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Chocolate & Pastries at Thierry
Rainy Day
Catch a Cult Film at The Cinematheque
Vancouver's film-nerd church since 1972: 153 seats, restored classics, international arthouse, and absolutely zero franchise sequels.
Rainy Day
Vancouver's film-nerd church since 1972: 153 seats, restored classics, international arthouse, and absolutely zero franchise sequels.
The Cinematheque has been Vancouver's film nerd church since 1972, which means it has outlasted several genres, two video-rental industry collapses, and whatever streaming is currently doing to cinema. A single intimate 153-seat room, downtown, running restored classics, international arthouse, and themed retrospectives you genuinely cannot find anywhere else in the city. Programming rotates constantly, so the calendar is always worth checking before you go. Pick something you have both been meaning to see, or something neither of you knows anything about and agree to just trust it. The best part is the post-film walk: the rain-glossed street, the half-baked interpretations of the third act, the moment one of you admits you lost the plot somewhere in the subtitles. Dark room, great film, no Marvel. Undefeated on a grey afternoon.
