable to renew the theatre’s lease past the end of June.
According to the petition, the building owner plans to disband the Revue Film Society, hike the rent by 50%, and take over cinema operations at the venue to turn the non-profit cinema into a private movie house.
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