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Guillermo Del Toro Backs Campaign To Save Toronto’s Revue Cinema


The Revue Cinema is Toronto's longest-running film venue.

“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. 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. The petition calls on local officials to “step up in support of the Revue to ensure this not-for-profit theatre never closes.”

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