Celebrate the warm weather with an outdoor viewing of a favourite flick downtown.  

By Jen Houston 

When I was a kid, I loved going to the drive-in. I don’t remember ever sitting in the car – just running around in front of the screen with other random children – but I definitely had a great time. Today, the only two living drive-ins in the GTA are our own The Docks Drive-In (176 Cherry St), and Oakville’s 5 Drive-In (2332 Ninth Line). And with downtown living, a lot of us don’t have vehicles anyways. Luckily we do have Dundas Square, which will be the perfect setting for a weekly “walk-in” free theater throughout the summer. I’m excited about this for several reasons. Most of my happiness is about the film selections, which include several of my faves (Gone With The Wind, The Princess Bride), as well as some I’ve always wanted to see (Annie Hall, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). The local drive-in closed before I became a teen, so I missed the iconic drive-in experience of sneaking kisses in the shadows on a school night. While that Grease-esque fantasy alone is enough to get me there, I also have visions of preliminary Hard Rock cosmos dancing in my head. No matter how many martinis I have though, I do promise to restrain myself from running in front of the screen again.  

Dundas Square is located on the southeast corner of Yonge/Dundas.

As they are on school nights, all shows will end by 11pm. 

Tues, Jun 24 – 9pm: Gone With The Wind (part 1)

Mon, Jun 30 – 9pm: Gone With The Wind (part 2)

Tues, Jul 8 – 8:45pm: Brokeback Mountain

Tues, Jul 15 – 9pm: Romeo + Juliet

Tues, Jul 22 – 9pm: Annie Hall

Tues, Jul 29 – 9pm: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Tues, Aug 5 – 9pm: The Princess Bride

Tues, Aug 12 – 8pm: Titanic

Tues, Aug 19 – 9pm: The Notebook

Tues, Aug 26 – 9pm: Casablanca