
One of Toronto's top indie film venues was facing eviction. Here's who saved it
But for CineCycle one must walk down an unmarked laneway off Spadina Avenue, just south of Richmond Street, and through weathered green doors hand-painted with the sign 'CINE CYCLE WORK TO RULE.'
Eric Veillette is a Toronto-based journalist who documents the history of Toronto film exhibition on Instagram (@thedowntowntheatre).

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