The facilities are run down and once their heat was busted on a night when the temp was -9, but the S.O. and I decided to stay (and shiver) because it was the one and only screening of an obscure film that we would likely never get to see again on the big screen.[1]
And that's why this theater deserves four stars; they show the stuff nobody else does even though they won't make money from it. Also, they have the best popcorn I've had at a movie theater. It's popped fresh in clean oil and they offer real butter as a topping.
The employees are the quirky adorable types you'd see in a Jim Jarmusch film. The patrons have enough reverence for the cinematic experience that they would rightly lynch anyone who dared talk during the flick or smack on their smuggled-in stanky food. (I'm looking at you, Karl R.) We had a great conversation about the film with the staff and an audience member after our viewing. This is something you can't get at AMC Dundas or Scotiabank Theatre.
Tickets are usually $10. This venue is not good for kids.
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[1] With the Girl of Black Soil by Jeon Soo-il