Reporting for OpenFile Toronto back in April, I covered a meeting of east-end residents wanting to breathe new life into the Gerrard Cinema, which until recently had shown Tamil-language films. This weekend, Leslieville residents will get their wish as the former Bonita is re-christened The Projection Booth. Yesterday, TPB manager Jonathan Hlibka told OpenFile that an integration between the film industry and the film-going community will make this new theatre stand out among the city’s other rep and independent movie houses. The building — Toronto’s oldest surviving movie house — opened as The Bonita sometime between 1910 and 1911. Along … Continue reading Toronto’s oldest cinema survives as The Projection Booth