Carlton Cinema, Independent movie theater in Downtown Toronto, Canada.
Carlton Cinema is a movie theater in downtown Toronto with multiple screening rooms showing a diverse program. It features both current blockbusters and independent films to serve different film tastes.
The Carlton Cinema opened in 1981 on the site of the Odeon Theatre, which had served as Odeon Cinemas' Canadian flagship from 1949 to 1973. It was Toronto's first multiplex devoted to art-house films and ran for 28 years until Cineplex Odeon closed it in 2009. Rainbow and Magic Lantern Theatres reopened it in 2010 and ran it until 2016, when Imagine Cinemas took over; it reopened again in 2017.
The Carlton is known in Toronto for showing foreign, art-house and independent films that larger chains ignore, a focus it has kept since opening in 1981. Visitors choose it for titles that rarely reach mainstream multiplexes.
The theater is equipped with elevators and wide hallways to provide easy access for all visitors. It helps to arrive early, especially for popular films, to secure a good seat.
The Carlton occupies the site of the Odeon Theatre, which served as the Canadian flagship of Odeon Cinemas from 1949 to 1973 before the cinema opened there in 1981. It ran for 28 years until Cineplex Odeon closed it in 2009, then reopened in 2010 under Rainbow and Magic Lantern Theatres.
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