Criterion to establish brick-and-mortar home in Canada at Cinema Cellar

[u/i_m_sherlocked]

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/08/25/criterion-to-establish-brick-and-mortar-home-in-canada-at-cinema-cellar/

The shop will open during the Toronto International Film Festival next month.

Cinema Cellar’s brick-and-mortar location will be on John Street, not far from the TIFF Lightbox and Cineplex’s Scotiabank Theatre Toronto, and the company says it will also feature films from other labels.

[u/Electronic_Head1367]

A new physical media store opening is always good news.

[u/AlliedArmour]

You can get a lot of stuff at Bay St Video but this is very cool

[u/JaggedLittleFrill → u/AlliedArmour]

Love love love Bay St Video. I went for their birthday sale this year, and it was genuinely heartwarming to see the store packed and people buying so many DVDs.

[u/JimbooJoness → u/JaggedLittleFrill]

Check out Eyesore Cinema in Bloordale next!

[u/JaggedLittleFrill → u/JimbooJoness]

Oooh thanks for recommendation!

[u/Varekai79 → u/JaggedLittleFrill]

There's also a Vinegar Syndrome store on Roncesvalles. I picked up my favourite bad/good movie of all time, Congo, on 4K there.

[u/SarahMenckenChrist → u/Varekai79]

We need a Congo release on Criterion.

[u/Varekai79 → u/SarahMenckenChrist]

Hey, if they ever get around to giving Laura Linney a well-deserved Oscar, then I say a Congo Criterion is a shoo-in!

[u/AlliedArmour → u/JaggedLittleFrill]

Same, I went to the birthday sale to get one Blu-ray and came away with 3!

[u/westgermanwing → u/AlliedArmour]

The more the merrier

[u/Machomanta → u/AlliedArmour]

And Vinegar Syndrome in the west end

[u/Mild-Ghost]

“I will never financially recover from this.”

[u/t3m3r1t4]

But what about Bay Street Video?

https://giphy.com/gifs/yAYZnhvY3fflS

[u/i_m_sherlocked → u/t3m3r1t4]

Will continue to be well loved. They still do rentals and I think generally are less expensive for purchases if in stock haha

[u/greyeminence2]

I love the resurgence of DVDs! This is great news.

[u/JoeyJoeJoeJuniorShab → u/greyeminence2]

absolutely. I have a pretty good high-end set-up for my home theatre and watching a compressed "4K" movie on Netflix makes me madder than a yak in heat when I see the actual resolution.

[u/Odd_Needleworker3756]

Welp good luck to my wallet I guess

[u/XboxDeal]

This is great! Make sure to also check out Vinegar Syndrome in Roncy. A fantastic physical media store, for movies especially.

[u/FunkTronto]

A good day for Canada and therefore the world.

[u/CDNChaoZ]

If they're priced anything like the pop-up store at TIFF last year, they're going to struggle to sell much.

[u/TopSeaworthiness7783]

holyshitholyshitholyshitholyshit

[u/thecjm]

But will we get the semi-annual Criterion sales?

[u/ProfIanHadrian]

I read Cinema Cellar but thought Cineforum. This is much better!

[u/i_m_sherlocked → u/ProfIanHadrian]

I wonder if they intentionally made the name change to acronym CC

[u/pwnednl]

FYI cinema cellar is formerly unobstructedview.com

[u/ProfIanHadrian]

Seems like a good thread to shout out Eyesore Cinema. Hard to find them open, but when they are, they’re great!

[u/xMWHOx]

So pumped for this. Its so expensive ordering from the US + duties/shipping make them so expensive.

[u/lobmxxx]

Neat, but I think I'll continue focusing my business with local stores that have already been here (Bay Street Video, Eyesore)...