goodbye rep cinemas

The Revue, the Royal and the Kingsway are closing as of the end of June...leaving the Paradise and the Fox? (the Bloor is not part of Festival Cinemas).

I suspect these venues were cheaper to book than U of T's Isabel Bader etc, so it is a sad day for smallish film festivals; as well as for people like myself who love old cult films. I'm certainly going to miss them.

The next question that arises is, what will happen to the buildings?
-a Chapters store à la Runnymede
-years of fighting like with Eglinton, and resulting in a high end party venue
-a return to its past life as a live venue, like the Music Hall