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Roller Girls + Mayfair = Awesome
The Mayfair is glad to welcome both teams from the Rideau Valley Roller Girls back to the theatre for the Ottawa premiere screening of Hell on Wheels. An epic Texas based roller derby documentary about the women who resurrected the sport into the rock n roll fueled punk format
Robert Altman overlaps July
This month, we present six movies directed by celebrated filmmaker Robert Altman (1925-2006) He’s revered as an accomplished artist who made his films outside the Hollywood studio system. When he directed M*A*S*H for 20th Century Fox, he later said “M*A*S*H* “wasn’t released, it escaped!” Many of
RiP: A Remix Manifesto at the Mayfair
RiP: A Remix Manifesto Copyleft manifesto Meg Hewings RiP: A Remix Manifesto hits the Mayfair Montreal filmmaker Brett Gaylor’s doc RiP: A Remix Manifesto is the first open-source film to be made about copyright, and is actually more of an ardent manifesto about why Canada – and the
Rideau Valley Rollergirls 2014 season!
Tickets for the opening bout of the 2014 Rideau Valley Roller Girls season will be on sale in the Mayfair box office starting tonight!
Review of 9-5 Days of Porn
9 to 5: Days in Porn *** Featuring: Otto Bauer, Audrey Hollander, Sasha Grey, Sharon Mitchell Directed & filmed by: Jens Hoffman Rating: R (explicit sex, nudity, coarse language, adult themes, not suitable for children.) Playing at: Mayfair Theatre, today through Saturday Near the end of the endless documentary 9
Rare Exports is a rare import
According to the movie’s official website, Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale is set to premiere in New York on December 3, 2010. Only one other city in North America is premiering the film that day — and that city is Ottawa. We’re scooping Los Angeles, Toronto,
R.I.P. Sage Stallone
The movie industry has lost another talented contributor to motion picture conservation: Sage Stallone, eldest son of Sylvester, died today at the age of 36. Sage co-starred with his father in ROCKY V and DAYLIGHT. He left acting to pursue film distribution as he co-founded Grindhouse Releasing in
Questions about cinema sound!
The Mayfair theatre plays films in a number of different sound formats depending on the age of the film and what sound format it supports. 1930’s- 70’s MONO Early films mainly before the mid seventies generally only have a mono optical track on the film.
QR code as Vaccination Verification update
A reminder that as of Tuesday January 4 you’ll need to present a QR code as vaccination verification to enter the Mayfair. The Verify Ontario app can read SMART Health QR codes issued by all Canadian provinces and territories as well as those issued
Put a Special Message on the Mayfair Marquee!
Wish someone a Happy Birthday, Anniversary, or any other form of well wishing that you can think of with a message up on the marquee at the Mayfair Theatre! We can fix approximately 20 – 22 letters per line, over 3 lines. Price – $150 (Please keep in mind