tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035679663902350821.post2322661629901191816..comments2024-02-27T08:48:02.693-05:00Comments on The Horror Section: The Night Shift.Jay Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00943870346156273403noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035679663902350821.post-2832854740721016172012-06-17T11:32:53.810-04:002012-06-17T11:32:53.810-04:00Thanks for the story! Yeah, The Bloor was recently...Thanks for the story! Yeah, The Bloor was recently bought by Hot Docs, so now it plays 95% docs instead of repertory unfortunately.<br /><br />The theatre you were most likely being directed to was The Metro, which is about five blocks west of The Bloor.<br /><br />Agreed, all Kubrick is best viewed on the big screen.Jay Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00943870346156273403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035679663902350821.post-88857347829744081502012-06-17T08:10:28.981-04:002012-06-17T08:10:28.981-04:00Here's my tangental Bloor Cinema story. I can...Here's my tangental Bloor Cinema story. I can't say I go there much, or have been there for years, but I do remember is as being a repository theatre when it was harder to come by places that showed older films, and before widepspread DVD reissues.<br /><br />Back when I was in high school I enjoyed Kubrick movies and took the chance to see the Shining on big screen, as the Bloor was running it that week.<br /><br />In my semi dyslexic way, I wound up on Dundas instead of Bloor and didn't find the theatre. I tried stopping in a convenience store to get directions, and what I think I ended up asking for was directions to a porno theatre from gauging their reactions. Back then it made no sense for someone to be looking for a rerun movie in the middle of the night, and the only thing someone could be looking for in the middle of a rainy night in the wrong side of town was smut.<br /><br />FWIW, the Shining looked about ten times better on screen than it did on VHS, when I eventually realized I was in a different part of downtown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com