I’m in Toronto right now, enjoying the 2017 edition of TIFF, so I’m posting a brief update covering the next three days. Before the Atlantic International Film Festival kicks off in Halifax on Thursday, I’ll post another update with some festival picks.

Word has definitely got around about the final screenings at the Oxford Theatre—at time of writing, with three days of film programming left, all remaining screenings are sold out, except for a Tuesday screening of the very best film of the lot, City Lights. The Oxford will be such a tremendous loss that it’s hard to contemplate.

Also on Tuesday at the Central Library, Zack Miller introduces the remarkable 2002 film City of God.

I’ll be back soon with my festival picks.

• In theatres, notable:
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Steven Spielberg, USA, 1977, 135 minutes — Halifax showtimes
  • Logan Lucky, Steven Soderbergh, USA, 2017, 119 minutes [78] — Halifax showtimes