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1:15pm • Sunday, Aug 16, 2026
Buffet Infinity (Director in Attendance for Q&A)
Echoing the Canadian comedy classic "SCTV" and picking from hundreds of hours of original, low-budget TV ads to tell the sinister tale of two restaurants battling it out in the fictional town of Westridge County. Ads for insurance, used car rivals, a local religious scholar, and a recording artist converge to tell the story of an expanding sinkhole, a cult, and an ever-growing restaurant that becomes unsettlingly sentient.
Director Simon Glassman will be joining us for in-person intro and Q&A.
"I think this might just be a masterpiece." (Cinepunx)
"A sloppy joe satire force-fed to us in colorful and hilarious thirty second bursts that make the medicine go down, down, down, until we’re all happily gagging on it. That’s the Buffet Ihttps://riotheatretickets.ca/events/44096-buffet-infinity-director-in-attendance-for-q-anfinity guarantee." (Pajiba)
"Walking a tightrope between middle school sleepover chaos and grad school formalism, this is a mordantly dark gift that keeps on giving." (Nashville Scene)
Sunday, August 16
Doors 12:45 pm | Movie 1:15 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
BUFFET INFINITY (Simon Glassman, 2026 / 90 mins / NR) In a series of cheap, locally produced television commercials, a story unfolds that begins as a simple business rivalry between small business owners and the looming threat of Buffet Infinity. As Buffet Infinity endlessly expands and grows, swallowing everything in its path, a sinister conspiracy unfolds at the margins, and unfathomable powers begin to worm their way into the vulnerable community of Westridge County, Alberta.
